ASEAN Weekly: Newest City in South China Sea

 Does the US really have the recusroes and the will to rally maritime Asia long term, particularly as China’s economic and military power grow? Obviously moving back into Cold war era bases would save considerable time and money. Also China's economic and military power have already seen their greatest growth, and will now stabilize if not stagnate in relation to its neighbors. In particular because its neighbors will be buying top of the line US military equipment, adopting US military training, organization, and tactics, as well as integrating themselves into a US military strategic posture. And on the other hand, will the steps the US has taken convince China that the US is out to contain and weaken it, leading to a deeper and more dangerous competition between Washington and Beijing. Please! You phrased that sentence like China is some benevolent power uninterested in empire or territorial expansion, like it was America you were talking about. China is the belligerent here, there's no leading to a deeper competition; their Generals already regularly threaten the US and their neighbors. Treaties which China has signed mean nothing to them, for example China has signed the LOST (Law of the Sea Treaty) and yet they claim the entire South China Sea in violation of the terms of that treaty. China is a greedy and grasping bully that must be opposed by all good and just nations.