Beijing Claims US Trying To Create Asian NATO With Blocs To 'Suppress' China

File photo of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Reuters  

Bloomberg: China Warns U.S. Against Forming Pacific NATO and Backing Taiwan 

(Bloomberg) -- China warned the U.S. against trying to build what it called a Pacific version of NATO, while declaring that security disputes over Taiwan and Ukraine were “not comparable at all.” 

Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his annual news briefing Monday that the “real goal” of the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific strategy was to form Asia’s answer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

China has often accused the U.S. of trying to form blocs to suppress its growth, a complaint that’s likely to attract greater attention after President Vladimir Putin cited similar grievances before his invasion of Ukraine. 

“The perverse actions run counter to the common aspiration of the region for peace, development, cooperation and win-win outcomes,” Wang added. “They are doomed to fail.”  

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WNU Editor: This push for a NATO Asia is a trend that will be very difficult for China to stop.

Beijing Claims US Trying To Create Asian NATO With Blocs To 'Suppress' China  

China lashes Washington over Quad, North Korea -- AP  

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi blasts US for playing 'bloc politics' in the region -- Straits Times  

China warns US against Pacific NATO -- The Hill  

US trying to create Asian NATO with blocs to 'suppress' China, claims Beijing -- India Today

Biden Admininstration Failing To Offer A Better Offer To Asian Countries Frustrated With China

Protestors march to the Chinese consulate in Manila during a demonstration against Beijing's South China Sea claims, February 10, 2018. TED ALJIBE/AFP 

Business Insider: China is irritating more countries in Asia, but the US is struggling to come up with a better offer 

* China's aggressive foreign policy has turned off many of its neighbors. 

* US officials have noted this trend, describing it as a miscalculation by Beijing. 

* But experts say the US still doesn't have Indo-Pacific strategy or a better offer than China. 

China's aggressive foreign policy has frustrated its neighbors, but dismay with Beijing doesn't necessarily translate into an embrace of the US, and experts say the Biden administration has yet to articulate a clear strategy for the region and a better offer for countries there. 

China has had contentious relations with many of its neighbors for some time. 

Those fraught ties have deteriorated in recent months, as shown by violent border clashes with India, Beijing's increasing economic pressure on Australia over its support for inquiry into Covid-19, and Chinese threats toward Japan over its engagement with Taiwan. 

Where governments have been more accommodating toward Beijing, public backlash is emerging or intensifying.  

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WNU Editor: The anti-Chinese sentiment that I am hearing from my many friends in Asia has been eye-opening this summer. China has no allies .... just client states that owe Beijing a lot of money. 

This is an opportunity for the U.S. to step in, but the US is limited in what it can offer. Huge deficits, economic problems coupled with America's deep political divisions ... all of this will will limit what the U.S. can do in places like Asia. A fact that is illustrative to me on how much the U.S. has fallen as a global power since 9/11.