Biden backs Trump rejection of China's South China Sea claim
President Joe Biden waves as he walks from Marine One across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, late Sunday, July 11, 2021, after returning from a weekend in Delaware. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Sunday upheld a Trump-era rejection of nearly all of China's significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. The administration also warned China that any attack on the Philippines in the flashpoint region would draw a U.S. response under a mutual defense treaty. The stern message from ...
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