Financial Times (November 18)
2010/ 11/ 20 by jd in Global News
Throughout Asia, “angst about Beijing’s intentions” is competing “with concern about waning American power.” Europe is lost in the shuffle, turned inward battling the ongoing euro debt crisis. This has created a paradox in Asia. “Even as everyone talks about its relative decline, the US is more sought in the region than it has been for some time.” And as China’s tone gets harsher, its neighbors grow more eager “to get closer to the US.”