Taipei Times
Date: Jul 15, 2016
By: William Lowther / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON

The US should use its superior military force to set limits on Chinese aggression “as it has done in Taiwan,” former commander of US forces in the Pacific region admiral Dennis Blair said on Wednesday.

Testifying before the US Senate Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Blair said the US needed to decide which claims in the South China Sea it recognizes.

His testimony came one day after the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled on a appeal from the Philippines, rejecting China’s claims to much of the South China Sea.

“It would be ideal if there were a multilateral adjudication of the conflicting claims in the South China Sea, since there are many disputed claims beyond China’s,” Blair said.     [FULL  STORY]