U.S. media: the United States competing in the race to win over Indonesia in Southeast Asia

　"The New York Times" on November 9 article, the original title: Barack Obama, China, eager to win over Indonesia

Contest the United States intensified in Southeast Asia, caught in the rise of China and re-intervention in the countries in the region between the United States has always been to pursue the non-aligned foreign policy, the official but more near Washington, in Indonesia, is by far the two sides are competing for the biggest target.

And Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a joint press conference, Obama said the U.S. has no intention to "contain" China. However, the previous day, he expressed support for India to become permanent members of the Security Council, a move widely seen as an attempt to balance the growing influence of China. Now, he has great facilities in Indonesia to pursue offensive.

U.S. and Chinese officials are to draw all 10 ASEAN countries, the most intense competition between the two countries than Indonesia. Indonesia is the world's fourth largest population of the country, sit in a series of strategically important, resource-rich islands, and the current elected government eager to improve the country's international status.

The United States will have to deal with a variety of old and new challenges. Indonesia constantly wary of China, but in terms of economic, diplomatic or military, China appreciable gains in the country. Indonesia reaffirms confidence unprecedented independent foreign policy, advocating so-called regional "dynamic equilibrium." "We want to compete in the United States to maintain a strategic distance," Indonesia's former defense minister Sudarsono said, "We can walk in this kind of competition between the release of the signal from time to time that the United States for all of us is very important, because if we are too close to the party, will damage the core value of Indonesia's foreign policy. "

Experts believe that, despite Beijing's repeated efforts, but with Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar than the other Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia's economic and strategic closer together with the United States. "Indonesia will not openly allied with the United States, but they will learn to game," Professor Carlisle Military Academy, Australian Defence? A? Thayer said.

1 United States policy in other Muslim areas of Indonesia so that the world's largest Muslim population in this country greatly reduced their favor. India Nimuhanma good Suting organization's leaders, Diaz said, "As Obama said in Cairo a year ago, he said he wanted to create the United States and the Muslim world, mutual understanding and respect of the new relationship, but many people, including I am, still waiting for him to fulfill his promise. " Shin Su Ting said, on the other hand, China has started contacts with Muslim leaders in Southeast Asia, he was invited in May, met with Chinese leaders in Beijing.

China and Indonesia established a strategic partnership in 2005, after increasingly frequent high-level military exchanges, Indonesia, China, military officers also receive training. According to a series of agreements, China will manufacture the aircraft and ships to provide technical assistance to Indonesia and to assist Indonesia's production of weapons and ammunition. Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, Southeast Asia, a military expert Ian? J? Story said that almost all of these agreements have not yet implemented, but Indonesia to play the "China card" to force the U.S. to deepen military ties with Indonesia.

Indonesia's recent moves show that Indonesia is limited close to the U.S.. September, Yudhoyono missed the United States and ASEAN held a meeting in New York, Obama was meeting in the ASEAN countries seeking support to put pressure on China to resolve the South China Sea disputes. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said assistant ridden absent due to domestic affairs, but there are different versions of this interpretation. University of Indonesia political expert 希亚姆苏尔? Hardy said: "The Government of Indonesia that the United States in force in Indonesia and other ASEAN countries 'stand in', the exerted too much pressure." (Large Seeger of light, Wang Analysis of translation)