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  1. China's campaign of international diplomatic pressure against Taiwan is now targetting Taiwanese representative offices

    This will have significant impacts in the South Pacific where Taiwan relies on offices in PNG and Fiji to maintain relations with the eight Pacific island countries that do not formally recognise Taiwan

    aspistrategist.org.au/with-man

    #Taiwan #China #Fiji #PNG #Pacific #台灣 #中國

  2. The #US #military said early Monday it struck an *alleged* #DrugTrafficking #boat in the eastern #Pacific, marking the first known strike in >2 months.

    “Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific,” SOUTHCOM said.

    2 people were killed in the strike.

    #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw
    cnn.com/2026/08/24/politics/us

  3. It seems unlikely #SpaceX will go for a Ship catch 🦾 with Ship 41. This would mean that a return would likely be a splashdown in the #Pacific Ocean 🌊, either near #Hawaii 🏝️ or off the coast of #Chile 🇨🇱.

    Ship 40 is now awaiting a heavy-lift semi-submersible which can lower itself into the water, allowing a ship or other hardware to float over the deck nasaspaceflight.com/2026/08/sh

    #Starship

  4. “The #PanamaCanal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month because of drought caused by the #ElNiño phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway linking the #Atlantic and #Pacific said Thursday, August 20.

    From September 3, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34 due to low water levels in two artificial lakes that feed the canal, the Panama Canal Authority said. It will drop to 32 from September 15 on, the agency said.”

    #ClimateEmergency / #ClimateScience / #Science / #logistics <lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/>