US says China's maritime actions off Taiwan 'deeply destabilising'

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The United States called China’s maritime actions around Taiwan deeply destabilizing. Washington said Beijing’s efforts to assert authority over waters administered peacefully by Taiwan increase tensions and undermine stated goals of peaceful resolution.

"By asserting authorities around maritime areas that Taiwan has peacefully administered for over 70 years, China only exacerbates tensions and undermines the peaceful resolution of issues that it claims to seek," a US State Department spokesperson said.