The US in "China's Lake"
Washington is openly challenging Beijing's claims that the South China Sea is an area of China's "core interest" and that foreign powers should not intervene in the fast-rising quasi-superpower's sphere of interest. It is the first time that the US has indicated its readiness to play a major role in defusing one of Asia's hottest flashpoints.
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