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　　Secretary of State John Kerry is travelling in Asia thisweekend. He is expected to mainly discuss NorthKorea's military program and China's territorialclaims in the South China Sea.

　　Mr. Kerry will visit Beijing on Saturday and Sundayfor talks with top officials there. The meeting is inpreparation for a Strategic and Economic Dialoguemeeting this summer and President Xi Jinping'splanned visit to the U.S. in autumn.

　　The Secretary of State will also go to South Korea.He is to talk with President Park Geun-hye and other officials about bilateral and regional issues.

　　Mr. Kerry's visit to China comes at a time of increased tensions over China's expanding landreclamation effort in disputed areas of the South China Sea.

　　China has been strengthening its land reclamation efforts in the Spratly Islands. Philippines,Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have claims to some of the islands.

　　Earlier this week, U.S. officials said the Defense Department is considering sending militaryships and planes to the South China Sea to demonstrate freedom of navigation.

　　That resulted in a quick answer from China's foreign ministry, which said the move would beconsidered provocative.

　　David Shear is U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs. He said China'sbuilding projects on coral reefs could cause military insecurity in the region.

　　He said it could lead other regional governments to strengthen their own militaries increasingthe risk of crises and arms races.

　　Mr. Shear said China had built much more than its neighbors in the South China Sea.

　　Secretary of State Also Visits South Korea

　　Mr. Kerry's visit to South Korea will take place just days after North Korea test-fired a ballisticmissile.

　　The test could indicate progress in North Korea's secretive missile-building program.

　　Republican U.S. Senator Cory Gardner criticized President Barack Obama in connection with thetest. He said the launch is another confirmation of North Korea's growing nuclear capabilities.He said the president has not answered the growing threat.

　　Six-party talks with North Korea over its nuclear program have not moved forward since 2008.

　　World powers do not have a lot of will right now to reopen the talks. Katharine H.S. Moon is anexpert with the SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies and the Brookings Institution'sCenter for East Asia Policy Studies. She says the form and process of the negotiations need tobe to be rethought.

　　But Moon said it is unlikely that North Korea would use its weapons recklessly. She said thegovernment is more reasonable and practical than people think.

　　She also said North Korea has been more demanding about conditions for negotiations to takeplace and for reducing its nuclear program.

　　After South Korea, Mr. Kerry travels to Seattle for talks linked to U.S. trade.

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