Boston: The United States will "fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows it … the South China Sea is not and will not be an exception", the US secretary of defence, Ashton Carter, has said in an apparent warning to China, which is seeking to expand its maritime sovereignty. In high-level defence talks held in Boston, Australia has agreed to increase its cooperation with the US navy in the region, but is not expected to join a reported US operation to directly...
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