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| PLA Navy Ships Underway (File Photo) |
China will be the most powerful nation in the Asia Pacific over the next decade notwithstanding America's "Asia Pacific rebalancing strategy," according to a survey of regional experts.
The study, conducted jointly by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies and South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo, surveyed 150 experts from 11 Asia-Pacific countries.
Despite former US defense secretary Leon Panetta declaring in 2012 that the US will deploy 60% of its warships to the Asia Pacific region as part of a rebalancing strategy, 53% of participants in the survey said China will be the region's most influential nation over the next 10 years, compared to just 28% for the US.
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