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Austin: US doesn't want conflict with China but won't 'flinch when our interests are threatened'


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(CNN) US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that China s claims and actions in the Indo-Pacific threaten the sovereignty of nations around the region while Washington is committed to building partnerships that guarantee the vital interest of all nations.
Beijing s claim to the vast majority of the South China Sea has no basis in international law. That assertion treads on the sovereignty of states in the region, Austin said in a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore.
China claims almost all of the 1.3-million-square-mile South China Sea as its sovereign territory, despite much of those claims running against international law. ....

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