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Article: China's ASEAN invasion.(Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
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- The National Interest
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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PRESIDENT BUSH'S November 2006 visit to Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum was of enormous interest to Southeast Asians. It was a rare but excellent opportunity to discuss America's strategic role in the region--one, unfortunately, that was not taken. While there was a full agenda--fighting terrorism and disease, promoting economic freedom and human rights--the president failed to lay out a U.S. vision for regional security. And he seemed to ignore the reality of intensifying Southeast Asian security dilemmas and competition.
China, anticipating an "Asian century", does not underestimate the region's strategic ...