Beijing Balks as North Atlantic Pact Strengthens Ties With Allied Pacific Nations

Communist regime fears that NATO is ‘extending tentacles’ with the network of Indo-Pacific countries whom Washington is bringing together in defense against Chinese expansionism.

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President Biden, right, presents NATO's outgoing secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, July 9, 2024, at Washington. AP/Evan Vucci

Communist China fears that NATO is expanding into a globe-girdling alliance while leaders of the 32 NATO member states, meeting at Washington, worry about the future of the alliance 75 years after its founding.

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