The US and Japan are preparing a statement that will call to “deter and respond to” China’s activities in the Indo-Pacific region, Nikkei Asia reported on Tuesday.
The statement will be released Monday after President Biden holds his first face-to-face meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. US and Japanese rhetoric against China has increased in recent years as Washington is more focused on confronting Beijing.
Last year, when Biden met with then-Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, they released a joint statement calling for peace and stability in the “Taiwan Strait,” marking the first time the two countries mentioned Taiwan together since 1969.
The Nikkei report said this year’s statement is meant to be stronger than last year’s and will also mention the Taiwan Strait as well as its call to “deter” China. Biden and Kishida are expected to emphasize that they “will not allow the status quo to be changed by force.”
Biden is heading to Asia on Friday and will also visit South Korea. During his trip, he is set to announce the launch of the administration’s plan to counter China economically, known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
While the US is sending billions in weapons to Ukraine to fight Russia, the Biden administration still maintains that China is its top foreign policy priority. The Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy has identified Beijing as the leading “threat” facing the US military, second to Moscow.
Japan is expected to play a major role in the US strategy to counter China, and Washington has been encouraging Tokyo to expand its military and its security cooperation with other countries.
Brain dead timing, when could be worse? Never the best. Insane to tout power after it has slipped away. Where is Rodney Kings ghost when Americans need it.the most.
MvGuy: Nicely stated.
Every time I look at the mess the world is in, thanks largely to my own government, I think of Rodney King’s quote.
Chinese know their history. Japanese brutality is well known, and was the catalyst for communism to take root in China. I do not think the Chinese will take the information well.
And before that Commodore Matthew Perry forced open China’s door for the opium trade. So now these drug lords are joining Japan in a pact to teach China another lesson.
The US/West seems to have itchy trigger fingers… Well, it has been awhile since we’ve had a world war…The bread is getting buttered on all sides…
It always begins with economic maneuvers, then it escalates to physical-military maneuvers…
Of course, we are dealing with nuclear countries…
I’m just not sure if Biden is the brightest banana in the bunch…
Sub delivered nuke hitting Washington should wake up a few warmongers. Biden is not exactly making friends in the Southern Hemisphere (dis-inviting countries to the summit). U.S. and Israel practicing attacking Iran. On and on it goes.
We first provoked Russia with Ukraine while our European vassals face the brunt of the consequences.
Now we trying to provoke a war between China and Taiwan while our East Asian vassals will take the brunt of the consequences.
I guess the goal is have Russia and China weakened while they deal with the first line of defense so then we come in and rule the world or whatever is left?
Its beyond reason. Everything we touch turns into wars. And then we try to find a reason for the mass shootings.