Pacific Winds 20230906
A daily collection of news affecting the Asia-Pacific region
Alliances
ASEAN leaders seek to assert bloc's relevance at annual summit
Reuters 20230904
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/asean-leaders-seek-assert-blocs-relevance-annual-summit-2023-09-04/
ASEAN summit to open amid tensions over new China territorial map
Nikkei 20230905
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/ASEAN-summit-to-open-amid-tensions-over-new-China-territorial-map
US Vice President Heads to ASEAN Summit as Regional Tensions Ramp Up
VoA 20230904
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-vice-president-heads-to-asean-summit-as-regional-tensions-ramp-up/7254621.html
Stage set for a disagreeable ASEAN summit in Jakarta
Asia Times 202309005
https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/stage-set-for-a-disagreeable-asean-summit-in-jakarta/
Kim to meet Putin as Russia seeks closer military ties with North Korea
Reuters 20230904
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-proposes-joint-navy-exercise-with-nkorea-china-yonhap-2023-09-04/
North Korea Finds New Leverage in the Ukraine War
NYTimes 20230905
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/world/asia/north-korea-russia-kim-jong-un.html
What happened to the G20’s new world order?
CNN 20230904
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/04/world/g20-meanwhile-sept-3-intl/index.html
AUKUS standoff: Australia, UK wait on Congress to approve pact
Defense News 20230905
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2023/09/05/aukus-standoff-australia-uk-wait-on-congress-to-approve-pact/
Misleading zero-sum hype should not interfere with China-Australia dialogue
GT 20230905
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297623.shtml
Secretary Raimondo Goes to China
CSIS 20230905
https://www.csis.org/analysis/secretary-raimondo-goes-china
Japan protests China's import ban over Fukushima water release at WTO
Kyodo 20230905
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/09/9f1ad8578b4b-japan-protests-chinas-import-ban-over-fukushima-water-release-at-wto.html
Japan’s WTO appeal over seafood ban another attempt to ‘legalize’ radioactive wastewater dumping
GT 20230905
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297644.shtml
Japan’s previous water testing ‘incomplete, unrepresentative’
GT 202309005
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297650.shtml
Micronesia-Marianas (2nd Island Chain+)
Guam military officials unite for Joint Commanders Conference
PDN 20230906
https://www.guampdn.com/news/guam-military-officials-unite-for-joint-commanders-conference/article_120d0f14-4baf-11ee-86a9-57707f37ef37.html
Tinian casino investor a ‘victim of geopolitical factors’
Marianas Variety 20230906
https://www.mvariety.com/news/local/tinian-casino-investor-a-victim-of-geopolitical-factors/article_5dc19d9c-4bb6-11ee-aafe-8744c97759eb.html
Island Waves
Caught Between China and the West, a Pacific Island Nation Ousts Its Leader
NYTimes 20230905
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/world/australia/vanuatu-pm-australia-china-us.html
Future of Australia-Vanuatu security pact in doubt after Pacific Island nation picks new PM
ABC (AU) 20230905
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-05/australia-vanuatu-security-pact-rewrite-under-new-pm-china/102815352
China ‘gifts’ and cost concerns: Pacific Games stir controversy in Solomon Islands
Guardian 20230905
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/05/pacific-games-2023-solomon-island-china-cost-controversy
Investigate Replica Arms Shipment: Wale
Solomon Times 20230905
https://www.solomontimes.com/news/investigate-replica-arms-shipment-wale/12776
China Provides Training in Fisheries
Daily Post (VU) 20230905
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/china-provides-training-in-fisheries/article_9c488323-b17f-5c8e-9e10-a3fe357ce461.html
China’s Shandong Province expands its footprint to the Pacific
Islands Business 20230905
https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/china-pacific/
Paris tries to break deadlock on New Caledonia's future status
Radio NZ 20230905
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/497317/paris-tries-to-break-deadlock-on-new-caledonia-s-future-status
Geo-strategic challenges between the US and China have an impact on our Pacific Ocean – Dr Underwood
Fiji Village 20230906
https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Geo-strategic-challenges-between-the-US-and-China-have-an-impact-on-our-Pacific-Ocean--Dr-Underwood-x854fr/
MSG Secretariat condemns Japan’s discharge of ALPS water
PINA 20230905
https://pina.com.fj/2023/09/05/msg-secretariat-condemns-japans-discharge-of-alps-water/
Taiwan + SCS
DPP's distortion of UN Resolution 2758 extremely dangerous separatist provocations: Chinese FM
GT 20230905
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297637.shtml
America's triple schemes behind "military financing" to China's Taiwan
China Military 20230905
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/OPINIONS_209196/Opinions_209197/16250197.html
Is North Macedonia Poised to Reboot Its ‘Taiwan Adventure?’
The Diplomat 20230904
https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/is-north-macedonia-poised-to-reboot-its-taiwan-adventure/
US 'aims to escalate tensions' through joint naval sail with Philippines in South China Sea
GT 20230905
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297607.shtml
South China Sea: Beijing’s approach ‘will badly backfire in the future’
SCMP 20230905
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3233503/south-china-sea-beijings-approach-will-badly-backfire-future
Capabilities
US Navy group heading for Yellow Sea in biggest show of strength near eastern China in 10 years
SCMP 20230905
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3233385/us-navy-group-heading-yellow-sea-biggest-show-strength-near-eastern-china-10-years
Faced With Evolving Threats, U.S. Navy Struggles to Change
NYTimes 20230904
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/us/politics/us-navy-ships.html
Will Type 075 assault ship upgrade advance China’s capacity to attack Taiwan?
SCMP 20230905
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3233458/will-type-075-assault-ship-upgrade-advance-chinas-capacity-attack-taiwan
There is no ‘nuclear peace’ on the Korean Peninsula
Asia Times 20230905
https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/there-is-no-nuclear-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula/
U.S. Deterrence Against China Is Not Working
FP 20230905
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/05/us-military-china-deterrence-taiwan-defense-war-east-asia-indo-pacific-strategy/
N. Korea will pay a price if it provides weapons to Russia: NSA Sullivan
Yonhap 20230906
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230906000353325?section=news
SDA launches 13 more Tranche 0 data relay, missile tracking sats for ‘warfighter immersion’
Breaking Defense 20230905
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/09/sda-launches-13-more-tranche-0-data-relay-missile-tracking-sats-for-warfighter-immersion/
Chinese private rocket maker accomplishes first sea launch, sending four satellites into orbits
GT 20230905
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297610.shtml
China is honing runway-repair teams
Defense One 20230905
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2023/09/china-honing-runway-repair-teams/389988/
The Strategic Value of Jointness in Major Power Competition and Conflict
RAND 20230905
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1560-1.html
WSJ’s hype on espionage threat from China an insult to readers’ intelligence
GT 20230906
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297657.shtml
Admiral sounds alarm amid rising Russian, Chinese movement in high north
Breaking Defense 20230905
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/09/admiral-sounds-alarm-amid-rising-russian-chinese-movement-in-high-north/
Building a warfighting medical capability
AU DoD 20230905
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2023-09-05/building-warfighting-medical-capability
Some Americans should look beyond disassembling phones
GT 20230906
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297658.shtml
Power
Is America reverting to isolationism?
ASPI 20230905
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/is-america-reverting-to-isolationism/
GOLDWATER RIPPLES: HOW DEFENSE REFORM MADE THE FIGHTING FORCE MORE DIPLOMATIC
WOTR 20230905
https://warontherocks.com/2023/09/goldwater-ripples-how-defense-reform-made-the-fighting-force-more-diplomatic/
Exercises
USN Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 5, 2023
USNI 20230905
https://news.usni.org/2023/09/05/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-sept-5-2023