CALHOUN (Georgia) – China has a larger diplomatic footprint than the United States in East Asia but it is debatable if it has stolen a march on the Western nation as well.
A new report shows that China has a significant advantage over the US in having the largest number of diplomatic posts in East Asia, as both nations compete to project influence in a region the US views as an essential part of its Indo-Pacific strategy.
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