China's increasingly aggressive military activities in Asia are illegal, coercive and deceptive, according to the new commander of the Indo-Pacific command.
China’s gray-zone operations ‘illegal, coercive, aggressive, deceptive,’ Paparo saysIn this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese naval frigate Binzhou takes part in joint naval drills with Russian warships in the East China Sea on Dec. 27, 2022. The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Monday, Dec. …China’s increasingly aggressive military activities in Asia are illegal, coercive and deceptive, according to the new commander of the Indo-Pacific command.
The People’s Liberation Army activities have included flying interceptor jets dangerously close to U.S. and allied aircraft, using warships to try and force American and allied vessels out of international waters, and in some cases firing water cannons and underwater sonar beams at allied military ships and personnel.
“We must be ready to answer the PRC’s increasingly intrusive and expansionist claims in the Indo-Pacific region,” he said, using the acronym for People’s Republic of China. The new Pacific commander said his command “must act now with a sense of urgency,” reflecting growing concerns about Chinese designs for the use of military force to take over Taiwan.
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