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U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he would like to buy American weapons, the United States' ambassador to Beijing revealed in an extraordinary development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/28/asia-pacific/politics/trump-sell-weapons-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #uschinarelations #pla #donaldtrump #xijinping #indopacific #defense

China's Xi Jinping is expected to press U.S. President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint statement during a visit to Washington this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/22/asia-pacific/politics/china-xi-trump-halt-taiwan-arms-sales/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #us #xijinping #pla #donaldtrump #indopacific #defense

Tokyo has for the first time made public a live-fire drill by the Chinese military inside Japan's EEZ, releasing images of the destroyer firing a machine gun near Okinotorishima island over the weekend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/21/japan/china-live-fire-exercise-japan-eez/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #defenseministry #china #pla #chinajapanrelations #shinjirokoizumi #indopacific #okinotorishima

China is reviving the pre-World War II historical label of "new militarism" as part of a broader propaganda campaign to shift attention from its own actions and undermine Japan's security ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/17/japan/beijing-history-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #wwii #defense #southeastasia #asean #indopacific

China's latest submarine missile test exposes the hypocrisy of accusing Japan of destabilizing the Indo-Pacific while expanding its own military power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2026/07/10/chinas-misdirection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #china #indopacific #plan #southchinasea #eastchinasea #senkakuislands #taiwan #philippines #nato #shinjirokoizumi #markrutte #defense

🟢 Diplomacy | 5/10 🇺🇸 🇻🇳 Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao visits Vietnam Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao visited Vietnam, saying the trip strengthened US-Vietnam relations and naval cooperation. Cao, who left Vietnam as a refugee 51 years ago, urged joint efforts to keep sea lanes open and defend freedom of navigation. #OSINT #NewsGroup #USA #Vietnam #NavalCooperation #IndoPacific

🟢 MilitaryRenaming | 4/10 🇺🇸 INDOPACOM renamed to USPACOM The U.S. Department of Defense announced the renaming of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), restoring the designation used from 1947 to 2018. The area of responsibility and mission remain unchanged. #OSINT #NewsGroup #MilitaryRenaming #USPACOM #IndoPacific

🟢 Diplomacy | 5/10 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇦🇺 Quad foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi Foreign ministers of the US, India, Australia, and Japan held a Quad meeting in New Delhi on May 26. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also held bilateral meetings. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Quad #Diplomacy #IndoPacific

🟢 Military Cooperation | 7/10 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇦🇺 Quad announces new maritime surveillance initiative Following the Quad foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi, the U.S., India, Japan, and Australia announced several major Indo-Pacific initiatives, including a new Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Collaboration (IPMSC) to expand maritime monitoring and intelligence sharing. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Quad #MaritimeSecurity #IndoPacific #IntelligenceSharing