> So long as the US is maintaining a “defense perimeter” in the East and South China Seas that extends to a few kilometres from mainland China, it is not dealin

> So long as the US is maintaining a “defense perimeter” in the East and South China Seas that extends to a few kilometres from mainland China, it is not dealing with a peer, it is threatening a recalcitrant The US isn't maintaining a defense perimeter for the sake of it. it does so in partnership with nations from Australia all the way up to Japan.