China resorting to coercive practices to achieve goals in Asia Pacific: US
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WASHINGTON: China is increasingly resorting to "coercive, assertive practices" to achieve its goals in the Asia-Pacific region, as seen in the disputed South China Sea, a senior official of the US foreign intelligence service said.
The remarks from Michael Collins, deputy assistant director at the Central Intelligence Agency's East Asian Mission Centre, came as the Pentagon on Monday said that a US Navy surveillance aircraft was intercepted on Sunday by two Chinese J-10 fighters in an "unsafe" manner over the disputed East China Sea.
China and Japan, a longtime US ally, have rival claims over a chain of islands in the East China Sea.
The remarks from Michael Collins, deputy assistant director at the Central Intelligence Agency's East Asian Mission Centre, came as the Pentagon on Monday said that a US Navy surveillance aircraft was intercepted on Sunday by two Chinese J-10 fighters in an "unsafe" manner over the disputed East China Sea.
China and Japan, a longtime US ally, have rival claims over a chain of islands in the East China Sea.
Tensions have flashed several times over the Senkaku Islands, which Beijing claims as Diaoyu Islands. Times of India
