U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a joint news conference with their Australia counterparts in Sydney, Australia, August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
The Hill: New Pentagon chief says China's 'destabilizing behavior' is 'disturbing'
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday warned of China’s “destabilizing” behavior in the Indo-Pacific region.
The U.S. won’t “stand by idly while any one nation attempts to reshape the region to its favor at the expense of others, and we know our allies and partners will not either,” Esper said during a news conference in Sydney on Sunday.
“We firmly believe no one nation can or should dominate the Indo-Pacific and we are working alongside our allies and partners to address the region’s pressing security needs,” he said alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and their Australian counterparts after annual strategy talks between the two countries.
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WNU editor: The Chinese are proving to be very capable in pushing their agenda in the region .... Reports of a secret base deal are raising fears that Beijing is boxing in the South China Sea (Business Insider).
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