China Assertiveness News Today

“You break it, you own it”: China has broken many of its relationships with its neighbors; now Beijing must own the results.

The U.S. military will likely return to Subic Bay 30 years after relinquishing what was once their largest military base in Asia due to concerns over China's increasing maritime assertiveness, a top official of the local body overseeing the free port zone said.

The United States and the European Union on Dec. 2 expressed their "strong concern" over Chinas growing assertiveness in the South and East China seas and toward Taiwan, saying that Beijings moves directly affect their security.

The United States hopes to work with Japan to further advance the Quad group under the presumptive next Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks suggested on Oct. 1, referring to the four Indo-Pacific democracies seen as coming together to counter Chinas assertiveness in the region.

Beijing appears to have given up its incremental strategy in favor of more sizable power grabs.