I didn't know NATO was in the Pacific Ocean
Not too long ago. NATO was just NATO. It had a formidable reputation that everyone understands and respects.
Now, the Western MSM feels the need to shore up NATO's image with terms like: "more muscular", "bigger", "stronger", etc. Why? Well NATO is facing an identity crisis. The debacle in Afghanistan has eroded the image of NATO's infallibility. But the Ukraine conflict has cracked the image of NATO invincibility. Russia is proving, that NATO is not as omnipotent and all-powerful as they have claimed themselves to be.
So in order to save its falling reputation, NATO needs to find another front to throw its weight around: the Asia Pacific. NATO thinks that opening up another front with China is a good idea. They are soon gonna find out that China is not an inferior opponent than Russia. China can punch back just as hard, if not harder.
My only concern is that if NATO picks a fight with China, the racism against the Chinese people is gonna be far worse than the racism against Russians. Thus, the West and its allies could be open to do uglier things to the Chinese than what they have done to the Russians thus far.