The South China Sea Rhetoric is being dialled up. What's the endgame here? I don't believe the US or China want a kinetic war over this, and the US might find itself stretched if it occurs with the war in Ukraine going on too. I'm sure the arms manufacturers are happy about it though!

The Guardian: US would defend Taiwan if attacked by China, says Joe Biden. >"President says US’s responsibility to protect island is ‘even stronger’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine"