Aggressiveness, coercive nature of China is frequent topic of discussion among Quad says Pentagon

[2Photo© business-standard.com] [Aggressiveness, coercive nature of China is frequent topic of discussion among Quad says Pentagon] China’s aggressiveness and coercive nature in the strategic [Indo-Pacific](/topic/indo-pacific) region is a frequent topic of discussion among the Quad nations but not all of it has to do with Beijing as there are lots of outcomes, the Pentagon has said. On September 24, US President Joe Biden hosted the first-ever in-person summit of Quad leaders that vowed to strive for an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, inclusive, anchored by democratic values and unconstrained by coercion, sending an apparent message to China. At President…