U.S. Sway in Asia is Imperiled as China Challenges Alliances

In this week's update, China is reported as starting conflicts deliberately with the intent of driving U.S. alliances out of the East-Asian jurisdiction so to exemplify that China is a powerful country that can achieve prospective prosper without western intervention.  Such attempts have been conflicts in air and sea zones as well as quarrels in countries like Japan and Vietnam.  Even in the speech given by president Xi of China, the foundation of China's future implicitly does not include U.S. aid. 

We have been presented with a graph exhibiting the rise and fall of power between two countries and a small window in which conflict occurs that will define which of the two countries will be the more powerful, and this recent news update clearly exemplifies catalysts that can lead to warfare.  It's like the old saying goes: "if you can't beat them, join them."  But the issue being faced now is China sees potential that the U.S. can be beat. 

Scott Bishop

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/world/asia/us-sway-in-asia-is-imperiled-as-china-challenges-alliances.html?hp&_r=0