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August 29, 2012

It's Unwise for the U.S. to Contain China

Wu Liming, Xinhua News

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to make a rare trip to the Cook Islands on Thursday, starting a six-nation tour to the Asia-Pacific region. Why is Clinton going to pay a trip to a nation of just 11,000 people? Quite a number of analysts say the visit is aimed at curbing China's growing influence among the region's small island nations.

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