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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Tomohiro OSAKI, Katie Forster

Pentagon Chief Slams China's 'Coercive Behaviour'

US defence chief Lloyd Austin (C) is in Tokyo on what will likely be his last official Asia-Pacific trip (Credit: AFP)

China's "coercive behaviour" threatens regional stability, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday, after Taiwan said Beijing was carrying out its biggest maritime mobilisation around the self-ruled island in years.

The Pentagon chief is in Tokyo on what will likely be his last official Asia-Pacific trip, as the United States and Japan prepare for a new era shaped by incoming president Donald Trump's protectionist policies.

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