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Ding Xinghao: Let me first talk about America. I changed the order. A good point I want to state is that America remains the most influential power in East Asia, though its attention is diverted. For decades, the principal strategic goal of the U.S. has been that there should not be a single nation or a group of nations that dominates the Asian Pacific region, which, of course, includes East Asia.
To date, the U.S. is still the predominant power in East Asia. However, since the end of Cold War most nations have changed, to different extents, and have been especially transformed by globalization. Therefore, the economic, political, and security landscapes of this region have also changed remarkably. The eternal and unique diversity of East Asia brings about even more issues to be handled, more problems to be solved, all of which make things more complicated.
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