G7 summit: Taiwan looms large as Japan prepares to host leadersJapan becomes the 3rd biggest military spender in the world......the US is 're-shoring' goods that were previously made in China faster than ever before......the west has made significant moves to restrict the most advanced semi conductors to China and made moves to secure their manufacture elsewhere in the world....AUKUS - Australia signs deal for nuclear powered submarines....Japan and South Korea on talking terms again, a large US military presence all throughout SE Asia
Meanwhile, Russia and China feeling ever more encircled by the west. Russia exposed as a having a poor military capability in Ukraine and China's ever increasing domination of the South China Sea.
Where's it gonna end? At best a cold war. At worst.....?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65619249