Blunt Words On China From The US Navy -- The Interpreter
In the context of yesterday's article in The Australian that China was being invited to America's biggest annual Pacific naval exercise, RIMPAC (which wasn't really news), it is useful to be reminded of the climate of wariness and mistrust in which such invitations are extended.
The US trade publication Defense News last week posted a video on its blog from a US Naval Institute conference featuring an extraordinarily blunt assessment of China's maritime strategy and ambitions from US Navy Captain James Fanell, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence and Information Operations for US Pacific Fleet. The moderator describes Fanell as the 'top intelligence officer' in the Pacific Fleet, which means he is advising some of the US military's senior decision-makers on China's military strategy and capability.
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Update #1: U.S. Intel Warns China Becoming ‘Mistrusted Principal Threat’ -- Value Walk
Update #2: China's domestic problems a 'recipe for regional disaster' -- Sydney Morning Herald
My Comment: Could not have said it any better.
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