Quad on Geopolitics: Strongest language on China

In the Wilmington Declaration, Quad expressed concern over “militarisation” of disputed features and “coercive and intimidating maneuvers” in South China Sea. Deploying the strongest language it has used so far against China’s activities in the Indo-Pacific, without mentioning China, Quad’s leaders have said they are “seriously concerned” about the situation in the South and East China Seas, listed out specific actions that warrant concern, and backed international legal frameworks and dispute resolution verdicts that Beijing has rejected.