China using 'coercive tactics' in maritime claims: Pentagon

China using 'coercive tactics' in maritime claims: Pentagon Washington (AFP) May 13, 2016 - China is using "coercive tactics" and fostering regional tensions as it expands its maritime presence in the South China Sea and elsewhere, but is avoiding triggering an armed conflict, the Pentagon said Friday. In an annual report to Congress, the Defense Department outlined China's rapid military growth and described how it is assertively defending sovereignty claims across the contested E ... more

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