February 20, 2017

"With China's rising influence and a new US administration, Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen urged the two world powers to spell out their overarching foreign policy objectives toward Asia, which will give regional countries 'the assurance of clear, common and acceptable rules around which countries can evolve a new order.' The speech, which came from a panel discussion at the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday, reflects the deep concerns over a potential China-US confrontation in Asia.

As an emerging power, China has been viewed by the US, which enjoys decades-long hegemony, as an uncertain factor and a strategic rival. Washington has long adopted a strategy of both engagement and containment toward China. But the more powerful China becomes and the faster China develops, the more this US strategy  will tilt toward containment."

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