China says it never sought to ‘build an empire’ in reply to Pompeo’s claim offshore development is unlawful
Beijing has called the US a “troublemaker” after strong criticism from Washington of its claims in the South China Sea and announced sanctions on Lockheed Martin over arms sales to Taiwan.
The Chinese foreign ministry said the country had never sought to “build an empire” in the disputed waters, hitting back at comments by the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, that “the world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire”.
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