Harris raps China's aggressive assertion of claims in South China Sea

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday denounced China's aggressive assertion of its territorial claims in the South China Sea, in a speech she made in Singapore.Reaffirming security and economic partnership between the United States and Southeast Asia as well as the importance of sea lanes for trade in the region, Harris said, "And yet, in the South China Sea, we know that Beijing continues to coerce, to intimidate, and to make claims to the vast majority of the South China Sea."Harris, who arrived in Singapore on Sunday as part of her first official trip to Southeast Asia, pointed o…READ FULL ARTICLE