Biden Skips Jakarta: When (Not) Showing Up Speaks Volumes

[OIO]

Yes and no. the Far east is much divided.
Pro US: Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore
Pro China: the others from North Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia to Cambodia.
Chinese tactic is offering trade benefits with its giant domestic market in exchange for territory. If anyone refuses to give up territory Ccp will come with cheap propaganda, ancient maps, water cannons and guns. On the other side the US offers security and market.

What's wrong with ancient maps?

As a former vassal state of China, Vietnam and China had not drawn a clear border at sea.

Border issues and relations with the US are two issues, it is best not to turn them into one issue.

 

[Menthol]

Please don’t spew fakes. Taiwan exists before Vietnam? Google Namviet. That well exists longer than Ccp.

But the problem is Republic of China is a modern country and it's still existed up to today, while Nanyue is no longer exist since hundreds of years ago.

Modern Vietnam territory is a heritage from France colonialism.

 

[Viet]

I am pretty sure Biden skip Indonesia to deal with Hurricane Idilia landing in FL just this morning.

Not related.Biden will visit Vietnam 10. and 11. September. US foreign policy is nuanced. It picks individual countries as ASEAN as a bloc has no teeth. Indonesia is probably not too much important. Philippines as ally not important, either US transport aircraft landing in Hanoi.