The US president’s announcements have drawn sharp responses from several impacted countries, with some like China vowing retaliation and others seeking negotiations.
Biden stressed that the submarines would be nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed: 'These boats will not have nuclear weapons of any kind on them,' he said.
Beijing's ties to the other countries have increasingly frayed as tensions flare over the coronavirus outbreak, security law in Hong Kong and the South China Sea dispute.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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