(Luft) Übung Rapid Pacific

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Auch in den chinesischen Medien spielt die Verlegung eine Rolle:

Although they opted not to take any sensitive routes and passage via the South China Sea and Taiwan Straits, observers warned that Germany is pushing forward its militarization agenda while adding a security sphere to its previous version of the "Indo-Pacific" strategy, behind which is the US malicious encouragement. (...)
Cui told the Global Times that although claiming to take a neutral stance while stressing peace and stability, Germany's moves in the region showed a bias favoring the US-led West, which would in fact bring about destabilizing factors to the region. Compared to Europe where Berlin's militarization is limited by the current NATO framework, the Asia-Pacific region has been viewed by Berlin as a freer space to push its military agenda, or at least show its determination to ramp up such efforts, Cui noted.
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Chinese military expert Song Zhongping said Germany is also playing a balancing game between the US and China as the country's main focus remains in Europe where its national security interest lies. The largest peacetime air force deployment is merely symbolic.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1273148.shtml

Ich würde das mit "erwartungsgemäß, trotzdem aber interessant" kommentieren wollen.