China calls on the United States to stop undermining peace in the Asia-Pacific and stands against deployment of US missiles in the region, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday.
The American Samoa government has begun discussions with the U.S. military to consider stationing troops in the territory amid the "rising power and influence of China" in the region.The U.S. territory's Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga met with the U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General Charles A. Flyn.