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National Security Agency director Robert O’Brien, 2020 U.S. fantasies of expansion, commercial dominion, and military prowess have long hinged on a premise of Pacific exceptionalism. Couched in the millenarian language of manifest destiny, the Pacific region and its multitudinous ecosystems, cultures, peoples, and nations have been vacated in favor of an aqua nullius that frames the region as an empty space designated for U.S. possession by divine providence. This manufactured Pacific idea what David Palumbo-Liu describes as a “repository of the American imaginary” has borne many names. 3 Amid the nineteenth-century annexation of Hawai‘i and the colonization of the Philippines, politician Whitelaw Reid heralded the ultimate conversion of the Pacific into an “American Lake.” ....
Chinas fleet of government-subsidised ships strayed into more distant waters in search of seafood and more influence has become a common point of concern for Hawaiis commercial fishermen and the US military. According to Civil Beat, local longliners have reported seeing growing numbers ....
China s ambitions to expand influence in Pacific worries Hawaii s commercial fishermen ANI | Updated: May 19, 2021 17:21 IST Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): China s fleet of government-subsidised ships strayed into more distant waters in search of seafood and more influence has become a common point of concern for Hawaii s commercial fishermen and the US military. According to Civil Beat, local longliners have reported seeing growing numbers of Chinese vessels near their islands, accusing them of overfishing and intimidating tactics. What are they fishing for? I don t know. But it s an example of them being close to Hawaii and, we believe, getting closer, said Eric Kingma, executive director of the Hawaii Longline Association. ....
China s ambitions to expand influence in Pacific 19 May 2021, 22:37 GMT+10 Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): China s fleet of government-subsidised ships strayed into more distant waters in search of seafood and more influence has become a common point of concern for Hawaii s commercial fishermen and the US military. According to Civil Beat, local longliners have reported seeing growing numbers of Chinese vessels near their islands, accusing them of overfishing and intimidating tactics. What are they fishing for? I don t know. But it s an example of them being close to Hawaii and, we believe, getting closer, said Eric Kingma, executive director of the Hawaii Longline Association. ....