On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released a statement underlying the US stance on the South China Sea. He stated that the US rejects most Chinese maritime claims in the area. The statement is largely a symbolic challenge to Beijing, but Pompeo did say that China won’t be allowed to treat the strategic waters as ‘its maritime empire.’ Host Carol Hills speaks with Bonnie S. Glaser, a senior director for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about these recent developments.