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| Leon Panetta |
By Jason Miks
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has warned of a ‘troubling lack of transparency’ over China’s rapid military modernization, and expressed concern over the country’s ‘increasingly assertive activity in the East and South China Seas.’
The comments, which appeared in an opinion piece in Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper and were covered by AP as he arrived in Japan for a visit, marked a sharp change in tone from his remarks a day earlier in Bali, when he praised China for its restraint over a recently announced US arms sale to Taiwan.
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