US must 'puncture' China's Asian dominance, declassified plan says

Sailors inspect F/A-18s on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Indian Ocean on Dec. 29. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy) Nikkei staff writers January 14, 2021 05:29 JST | North America Copy Copied NEW YORK/SYDNEY/BEIJING — Days before leaving office, the Trump administration has declassified an internal document on its Indo-Pacific strategy that shows the principles under which it operated. Unsurprisingly, it is heavily focused on the rise of China. It reveals how the administration tried to debunk Beijing’s narrative that China’s regional dominance was inevitable, and exhibits how the U.S. sought to maintain…