Tiny #Palau in not-so-pacific middle of #US & #China
Pacific island nation has responded to #Beijing's perceived 'bullying' by inviting #US to establish strategic ports, bases & installations.
There is a “high-stakes rivalry going on” between China & US.
asiatimes.com/2021/05/tiny-p…
Pacific island nation has responded to #Beijing's perceived 'bullying' by inviting #US to establish strategic ports, bases & installations.
There is a “high-stakes rivalry going on” between China & US.
asiatimes.com/2021/05/tiny-p…
2) Tiny Palau invited the US Pentagon to build ports, bases and airfields on its Pacific islands after Chinese President Xi Jinping bullied the Pacific island nation by destabilizing its fragile economy, according to defiant President Surangel Whipps.
3) “President Whipps’ frank assessment of Chinese pressure – and invitation to host US bases – are unusually blunt for a Pacific leader,” Australia Pacific Security College director Meg Keen said in an interview.
4) There is a “high-stakes rivalry going on,” between China and the US, she said.
“China is wanting to bring as many Pacific nations into their Belt and Road network as possible, so it has access across the Pacific to the Americas and Antarctica,” she said.
“China is wanting to bring as many Pacific nations into their Belt and Road network as possible, so it has access across the Pacific to the Americas and Antarctica,” she said.
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