US expects more cooperation with India in South China Sea -senior U.S. official

The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink said on Wednesday he expected greater U.S.-India partnership over issues in the South China Sea, where China has been at the center of numerous territorial disputes with regional countries.

The U.S. has seen a clear and upward trend of Chinese coercion in the disputed waters, Kritenbrink told a Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank event in Washington.