Communist China Tells Secretary Blinken Not To ‘Stir Up Trouble,’ as America Moves To Shore Up Arrangements in Asia

U.S. Forces Japan Becomes a joint forces headquarters, in which command authority is shared with Japan and South Korea.

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Secretary Blinken, left, and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at Vientiane, Laos, July 27, 2024. AP/Achmad Ibrahim, pool

Washington is fortifying both military and diplomatic defenses in the Indo-Pacific in anticipation of a possible new era in American foreign policy after President Biden leaves the White House in January.

Whoever succeeds him, Mr. Biden’s highest lieutenants have been busy in recent days making sure the military-diplomatic structure built up during his administration will hold firm in the face of rising threats from America’s worst foes and pressure on the home front to pull back from alliances heretofore deemed vital to American security. 

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