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By Zachary Keck
The warning was part of a broader criticism of China’s actions in the South China Sea.
On Tuesday, the U.S. rapped China on its actions in the South China Sea, and implored it not to seek to establish an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the area.
In a joint press conference with the Philippine Foreign Secretary, Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated America’s opposition to Beijing’s new East China Sea ADIZ, and warned it against creating new ADIZs in places like the South China Sea.
“Today, I raised our deep concerns about China’s announcement of an East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone. I told the foreign secretary that the United States does not recognize that zone and does not accept it. The zone should not be implemented, and China should refrain from taking similar unilateral actions elsewhere in the region, and particularly over the South China Sea,” Kerry said during the press conference.
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