US says committed to Pacific Islands that rejected ‘opaque’ China pact World NewsĬhina makes second largest Taiwan defense zone incursion this yearĬhina has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan’s air defense zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more. World NewsĬhina “firmly” opposes a new trade initiative between Taiwan and the United States, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, a plan the government in. Japan wants to drastically increase defense spending “within the next five years” it said on Tuesday in an annual economic policy document that for. Japan calls for defense spending hike in policy paper, notes threats to Taiwan South Korea and the United States flew warplanes including stealth fighter jets over waters around the Korean peninsula Tuesday in a fresh show of. US, South Korea fly warplanes after North’s missile tests North Korea could conduct a seventh nuclear test at “any time” and has shown no interest in returning to negotiations, US Special Representative for. North Korea could conduct nuclear test ‘any time’: US envoyĬhina unable to reach consensus on security pact with Pacific islandsĬhina says ‘firmly’ opposes US trade initiative with Taiwan Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will open the conference on Friday with a keynote speech in which he is expected to call for peaceful resolutions to disputes in the Asia-Pacific region. Officials from South Korea, the United States and Japan said on Wednesday that North Korea’s recent missile tests were “serious, unlawful” provocations. Last week, a virtual meeting of 10 Pacific foreign ministers hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Fiji agreed to defer consideration of a Chinese proposal for a sweeping trade and security pact.Īlso looming over the Shangri-La Dialogue is the increasing military threat posed by North Korea, which has carried out at least 18 rounds of weapons tests this year, underscoring its evolving nuclear and missile arsenals. The Pacific islands have also emerged as a key front in Washington’s strategic competition with China.īiden’s special envoy is due to visit the Marshall Islands next week amid growing US worries about China’s efforts to expand its influence in the region. Washington has had a long-standing policy of strategic ambiguity on whether it would defend Taiwan militarily. This month, Biden said the United States would get involved militarily should China attack Taiwan, although the administration has since clarified that US policy on the issue has not changed and Washington does not support Taiwan’s independence. “The US is going to come out swinging on Taiwan specifically but also China’s growing assertiveness throughout the Indo-Pacific,” said Derek Grossman, a senior defense analyst at the RAND Corporation, a think tank.
“It’s not about words, it’s about walking the walk.”īilateral talks between the United States and China, and much of the conference, will likely focus on Taiwan.Ĭhina, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has increased military activity near the island over the past two years, responding to what it calls “collusion” between Taipei and Washington. Yet it seems a major part of the attention and resources are basically going to Europe,” said Elbridge Colby, a former senior Pentagon official. “They say that China is this huge threat and they’re even saying it’s an acute threat. With US military and political capital soaked up by the war in Ukraine, Austin will be under pressure to convince China’s rivals in Asia that they can rely on Washington. China will defend their relationship with Russia, their position and policy in response to Ukraine.” ‘Come out swinging’
“We’ll see some inferences of the China-Russia partnership as a coalition of autocracies. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. “American participants will use the occasion to criticize China’s strategic partnership with Russia,” said Li Mingjiang, associate professor at the S. Ukraine will send a delegation to the meeting but the Russians will not be attending, according to a source familiar with the list of attendees. The conflict, which has killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble, entered its 100th day last week.
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