The forest and the trees: China, America, and Asian power balancing

A fascination with Sino-American competition distracts from today’s central drama in Asian international relations: China’s emergence as a revisionist great power. Tensions between Washington and Beijing are undoubtedly important, but the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is reshaping behaviour far b...

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Main Author: Hart, Ford
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169258
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:A fascination with Sino-American competition distracts from today’s central drama in Asian international relations: China’s emergence as a revisionist great power. Tensions between Washington and Beijing are undoubtedly important, but the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is reshaping behaviour far beyond America. The 20th Shangri-la Dialogue held in Singapore from 2 to 4 June 2023 highlighted the contrast between the seemingly irresistible US-vs-China narrative and the bigger picture in Asian geopolitics – a region-wide rebalancing of power.