A potentially ‘dangerous’ confrontation with Beijing on Wednesday has been announced by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, saying China should be denied access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea.
According to The Diplomat Magazine, Trump’s Nominee Rex Tillerson’s ‘dangerous idea’ for the South China Sea was proposed during a confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
When asked if he supports a more aggressive stance toward China, he said: “We’re going to have to send China a clear signal that, first, the island-building stops and, second, your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed.”
China’s building of islands and putting military assets on those islands was “akin to Russia’s taking Crimea” from Ukraine, he added.
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