China has asked the United States to respect the efforts by China and India to resolve their boundary dispute peacefully. China was reacting to a Pentagon report alleging that Beijing has increased defence capabilities and deployed more troops along the borders with India. Chinese Defence Spokesman Yang Yujun said in a statement in response to PTI that China is committed to safeguarding peace in the border areas with India. The US military report also warned of increasing Chinese military presence in various parts of the world, particularly in Pakistan.<br/><br/>Yang stressed China's construction on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea serves mostly civilian purposes and helps fulfil its international responsibilities and obligations by providing more public goods. Yang further said it is the United States which has been flexing military muscles by frequently sending military aircraft and warships to the region. The South China Sea has become a major flash point for military tensions between China and the US in recent years. Beijing claims sovereignty over all most all of the South China sea.