By W Joseph Stroupe
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/FC31Dj02.html
China is rising, economically, diplomatically and militarily, to threaten a displacement of the United States as the dominant power in Southeast Asia. Europe is increasingly choosing the course of independence from the US: it currently rivals US gross domestic product (GDP) and is making joint economic and strategic diplomatic agreements with US competitors Russia, China, India, Iran and others, while the US looks on warily.
South Korea is increasingly irritated with the US military presence --- MORE:
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