10.05.2022, Moscow.
China’s pacts with Pacific island countries, such as Beijing’s confidential agreements with the leadership of the Solomon Islands, are of great concern to the USA and its satellites in Asia.
To counter China in Asia, the USA has two structures: the Quad (Australia, India, USA, Japan) and AUKUS (Australia, UK, USA). Of course, the UK can hardly do anything militarily in the Pacific, but it is seriously present in the region indirectly, working on many issues through Australia and Japan.
On May 7, London agreed to sign a supplementary military cooperation pact with Tokyo to stop China’s “assertiveness” in Asia. And a similar bilateral pact has been signed between Japan and Australia.
Thus, the US allies, in addition to directly carrying out the will of Washington, which is a member of both blocs, are being complemented by additional bilateral ties.
Thus, the Anglo-Saxon triple AUKUS is constantly pushing Japan for military cooperation against China. This correlates with the fact that the Land of the Rising Sun itself has never been particularly fond of China.
In China itself, there is already open talk that the Japanese authorities want to break the taboo on nuclear weapons that was formed in postwar Japanese society and, under the US umbrella, expand their influence over weaker Asian countries and acquire nuclear weapons.
This is supported by recent talks between the defense ministers of the US and Japan, during which it was stated that all means, including nuclear, would be used to contain China.
Of the mentioned US allies, India currently remains on the sidelines. It seems that the historic visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to New Delhi has, after all, brought results. India is clearly in no hurry to serve as the US battering ram against China.
Even events in Pakistan have so far had no impact on India’s decision to avoid confrontation with its powerful neighbor. Prime Minister Modi, despite his constant talks with the West, still adheres to nationalist rhetoric and takes measures to maintain the domestic market, trying to move away from dependence on foreign goods.
It seems that India is not yet ready to join the fight against China in the interests of the United States. Japan, on the other hand, seems ready to serve the US in the fight against China. The question of its independence, after acquiring nuclear weapons, which it does not yet have, is a separate one. Clearly, for Japan, confrontation with China is an opportunity to regain its sovereignty, which it lost as a result of World War II.
Another thing is that the question of whether the Japanese will have land on which to exercise this sovereignty if they decide to go to war with China remains open.
Translated from https://t.me/shotday/269
