The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States, Australia and India on Monday signaled their deepening concerns about the situation in the East and South China seas, where China has been increasingly assertive, as they reaffirmed their commitment to uphold the rules-based maritime order in the Indo-Pacific."We are seriously concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas and reiterate our strong opposition to any unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo by force or coercion," the ministers of the Quad group said in a joint statement issued after their meeting …READ FULL ARTICLE
