I agree partly with some Chinese posters here. China is unlike the Soviet Union, It doesnt seek alliances per say as the U.S, it doesnt seek to export any ideology like communism or democracy or whatever, Its mostly business focus. It will trade with anybody regardless of the regime in place. You should note that even after fighting/invading Vietnam in 1979, and subsequent border clashes in paracels, etc. Vietnam wanted to ally with China after the demise of the soviet Union, fearing the U.S was out to destroy the communist party and replace it with a more pro U.S government like the one in the former south Vietnam. But surprisgnly China rejected it. It seems China has understood that alliances seems to be more of a burdern than not(they learned from maos so called communist alliance with the soviet Union which ended bad, the Korean war, Vietnam war which they lost lots of men/capital etc for no real strategic gain).. The U.S has learned it the hard way, but the U.S still can afford it since its still the worlds largest economy and has the dollar as the world reserve currency, So for any country be it China or India or Russia to even comtemplate making world alliances they should be prepared to spend quite alot, which at times doesnt bring no real economic benefit to the country.
If you look at countries like Zimbabwe, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Russia, North Korea, Sudan, Bengladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, sri lanka, many african countries, etc who have good relations with China, have never been called/termed as allies by China. Looking at how the U.S has been trying to caused some troubles in Venezuela, China has never once said anything to even support Venezuela or take measures to get involve diplomatically. I think this is a smart policy, since it avoids getting a country too entangle into others internal affairs. Until China is Strong enough/biggest economy by far/has a high gdp per capital. it should refrain from forming any sort of alliance and stick with its non interventionist policy.This one reason why its almost impossible for the U.S to contain China, since the country will cooperate/trade with any country even if that country is pro west or not. All it seeks at the moment is to further its economic interests/improve its lkiving standards/GDP.
However, as for Asia vies towards the U.S , in the thread it says even the Chinese themselves largely still say the U.S will remain the top dog in a decade from now, higher than even americans themselves. This shows they still have no illusions of grandeur(despite being Big) and are still focus on improving their standing/living standard than seeking to be a world polics or whatever.
Asia has always had a favorable View of the West/U.S having traveled to several Asian countries, i can attest to this, they still view the west/ U.S more favourably than any of their Asian neighbours, not just China. The South Koreans hate the Japanese more than anybody(even the chinese), the taiwanese hate more the Communist party of China than the Chinese people per say. The Filipinos love the U.S to death(even more than the maericans), the Japanese do prefer/like the U.S but hate the Chinese and south Koreans, The Indians hate the pakistanis and vice versa, the begladeshi seem to hate India as well, Singaporeans have their own ir own issues with Malaysia, Indonesia the papuans, the vietnames hate the Chinese/Thailand, the cambodians(and to some extent Laosians hate the Vietnamese etc....the region is just so complex and saddle with disputes among several countries. Its just that China being the largest country in Asia grab more of the limelight. However its more complex than a clear cut China vs Asia.
Asia is just si complex, and they tend to take historical issues more at heart/personally than we in the west. which makes any settlement/compromise difficult. this is one reason i believe it will take almost centuries/decades for Asia to reach the level of opensess/peacefulness/unity we have in Europe. though we had our share of conflicts/divisions and bloddy wars in the past. But we learned from it and now we live at peace with each other and are united. Long Live Europe/U.S.
Asia sure can learn alot from us.
