Blinken chides China's 'escalating actions' at sea, around Taiwan

VIENTIANE, LAOS - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Beijing's 'escalating and unlawful actions' in the South China Sea at a summit on Saturday, where his Russian counterpart said Washington has stoked anxiety in its plan for a nuclear deterrence with ally Seoul for the Korean peninsula.

Blinken singled out China over its coast guard's hostile actions against U.S. defense treaty ally the Philippine