WASHINGTON -- China's intrusive and expansionist claims in the Indo-Pacific are "illegal, coercive, aggressive and deceptive," the new commander of the Indo-Pacific Command said Friday at a change of command ceremony in Hawaii.
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China's territorial claims illegal, deceptive: U.S. Indo-Pacific chief
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Adm. Samuel Paparo, the new commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, vowed to preserve the free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy)
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