big US diplomatic push at meeting of Pacific leaders

This is definitly in response to Chinas expanding influence.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/pacific-president-obama-behind-big-us-diplomatic-push-at-meeting-of-pacific-leaders/2011/09/08/gIQAvHIGBK_story.html

In some of my first post on this blog I had shared some links about chinas military modernization. These pacific nations meetings are definitely being driven by this fear if Chinese expansion into the pacific. The united states is not a member if this group I'd pacific nations yet has sent senior official to be on the side lines shaking hands and kissing babies. This is a time that they need to show some if these places a litle love. After all what happens if they suddenly need bases to fight in the pacific from. With the Chinese navy only a few years off from having an operational carrier group, military planners are starting to see that in the event of war the chinese might be able to cut our lines of communication in the pacific. Cut Japan and south Korea of from America. I suspect that once the Japanese have their house in order again we will see the offensive capabilities of their navy upgraded significantly. They need to be planning for the need to break out into the pacific against chimes carriers and some very good diesel electric subs. Not to mention this new Chinese anti carrier cruise missile.