The Quad — the group of four nations intended by the anti-China war party in the US and the UK to encircle and counter China’s development, has launched a four-day “Malabar wargame” today off the coast of Guam. India, the US, Australia, and Japan, claiming to be concerned about a “free and open Indo-Pacific” which they imagine to be challenged by China, will conduct a series of complex drills involving warships, aircraft, and helicopters, hosted by the US Navy. The US Seventh Fleet, in a statement, said the exercise demonstrated the commitment among the like-minded nations to uphold a rules-based maritime order in the Indo-Pacific. As usual, the “rules-based order” refers not to international law, but to the rules as determined by the Anglo-American empire.