US Indo-Pacific Commander ‘very, very concerned’ about Chinese aggression in South China Sea

FILE – A Filipino port worker looks as the Japanese Ship Akebono (DD-108), a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, prepares to dock for a goodwill visit at Manila’s south harbor, Philippines on Sept. 27, 2018. The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training, in a show of force Sunday, April 7, 2024 in the South China Sea where Beijings aggressive actions to assert its territorial claims have caused alarm. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) MELBOURNE - The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday that…