Seeing Double (In Asia) -- Michael Elliott, Time Magazine
There are two ways to view Northeast Asia, and right now, both of them are on display. The first is to see the region as one of the world's cockpits of tension, instability and potential catastrophe. Japan and China — one an established power, the other a rising one; one in a state of political paralysis, the other brimming with self-confidence; one a key U.S. partner, the other a potential rival — face each other, old enmities sharpened by modern slights, real and imagined. On the divided Korean peninsula, a nuclear-armed Stalinist monarchy, an ally of China, sits next door to a vibrant democracy, an ally of the U.S. Put all those ingredients into the hot pot, and it's easy to see why commentators frequently imagine that its taste will one day be a bitter one.
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