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to meet Chinese leaders, including at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional security and development arrangement focused on Central Asia. (In a coincidence of scheduling, Hillary Clinton was meeting some of her allies on the Syrian issue in Istanbul at the same time.) How to handle S

isit to Vietnam to underscore how the United States intends to back its allies in the Asia-Pacific region and help them enforce their rights in the South China Sea, an area that Beijing claims much of. Such sentiments are unlikely to have been well received by China's leaders. Against this backdrop, China and

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ruption Pressure On Guatemala. • In Retaliation, Nicaragua Recalls Ambassadors From Four Regional Nations. • Blinken Criticizes China's Behavior In South China Sea. • US, South Korean Drills Starting Tuesday As Kim Yo Jong Decries Them. EFTA00150783 • Biden Under Pressure To Label Treatment Of Burma's Rohing

in the heart of Asia." But it is not in the interest of Russia to have China serene on its western borders, positioned to increase its influence in Central Asia and control the extraction of valuable natural resources there. Neither is it in the interest of the United States (or Russia) to see China embolde

ainland as far as the Philippines, and nearly as far south as the Strait of Malacca." This huge territorial claim, which includes nearly the entire South China Sea, clashes with territorial claims of China's neighbors in the region, including Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines. Brushing aside these counter-cla