New US Indo-Pacific fleet ‘would be akin to grabbing China by the throat’, analyst says


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US navy secretary has called for a new command to be formed ‘in the crossroads between the Indian and Pacific oceans’ But it could hurt Beijing’s growing interests in the region as it would cover key trade routes, according to military expert Navy secretary has called for a new command to be formed ‘in the crossroads between the Indian and Pacific oceans’. But it could hurt Beijing’s growing interests in the region, analyst says. A proposed new US Navy fleet in the Indo-Pacific could pose a threat to China’s growing interests in the region as it would cover key trade...