China Repeats its August 14 Warning to Avoid the "New Cold War"

It appears China has discerned the nature of the upcoming Camp David Summit between Japan, South Korea and the Outlaw US Empire as this Global Times editorial articulates:

The various pieces of information released beforehand indicate that the tri-country summit of the US, Japan, and South Korea, scheduled for August 18 at Camp David, will sound the trumpet for moving into the "new cold war." This is an ominous signal for Northeast Asia and even the world. The Korean Peninsula issue is a legacy of the Cold War. Today, the unresolved remnants of the old Cold War still persist, and South Korea acts as an inaugural member to promote the "new cold war." This is not a historical coincidence; behind it lies a hidden hand stretching over from across the Pacific, manipulating events in the shadows.

We can now roughly piece together the fundamental outline of this summit: It is cloaked in the banner of safeguarding "shared security" and aims to forge a new security bloc. In its structure, it accentuates ideological hues and value disparities, while in its approach, it exhibits clear inclinations toward exclusivity, competition, and camp-based confrontation. Trilateral cooperation covers political, military, economic, technological, and various other facets, with each of these "cooperative" aspects embodying the aforementioned characteristics. The direct consequence of this is the deliberate creation of distinct camps in the Asia-Pacific region, coercing other nations to pick sides.

Undoubtedly, during the "preparation" for the summit, Washington has been the most active participant, actively leaking most of the summit's content in various forms. We've observed that Washington exudes a palpable sense of urgency: Due to concerns that the unilateral diplomatic concessions for reconciliation by South Korea toward Japan might not be sustainable, thereby destabilizing the foundation of trilateral cooperation, it perceives the current moment as a rare "opportunity." Consequently, there is a need to "act swiftly" to institutionalize the cooperative framework, with the aim of making it more difficult for future leaders to reverse the situation.

This editorial builds on the one published on the 14th where China urged the International Community to Take Action to Oppose the 'New Cold War.' IMO, China has had plenty of opportunity to see how the Outlaw US Empire operates which propels its analysis and warnings. Global Times even cites South Korean media's warnings to their president as this excerpt shows:

Previously, South Korean media warned that the Yoon Suk-yeol government is falling into the vortex of the "new cold war," which is a huge pit for South Korea and could potentially bury the social and economic wealth it has accumulated over the past few decades. In recent years, South Korea has strived to achieve a relative balance in diplomacy and strategy amid geopolitical pressures, and has achieved remarkable economic and social development. However, this crucial relative balance for South Korea is being disrupted by the Yoon government internally, and by Washington and Japan externally.

I've reported several times, there's a very strong link between South Korea's MIC and the Outlaw US Empires that's been forged even tighter with the proxy war in Ukraine where South Korea supplies Ukraine with 155mm shells and the Paladin SPA that uses them, as well as many other items. IMO, the Outlaw US Empire's target is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) where it could break several Asian trade blocs at one time. Thus, China's overt warnings to its partners about what's afoot.

The Empire desperately seeks to halt the escalating solidarity forming amongst the Global South nations, indeed all those not under its direct control via NATO or military occupation as with Japan, South Korea, and Philippines. One of its few remaining non-vassal friends—Singapore—has warned the Empire not to try and break the hard fought peaceful arrangements between ASEAN nations. When the RCEP was agreed to, many warned of the potential Trojan Horses with Japan and Australia being the most obvious. We shall soon see if those warnings were warranted.

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