Donald Trump escalated America’s protracted, tweet-heavy standoff with North Korea. But that wasn’t the only story out of Asia this week.There were also big new developments in the emerging anti-China alliance of two Asian superheavyweights, Japan and India; a major upheaval in US Pacific Command, the US military operation in Asia, whose annual budget is about twenty times the size of North Korea’s GDP. And Bitcoin! Yes Bitcoin! Cryptocurrencies are going to be the next global battlefield in the hybrid war between China and the United States…in fact, the battle has already been joined.
Asia is shifting under our feet. Time to pay attention.
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Show notes
Trump signed presidential directive ordering actions to pressure North Korea
Trump to visit Asia in November, North Korea in spotlight
Japan keen on friendship with northeast
The Myth of the McMahon Line
How a US Fiasco in Macau Birthed North Korea’s Atomic Bomb
Can bitcoin resist a quantum attack?
China launches world’s first quantum communication line
Has Washington forgotten about us? One year passes with no US ambassador to Australia
Pacific Fleet Chief Headed to PACOM
Vice admiral requests early retirement from Navy amid firings, looming Senate hearings
We’re at the Tipping Point on North Korea…And Who’s Lying About that Aircraft Carrier?
General MacArthur’s Conspiracy to Start a War with China! New Documentary Release & Interview!