By BRADLEY KLAPPER
Associated Press
PHNOM
PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The Obama administration is hoping China will
accept a code of conduct for resolving territorial disputes in the
resource-rich South China Sea, a difficult mediation effort that's
often been rebuffed by the communist government.
U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is meeting Thursday with
China's foreign minister on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian
conference.
Governments
there are increasingly worried about Beijing's expansive maritime
claims, and Chinese tensions with the Philippines and Vietnam have
threatened to boil over.
Speaking
to foreign ministers gathered in Cambodia, Clinton said the U.S. isn't
taking sides. But Washington wants to ensure freedom of navigation and
peace.
The sea hosts
about a third of the world's cargo traffic, has rich fishing grounds
and is believed to store vast oil and gas reserves.
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