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Aug 24, 2021, 5 tweets

#BREAKING Beijing continues to coerce, intimidate in South China Sea: US VP Kamala Harris

#UPDATE US VP Kamala Harris accuses Beijing of coercion and intimidation in the disputed South China Sea, as she seeks to rally allies against an increasingly assertive China.

"Beijing's actions continue to undermine the rules-based order and threaten the sovereignty of nations"

Disputed claims in the South China Sea.

China claims almost the entire resource-rich sea, through which trillions of dollars in shipping trade passes annually, with overlapping claims from Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam

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#BREAKING China foreign ministry hits back at Vice President Kamala Harris, attacks US 'hegemonic' behaviour

#UPDATE China on Tuesday held up America's chaotic withdrawal from #Afghanistan as an example of Washington's "selfish" foreign policy, hitting back at Vice President #KamalaHarris's accusations of intimidation in Asian waters u.afp.com/UrEw #Singapore

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