China says US provoking arms race in moves into South China Sea

BEIJING — The US poses the largest security challenge in the South China Sea as its military deployment there is turning it into "the whirlpool of an arms race," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said in remarks published on Sunday.Recent maritime run-ins between China and the Philippines, a US treaty ally, have made the highly strategic South China Sea a potential flashpoint between Washington and Beijing.

"A move by the United States to deploy medium-range missile systems in the area "is dragging the region into the whirlpool of an arms race, placing the entire Asia Pacific region under the shadow of geopolitical conflicts," Sun said.China is committed to properly managing disputes with the parties in the South China Sea through dialogue, he added.

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