China's Dredging in Contested Waters Worries US

China's "fairly massive land reclamation" effort in contested waters of the South China Sea is expanding that nation's influence in the region and raising security concerns, the head of the U.S. Pacific Command told U.S. lawmakers. Admiral Samuel Locklear, addressing members of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, said the Chinese are "showing no slowdown in the pace of their military modernization, particularly in the navy," increasing the...

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