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The incident in the South China Sea earlier this month between theUS an d Ch inese nav al vess els did not ari se ou t of a m isjudgement on

either side. It is a reflection of the unfolding contest between the American forward military presence in the Western Pacific and theChinese desire to dominate its near seas. As the US missile cruiserCowpens tailed China's new aircraft carrier, Liaoning, in the SouthChina Sea, a ship accompanying the carrier moved right in front of the Cowpens in an attempt to make it stop. The captain of the

American vessel had to swerve sharply to avoid a collision.

The game of chicken between US and Chinese naval and air forces will continue as Beijing flexes its new military muscle and Washington signals its resolve to stay put. The first known incidentoccu rred in 2009, whe n Chinese naval vessels confronted the USsurv eillance ship Impe ccable that was on a routine surveillancemission near the Hainan island. Since then, the Chinese navy'scapabilities have grown and the Chinese political leadership's will toassert the nation's maritime rights has deepened.

The message from Beijing is that if the US wants to sustain itshistoric military dominance over the East China Sea, Yellow Sea andthe South China Sea, it must be prepared for continuous tension withthe PLA Navy. And if Washington does not like the heat, it shouldcease its military operations in Beijing's near seas. The US is notready to do this, not now at least.

The Cowpens might have had to change course to avoid a collision

with the PLA ship, but the US is beefing up its naval presence in the Western Pacific as part of its pivot to Asia announced by PresidentBarack Obama in 2012.

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