January 21, 2015

"US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel is in Manila for bilateral meetings with his counterparts in the government, the US embassy announced yesterday.

Russel, who described China's activities in the South China Sea as "wholesale reclamation and source of clear anxiety and instability in the region," came with Assistant Secretary for Defense David Shear."

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