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Ending War Games Suits China, Cuts US Leverage, Say Analysts
The Straits Times

14 June 2018

America will “save a fortune” by discontinuing military exercises with its ally South Korea, President Donald Trump tweeted soon after arriving home yesterday.

But analysts in the United States and across North-east Asia see the suspension as a gift to China and a premature giveaway of US leverage.

Associate Professor Li Mingjiang of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies said: “It is in China’s security interest to see the reduction of American military presence and the reduction of America’s security role in North-east Asia.”

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