Obama Should Clarify Relationship with China

Beijing summit an opportunity to reassure jittery US allies in the Asia Pacific.

Source: US State Department/Flickr

[comment/analysis] Despite its entanglement in crises in the Middle East and Europe, Barack Obama’s administration insists Washington will not alter its rebalance to the Asia-Pacific, which aims to bolster the United States’ strategic goals in the region. Next week when Obama meets with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, there will be more at stake than U.S.-China relations.

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