China has defeate the strategic alliance of Japan, the United States, Australia and India.
The four countries, under the initiative of then Prime Minister Abe of Japan, formed a strategic dialogue to "deepen ties between the democratic nations in the region and prepare for China's emergence, especially China's military."
Singapore chimed in and there was a also a joint naval training exercise in the Bay Of Bengal.
Things are different now.
1. Abe is gone. The alliance was his idea.
