The "pivot" to Asia, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called the new U.S. focus on the region, has given China plenty of reasons to feel uncomfortable. During President Obama's nine-day trip to Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia, he called on China to behave as a "grown-up" economy and abide by global trade rules. In Australia Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced plans to station up to 2,500 U.S. Marines in the northern port city of Darwin and at other Australian bases, which some analysts said was designed to help check the growing military strength of China.
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