{"id":1168,"date":"2007-09-03T20:18:54","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T20:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/politics\/china-power-growing-as-bush-ignores-asia\/1168\/"},"modified":"2007-09-03T20:18:54","modified_gmt":"2007-09-03T20:18:54","slug":"china-power-growing-as-bush-ignores-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/politics\/china-power-growing-as-bush-ignores-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;China power growing as Bush ignores Asia&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">US President George W Bush is so preoccupied with Iraq he is neglecting Asia and allowing China to take a greater leadership role, a former senior US official said in remarks published on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8220;In every measure, China is making real hay right throughout Asia,&#8221; Richard Armitage, Bush&#8217;s former deputy secretary of state told The Australian newspaper in an interview. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8220;Right now, we&#8217;re just so preoccupied with Iraq that we&#8217;re ignoring Asia totally.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Bush is cutting short his attendance at a major Asia-Pacific summit in Sydney this weekend to return to Washington in time for reports to Congress on progress in Iraq by top US general David Petraeus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Armitage also criticised Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice for skipping two out of three annual meetings which bring the US together with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The Bush administration had radically underestimated the importance of Asia, he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">&#8220;In almost every measure, military budgets, population growths, the need for raw materials, our interests will force us back to Asia.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Armitage said there was a danger of Chinese leadership in Asia surpassing that of the US. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a strong supporter of Bush&#8217;s Iraq policy, was reportedly bitterly disappointed that the US president will miss the second day of the two-day summit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">In an attempt to make amends, Bush has extended his state visit ahead of the APEC summit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/China_power_growing_as_Bush_ignores_Asia_\/articleshow\/2333726.cms\">http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/China_power_growing_as_Bush_ignores_Asia_\/articleshow\/2333726.cms<\/a><\/span><!--google_ad_region_end=article--><script type=\"text\/javascript\">    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvar RN = new String (Math.random()); 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