DISADVANTAGE/CHINA
LINK: BETTER USA-ASIA RELATIONS ARE PERCEIVED BY CHINA AS CONTAINMENT -- SOMETHING THEY HATE
THE #1 FEAR CHINA HAS OF THE USA IS A POLICY OF CONTAINMENT
James Kynge: October 1, 1999, Financial Times (London) ; Pg. 01
HEADLINE: 'Strategic partnership' remains elusive // ln-10/99-acs
Of the many layers of mistrust that define China's relationship with the US, none is more fundamental than Beijing's suspicion that Washington may be preparing to contain its growing diplomatic and military influence in Asia.
CHINA PERCEIVES IMPROVED USA RELATIONS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS AS A POLICY OF CONTAINMENT
James Kynge: October 1, 1999, Financial Times (London) ; Pg. 01
HEADLINE: 'Strategic partnership' remains elusive // ln-10/99-acs
As the US strengthens relations with China's neighbours, Beijing
increasingly suspects that the US administration is preparing to contain
the country's growing influence in Asia
CHINA OPPOSES USA ASIAN ALLIANCES AS AN ATTEMPT TO CONTAIN CHINA
Evan S Medeiros and Jing-dong Yuan January 1, 2001 Jane's Intelligence Review HEADLINE: A US military presence in Asia: offshore balancer or local sheriff? //VT2002acsln
China and the USA hold opposite views about the benefits of alliances and about the structure of Asian security. Chinese officials persistently call for the USA to abandon its military alliances as the centrepiece of its military strategy in Asia. Beijing views these as a means to contain China and to dominate the Asia-Pacific theatre.
CHINA OPPOSES STRONGER USA-ASIAN ALLIANCES BECAUSE IT SEES THEM AS AN ATTEMPT TO CONTAIN CHINA
Evan S Medeiros and Jing-dong Yuan January 1, 2001 Jane's Intelligence Review HEADLINE: A US military presence in Asia: offshore balancer or local sheriff? //VT2002acsln
In private conversations with government officials and military officers in China, we found that Beijing opposes the US alliance system because it sees its purpose to be containing China. Indeed, US forces in East Asia are increasingly seen as a major obstacle to China's objectives in the region, which range from assertiveness in the South China Sea to its long-held goal of national unification.
THE #1 FEAR CHINA HAS OF THE USA IS A POLICY OF CONTAINMENT
James Kynge: October 1, 1999, Financial Times (London) ; Pg. 01
HEADLINE: 'Strategic partnership' remains elusive // ln-10/99-acs
Of the many layers of mistrust that define China's relationship with the US, none is more fundamental than Beijing's suspicion that Washington may be preparing to contain its growing diplomatic and military influence in Asia.
CONTAINMENT PRESSURES MAY BECOME CEMENTED IN CHINESE POLICIES, INCREASING HOSTILITIES
James Kynge: October 1, 1999, Financial Times (London) ; Pg. 01
HEADLINE: 'Strategic partnership' remains elusive // ln-10/99-acs
The danger is that such tensions may become entrenched, ensuring that a genuine "strategic partnership" remains illusory, and that US-China ties oscillate between, at worst, open hostility and, at best, unspoken suspicion.
CHINA IS ON THE BRINK OF DECIDING IF THE USA IS TRYING TO CONTAIN IT
James Kynge: October 1, 1999, Financial Times (London) ; Pg. 01
HEADLINE: 'Strategic partnership' remains elusive // ln-10/99-acs
"We can see that within the US, there are some forces that would from the bottom of their hearts try to contain China," says Mr Wang. But he adds that the foreign ministry would rather believe the assurances of the US administration that this is not the case.
"We are not in any hurry to jump to a conclusion," he says.