类似地，当中国采取措施改变地区现状时 — — 不管是领土还是领海 — — 美国也犹豫了，没有采取措施安抚紧张不安的亚洲盟友。
Likewise, as China has stepped up efforts to upend the regional status quo – both territorial and riparian – the US has dithered, doing little to reassure its jittery Asian allies.