BEIJING: The US poses the largest security challenge in the South China Sea as its military deployment there is turning it into "the whirlpool of an arms race", Chinese Vice Foreign M
Chinese Maritime Militia vessels are pictured near the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, Mar 5, 2024. as its military deployment there is turning it into"the whirlpool of an arms race", Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said in remarks published on Sunday .
A move by the United States to deploy medium-range missile systems in the area"is dragging the region into the whirlpool of an arms race, placing the entire Asia Pacific region under the shadow of geopolitical conflicts", Sun said.Swedish defence chief says actions against Philippines in South China Sea threaten global security
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a conduit for more than US$3 trillion in annual ship commerce, and has deployed hundreds of coast guard vessels as far as 1,000km off its mainland to police what it says is its jurisdiction.
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