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October 26, 2012

U.S. Learns Hard Lessons of Asia Pivot

Peter Lee, Asia Times

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The real action in Sino-US relations this week was not the predictable China-bashing in the third election debate between US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Florida on October 22: it was the little-noticed concurrent visit to Asia of a high-powered team of retired US diplomats.

The team, a bipartisan affair consisting of Richard Armitage, Stephen Hadley, James Steinberg and Joseph Nye, had a tough task.

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TAGGED: Southeast Asia, China

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