A couple of years ago in Shanghai, an eminent Chinese scholar and my luncheon host, commented:  "I just don't know why you Americans want a position in Asia."  China would like America to get out of Asia so that it could rebuild a modern version of its pre-1895 tributary system where China ruled the roost in Asia. And as they see it, America is in the way.  My host didn't want to concede that other countries wanted a US presence in Asia.  Today, China is even more troubled by America's rebala...
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