With Southeast Asian leaders from the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand lining up to pay fealty to Beijing and distance themselves from Washington, their old ally, it is tempting to conclude that US influence in the region is in terminal decline. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of economic and military “separation” from the US while on a visit to Beijing last month was the most dramatic example of apparent realignment.
看到菲律賓、馬來西亞、泰國等東南亞國家領導人排隊向北京表忠誠、並疏遠他們昔日盟友華盛頓的一幕,人們很容易得出美國在這一地區的影響力正日薄西山的結論。菲律賓總統羅德里戈•杜特蒂(Rodrigo Duterte)上月訪問北京期間曾宣佈與美國在經濟和軍事上「分離」,這是東南亞各國表面上重新站隊的最戲劇性的一例。
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