The United States has called on claimant states in the South China Sea to spurn antagonistic behavior that does not follow international protocol, given China’s “gross” manifestation of its forces in the disputed waters. Admiral Karl Schultz, commandant of the US Coast Guard, said the US and its partners see the need for an international pushback on aggressiveness in the South China Sea. “I think the Coast Guard voice, the US Navy voice, allied partners, regional partners, neighbors, I think there needs to be an international pushback to say you know, we reject the types of behaviors, the antagonistic, aggressive behaviors that are not consistent with the rules-based order,” Schultz said in an international media teleconference yesterday from Saipan in the Marianas.

Servallos, N. J. (2019, July 24). US calls for int'l pushback vs aggressive sea acts. The Philippine Star, p. 7.