03 November 2015•Update: 05 November 2015
By Alex Jensen
SEOUL
The United States appeared to have South Korea’s backing Monday amid a row with China over Beijing’s territorial expansion in the South China Sea.
The Korea Times reported Defense Secretary Ashton Carter as stopping in Seoul for talks with his South Korean counterpart -- the first leg in an eight-day tour of the region - Monday.
Carter’s arrival came less than a week after an American warship passed within 22 nautical kilometers (12 nautical miles) of a man-made Chinese island, prompting a call from Beijing for the U.S. to end such provocative behavior.
