BANGKOK: China has urged the US military to “stop flexing muscles” in the disputed South China Sea, a point of persistent friction in a relationship both sides said was generally improving.
China has urged the US military to “stop flexing muscles” in the disputed South China Sea, a point of persistent friction in a relationship both sides said was generally improving.
The United States has no territorial stake, but has periodically sailed navy ships through areas of the sea that China deems off-limits. But he was clear that Beijing was irritated at the US Navy’s presence in the South China Sea and reaffirmed China’s commitment to safeguarding “territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests” in the area.
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