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The new three-way pact between the United States, Britain and Australia is the latest in a series of efforts to build a network of security partnerships to counter China’s influence in East and Southeast Asia as mutual concerns about Beijing draw a range of different countries closer together. The new grouping, known as Aukus, will allow the US to share highly sensitive nuclear submarine technology with Australia, which until recently was reluctant to get drawn into a cold war-style confrontation with China. US President Joe Biden has tried to put America’s alliances at the core of efforts to pressure China...
