SINGAPORE—A senior Chinese naval commander Sunday delivered a forceful defense of Beijing’s stance on territorial disputes in the South China Sea, criticizing what he condemned as U.S. interference in Asian security issues. Adm. Sun Jianguo, a deputy chief of the Chinese military’s Joint Staff Department, used a speech at the high-profile security conference known as the Shangri-La Dialogue to reject U.S. allegations that Beijing...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 05, 2016 07:30 UTC