US Secretary of State Pompeo said the country still "hesitated and did too little" when China violated the waters of Vietnam and the Philippines.

"We have hesitated and done too little compared to what we should do when China threatened neighboring countries like Vietnam and the Philippines and claimed the entire South China Sea," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. at Hudson Institute in New York on the evening of October 30.

The US Secretary of State's statement was issued after Vice President Mike Pence on October 24 accused China of acting aggressively and destabilizing Vietnam's oil and gas activities in the South China Sea. He said that China's militarization and its approach to neighboring countries in the region over the years "has been increasingly provocative".

Pompeo said he will continue to have a speech about China in the coming months to oppose Beijing in many matters. "Today, we finally realize the level of Chinese hostility to the United States and our values," Pompeo said, adding that Beijing is seeking international domination.

The US Secretary of State also criticized China's approach to Hong Kong protests, its policy towards Uyghurs in Xinjiang and pledged to increase pressure on China in many areas. However, he said that the United States was not seeking a confrontation but merely wanted to encourage a more "liberalized" China.

Speaking at a news conference in Beijing today, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Canh Shuang said the US Secretary of State's comment was an expression of "arrogance and fear".

"Mr. Pompeo's speech was a malicious attack on the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government," Canh said.

China claims a large area of the South China Sea, overlapping the waters of Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and deploying military equipment, building military facilities on the artificial islands of Beijing. France in the South China Sea.

In early July, Hai Duong Geological Survey 8 and the escort group violated Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the South China Sea and withdrew on October 24. Many countries around the world as well as ASEAN have expressed concerns about the situation in the South China Sea. The State Department and the US Department of Defense both issued press releases criticizing China's intervention in Vietnam's long-standing oil and gas activities in the South China Sea, undermining regional peace, security and violating international rules.