from Sputnik News:
The US currently remains a member of a spate of alliances and partnerships in the Asia-Pacific, including AUKUS with Australia and the UK, QUAD with Canberra, Delhi and Tokyo, as well as the SPEF, which includes 13 other Asian member states.
In what appeared to be a thinly veiled dig at the US, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has warned against forming NATO-like alliances in the Asia-Pacific, which he said is fraught with consequences for the region.
