globinfo freexchange The clouds of war are gathering dangerously above the Asia-Pacific and Washington's "hawks" are responsible for this. Numerous reports show that the US are trying to open a new front in the region, as they see China threatening their global domination. The Ukraine crisis, the anti-missile system in Eastern Europe and the relocation of a large part of the US naval forces to the Asia-Pacific are only a few indications showing that the US neocon strategy is to surround and break the Sino-Russian bloc, attempting to destroy its rapid rise in the military level and its increasing independency in the economic level. From the World Socialist Website: In the face of mounting American pressure and provocations in the South China Sea, the Chinese government announced yesterday that it had lodged an official complaint over a highly publicised surveillance flight close to Chinese-claimed territory and u...