Pacific Winds 20231029
A daily collection of news affecting the Asia-Pacific region
Alliances
US, China ‘working towards’ Biden-Xi meeting next month on Apec sidelines, White House says
SCMP 20231028
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3239511/us-confident-joe-biden-xi-jinping-meeting-next-month-apec-sidelines
Biden meets Chinese FM in Washington
Xinhua 20231028
https://english.news.cn/20231028/c1e730bc3e0d4793a13b4001b64c309d/c.html
Wang Yi meets Joe Biden, calls for joint effort for potential meeting of heads of state in San Francisco
GT 20231028
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1300743.shtml
U.S., China agree to work toward Biden-Xi meeting next month
Japan Times 20231028
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/28/asia-pacific/politics/wang-yi-china-us-joe-biden/
US, China Stop Short of Biden-Xi Meeting Announcement
VoA 20231028
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-china-stop-short-of-biden-xi-meeting-announcement-/7330721.html
China, US must return to ‘healthy, stable’ ties ‘at an early date’, Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Biden
SCMP 20231028
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3239518/china-us-must-return-healthy-stable-ties-early-date-foreign-minister-wang-yi-tells-biden
Chinese Media Issues Warning to US About 'Dangerous' Military Tensions
Newsweek 20231028
https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-media-issues-warning-us-about-dangerous-military-tensions-1838829
China and US are destined to work together: former US deputy secretary of state John Negroponte
GT 20231029
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1300752.shtml
South Korea, US, and Japan Condemn North Korea’s Alleged Supply of Munitions to Russia
The Diplomat 20231027
https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/south-korea-us-and-japan-condemn-north-koreas-alleged-supply-of-munitions-to-russia/
Ten years of the Belt and Road
Asia Times 20231028
https://asiatimes.com/2023/10/ten-years-of-the-belt-and-road/
Japanese seafood exports to China in Sep fall to near zero amid continued fear of contamination
GT 20231028
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1300746.shtml
Fukushima treated water released without technical concerns: IAEA
Kyodo 20231028
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/10/2ad87ad76b0c-fukushima-treated-water-released-without-technical-concerns-iaea.html
Micronesia-Marianas (2nd Island Chain+)
Fishers chart danger zone on waters off firing range complex
PDN 20231028
https://www.guampdn.com/news/fishers-chart-danger-zone-on-waters-off-firing-range-complex/article_a89bc018-7492-11ee-825d-9f84422a057e.html
Island Waves
Chinese Company licensed for logging with interested Santo landowners
Daily Post (VU) 20231028
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/chinese-company-licensed-for-logging-with-interested-santo-landowners/article_d41af79d-973e-5918-9974-228c4f980ef6.html
Guangzhou delegation extends cooperation hand to Fiji
FBCN 20231028
https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/guangzhou-delegation-extends-cooperation-hand-to-fiji/
New Dormitories For Local University
Tavuli (SI) 20231028
https://www.tavulinews.com.sb/new-dormitories-for-local-university/
NZ and Solomon Islands Enhance Cooperation
Tavuli (SI) 20231028
https://www.tavulinews.com.sb/nz-and-solomon-islands-enhance-cooperation/
Okinawa must uphold peaceful anti-war stance as it has become forefront of military confrontation: scholars
GT 20231028
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1300750.shtml
Where do we flee? Japan’s outlying islands brace themselves for war in Taiwan Strait
Straits Times 20231028
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/where-do-we-flee-japan-s-outlying-islands-brace-themselves-for-war-in-taiwan-strait
Taiwan + SCS
US expert: China might prefer coercion over war to take Taiwan
Taiwan News 20231028
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5029056
China dispatches 1 military aircraft, 5 navy ships around Taiwan
Taiwan News 20231028
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5028936
Capabilities
After Years Of U.S. Passivity, China Faces New Resolve In The Pacific
Forbes 20231028
https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2023/10/28/after-years-of-us-passivity-china-faces-new-resolve-in-the-pacific/
PLA worried about war readiness: US
Taipei Times 209231029
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/10/29/2003808389