He said, “While Russia poses an immediate threat to a free and open international system, we see China as our only rival with the goal of reshaping the international order. Increasingly, the United States and China have the power to advance economic, diplomatic, military, and technological objectives.”
The US is working in solidarity with many Asian countries. Many of them are China’s growing influence in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. This has led many countries to have conflicts with China. China claims the entire disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam claim parts of it.
The Chinese government has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea. China also has territorial disputes with Japan in the East China Sea. The South China Sea and East China Sea are considered to be rich in minerals, oil and other natural resources. They are also essential for global trade.
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While the US does not claim the disputed waters, it has challenged China’s growing territorial claims in the South China Sea by deploying warships and warplanes to assert freedom of navigation and surface patrols in the strategically important region.
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The United States will work with Taiwan to preserve peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. And we continue to monitor human rights abuses, freedom of speech and freedom of the press in China’s Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet. China views the self-governing island of Taiwan as a rebel province and wants it to be reunited with the Chinese mainland, even by force,” he said.