Biggest regional risk factor is US destroying trust and cooperation: China Daily editorial chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-07-30 19:42

Biggest regional risk factor is US destroying trust and cooperation: China Daily editorial chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-07-30 19:42 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202407/30/WS66a8d18aa3104e74fddb7a0b.html Historical complexities used to be the single most important factor in the way of claimant countries resolving their territorial disputes in the East and South China seas. That is no longer the case, as actors from beyond the region, led and orchestrated by the United States, have stepped deeper into the troubled waters, and it is the US that has now become the most prominent factor in the growing frictions between China and its neighbors.