Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned China the United States 'will not let' it reshape the Indo-Pacific region to fit its 'authoritarian preferences.'
has with the"increasingly dangerous behavior" exhibited by Chinese aircraft flying over disputed territory in the region.I made clear that the United States will continue to fly, to sail and operate wherever international law allows," Austin said.
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. On Monday, the Pentagon released an annual China security report that warned Beijing would likely have 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035, with no clarity on how China would seek to use them.
"These next few years will set the terms of our competition with the People’s Republic of China. They will shape the future of security in Europe," Austin said."And they will determine whether our children and grandchildren inherit an open world of rules and rights — or whether they face emboldened autocrats who seek to dominate by force and fear."
A Chinese military jet flies over Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest points to Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 6, 2022.for statements that seemingly contradict the U.S. government’s official stance that it respects the traditional"One China" policy that acknowledges Beijing as the sole government of China and relegates Taiwan to only an informal diplomatic status.
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