China-US Watch: What's New On The War Horizon?

The Biden administration is stepping up security initiatives to boost deterrence and better prepare for potential conflict over Taiwan.

This includes ramping up military co-ordination with allies in Asia that were already becoming tougher on China. The US has also introduced numerous security initiatives designed to boost deterrence in Asia and to help Washington and its allies to better prepare for conflict with China over Taiwan if deterrence fails.

This is part of a wider effort to create what officials describe as a more “latticed” security architecture across the region to boost deterrence.

THE PENTAGON

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Meanwhile the Pentagon has accused a Chinese fighter jet of performing an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre” near a US military aircraft that was flying over the South China Sea last week.

The US Indo-Pacific Command released video footage of the incident, which it said happened on Friday. A Chinese J-16 jet fighter flew directly in front of an American surveillance plane flying in international airspace over the South China Sea, forcing the U.S. Air Force plane to fly through the fighter’s wake turbulence and causing the U.S. aircraft to shake.

Move For Peace - NO WAR

After months of acrimony and stasis, contact between the US and China is finally resuming. The challenge for Washington and Beijing is to capitalise on this moment to produce an enduring basis for stable relations.

The future of global stability and prosperity depends on it. This week, China’s new US ambassador arrived after a long vacancy.

China’s commerce minister also travelled to Washington, the first senior official to visit since 2020. Most importantly, this month US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, jump-starting dialogue frozen since the spring.

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