US admiral issues blunt warning over Chinese maritime expansion

By David Wroe
Updated October 6 2015 - 9:08pm, first published 8:11pm
Admiral Scott Swift. Photo: John Garnaut
Admiral Scott Swift. Photo: John Garnaut

The commander of the United States' massive Pacific Fleet has warned that if bullying behaviour at sea of the kind shown by China is not confronted, it will spread to land and become a "friction point" there.

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