Bloomberg (June 29) reported that for the first time, the leaders of Japan, South Korea,
Australia, and New Zealand will all attend a summit of the 30-member North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO). At the meeting starting June 28 in Madrid, the alliance is set to label
China a “systemic challenge” in new policy guidelines for the coming decade, reflecting shifts
in the geopolitical landscape as President Xi Jinping increasingly joins hands with Putin in
opposition to the world’s democracies. Vivian Zhan, an associate professor specializing in
Chinese politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said “The new development certainly
will make China feel uneasy, encircled and threatened.”
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