AUKUS vs China: Inching Toward War

The US, UK, and Australia announced a new alliance tentatively called “AUKUS” to “clearly designed to send a message to Beijing,” according to the Guardian.

The deal also includes the US and UK supplying Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. Yet the supposed threats China poses cited by the US to justify its growing list of “alliances” and poorly conceived acronyms are based on a mountain of lies.

From Taiwan to the South China Sea, the US is actually driving provocations along China’s peripheries, not contributing to peace and stability.

References:

Guardian – Alliance with Australia and US a ‘downpayment on global Britain’:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/…

Global Times – AUKUS another hostile signal to China, worsens Asia-Pacific security:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/20210…

Havard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity – Australia Exports, 2019:
https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore…

DefenseNews – New pact with the US and UK is set to sink Australia’s historic submarine buy from France:
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/…

France24 – France reimburses Russia for cancelled Mistral warship deal:
https://www.france24.com/en/20150805-…

Naval Technology – SSN Astute Class Nuclear Submarine:
https://www.naval-technology.com/proj…

Naval Technology – HII unveils newest Virginia-class attack submarine Montana:
https://www.naval-technology.com/news…

New York Times – Defending David Against the World’s Goliaths in International Court:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/wo…

New York Times – Taiwan, After Rejecting South China Sea Decision, Sends Patrol Ship:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/wo…

Republic of the Philippines, Department of Foreign Affairs – PHILIPPINES, CHINA CONVENE MECHANISM TO EASE TENSIONS, EXPLORE COOPERATION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA:
https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/dfa-relea…

US Navy – 7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation (July 12, 2021):
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/New…

RAND Corporation – War with China; Thinking the Unthinkable:
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand…

New York Times – U.K. and France Call in the Navy, Sort of, in Channel Islands Fishing Dispute:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/wo…

Voice of America – Indonesia, Malaysia Destroying Foreign Boats to Defend Maritime Claims (Archived 2017):
http://web.archive.org/web/2021021107…

Binh Duong News – Malaysian Navy seizes Vietnamese fishing boats:
http://baobinhduong.vn/en/malaysian-n…

Bangkok Post – 3 Malaysian trawlers seized near Satun:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/…