China's defense minister said the United States is trying to "hijack" the support of countries in the Asia-Pacific region to turn them against Beijing.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had stressed the need for multilateral partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, which China's defense minister suggested was an attempt to back his country into a corner.
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