World's Largest Naval Exercise Led by U.S. Intimidates China: State Media
John Feng - Yesterday 10:43 AM
AChinese newspaper accused the United States of putting on a "show of intimidation" this week as the world's largest naval war games began without China for the third time in a row.
This year's edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise—or RIMPAC—returns to pre-COVID levels with 26 nations in attendance, among them Beijing's neighbors and many of its regional trade partners. U.S. Navy-hosted symposiums in Hawaii and training exercises in the Eastern Pacific were scheduled to run between June 29 and August 4.
The games "serve to expose the extent to which the United States seeks to impose its will on the region," China Daily declared on Monday. "It is intended to signal that Washington's influence and strategic position is not in decline."
"By organizing such large-scale exercises, while the Ukraine crisis is underway, the U.S. is also intent on showing the world that the Ukraine conflict has not disturbed its agenda or consumed too much of its resources, and its strategic focus remains in the 'Indo-Pacific,'" the state-run paper said.
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