Obama's No-Show in Asia a Boost for China summary
Barack Obama’s decision to cancel his planned trip to Asia, due to the
partial government shutdown, is another setback in the administrations pledge
to strengthen the foreign policy in the Pacific region of the world. By
canceling the trip it allows China, and their new leader Xi Jinping, to further
strengthen their influence in this part of the world. Obama will miss two Asian Summits; this is
the third time since 2010 Obama has canceled trips due to domestic political
crises. Secretary of State Jon Kerry will attend in his place.
The White house felt it was
important to cancel the trip to allow the President to stay in Washington and
assist in ending the Government shutdown. Obama’s foreign policy still seems to
shift heavily towards the Middle East portion of Asia and not the Pacific. The current administration had made a vow to
assert itself more in the Pacific region, by expanding diplomatic relations and
strengthening economic ties, but the constant economic budget strains have hampered
their plans.
This situation is very helpful
for China, who is rapidly improving their military and regional influence.
Their leader, Xi Jinping, has been visiting multiple counties in the Pacific
region, in order to improve China’s aggressive and territorial reputation,
which has strained their ties with the Southeast Asia region. With the
President not making an appearance it allows Xi to be a larger presence, and
shows that the American government is currently not very functional.
The White House press secretary Jay Carney did
acknowledge the canceled trip and government shut down is setting back the
ability to create jobs, and advance and interests in the largest emerging
region in the world, but also the President will continue to push the foreign
policy towards the Pacific region.
This week Xi Jinping was
welcomed by Indonesia lawmaker, where he called for greater cooperation between
the two countries, and also signed economic deal worth billions of dollars. Xi
also met with the leaders of Malaysia, and agreed to boost military cooperation
and training to fight crime and terrorism in the region.
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ReplyDeleteBy Lynn
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the leader of China is taking advantage of US goverment shutdown. I didn't know that Obama's No-show in Asia influenced many Asian countries in temrs of economy and military powers.
By Vanilla Tang
ReplyDeleteAs for me,APEC is a global conference. No matter who will be absence of an economy of APEC, it is not complete.So can not say who benefits and who loses. There is no need to enlarge the meaning of a conference.Absence of Obama have no direct effect on China.
by Bahareh
DeleteI agree. But no one can ignores that China is growing and The U.S. has a hard time.
by Elaine
ReplyDeleteRelations among countries are sustained in a very tricky manners.I always suppose the words and sentence sequence applied in the official announcement are thoroughly and carefully planned and designed by a bunch of government politicians along with think tanks. Acute politicians have the abilities to sniff the impending storm no matter how peaceful the sea seems like. In short, the absense of Obama in those mentioned conferences must be the best solution contemplated by its government which may perfectly serve other purposes.
Whether it will turns out to be a boom or a boomerang,we just wait and see.
by Lucy,
ReplyDeleteI think the shutdown of US government will affect the international business and politics in the world. This passage proves it obversiously.