The US return to Asia does not close the window on China’s strategic opportunity

Abstract

Analysis by Mathieu Duchâtel based on:– Liu Jianfei, “China’s regional environment has not changed substantially,” Liaowang dongfang zhoukan, 15 November 2010.– “Interviews with Ma Xiaojun and Gao Zugui: A re-examination of China’s strategic environment,” Xuexi shibao, 10 January 2011. In late 2010 and early 2011, the Chinese press carried a number of analyses on the “deterioration of China’s regional security environment.” The expression counteracts the notion, disseminated mostly by America...