China concerns over US's Asia-focused defense policy
US President Barack Obama unveiled a defense strategy on Friday. Photo:Xinhua
US 'return to Asia' attests regional vigor
The US has indeed increased strategic investment in the Asia-Pacific region. It's a policy choice by the US. It just proves this region's vigor and potential as well as its increasing importance.
Defense guidelines wrong way for USDespite budgetary downsizing, US is still going to strengthen its "show of power" in the region. This indicates a continued US shift of strategic emphasis from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific region. But if this shift means moving its forces from one place to another, it could threaten, instead of enhance, regional stability by stimulating an intense regional arms race, one that the US may not be able to afford.
Pentagon plan changes game in AsiaThe US strategic adjustment highlights Iran's importance to China. Iran's existence and its stance form a strong check against the US. China should not treat Iran following US cultural, social and political values.
US Asia-Pacific strategy brings steep price
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China in US gunsights |
Beijing muted on US Asia-focused defence policy |
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The Pentagon and the White House are certainly not ready to accept the notion that America is inevitably facing long-term decline while China is on an equally inevitable rise. America wants to remain number one, and this new defence policy is designed to achieve that.More... |
Mr Obama did not mention China by name, but a strategy paper was blunter in describing potential military threats from Beijing, at one stage listing it alongside Iran as one of the principal challenges for the US. That comparison angered some Chinese commentators. More... |
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As US Pivots Toward Asia, China Looks to Strengthen Itself |
China must assert itself despite new US strategy: report |
| The "pivot" to Asia, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called the new US focus on the region, has given China plenty of reasons to feel uncomfortable. During President Obama's nine-day trip to Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia, he called on China to behave as a "grown-up" economy and abide by global trade rules. More... |
China, however, is concerned Washington's new defense posture, as it turns away from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is aimed at encircling it and could hobble its growing power. . More...
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| China Expresses Concern Over US Defense Blueprint | US' policy shift toward Asia-Pacific signals the region's potential |
| Some Western analysts also see the US defense plan as aimed at least in part at countering China's growing power. Britain's influential newspaper, The Times, reported Friday that, with the reorganization, President Barack Obama was sending "a clear warning signal to China." More... | US policy toward China is different from Cold War containment of the Soviet bloc. Whereas the US and the Soviet Union had limited trade and social contact, the US is China's largest overseas market. It also welcomed and facilitated China's entry into the WTO and opens its universities' gates to 125,000 Chinese students each year. More... |
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