Pacific Winds 20250908
A daily collection of news affecting the Asia-Pacific region
Alliances
Japan PM Ishiba to resign within 1 year after taking office amid pressure
Kyodo 20250907
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/60557
Japan braces for Trump push on U.S. troop funding
Japan Times 20250907
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/japan/politics/japan-us-military-host-nation-support/
Japan-Australia 2+2 Meeting: Tokyo, Canberra Should Deepen Relations to Level Equivalent to Alliance
Yomiuri 20250907
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/editorial/yomiuri-editorial/20250907-279585/
Japan-Australia security partnership not as well-intentioned as claimed
China Daily 20250907
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202509/07/WS68bd70cea3108622abc9f489.html
Talks with U.S. concluded for release of detained S. Korean workers in Georgia
Yonhap 20250907
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250907003152315
South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid
NYTimes 20250907
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/world/asia/south-korea-trump-hyundai-lg.html
What to know about the Hyundai immigration raid in US
ABC (AU) 20250907
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/what-to-know-about-a-large-scale-immigration-raid-at-a/105744870
Trump shows S Korea who’s boss with Hyundai plant raid
Asia Times 20250907
https://asiatimes.com/2025/09/trump-shows-s-korea-whos-boss-with-hyundai-plant-raid/
Philippine Department of Tourism reportedly pushes to restore e-Visa program in China
GT 20250907
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202509/1342850.shtml
Island Waves
The Pacific’s diplomatic retreat from great power competition
The Diplomat 20250908
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/pacific-s-diplomatic-retreat-great-power-competition
China Is Using the Pacific Islands to Squeeze Out Taiwan
Bloomberg 20250907
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-07/china-is-using-the-pacific-islands-to-squeeze-out-taiwan
Fiji leads push for Pacific stability
FBCN 20250907
https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/fiji-leads-push-for-pacific-stability/
Bougainville reportedly unhappy with RNZAF presence
RNZ 20250907
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572313/bougainville-reportedly-unhappy-with-rnzaf-presence
Taiwan + SCS
Could Taiwan be used as a bargaining chip in a Trump–Xi deal?
Taiwan News 20250907
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6195350
Why Pentagon’s homeward shift may signal US power decline in ‘bad news’ for Taiwan
SCMP 20250907
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3324659/why-pentagons-homeward-shift-may-signal-us-power-decline-bad-news-taiwan
Could Taiwan’s new ‘high-low’ attack drone strategy counter mainland China’s arsenal?
SCMP 20250907
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3324528/could-taiwans-new-high-low-attack-drone-strategy-counter-mainland-chinas-arsenal
Taiwan tracks 21 Chinese military aircraft and 8 ships
Taiwan News 20250907
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6195332
China's military accuses Australian navy ship of 'causing trouble' by sailing through Taiwan Strait
ABC (AU) 20250907
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/australian-warship-monitored-by-china-in-taiwan-strait/105743888
How Manila is undermining postwar order in the South China Sea
|GT 20250907
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202509/1342867.shtml
Capabilities
How China’s military surged ahead in tech by firing up competition among suppliers
SCMP 20260907
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3324640/how-chinas-military-surged-ahead-tech-firing-competition-among-suppliers
US investigating malware email targeting trade talks with China: reports
SCMP 20260907
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324670/us-investigating-malware-email-targeting-trade-talks-china-reports
China launches new remote sensing satellite group
Xinhua 20250907
https://english.news.cn/20250907/b610f692d70f4f50be6e773dbdce3284/c.html
China launches new set of Yaogan-40 satellites into polar orbit
Space News 20250907
https://spacenews.com/china-launches-new-set-of-yaogan-40-satellites-into-polar-orbit/
US seeks to extend hegemony to outer space by hyping unfounded ‘China threat’ claim
GT 20250907
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202509/1342892.shtml
Modern arms control verification for the Outer Space Treaty
Bulletin 20250904
https://thebulletin.org/2025/09/modern-arms-control-verification-for-the-outer-space-treaty/
Blue Origin, Anduril win military ‘rocket cargo’ study contracts
Space News 20250907
https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-anduril-win-military-rocket-cargo-study-contracts/