Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region<\/a>. They also lauded joint cooperation in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\nIn talks with their Indian counterparts, Esper and Pompeo signed an agreement expanding military satellite information sharing and highlighted strategic cooperation between Washington and New Delhi with an eye toward countering China. The two men paid tribute to Indian troops killed in defense of their country, including 20 who died earlier this year in an incident with China.<\/p>\n
Just hours before the meetings began, the Trump administration notified Congress of plans for a $2.37 billion sale of Harpoon missile systems to Taiwan \u2014 the second major arms sale in two weeks to the island that Beijing regards as a renegade province. China reacted to the first sale by announcing sanctions on U.S. defense contractors.<\/p>\n
Regardless of domestic U.S. election considerations, it is a critical time in the U.S.-India relationship as China looms large over the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n
Heightened border tensions between New Delhi and Beijing have added to Chinese-American animosity that has been fueled by disputes over the coronavirus, trade, technology, Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, human rights and disputes between China and its smaller neighbors in the South China Sea. – article<\/p>\n
Now, consider that Kim il Jung is fit enough now to witness the recent parade of his biggest missile, which, frankly is approaching the size of a Saturn rocket section, and he’s had a successful 500 kiloton underground nuclear test that rattled the USGS’s seismographs over here, and<\/em> he seems to almost be itching for a fight over an imagined wrong. Even if the Chinese don’t like him, he’s their next-door neighbor, and he might even be their backup if they picked a fight. His ambitions outstrip his size.<\/p>\nWhy bring this up? Because while the Chinese have their own nukes, if they picked a real fight, as opportunistic as they are, they are pragmatic enough that they’ll do whatever is necessary to get what they want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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