DefenceTalkBeijing has played down the prospects of conflict with the United States over the South China Sea in the wake of aggressive rhetoric by Donald Trump’s administration, saying both sides would lose. China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich region despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours and has rapidly built reefs into […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-says-both-sides-will-lose-from-conflict-with-us-69088/