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The Quad at a crossroads
Posted By Brahma Chellaney on April 28, 2022 @ 12:00
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[1] mocked: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Asia_s_New_Geopolitics/Ok5FEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Chinese+Foreign+Minister+Wang+Yi:+Quad+a+%E2%80%9Cheadline-grabbing+idea%E2%80%9D+that+will+dissipate+%E2%80%9Clike+the+sea+foam+in+the+Pacific+or+Indian+Ocean.%E2%80%9D&pg=PA1987&printsec=frontcover
[2] introduced: https://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/other/bluebook/2017/html/chapter1/c0102.html
[3] affirmed: http://state.gov/a-free-and-open-indo-pacific-advancing-a-shared-vision/
[4] main engine: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/business/china-trade-surplus.html
[5] swelled: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14521828#:~:text=China
[6] US$77 billion: https://theprint.in/economy/the-long-road-to-atmanirbhar-bharat-indias-trade-deficit-with-china-hit-record-77-bn-in-fy22/926987/
[7] defence budget: https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2022/02/03/india-unveils-new-defense-budget-aimed-at-promoting-a-self-reliant-industry/#:~:text=India
[8] stealth encroachments: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beijing-replicates-its-south-china-sea-tactics-in-the-himalayas/
[9] wake-up call: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/indias-appeasement-policy-towards-china-unravels/
[10] a third: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3167131/china-australia-relations-icy-diplomatic-ties-leave
[11] largest: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/China-passes-US-as-top-Japanese-export-buyer-topping-20#:~:text=China%20and%20the%20U.S.%20have,the%20U.S.%20trailed%20at%2018.4%25.
[12] shape: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-on-sidelines-as-china-and-other-asia-pacific-nations-launch-trade-pact-11641038401?mod=hp_lead_pos3
[13] economic benefits: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/RCEP-kicks-in-as-China-seeks-to-lead-regional-economic-integration
[14] pledged: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/U.S.-Indo-Pacific-Strategy.pdf
[15] limits: https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3260502-bidens-indo-pacific-economic-framework-is-at-a-crossroads/
[16] deepening proxy conflict: https://www.ft.com/content/9f31d808-a209-46f1-a7d2-1bc443aa698d
[17] believes: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/04/06/remarks-by-president-biden-at-north-americas-building-trades-unions-legislative-conference/
[18] off the hook: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/593032-the-us-is-letting-china-off-the-hook-over-covid-19-coverup
[19] meet its commitments: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trade-china-idTRNIKBN2K63V8
[20] dropped fraud charges: https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/574620-bidens-afghan-blunder-has-weakened-his-hand-against-china
[21] Muslim gulag: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/global-silence-on-chinas-gulag/
[22] reinstated: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nr3cpftf-nr3cpft-us-usa-trade-china-t-idTRNIKCN2LL1YQ
[23] considering: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3175109/us-could-lower-china-tariffs-combat-inflation-white