US Eyes ASEAN Cooperation to Push Back Against China During Blinken Visit

A member of the Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Malabrigo manning his post while being shadowed by a Chinese coast guard ship at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea on April 23, 2023. Ted Ajibe/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Indonesia this week for talks with Southeast Asian allies as the United States seeks to push back against China’s “coercive” actions in the disputed South China Sea.

Mr. Blinken will travel to Indonesia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers summit after concluding his trip to the UK and Lithuania, where he'll join President Joe Biden for NATO meetings, a top U.S. official said on July 7.