The US Indo-Pacific Command’s outgoing head of state said that China is quickly becoming more intense with its language and actions in Asia as Beijing turned up the heat on Washington only before Secretary of State Tony Blinken makes a high-stakes attend.
Admiral John Aquilino told investigators in Tokyo on Tuesday,” We all need to know that it is moving very quickly. Despite having a weak market, the growing tale that all things are Chinese sovereign country, and the steps that are being taken to enforce are all factors. ”
His comments came as the US attempted to establish a network of regional partnerships with Chinese allies, a walk that Beijing has condemned. Blinken is scheduled to make his second trip to China since mid-2023 to express US concerns about Chinese firms supporting Russia’s war machine and apprehensive attempt to halt Washington’s relations with Beijing.
China launched its most harsh harm to time on US issues about business overcapacity in a statement from the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, indicating that Blinken may have to have some tough conversations during his visit, which will last from Wednesday through Friday.
Aquilino, who is preparing to move down after serving three years in the local role overseeing 380,000 staff, said China ’s activities in the South China Sea were unsafe and disruptive. The Second Thomas Shoal, a ship grounded during World War II, and Chinese vessels that used water cannons to obstruct Spanish military operations that turn and supplies troops on the ship, are at a crossroads.
He even criticized China for its “increasingly extreme promotion plan of force and pressure” in Taiwan, including increased maritime patrols and continued crossing of a main line to stop miscalculations. Before Lai Ching-te becomes president in May, Blinken is also possible to repeat US support for Taiwan, which could stoke a response from Beijing.
Following his trip to Washington this quarter, where he bolstered relations with the US and participated in the first trilateral conference with the Philippines, China yelled at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Beijing’s military also criticized “a certain non-regional country ” for building “small cliques, ” which it said were “irresponsible and extremely dangerous. ”
