Halifax, Canada: China and Russia seek a world where force is used to resolve disputes, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Saturday (Sunday in Manila), vowing that the United States will continue defending humanitarian principles and international law.

"Beijing, like Moscow, seeks a world where might makes right, where disputes are resolved by force, and where autocrats can stamp out the flame of freedom," Austin told the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada.

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