China is getting stronger. America is getting weaker. China is therefore able to apply pressure while America loses its clout in Asia, therefore looking more and more unstable as a partner as each day passes. Having said that, it shouldn’t be shocking for the in-tune reader that China taking over Asia, and the Asia-Pacific, is happening right before our eyes in real time. America’s allies realize it’s better to capitulate and will continue dong so until they’re under the Chinese umbrella protectorate. This will leave America 100% pushed out of Asia within five to ten years.
Chinese pressure was blamed Thursday for a stunning diplomatic U-turn by Southeast Asian Nations that saw them retract a statement sounding alarm over Beijing’s island building in the South China Sea.
The chaotic events at the end of a meeting of foreign ministers from China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday have led to allegations of bullying by Beijing.
The document, released by ASEAN member Malaysia and described as a joint statement from the bloc, warned developments in the hotly contested South China Sea could “undermine peace, security and stability”. Continue reading