China risks paying ‘high cost’ for South China Sea intimidation, Japan defense chief says

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“Anyone who is trying to change the status quo by force needs to be forced to pay a high cost,” Kono said. Beijing’s efforts at transforming obscure sandbars and reefs into a string of highly fortified artificial islands stretching hundreds of miles across the South China Sea does not promote or uphold the international order, … Read more