New York Post:

The United States will send between 100 and 200 troops to Taiwan over the next few months to help train the island’s military — the largest deployment of American forces there in decades as Washington tries to deter China from a potential attack.

The additional service members represent a major buildup from the roughly 30 US forces stationed in Taiwan at this time last year, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

This is not deterrence, this is provocation.

Bloomberg:

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his country has no desire to engage in “geopolitical competition” over influence of Pacific islands nations, during his marathon tour of the region.

“China has no intention of competing with anyone, let alone engaging in geopolitical competition, and has never established a so-called sphere of influence,” Wang said Tuesday after meeting Tongan Foreign Minister Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu, according to a Chinese government readout. 

See also:
–As China’s Economy Falters, Be Careful What You Wish For
–Tonga And China Sign Bilateral Cooperation Agreements

Al Jazeera:

Pledging to provide “tangible benefits” for nations in the Indo-Pacific region, the leaders of the Quad have launched a maritime surveillance plan that analysts say is their most significant move to date to counter China.

The Quad – an informal alliance made up of Japan, the United States, India and Australia – said on Tuesday that the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) will help the Pacific Islands and countries in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean track illegal fishing and other illicit activities in their waters in real-time. And although the Quad did not mention China by name, analysts say the initiative is aimed at addressing long-held complaints from countries in the region about unauthorised fishing by Chinese boats in their exclusive economic zones as well as encroachment by Chinese maritime militia vessels in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.

See also: China’s Pacific Advance: A Pattern Of Islands

Politico:

The White House insists that Joe Biden wasn’t abandoning longstanding U.S. policy with his declaration that the U.S. would use military force to defend Taiwan from China. Many of his congressional allies are hoping otherwise.

See also:
–Biden Is Sending Dangerous Messages About Taiwan To China. The US Should Tread With Care
–China Follows Biden Remarks By Announcing Taiwan Military Drills
–Head Of DOD Artificial Intelligence Command Warns Pentagon Must Improve To Beat China On AI

The New York Times:

The Biden administration has accelerated its efforts to reshape Taiwan’s defense systems as it projects a more robust American military presence in the region to try to deter a potential attack by the Chinese military, current and former U.S. officials say.

The Biden Administration is escalating the Globalists’ nuclear holocaust timeline. The Iran deal is not happening, so the Zionists can start the Iran war on our behalf at any moment. We are already at war with Russia in Ukraine, and we can begin directly attacking their forces with our forces at any moment. If we can provoke the ChiComs into preemptively invading Taiwan by threatening them with a military buildup on the island, then the Globalists can finally have their nuclear World War III.

But fear not, gentle reader. When thousands and thousands of nuclear warheads begin raining down all over the world, the billionaire neo-fascist psychopaths who control Western governments will be safe in their massive bunker complexes.

See also:
–Quad Summit: US China-Containment Strategy Slowly Gelling
–China And Russia Hold First Military Exercise Since Ukraine Invasion

Al Jazeera:

China has warned that the United States is “playing with fire” after President Joe Biden said that Washington would defend Taiwan militarily if the self-governed island is attacked by Beijing.

The Chinese State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Monday that the US is “using the ‘Taiwan card’ to contain China, and will itself get burned”.

State outlet Xinhua cited the office’s spokesperson Zhu Fenglian as saying that he urges the US to “stop any remarks or actions that violate” previously established principles between Beijing and Washington.

Speaking from Tokyo during a trip to Asia, Biden had answered with an unambiguous “yes” when asked by reporters whether the US would “get involved militarily” to defend Taiwan if it is attacked by China.

Pressed further about the apparent shift in US policy, Biden said: “That’s the commitment we made.”

So where the hell is Milley?

See also:
–Stocks Rise After Biden China Comments, Dollar Drops
–Debate Over Tariffs Reveals Biden’s Difficulties On China Trade

The New York Times:

President Biden embarked Thursday on his first diplomatic mission to Asia since taking office, hoping to demonstrate that the United States remained focused on countering China, even as his administration stage-managed a war against Russia in Europe.

With his original strategy of pivoting foreign policy attention to Asia effectively blown up by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Mr. Biden has now shifted to the argument that there can be no trade-off between Europe and Asia and that only the United States can bring together the democracies of the East and West to stand up to autocracy and aggression in both spheres.

See also: China Says It Wants To Expand BRICS Bloc Of Emerging Economies

Financial Times:

The US is about to vault into a new era of supercomputing, with a once in a decade leap forward in processing power that will have a big effect on fields ranging from climate change research to nuclear weapons testing.

But the national swagger usually prompted by such breakthroughs is likely to be muted. China passed this milestone first and is already well on the way to building an entire generation of advanced supercomputers beyond anything yet in use elsewhere.

What makes the advances all the more remarkable, according to US experts in the field, is that China’s achievement was made with local technology, after Washington blocked access to the American hardware long considered to be critical to such systems.

The build-up in China’s supercomputing program, which dates back more than two decades, has led to a “stunning situation” where the country now leads the world, said Jack Dongarra, a US supercomputing expert.

See also: EU To Step Up Indo-Pacific Defence Presence Over China Fears And Ukraine Example

The New York Times:

President Biden on Thursday began hosting the leaders of Southeast Asian nations at the White House for a two-day visit, delivering a message of solidarity — and aiming to provide a bulwark against Chinese influence in the region — even as much of his administration remains focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The summit, which concludes on Friday, is intended to cover an array of topics, including trade, human rights and climate change. But it is also part of an effort by Mr. Biden’s foreign policy team to highlight one of the president’s primary goals: assembling a united front against China as it increasingly demonstrates its economic and military might around the world.

See also: Biden Pledges $150m To ASEAN With Eye On China

New York Post:

Top US intelligence officials warned Tuesday that China is “working hard” to ​carry out a military takeover of Taiwan — and Beijing is closely watching Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to gauge the level of America’s potential opposition.

D​irector of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee that the threat to Taiwan is “acute.”

“It’s our view that they [the Chinese] are working hard to effectively put themselves into a position in which their military is capable of taking Taiwan over our intervention,” Haines ​told the panel.

See also: China Races To Consolidate Strategic Victory In Solomon Islands