The more senior US officials have tried to portray US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's first visit to Southeast Asia as underlining the United States is a "stabilizing force" in the region, the more he is showing its purpose is otherwise.
The UK Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace commented about the South China Sea issue during his visit to Vietnam.
The Chinese Embassy in Britain on Tuesday voiced deep concern about and firm opposition to the recent remarks by a senior British official on the South China Sea as they disregard facts and undermine regional peace and stability.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently made a statement to the media on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the ruling of the so-called Court of Arbitration for the South China Sea. He accused Beijing of continuing to “coerce and intimidate the coastal states of Southeast Asia” and threatening freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
Nearly five years have passed since the Philippines unilaterally initiated arbitration on its South China Sea dispute with China.
On July 12, 2016, under the manipulation of the US, the arbitral tribunal on the South China Sea arbitration case issued an "arbitral award" at the request of the Aquino III government of the Philippines.
On July 12, 2016, under the manipulation of the United States, the arbitral tribunal on the South China Sea arbitration case issued an "arbitral award" at the request of the Aquino III government of the Philippines, staging a farce that shocked the world by sweepingly denying China's claims in the South China Sea.
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