Chinese media says US 'Indo-Pacific narrative' fading, zero-sum games can't reverse Asia-Pacific cooperation
美式印太叙事逐步淡出 地缘零和博弈难逆亚太合作大势
The US Department of Defense has renamed its 'Indo-Pacific Command' back to 'Pacific Command,' a title it held until 2018. The article, sourced from China Daily and published on NetEase, frames this as a signal of a shrinking US strategy in Asia and proof that the 'Indo-Pacific' concept was a geopolitical tool to contain China. It cites Western analysts and a Spanish scholar to argue the framework lacked regional consensus and is now being abandoned, while contrasting it with China's vision of an 'Asia-Pacific community with a shared future.'
The view from inside
The piece treats the US command's name change as vindication of Beijing's long-standing position that the 'Indo-Pacific' (印太) was an artificial, Cold War-era construct designed for containment.
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