Google should drop plans for China return, Pence says

Beijing bashes vice president's speech in further deterioration of bilateral ties

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Washington-based Hudson Institute on Oct. 4. (Photo courtesy of the Hudson Institute)

ARIANA KING, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sharply criticized Chinese aggression and interference, both military and economic, in a wide-ranging speech on Thursday at a Washington-based think tank that called out Beijing's activities in the South China Sea and singled out Google for its plans to return to China.

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