Reporter Tyler Marshall examines one of the most significant but barely noted developments in current world politics — the dramatic and rapid spread of China's influence in southeast Asia and the western Pacific, including countries like Australia, Thailand and the Philippines that have long been regarded as staunch American allies. His reporting demonstrates that while U.S. policy-makers have focused on terrorism and the Middle East, the world beyond is changing fast.
September 06, 2006 | The National Interest
How China is Winning the Soft Power Battle Across East Asia
With the United States preoccupied by war, nuclear threats in the Middle East and an array of problems elsewhere, a quiet revolution is underway in East Asia as the region adjusts to the reemergence of a great power: China.
August 13, 2006 | Boston Sunday Globe
China Poised to Dominate Influence in Asia
BANGKOK -- The maps spread across the desk of senior Thai Commerce Ministry official Pisanu Rienmahasarn show the progress on a new 1,170-mile-long road project that will run from Kunming in southwestern China through Laos and on to the ports of southern Thailand.
June 17, 2006 | Los Angeles Times