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By: Muhammad Akram Zaheer The security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated since the United States and its European allies decided to withdraw from a two-decades-long mission in the country. The US presence was viewed by China as a geopolitical threat, as was the Soviet military presence in the 1980s. China has concerns on a number …

China maritime claims

HANOI, (Reuters/ James Pearson) – The United States rejects China’s “unlawful” maritime claims in the South China Sea and stands with Southeast Asian countries facing Chinese “coercion”, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. China rejected Blinken’s comments, which he made in an address in a video conference with foreign ministers from the Association …