His entourage had flown in from Washington, where he met then-US president Bill Clinton just as the Middle East Peace Treaty was being signed on the lawns of the White House on September 13.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/the-green-scarf-that-changed-the-course-of-sydney-sporting-history-20230920-p5e6b1.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

The southern Japanese island of Okinawa hosts a major US air force base, and last August when China staged war games to protest the visit of then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei, Chinese missiles landed within Japan's exclusive economic zone.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230410-china-conducts-simulated-strikes-near-taiwan-on-third-day-of-military-drills