The Obama administration’s Asian balancing act obfuscates the broader test of power that China’s recent actions represent. What is at stake are not merely islands in the East and South China Seas, but a rules-based regional order, freedom of navigation of the seas and skies, access to maritime resources, and balanced power dynamics in Asia.
奥巴马政府的亚洲平衡策略让中国最近的举动所呈现的广义实力考验变得模糊了。此事非但关于东海和南海上的几个岛屿，也关乎基于规则的地区秩序、航海和航空自由、海洋资源和亚洲实力平衡。