Containment bid by the neoconservatives fails

The long-time schemes by some countries to "contain China" have failed because reality has proved they were only fantasies.

Nearly two decades after the end of the Cold War, the mindset of that era still lingers on in some countries. The rightwing politicians and activists have been seeking an "Asian version of NATO" to deal with China, but their efforts have yielded little results.

To curb China's rapid development in recent years, those people have gambled by hedging their bets on both sides.