NATO Looking to Asia to Build a Defensive Alliance to Deter Communist China: Experts

NATO Looking to Asia to Build a Defensive Alliance to Deter Communist China: Experts
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2023. Takashi Aoyama/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is just a wake-up call for NATO, the growing menace from another militant—the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—towards Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region has prompted NATO’s decision to set up a liaison office in Asia in response to any potential conflict or war in this area, experts suggest.

NATO, or North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance of countries from Europe and North America, plans to open a liaison office in Tokyo in July, said Koji Tomita, Japanese ambassador to the United States, in a May 9 speech to the press.
Jenny Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2010. She has reported on Chinese politics, economics, human rights issues, and U.S.-China relations. She has extensively interviewed Chinese scholars, economists, lawyers, and rights activists in China and overseas.
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