7 Oct, 2013
Who leads the 21st century Asia-Pacific? Certainly not the US – Jakarta Post
Events over the past week and the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit have confirmed what most people already knew but were hesitant to openly admit: It is China, not the United States, who is the leader of the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st century.
We expect no game-changing outcomes from the APEC Summit, but it will, along with global events in the preceding months, represent a tilt in perceptions as to the primus inter pares in the power relationship in the region.
A post-American century is truly in evolution.
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