Pacific Winds 20230820
A daily collection of news affecting the Asia-Pacific region
Alliances
Biden to sign strategic partnership deal with Vietnam in latest bid to counter China in the region
Politico 20230818
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/18/biden-vietnam-partnership-00111939
Looming Over a New Security Pact: China, North Korea and Donald Trump
NYTimes 20230818
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/politics/biden-japan-south-korea-summit.html
Experts react: The US-Japan-South Korea summit was ‘historic.’ But what did it accomplish?
Atlantic Council 20230818
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react/experts-react-the-us-japan-south-korea-summit-was-historic-but-what-did-it-accomplish/
Japan-South Korea-U.S. summit symbolic but judgment of history awaits
Kyodo 20230819
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/08/e93b0713d834-focus-japan-us-s-korea-summit-symbolic-but-judgment-of-history-awaits.html
U.S., Japan, South Korea alliance sends clear message to China
Nikkei 20230920
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Comment/U.S.-Japan-South-Korea-alliance-sends-clear-message-to-China
A Defense Agreement Likely to Deepen Chinese Rancor
NYTimes 20230819
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/world/asia/china-biden-camp-david.html
Dangerous progression of US-Japan-South Korea cooperation must be stopped
GT 20230819
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1296577.shtml
Camp David summit serves as hypocritical anti-China pantomime with a ‘mini-NATO’ in the making: analysts
GT 20230819
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1296579.shtml
Japan, South Korea, U.S. Strengthen Trilateral Cooperation
US DoD 20230818
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3498451/japan-south-korea-us-strengthen-trilateral-cooperation/
How ASEAN Can Win Its War Against Illegal and Unregulated Fishing
The Diplomat 20230817
https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/how-asean-can-win-its-war-against-illegal-and-unregulated-fishing/
How Will China’s Rare Earth Export Controls Impact Japan?
The Diplomat 20230818
https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/how-will-chinas-rare-earth-export-controls-impact-japan/
Micronesia-Marianas (2nd Island Chain+)
Expert: Better tech, diplomacy needed to defend against hypersonic missiles
GDP 20230820
https://www.postguam.com/news/expert-better-tech-diplomacy-needed-to-defend-against-hypersonic-missiles/article_43813a7a-3d9f-11ee-95dc-f3a44ae8c6f8.html
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector/Guam's Fast Response Cutters bolster Pacific Partnership Strategy and strengthen Pacific Island Country relations
USCG-FMSG 20230818
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/451718/us-coast-guard-forces-micronesia-sector-guams-fast-response-cutters-bolster-pacific-partnership-strategy-and-strengthen-pacific-island-country-relations
Island Waves
Operation Island Chief: Battling Illegal Fishing in the Pacific's Waters
Daily Post (VU) 20230819
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/operation-island-chief-battling-illegal-fishing-in-the-pacifics-waters/article_195ab25c-c726-5a58-a0b2-208ee8eb4f9e.html
MoU signed between VMSA and SIMA
Daily Post (VU) 20230819
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/mou-signed-between-vmsa-and-sima/article_68df3b96-f680-5522-950c-d36fe290bcf1.html
US – Fiji’s top export destination
Fiji Times 20230819
https://www.fijitimes.com/us-fijis-top-export-destination/
2023 Chiefs of Defense Conference Concludes
US IndoPaCom 20230818
https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/3498498/2023-chiefs-of-defense-conference-concludes/
Taiwan + SCS
Lai Ching-te's attempt to seek 'Taiwan independence' hardly concealed under guise of 'peace'
GT 20230819
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1296575.shtml
China launches drills around Taiwan in angry response to Vice President William Lai's US trip
ABC (AU) 20230819
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-19/china-launches-drills-around-taiwan-in-angry-response-/102751280
China launches military drills around Taiwan as 'stern warning' after US visit
AFP 20230819
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230819-china-launches-military-drills-around-taiwan-as-stern-warning-after-us-visit
Taiwan VP in eye of the storm as China drills to protest US visit
Reuters 20230819
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-vp-eye-storm-china-drills-protest-us-visit-2023-08-19/
PLA holds joint drills around Taiwan island following separatist Lai's provocative 'stopovers' in US
GT 20230819
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1296578.shtml
China calls military drill around Taiwan ‘serious warning to separatists'
Taiwan News 20230819
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4975429
PLA conducts exercise in waters, airspace to north, southwest of Taiwan Island
China Military 20230819
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/TopStories_209189/16246246.html
Rare Look At Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Kamikaze Drone In Action
The Drive 20230818
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/rare-look-at-taiwans-chien-hsiang-kamikaze-drone-in-action
Mainland official strongly condemns provocative move by Taiwan's DPP to further collude with U.S.
Xinhua 20230819
https://english.news.cn/20230819/3ac095a546094f33ad5c7015da777072/c.html
Taiwan accuses China of trying to influence elections through military drills
CNA (TW) 20230819
https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202308190014
Is the Philippines Ready for a Taiwan Conflict?
The Diplomat 20230819
https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/is-the-philippines-ready-for-a-taiwan-conflict/
AFP asks China to 'behave' as new resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre set
CNN (PH) 20230819
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/8/19/AFP-China-behave-resupply-mission-.html
At Camp David, Leaders Criticize Beijing's Moves in South China Sea
VoA 20230818
https://www.voanews.com/a/at-camp-david-leaders-criticize-beijing-s-moves-in-south-china-sea-/7231459.html
Vietnam said to plan military buildup on South China Sea footholds
Nikkei 20230819
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/South-China-Sea/Vietnam-said-to-plan-military-buildup-on-South-China-Sea-footholds
Water Cannons and Lasers: South China Sea Standoff Around World War II-Era Ship Heats Up
WSJ 20230817
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/water-cannons-and-lasers-south-china-sea-standoff-around-world-war-ii-era-ship-heats-up-6d24d8d0
Capabilities
Yoon, Biden agree to closely cooperate to strengthen credibility of U.S. extended deterrence
Yonhap 20230819
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230819000751315?section=news
US Set to Sell Missile Systems to Australia in $975 Million Deal
Bloomberg 20230818
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-18/us-set-to-sell-missile-systems-to-australia-in-975-million-deal
Japan Joins U.S. For Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) Development
Naval News 20230819
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/08/japan-joins-u-s-for-glide-phase-interceptor-gpi-development/
U.S. Department of Defense and Japan Ministry of Defense Press Release on the Commencement of Glide Phase Interceptor Cooperative Development
US DoD 20230818
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3498431/us-department-of-defense-and-japan-ministry-of-defense-press-release-on-the-com/
Power
WARGAMING FOR PEACE IN ASIA
MWI 20230816
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/wargaming-for-peace-in-asia/