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In a development that is being watched closely by Beijing, foreign ministers of the “Quad†countries — India, the United States, Japan and Australia — met in Tokyo on Tuesday, with US secretary of state Michael R. Pompeo blasting China’s “exploitation, corruption, and coercion†in “South (China Sea), the East China Sea, the Mekong, the Himalayas and the Taiwan Straitsâ€. The US secretary of state also openly accused China of initially “covering up†the Coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan and “silencing the very brave Chinese citizens who raised the alarmâ€. Representing India, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, in a veiled jibe...
