US Concerned Over China’s ‘Interference’ in South China Sea

US Concerned Over China’s ‘Interference’ in South China Sea
In this Thursday, July 4, 2019, photo, magazines with a front cover featuring Chinese leader Xi Jinping with South China Sea and Xi against U.S. President Donald Trump is placed on sale at a roadside bookstand in Hong Kong. The United States said it's concerned by reports of China's interference with oil and gas activities in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where Vietnam accuses Beijing of violating its sovereignty. Andy Wong/AP
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HANOI, Vietnam—The United States said it’s concerned by reports of China’s interference with oil and gas activities in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where Vietnam accuses Beijing of violating its sovereignty.

State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that China’s “repeated provocative actions aimed at the offshore oil and gas development of other claimant states threaten regional energy security and undermine the free and open Indo-Pacific energy market.”