美国很快地利用了亚洲地区由中国日渐增长的实力自信所触发的担忧情绪，强化了与原有亚洲盟国的军事关系，并打造了一批新的安全伙伴。
The United States, quick to capitalize on regional concerns triggered by China’s increasingly muscular self-assertion, has strengthened its military ties with its existing Asian allies and forged security relationships with new friends.