Pacific Winds 20230809
A daily collection of news affecting the Asia-Pacific region
Alliances
Labor's shake-up of $4.8 billion foreign aid program to combat Chinese influence, focus on creating 'locally-led' solutions
Sky (AU) 20230808
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/labors-shakeup-of-48-billion-foreign-aid-program-to-combat-chinese-influence-focus-on-creating-locallyled-solutions/news-story/67fbce69dfa01a1cbe743a3610b52ab4
Australia’s new International Development Policy and Development Finance Review
AU MoFA 20230808
https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/australias-new-international-development-policy-and-development-finance-review
Deteriorating Horizons: Escalating US-China Competition And Its Unhealthy Ramifications
Eurasia Review 20230808
https://www.eurasiareview.com/08082023-deteriorating-horizons-escalating-us-china-competition-and-its-unhealthy-ramifications-analysis/
Dualistic model in Western society is a stumbling block to China-US cooperation
GT 20230808
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295896.shtml
Ministry denies report of Tokyo demanding support for Fukushima water release at S. Korea-U.S.-Japan summit
Yonhap 20230808
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230808007800325
Realities will prevent planned security link among US, Japan, S.Korea from working smoothly
GT 20230808
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295908.shtml
New Zealand's new prime minister is making nice with China
Nikkei 20230808
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/New-Zealand-s-new-prime-minister-is-making-nice-with-China
Marcos to US solon: New responses needed amid volatile geopolitics
GMA 20230808
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/878289/marcos-to-us-solon-new-responses-needed-amid-volatile-geopolitics/story/
China and Russia 'trustworthy and reliable good friends': Wang Yi
GT 20230808
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295893.shtml
Micronesia-Marianas (2nd Island Chain+)
Study: Missile Defense Agency short of its goals in fiscal 2022
GDP 20230809
https://www.postguam.com/news/local/study-missile-defense-agency-short-of-its-goals-in-fiscal-2022/article_c88d62ee-35a1-11ee-a30b-cbb804f34313.html
Implementing strategic deterrence through test
Breaking Defense 20230808
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/08/implementing-strategic-deterrence-through-test/
Where is protection for the people of Guam?
GDP 20230809
https://www.postguam.com/forum/featured_columnists/where-is-protection-for-the-people-of-guam/article_3a7344f2-357d-11ee-9eb3-2f8b76926caf.html
CNMI Joint Military Training project to hold community info sessions
KUAM 20230808
https://www.kuam.com/story/49367510/cnmi-joint-military-training-project-to-hold-community-info-sessions
Increased military presence threatens to drive up homelessness on Guam
ABC (AU) 20230808
https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/influx-of-soldiers-threatens-to-drive-up-homelessness-on-guam/102700968
Odd partnerships
PIT 20230808
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/odd-partnerships
Island Waves
Lemanu would push US interests in Pacific if Forum membership awarded
Radio NZ 20230808
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/495342/lemanu-would-push-us-interests-in-pacific-if-forum-membership-awarded
Albanese government under fire for 'forcing ideology' onto Pacific nations in major aid policy reform to counter China's influence
Sky (AU) 20230808
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/albanese-government-under-fire-for-forcing-ideology-onto-pacific-nations-in-major-aid-policy-reform-to-counter-chinas-influence/news-story/18055d86f9307217880f9c79e331841f
New rules for aid in the Pacific - as China challenges for influence
SBS 20230808
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/new-rules-for-aid-in-the-pacific-as-china-challenges-for-influence/uquwjq3c6
International development: Putting the heart back in Australian foreign policy
Lowy 20230808
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/international-development-putting-heart-back-australian-foreign-policy
Australian support boosts data collection
Samoa Observer 20230808
https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/105023
Samoan diplomat praises China's religious freedom
Samoa Observer 20230808
https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/105008
US to Assist PNGDF with Polyester Uniforms
Post Courier (PNG) 20230808
https://www.postcourier.com.pg/us-to-assist-pngdf-with-polyester-uniforms/
Taiwan + SCS
Statement from President Joe Biden on H.R. 4004, the United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act
US White House 20230807
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/07/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-h-r-4004-the-united-states-taiwan-initiative-on-21st-century-trade-first-agreement-implementation-act/
Political deal under guise of trade not a blessing for Taiwan island
GT 20230808
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295903.shtml
What the PLA Rocket Force Shakeup Means for Taiwan
The Diplomat 20230807
https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/what-the-pla-rocket-force-shakeup-means-for-taiwan/
TAIWAN’S VAST SURVEILLANCE INFRASTRUCTURE: AN ACHILLES’ HEEL IF CHINA INVADES
MWI 20230808
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/taiwans-vast-surveillance-infrastructure-an-achilles-heel-if-china-invades/
Ex-Japan PM Taro Aso says Japan, U.S. must resolve to fight for Taiwan
Kyodo 20230808
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/08/08f4020c9bcc-ex-japan-pm-aso-says-japan-us-must-resolve-to-fight-for-taiwan.html
Japan, US must show resolve to fight for Taiwan, ex-PM Aso says
Reuters 20230808
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-us-must-show-resolve-fight-taiwan-ex-pm-aso-says-2023-08-08/
Taiwan situation ‘tilting toward emergency,’ former Japan PM says
Japan Times 20230808
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/08/japan/politics/taro-aso-taiwan-speech/
Taiwan tracks 11 Chinese military aircraft, 5 naval ships around nation
Taiwan News 20230808
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4965504
China and Philippines' dispute over grounded warship heats up
Reuters 20230808
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-repeats-call-philippines-remove-grounded-warship-2023-08-08/
Marcos defies China amid new S China Sea tensions
Asia Times 20230808
https://asiatimes.com/2023/08/marcos-defies-china-amid-new-s-china-sea-tensions/
Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro Jr.
US DoD 20230808
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3487281/readout-of-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iiis-call-with-philippine-secret/
Another resupply mission eyed for PH troops in Ayungin Shoal
PNA 20230808
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1207339
PCG eyes more, larger vessels to escort resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal
GMA 20230808
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/878215/pcg-eyes-more-larger-vessels-to-escort-resupply-mission-to-ayungin-shoal/story/
China claims PH has yet to remove BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal as promised
Inquirer (PH) 20230808
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/217498/china-claims-removal-of-brp-sierra-madre-from-ayungin-shoal-is-promise-unfulfilled-by-ph
China again urges the Philippines to immediately tow away the grounded warship from Ren'ai Reef -- part of China's Nansha Islands
GT 20230808
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295878.shtml
China 'fully prepared' for any possible situations around Ren'ai Reef
GT 20230808
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295901.shtml
China firmly safeguards its national sovereignty against Filipino Ren'ai Reef provocation: China's Ministry of National Defense
GT 20230808
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1295911.shtml
Remarks of the Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on the Issue of Ren’ai Jiao
PRC Emb PH 20230808
http://ph.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/fyrth/202308/t20230808_11123893.htm
China's neighbors wary over South China Sea aggression
Manila Bulletin 20230808
https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/7/china-s-neighbors-concern-of-aggression-in-south-china-sea
Grounded WWII warship raises tensions between China, Philippines
ABC (AU) 20230809
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-09/grounded-wwii-warship-raises-tensions-between-china-philippines/102704914
China ‘unreachable’ during water cannon incident in West Philippine Sea – DFA
CNN (PH) 20230808
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/8/8/dfa-china-hotline-west-philippine-sea-water-cannon-ayungin.html
Capabilities
Amphibious Warship ‘Strategic Pause’ Ongoing Despite Small Business Solicitation
USNI 20230807
https://news.usni.org/2023/08/07/amphibious-warship-strategic-pause-ongoing-despite-small-business-solicitation
US Army plans to grow Patriot missile defense force
Army Times 20230808
https://www.armytimes.com/land/2023/08/08/us-army-plans-to-grow-patriot-missile-defense-force/
Yoon calls for priority on building deterrence against N. Korea
Yonhap 20230808
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230808009400315?section=news
Setting the Record Straight on Beijing’s Actual Military Spending
AEI 20230808
https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/setting-the-record-straight-on-beijings-actual-military-spending/
Japan Defense Ministry to seek record 7 tril. yen budget for FY 2024
Kyodo 202300808
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/08/91107e733f30-japan-defense-ministry-to-seek-record-7-tril-yen-budget-for-fy-2024.html
Japan Mulls Provision of Defense Equipment to 6 Like-minded Countries
Yomiuri 20230808
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/defense-security/20230808-128334/
CO: In Australia, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin is at the ‘Cutting Edge’ of Force Design
USNI 20230808
https://news.usni.org/2023/08/08/co-in-australia-marine-rotational-force-darwin-is-at-the-cutting-edge-of-force-design
Japan-Australia defense cooperation pact to take effect on Aug. 13
Kyodo 20230808
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/08/beff0d3160bf-japan-australia-defense-cooperation-pact-to-take-effect-on-sun.html
Japan to supply 5 countries with free patrol boats to counter China
Naval Recognition 20230808
https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2023/august/13433-japan-to-supply-5-countries-with-free-patrol-boats-to-counter-china.html
China’s rapid space launch advantage, and how the US can try to counter it
Breaking Defense 20230808
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/08/chinas-rapid-space-launch-advantage-and-how-the-us-can-try-to-counter-it/
The Quad is edging closer to collective maritime defense
Nikkei 20230808
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/The-Quad-is-edging-closer-to-collective-maritime-defense
All domain C2, data sharing key for Talisman Sabre: US 3-star
Breaking Defense 20230808
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/08/all-domain-c2-data-sharing-key-for-talisman-sabre-us-3-star/
Air Force developing new architecture for JADC2 ‘kill chains,’ wants faster ABMS development
Breaking Defense 20230808
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/08/air-force-developing-new-architecture-for-jadc2-kill-chains-wants-faster-abms-development/
LASERS WON’T SAVE US FROM HYPERSONIC WEAPONS
Sandboxx 20230807
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/lasers-wont-save-us-from-hypersonic-weapons/
U.S. commission to investigate China’s remote-sensing technologies
Space News 20230808
https://spacenews.com/u-s-commission-to-investigate-chinas-remote-sensing-technologies/
Defense chief: No leaks confirmed from reported Chinese attack
Asahi 20230808
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14976861
Seven questions with Gen. Rainey, head of US Army Futures Command
Defense News 20230808
https://www.defensenews.com/interviews/2023/08/08/seven-questions-with-gen-rainey-head-of-us-army-futures-command/
How Adm. Paparo will lead the US military in the Indo-Pacific
Defense News 20230808
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-navy/2023/08/07/how-adm-paparo-will-lead-the-us-military-in-the-indo-pacific/
Power
China’s long term ‘advantages’ over the US
Asia Times 20230808
https://asiatimes.com/2023/08/chinas-long-term-advantages-over-the-us/
China retains crown in scientific papers, widens lead over U.S.
Nikkei 20230809
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Science/China-retains-crown-in-scientific-papers-widens-lead-over-U.S
American National Security Has an Economic Blindspot
FA 20230808
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/american-national-security-has-economic-blindspot
Can China maintain a hard line against the US?
Think China 20230807
https://www.thinkchina.sg/can-china-maintain-hard-line-against-us
Exercises
Japan-U.S.-India-Australia Multilateral Exercise (MALABAR 2023)
JMSDF 20230808
https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/en/release/202308/20230808en.pdf
U.S., Philippine Air Forces to train together during Pacific Airlift Rally
USAF PacAF 20230808
https://www.pacaf.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3485796/us-philippine-air-forces-to-train-together-during-pacific-airlift-rally/