U.S. Calls for Beijing to End ‘Bullying’ in South China Sea
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The U.S. will provide a second high-endurance Coast Guard cutter to Vietnam next year in a move that’s aimed at strengthening its capabilities amid escalating tensions in the South China Sea.
Calling for China to end to its “bullying and unlawful activities” in the disputed waters, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in prepared remarks in Hanoi on Wednesday that Southeast Asian nations were “increasingly being subjected to coercion and intimidation.”