Published: September 17th, 2021,
Last updated: September 17th, 2021
China is being surrounded. At least that’s how Beijing’s must feel. First, the US, the UK, and Australia agreed on a security pact directed at China. Then, on the very same day, the EU presents its Indo-Pacific strategy at long last. In addition, Japan’s navy has begun a large-scale maneuver off the Chinese coast. It almost seems as if there had been collusion. But this much communication between major nations would be too much to ask in this day and age. The timely proximity was a mere coincidence.