9/23/2010
Agence France-Presse
As a newly assertive China confronts Japan and the United States over its territorial ambitions, other Asian nations are growing wary of being crushed between brawling powers.
China has a long list of disputes over land and sea, including swathes of the Himalayan plateau also claimed by India, and the islets and reefs of the Spratlys chain staked out by Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.
As Beijing's economic might grows, many of its neighbours now find themselves defending their own territorial ambitions against a giant they literally cannot afford to offend.
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China has a long list of disputes over land and sea, including swathes of the Himalayan plateau also claimed by India, and the islets and reefs of the Spratlys chain staked out by Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.
As Beijing's economic might grows, many of its neighbours now find themselves defending their own territorial ambitions against a giant they literally cannot afford to offend.
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