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alp227

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Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:06 PM Oct 2020

U.S. warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India

Source: Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China.

Pompeo, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday along with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, said after talks with their Indian counterparts that the two countries had to work together to confront the threat China posed to security and freedom.

The annual U.S.-India strategic dialogue comes at a time of heightened tension in the region, with Indian troops confronting Chinese forces on their disputed Himalayan border.

“Big things are happening as our democracies align to better protect the citizens of our two countries and indeed, of the free world,” Pompeo told reporters after the talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-asia-india/u-s-warns-of-threat-posed-by-china-signs-military-pact-with-india-idUSKBN27C0OA

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U.S. warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India (Original Post) alp227 Oct 2020 OP
The 'Quad' Pact will be a lot stionger under Biden. BlueWavePsych Oct 2020 #1
I have a problem with locking down an alliance system with problematic leaders soryang Oct 2020 #2

soryang

(3,299 posts)
2. I have a problem with locking down an alliance system with problematic leaders
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 10:18 AM
Oct 2020

...engaged in border disputes in remote internal regions of Asia. Once the new "NATO like" alliance system in Asia is achieved, we are putting ourselves in a situation where an expectation of commitment to mutual defense is triggered by a dispute we don't understand in a region no one ever heard of. A fixed "block alliance system" in Asia just brings us a step closer to general war.

Strategic ambiguity is a much more desirable approach. Esper is an arms lobbyist who tends to confuse the perspective of weapons systems manufacturers with the national security interests of the US.


(Source- The Coming War on China, John Pilger, youtube)

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