Can The U.S. Manage China?

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks with Chinese Gen. Ma Xiaotian, the Chinese army's deputy chief of general staff, in Beijing, Sept. 17, 2012. Panetta is scheduled to visit with defense counterparts in Beijing before traveling to Auckland, New Zealand, on a weeklong trip to the Pacific region. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

Can Panetta Manage China? -- Defense News

TAIPEI — As U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visits China and Japan for assurance that a dispute over two rocky outcrops in the East China Sea does not turn into a bloodbath, a new report has been released from the U.S. National Defense University (NDU) outlining possible ways Panetta could control China’s more aggressive inclinations.

Mark Redden and Phillip Saunders have outlined in a 30-page report, “Managing Sino-U.S. Air and Naval Interactions,” ways to understand Chinese behavior and avoid incidents at sea and in the air.

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My Comment: The Chinese have trouble managing China .... so I doubt that the U.S. will be successful in managing China. Mark Redden and Phillip Saunders' 30-page report, “Managing Sino-U.S. Air and Naval Interactions,” can be read here.