The U.S. is urging China to focus on peace and not escalation in the South China Sea.
Admiral Harry Harris of the U.S. Pacific Command told a Congressional panel, he believes China is trying to seek hegemony over the South China Sea.
The bipartisan think tank the Centers for Strategic and International Studies issued a report showing evidence that China is building radar sites on some of the disputed islands.
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook says, this could be an escalation of tensions at a time when the focus should be peaceful resolution of dispute.
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China's foreign minister Wang Yi is meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as well.
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