{"id":30083,"date":"2014-07-28T08:40:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T13:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2014\/07\/28\/keep-your-eyes-on-beijing\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T00:11:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T05:11:17","slug":"keep-your-eyes-on-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/07\/28\/keep-your-eyes-on-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Eyes on Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Bruce Stokes, Director of Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Special to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/07\/28\/keep_your_eye_on_beijing_china_military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign Policy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #231f20\">While the world focuses on the tragic downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine and the deepening Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tensions in another of the world&#8217;s hot spots &#8212; the periphery of China &#8212; continue to simmer. There is widespread concern among many of China&#8217;s neighbors &#8212; including Japan, Vietnam, and India &#8212;<\/span><b style=\"color: #231f20\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #231f20\">that Beijing&#8217;s territorial ambitions could lead to military conflict. And that concern appears to be growing. Even the Chinese are now worried about whether such frictions could lead to war. The United States and Europe may be distracted by pressing events in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, but Asians don&#8217;t have that luxury. Tensions closer to home preoccupy them, according to a new Pew Research Center\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/07\/14\/global-opposition-to-u-s-surveillance-and-drones-but-limited-harm-to-americas-image\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey<\/a><span style=\"color: #231f20\">\u00a0of nearly 15,000 people in 11 Asian nations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read more at\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/07\/28\/keep_your_eye_on_beijing_china_military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign Policy<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as Washington and other Western capitals are understandably preoccupied with Ukraine and the Middle East, the pot in Asia is simmering towards a 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