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Current situation in #AsiaPacific #APAC from my perspective.

1. The South China Sea, East China Sea, and Korean War (it never ended), already started to overlap each other.

2. The constant increase of Western powers in the region made the Axis of Evil to do the same. Russia sends their army to join China's military "exercises".

2.a. We now have: Australia, the USA, France, and Germany, in South China Sea.
2.b. In the East China Sea front, France is prepping to join. The US and Germany already have a presence.

3. Japan has been helping boost the Philippines.

4. Japan is 100% helping South Korea.

5. China escalated the East China Sea dispute with Japan by violating Japan's airspace.

6. The Philippines and South Korea are holding off helping each other to prevent the issues from overlapping and escalating. (South Korea's military tech support for the Philippines appears to have halted (a.k.a. the donations and purchases.)

7. North Korea still firing ballistic missiles, showing it is capable of restarting military hostilities with South Korea.

8. Taiwan is getting bolder and bolder in its stance against mainland China as the area around them is bolstered by Western powers.

Meanwhile, another member of the #AxisOfEvil is Iran or Persia.
1. Iran tried to get Israel to retaliate directly but it failed.
2. Israel chose to retaliate by sending exploding pagers to Hezbollah.
3. Iran is mulling over igniting a "regional war".
4. If Israel declares war against Persia, it will trigger the military alliance of Iran with Russia and China.
5. And since Israel have an alliance with Western powers … well.
6. And since the Arab Nations are politically and religiously against Iran, they'll either remain neutral or indirectly and secretly assist Israel.
7. However, there is Turkey (f. Ottoman). Who will they side with?
8. Germany is invested in Iran. So, no way they'll remain on the sides.
9. Russia appears to be a friend of Israel, but don't be fooled, they never were, are, and will be.

The crazy stuff:
1. The Philippines and Israel are close friends, almost a family. The two Nations generally avoid making statements on each other's geopolitical issues, but with the Axis of Evil involved, it might change.
2. The exploding pager, as per Reuters, there's a Taiwan connection. China is probably seething in anger about it, and Iran probably already sent complaints to China how lackluster China's operatives are.
3. There is still a war between Russia and Ukraine.
4. China is started to check on countries indebted to them,and forcing them to make statements, like what Malaysia recently did (that they won't go to war over SCS).
5. Let's not forget that China and Vietnam are ancient enemies, they still are.

Again, this is how I see it from my perspective.