Navies from across the globe are holding a slumber party in the East Pacific, namely the South Sea. British and other Europeans join the US, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, and of course China. Everyone says they want things to be calm and normal. But, the elephant in the slumber party living room is Taiwan. China maintains a policy of planning to take control either by hostile takeover or hostile invasion.
North Koreans aren’t happy with Biden. He says he will use the American-despised method called ‘diplomacy’. But, what diplomacy compares to the first president to meet with the Great Successor—twice? Biden and his team of wonderfuls are thrilled to be rid of divisive riff-raff like the first president to achieve diplomacy talks with North Korea head-to-head. Now that things are improving in America, we can get back to hostility as usual with the Korean peninsula.
If the other members of the East Pacific navy slumber party were serious about peace, they would freeze all Chinese assets until China renounced its Taiwan invasion policy and gave half of its navy to Taiwan as evidence. That won’t happen, but it just goes to prove that no one wants peace in the Pacific—they just want a navy slumber party. And, that’s what they’ve got. And, weapons manufacturers are thrilled.
Taiwan
Chinese man crosses Strait on raft // Taipei Times
Korean Peninsula
N Korea warns of response to Biden’s ‘hostile policy’ // Taipei Times
Myanmar
Seven dead in Myanmar as Amnesty accuses army of ‘killing spree’ // Aljazeera
Military Faceoff
China’s carrier group conducts exercises in South China Sea // Aljazeera
British name enormous carrier strike group heading for the Indo-Pacific // Defense News
UK to send Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier to Japan, S Korea // Aljazeera
China simultaneously commissions three warships on Navy anniversary // Defense News