Beijing: According to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, the US poses the greatest security threat in the South China Sea because its military presence that transforms it into” the maelstrom of an wings race.”
The very proper South China Sea has recently become a possible meeting point for Washington and Beijing due to recent sea run-ins between China and the Philippines, a US ally.
After speaking at a high-level meeting on East Asian cooperation in Laos, Sun said,” The biggest security challenge in the South China Sea currently comes from outside the region.”
Sun claimed that US-led forces were “propagandaing military operations and activities in the South China Sea, encouraging and intensifying sea issues and contradictions, and trajectories that would harm the legitimate rights and interests of southern nations.”
The United States ‘ decision to install medium-range missile systems in the area “is dragging the place into the vortex of an wings contest, placing the full Asia Pacific region under the shadow of political issues,” according to Sun.