China using 'coercive' economic tools in Indian Ocean: US{br} https://ift.tt/kilW8wz

China is using “coercive economic tools” to achieve its security aims in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) while also not adhering to international laws and displaying a lack of transparency in its ongoing efforts to establish overseas military bases, a senior US defence official said.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/SNMe9Ly