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04.27.16

Corker: China’s Provocative Territorial Claims Threaten U.S. Strategic Interests in Asia-Pacific

April 27, 2016 - At a hearing to assess the state of U.S. relations with China, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, cited China’s increasingly aggressive land reclamation activity in the South and East China Seas as a strategic threat to U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific. He also warned of other provocative Chinese actions that undermine opportunities for improving ties with the United States.