China’s Global Times said Beijing “should expect more US provocations” ahead, adding “the country has sufficient power to make Washington pay an unbearable price if the US infringes on China, so as to form a powerful deterrent against the White House.” . China and Russia..…

By its military in part of the world not its own, On December 31, Trump signed Asia Reassurance Initiative Act into law, White House statement, saying it establishes multifaceted US strategy to increase US security, economic interests, and values in Indo-Pacific region mainly, the way it operates globally.. ..…