Japan Remilitarizes, US Encircles China: But the People of Asia Are Fighting Back

Japan is swiftly remilitarizing, the US is funneling weapons to Taiwan, and the military encirclement of China is only escalating. Is the US driving Asia into war with China?

Tings Chak, researcher at the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and organizer with the Hands Off Asia campaign, joins Amanda Yee to discuss the alarming moves on the part of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to move the country away from its post-WWII pacifist principles – and how it fits into Washington’s preparations for a major military confrontation for China.

Chak explains the US’s "architecture of militarization" surrounding China and how it threatens the entire region. But she also explains how people and movements in Asia are fighting back through the Hands Off Asia campaign.