Another US navy play-date.
This time with India (accompanied by Japan).
Wall Street Journal Article
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Japan, backed by the U.S., has launched a diplomatic offensive to draw other Asian countries into a more united front against China, which has been butting heads with its neighbors in the East China Sea and South China Sea.
India, likewise, has accused Chinese troops of making repeated incursions into Indian-controlled parts of the Himalayas. The two countries fought a 1962 war over their Himalayan border.
Indian officials have also grown concerned about China's presence in the Indian Ocean, which India sees as within its sphere of influence and which encompasses critical transit routes for shipments of Mideast oil to India as well as to China, Japan and the rest of East Asia. Beijing has bankrolled port construction in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and its navy has been more active in the region.
China, for its part, has sought to improve economic relations with India.
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As part of the U.S.'s strategic pivot to Asia, the U.S. has announced plans to shift a bulk of its naval assets to the region within the next decade and increase the number of military exercises it conducts.
SOURCE - WSJ - here.
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As usual, the US is in the midst of bickering and is making the most of the opportunities it affords.
Looks like there's some gang-gathering going on as well, and Japan's been deputised to form the Asian posse.
China's put up the cash for ports at Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which is impressive.
And the weird part: US planning on shifting bulk naval assets to Asian region in next decade.
