On April 3, National Review reported that a year ago, New York City Mayor Eric Adams received a warning letter from Huang Ping, the Chinese consul general in New York, advising him to skip the banquet held for Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, citing that Chinese Consulate’s Pressure on New York City Mayor Adams Raises Concerns Over CCP Influence
On April 3, National Review reported that a year ago, New York City Mayor Eric Adams received a warning letter from Huang Ping, the Chinese consul general in New York, advising him to skip the banquet held for Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, citing that 
The United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines held their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training, in a show of force Sunday in the South China Sea where Beijing’s aggressive actions to assert its territorial claims
America’s ambassador in Tokyo, Rahm Emanuel, has written in the Wall Street Journal indicating that Japan was “about to become the first additional Pillar Two partner” in AUKUS, joining Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. This would be