US dominance in asia?

[Les Schaffer <schaffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Asian Leaders Find China a More Cordial Neighbor
By JANE PERLEZ

BANGKOK, Oct. 17 -- More than 50 years of American dominance in Asia
is subtly but unmistakably eroding as Asian countries look toward
China as the increasingly vital regional power, political and business
leaders in Asia say.

China's churning economic engine, coupled with trade deals and
friendly diplomacy, have transformed it from a country to be feared to
one that beckons, these regional leaders say.

That new, more benign view of China by its neighbors has emerged in
the last year as President Bush is perceived in Asia to have pressed
America's campaign on terror to the exclusion of almost everything
else.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/18/international/asia/18CHIN.html?hp

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Attack Fears Shorten Bush Visit to Manila
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- President Bush brought promises of
military aid and solidarity to the terrorism-plagued Philippines on
Saturday, in a hurried state visit cut short by fears of attack.

A pair of U.S. F-15 fighter jets escorted Air Force One into
Manila. They flew so close that the pilots' faces could be seen
clearly from the presidential aircraft.

Bush's stop here was limited to just eight hours, speeding him through
a wreath-laying ceremony, talks with President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo, a speech to Congress and a formal state dinner. He was rushing
from the dinner back to Air Force One to head for Thailand by day's
end.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Bush.html
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les schaffer



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