The US under Obama has increasingly ceded ground to China, a trend that admittedly began when the Bush administration became preoccupied with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This has spurred doubts about America’s ability to provide strategic heft to its “pivot” by sustaining a higher level of commitment in the Asia-Pacific region, where it already maintains 320,000 troops.
奥巴马治下的美国一再对中国让步，这一趋势其实从布什政府陷入阿富汗和伊拉克战争泥淖就开始了。这激起了关于美国是否有能力通过更高层次的亚太地区承诺（美国在该地区已有320 000驻军）支持这一战略“重心”的能力的质疑。美国计划在澳大利亚增加2500名海军驻军基本上只是象征性的行动。