China has aggressively been trying to break out of the containment ring that has been set around it. While the US has fashioned the "Quad" (India, Australia,Japan, and the US) and AUKUS (Aussies, Britain, US) alliances, China has tried to reach accommodations with Pacific micronations in what are called "bilateral security and aid packages". The idea is to build Chinese navy and bases there clearly. Australia, too busy repressing its own citizens, was caught off guard when the Solomon Islands signed such a deal with Beijing. After the Chinese tour of ten Pacific islands did not end with an agreement between the small school of Pacific dots and Asia's greatest power (this time), Beijing began sending large flight of fighter jets through Taiwanese airspace. Most alarming is the large number of Chinese ships WEST of Taiwan. Exercise or taking up station?
With Blundering Biden's commitment to Taiwan and his staffs walking back of such comments, you start putting the pieces together and an alarming picture comes into focus.
The new Cold War is not--nor was it ever going to be--in Europe. It it the Pacific and some of these islands--Solomans, New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Midway, Guam--are places you have heard of before.
Time to get some new maps and start to become familiar with them!
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