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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know China has been kicking up her heels of late. From a nearly five-month-long border standoff with India, to being engaged in hotly contested territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas, its substantial progress in militarizing its man-made islands in the region, human rights, and of course releasing the Chinese Virus on the world, China has raised concerns in the Pacific and here. The US is meeting with the Indo-Pacific leaders to form a group known as “The Quad” to address the situation.<\/p>\n
Cameron sends.<\/strong><\/p>\n U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that China\u2019s increasingly aggressive actions across the region make it more critical than ever for four Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad to cooperate to fight Chinese \u201cexploitation, corruption and coercion.\u201d<\/p>\n Pompeo made the remark at a meeting in Tokyo with the foreign ministers of Japan, India and Australia, who together make up the Quad.<\/p>\n Pompeo accused China of covering up the coronavirus pandemic and worsening it, while threatening freedom and democracy in the region.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is more critical now than ever that we collaborate to protect our people and partners from the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s exploitation, corruption and coercion,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p>\n The talks came amid tensions between Washington and Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic, trade, technology, Hong Kong, Taiwan and human rights.<\/p>\n They follow a recent flareup in tensions between China and India over their disputed Himalayan border, while relations between Australia and China have also deteriorated in recent months.<\/p>\n Japan, meanwhile, is concerned about China\u2019s claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea.<\/p>\n Japan also considers China\u2019s growing military activity to be a security threat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Presenting a united front with the region’s heavy hitters is just sound policy. One wonders what a Biden administration would do. Read the entire article here: Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, Cameron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pompeo Rallies Alliance of Nations Against Growing Chinese Aggression<\/h3>\n