The issue here is the impression of American Weakness. The United States, particularly the Obama Administration, is implementing actions that shows the United States is active in the region , is not weaker, and not distracted. The United States is now flexing its muscles by arming long time strategic partners, The Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.
China claims that the United States is trying to block China's Rise. Beijing cliams that the United States is trying to shape and constrain China's rise and block its ascendancy. Beijing is contesting the United States enforcement of the Chinese accepting of American Supremacy in the world and in the region.
The problem here is that Beijing will not comply to this. This is a complex relationship. A very tense one.
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