The United States and China held 'candid' talks on maritime issues on Friday, including on the contested South China Sea, and the U.S. side underscored its concerns about 'dangerous and unlawful' Chinese actions there, the U.S. State Department said.
The United States and China held "candid" talks on maritime issues on Friday, including on the contested South China Sea, and the U.S. side underscored its concerns about "dangerous and unlawful" Chinese actions there, the U.S. State Department said.
The U.S. statement said the talks were part of "efforts to maintain open lines of communication and responsibly manage the U.S.-China relationship" and that the U.S. side reiterated the need to resume military-military channels "to avoid miscommunication and miscalculation." Such actions included China's obstruction of an Oct. 22 Philippine resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal and its "unsafe" intercept of a U.S. aircraft on Oct. 24, the statement said.
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