The US actively inserted itself in Asian political and economic affairs, and began a strategic build up. The US virtually single-handedly created SEATO (the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization) in 1954, and was clearly aiming to "contain" Communist China militarily, economically, and diplomatically.
美國積極介入亞太地區的經貿活動和戰略部署，一九五四年由美國一手促成的「東南亞國家公約組織」（SEATO），其實已有從經濟、軍事和外交上圍堵中共的企圖。