While the US and China are shoring up their strategic positions, it is essential that they focus on their diplomatic relationship and deepen their dialogue
US secretary of state Antony Blinken looks on as Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austinin Tokyo this week This week’s announcements of a new command structure for United States forces in Japan and an extra $500 million in military aid for the Philippines represent.
It marks the latest move away from the pacifist policy written into the Japanese constitution after the second World War, which has been effectively abandoned over the past decade. This week also saw the most high-level discussion between the US and Japan of “extended deterrence”, Washington’s commitment to use nuclear weapons to deter attacks on its allies.
Beijing views all these developments as part of a US-led effort to create an Asian version of Nato to contain and encircle China. It accused Washington and Tokyo of “creating imaginary enemies” and warned Manila that it risked “greater insecurity for itself” by accepting the US funding. A confrontation between the Chinese coast guard and the Philippines navy near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in June turned violent, leaving a Philippine sailor injured. The two sides subsequently reached a provisional agreement but the underlying dispute is unresolved.
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