Many Asian countries joined the TPP to “keep the US in the region” in the face of Chinese heavy-handedness. They embraced the US in the same way that East Europeans rushed to join NATO and the European Union in the face of the threat, real or imagined, posed by post-Soviet Russia.
许多亚洲国家选择加入协议就是为了在面对中国粗暴行为时“把美国留在这个区域”。而他们这种行为跟东欧国家在面对苏联解体后的俄罗斯（无论是现实还是想象的）威胁时抢着加入北约或者欧盟的做法如出一辙。