US ambassador to Singapore hails ties, concerned by China’s ‘unnecessarily provocative’ actions

The ambassador also assured partners at the summit that the US would continue to support the region, regardless of the outcome of its presidential election.

Kaplan, who is also an entrepreneur, stressed the importance of communication between the two competing superpowers, saying: “The United States shares concerns and frustrations like many in the region about some of the PRC [People’s Republic of China] behaviour, especially in the South China Sea where they are being aggressive and, I will argue, unnecessarily provocative.”