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Obama set to defy China over sea rows

AFP – US President Barack Obama was on Tuesday set to defy Beijing’s protests and use a summit to raise concerns over South China Sea rows that have sent diplomatic and trade shockwaves across the region. Obama planned to pressure China on the highly sensitive issue of a code of conduct that would govern how Wen Meets Obama. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with US President Barack Obama at the sideline of the ongoing East Asia Summit in Cambodia.