Pacific Winds 20230911
A daily collection of news affecting the Asia-Pacific region
Alliances
Biden: The US Is a Pacific Nation
Bloomberg 20230911
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-09-10/biden-the-us-is-a-pacific-nation-video
China looms large over Biden’s trip to Vietnam
NBC 20230910
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-vietnam-joe-bidens-asia-rcna103810
US and Vietnam ink historic partnership in Biden visit, with eyes on China
Reuters 20230909
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-vietnam-elevate-ties-during-biden-visit-with-eye-china-2023-09-09/
Vietnam Wants It All In Balancing Ties With US And China
Eurasia Review 20230910
https://www.eurasiareview.com/10092023-vietnam-wants-it-all-in-balancing-ties-with-us-and-china-analysis/
Unwilling to choose, Southeast Asia is spoiled for choice
Asia Times 20230910
https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/unwilling-to-choose-southeast-asia-is-spoiled-for-choice/
Joe Biden calls for stable US-China relationship during south-east Asia tour
Guardian 20230910
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/10/joe-biden-south-east-asia-tour-us-china-relationship
Biden reveals he talked with China's Li Qiang at G20
Nikkei 20230911
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/G-20-summit-2/Biden-reveals-he-talked-with-China-s-Li-Qiang-at-G20
Kishida, Yoon agree to keep working to expand bilateral ties
Kyodo 20230910
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/09/27e752554a71-urgent-kishida-yoon-agree-to-keep-working-to-expand-bilateral-ties.html
G20 Summit concludes with ‘basic unity amid rising divergences’
GT 20230910
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297942.shtml
TENSIONS RISING IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSSIA
Sunday Guardian 20230910
https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/tensions-rising-in-the-northwest-pacific-between-japan-and-russia
Xi Jinping Is Done With the Established World Order
The Atlantic 20230909
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/09/g20-summit-china-xi-absence/675267/
The US and China Are Waging a Cold War That Is Truly MAD
Bloomberg 20230910
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-10/war-over-taiwan-would-be-a-financial-disaster-for-us-and-china
Micronesia-Marianas (2nd Island Chain+)
Key Army general calls for JLENS-like system for Guam defense, wants very high elevated sensor
Inside Defense 20230908
https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/key-army-general-calls-jlens-system-guam-defense-wants-very-high-elevated-sensor
Island Waves
Thousands of World War II shipwrecks lie on the Pacific Ocean floor. But they continue to pollute the sea today
ABC 20230910
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-10/world-war-2-shipwrecks-threaten-pacific-oil-spill-damage/102820714
Taiwan + SCS
Grim outlook makes China aggressive: report
Taipei Times 20230911
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/09/11/2003806068
Taiwan tracks 8 Chinese military aircraft, 8 ships around nation
Taiwan News 20230910
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4994605
Taiwan and Philippines should support each other amid Chinese aggression: MOFA
Taiwan News 20230910
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4994819
Capabilities
Space Force, NRO launch ‘Silent Barker’ space observation satellites
Defense News 20230910
https://www.defensenews.com/battlefield-tech/space/2023/09/10/space-force-nro-launch-silent-barker-space-observation-satellites/
ULA’s Atlas 5 launches National Reconnaissance Office mission
Space News 20230910
https://spacenews.com/ulas-atlas-5-launches-national-reconnaissance-office-mission/
China sends remote-sensing satellite into preset orbit
GT 20230910
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297917.shtml
Xi calls for stronger military combat readiness
Xinhua 20230910
https://english.news.cn/20230910/236a4d28e9604ffa8372362ea2a3fa96/c.html
North Korea Debuts Rocket Launchers That Appear As Civilian Trucks
The Drive 20230909
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/north-korea-debuts-rocket-launchers-that-appear-as-civilian-trucks
Power
‘New cold war’ with China concocted by US only
GT 20230910
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297909.shtml
Exercises
PLA Navy's semi-submersible ship holds first nighttime operation training
GT 20230910
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202309/1297915.shtml
Inciting conflict by sailing warships raises possibility of head-on clashes
China Military 20230910
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/OPINIONS_209196/Opinions_209197/16251113.html