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| China Welcomes Obama’s Win, but Hopes for More Balanced Ties With the U.S. | China Welcomes Obama’s Win, but Hopes for More Balanced Ties With the U.S. |
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| BEIJING — With the re-election of President Obama to a second term and the imminent transfer of power in China to a new generation of leaders, one of the biggest challenges facing Mr. Obama will be finding a strategic and economic role for the United States in Asia that is acceptable to its strong network of allies and friends without alienating the Chinese, analysts in the region said. | BEIJING — With the re-election of President Obama to a second term and the imminent transfer of power in China to a new generation of leaders, one of the biggest challenges facing Mr. Obama will be finding a strategic and economic role for the United States in Asia that is acceptable to its strong network of allies and friends without alienating the Chinese, analysts in the region said. |
| In China, the government welcomed Mr. Obama’s victory, but woven into the warm words from the departing President Hu Jintao was a warning that the United States should be a more cooperative partner as China, even with a slowing economy, continues to rise in wealth and power. | In China, the government welcomed Mr. Obama’s victory, but woven into the warm words from the departing President Hu Jintao was a warning that the United States should be a more cooperative partner as China, even with a slowing economy, continues to rise in wealth and power. |
| The presumptive new leader of China, Xi Jinping, has expressed the idea of a “new type of relationship between major countries in the 21st century.” | The presumptive new leader of China, Xi Jinping, has expressed the idea of a “new type of relationship between major countries in the 21st century.” |
| The goal appears to be for China to share more and more power with the United States in the decades ahead, much as Britain opened the door to a rising United States around the end of the 19th century and into the 20th. But many in Washington fear that rather than share power, China wants to unravel America’s alliances in Asia. | The goal appears to be for China to share more and more power with the United States in the decades ahead, much as Britain opened the door to a rising United States around the end of the 19th century and into the 20th. But many in Washington fear that rather than share power, China wants to unravel America’s alliances in Asia. |
| And the United States policy of a “pivot” toward Asia that Mr. Obama announced a year ago — meaning more American naval and air power would return to the region — is viewed by China as an unfriendly effort at containment. | And the United States policy of a “pivot” toward Asia that Mr. Obama announced a year ago — meaning more American naval and air power would return to the region — is viewed by China as an unfriendly effort at containment. |
| “While everyone in Asia wants the U.S. to stay, they want it to stay as a balancing power, not as a primary power,” said Hugh White, a professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University. | “While everyone in Asia wants the U.S. to stay, they want it to stay as a balancing power, not as a primary power,” said Hugh White, a professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University. |
| Allies of the United States like Japan and Australia, which have secured robust economic relationships with China while maintaining traditional military ties with the United States, do not want to be forced to choose between Beijing and Washington, he said. | Allies of the United States like Japan and Australia, which have secured robust economic relationships with China while maintaining traditional military ties with the United States, do not want to be forced to choose between Beijing and Washington, he said. |
| The Obama administration’s recent efforts to deepen relations with China’s Asian neighbors — not just an enhanced military presence but also a regionwide free-trade accord that excludes China — are seen in Beijing as a way of resisting China’s challenge to American leadership in Asia, analysts said. | The Obama administration’s recent efforts to deepen relations with China’s Asian neighbors — not just an enhanced military presence but also a regionwide free-trade accord that excludes China — are seen in Beijing as a way of resisting China’s challenge to American leadership in Asia, analysts said. |
| Whether the United States has the ability and will to follow through on its promises remains very much an open question. | |
Martin Fackler contributed reporting from Tokyo, and Thomas Fuller from Bangkok. | Martin Fackler contributed reporting from Tokyo, and Thomas Fuller from Bangkok. |