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w1ntermute on Aug 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Everything you know about China is wrong

> If China continues as an ascendant power the U.S. will need an offshore balancing presence in Asia-Pacific.

Isn't that what bases in South Korea & Japan are for?

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