Expect more "Singapore Rising", "Philippines Rising", "Taiwan Rising", "Thailand Rising", etc stories in future. In a bid to contain China's rise into a world

Expect more "Singapore Rising", "Philippines Rising", "Taiwan Rising", "Thailand Rising", etc stories in future. In a bid to contain China's rise into a world power and global superpower rival, the US is orchestrating a Trans-Pacific Partnership between China's neighbors which excludes it and a mutual defense network in the Asia-Pacific Arena (starting with Japan) similar to NATO - again one which excludes China. Another part of this bid is that the US is heavily invested in getting Asian nations (especially India) to rise in tandem with China rather than as economic satellites. Whether the US succeeds in containing China with these and other tactics it is inevitable that the Asia Pacific will 'rise' as these individual nations cross into modern, consumer-style economies. Soon, too, will the majority of world trade will be passing through these waters. Singapore is rising because there is a rising tide in the Asia Pacific. A rising tide lifts all ships.