Nato concerned by China’s ‘rapid and opaque’ military buildup, says Blinken

US secretary of state says Beijing's ties with Moscow also discussed at alliance meeting after the two countries sent bombers into South Korean airspace

Nato allies are concerned about China's rapid and opaque military buildup and its cooperation with Russia, and discussed concrete ways to address the challenges posed by Beijing, US secretary of state Antony Blinken has said.

The members of our alliance remain concerned by the PRC's [People's Republic of China] coercive policies, by its use of disinformation, by its rapid, opaque military buildup, including its cooperation with Russia," Blinken told a news conference on Wednesday after a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the defence alliance.