Border disputes in Ladakh, South China Sea are reminder of threat by Beijing: US

Border disputes in Ladakh, South China Sea are reminder of threat by Beijing: US

In this file photo US Assistant Secretary of State for democracy, human rights, and labor, Robert Destro (R), looks on as US acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs, Alice Wells, speaks during an Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation Subcommittee hearing on "Human Rights in South Asia: Views from the State Department and the Region" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on October 22, 2019. - The acting top US diplomat for South Asia announced her retirement May 3, 2020, as President Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to go a full term without a Senate-confirmed State Department official focused on the subcontinent. Alice Wells, a career diplomat who has served as acting assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia for most of the Trump administration, will retire on May 22 after a 31-year career, the State Department said. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDSc / AFP) (AFP)