CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to China took a tough line on Tuesday [5-2-17] on China’s development of ‘artificial islands’ in the South China Sea.
‘China cannot be allowed to use its artificial islands to coerce its neighbors or limit freedom of navigation or overflight,’ Iowa’s Republican Gov. Terry Branstad said at his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.”
-Patricia Zengerle, “Trump’s nominee for China ambassador takes tough line on South China Sea,” Reuters, May 2, 2017 10:57am