By
Bloomberg News Dec 10, 2013 8:42 AM
GMT+0200
The foreign
policy strategy emerging from China ’s
new leadership may include a series of incremental steps calibrated to blunt U.S. influence across Asia and sow doubt about America ’s
commitment to its allies in the region.
Potential
next steps following last month’s imposition of an air defense zone over the
East China Sea in the face of U.S.
condemnation include more vigorously challenging aircraft that enter the area,
imposing a similar zone over disputed territory in the South
China Sea and asserting naval control over islands also claimed by
other nations.