Blinken: We Have Concerns About Escalatory Actions in the South China Sea

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated today, Tuesday, that "the United States shares the Philippines' concerns regarding the escalatory actions taken by China in the South China Sea." Blinken made these remarks following security talks in Manila, which included U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and their Filipino counterparts Enrique Manalo and Gilberto Teodoro.