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U.S. Response to Chinese Rivalry

U.S. Response to Chinese Rivalry in Asia-Pacific Region

With the end of the Cold War, the United States lost its primary rival for influence in the world: the Soviet Union. Moreover, the importance of Europe to the United States declined in importance in relation to that of the Asia-Pacific Region. U.S. trade with Asian nations now exceeds that with European nations and this disparity will continue to grow. Japan now has the second largest economy in the world (after that of the United States) and China's economy is projected to be the third largest within twenty years. This means that the country exercising the most influence in this region will probably also be the most influential nation in the world.

Without a doubt, China represents the greatest contender for the role as chief rival of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region. It has by far the largest population of any nation in the world, it has the numerically largest military force in the world, and it is one of five countries which maintains a sizeable nuclear force. It is the only country in the Asia-Pacific region which possesses large numbers of both nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles. Thus, it has the power to intimidate the other countries in the region and to disrupt their trade.

There is also historical precedent for Chinese bids for dominance of the region. China militarily dominated Asia for several centuries and contested dominance of Asia with Japan during the Twentieth Century. Moreover, there seems to be some evidence that certain groups within China would like to reassert dominance in the future. It should be noted that domination in the future does not necessarily mean political or military domination, although that may not be out of the question. Rather, economic dominance is the greater possibility in today's world. By economically dominating the region, China could achieve the same ends as if it dominated the region mi...

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