China’s game of chicken
China’s recent declaration of an air-defense identification zone extending to territories it does not control is just the latest example of its jurisdictional creep that reflects a larger strategy to supplant the United States as the pre-eminent power in Asia. Yet President Obama's administration has responded to China’s aggression with words of cautious criticism, but no castigatory step, not even delaying Vice President Joe Biden’s Beijing visit. China gave no ground to Mr. Biden during his Dec. 4-5 trip.
Worse still, with its advisory to U.S. airlines to respect China’s new air-defense identification zone, Washington has opened a rift with ally Japan at a time when the imperative is for presenting a united front against an escalatory act that even Mr.… Seguir leyendo »