Beijing unveils doctrine to counter U.S. ''Pivot'

Foreign ministerial Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) held in Beijing.

Doctrine to counter U.S. 'Pivot'

• China has announced the failure of the ''Rebalance'' strategy of the United States, and has invited Asian countries to join Beijing
• And it has formally invited its neighbours to pursue a regional security doctrine that is led by Beijing, to frame a security governance model with ''Asian features''.
• Asian features- include openness and inclusiveness, and China strongly opposes exclusivity.
• According to China, the launch of the Asia-Pacific Rebalance strategy by the U.S. in recent years did not bring Asia peace, but only uncertainty.
• It proved that a U.S.-led alliance system is not the right option to safeguard the peace and stability of Asia.

Why this doctrine

• Tensions between the U.S and China have spiked, after the Chinese responded to the ''Pivot to Asia'' with fresh activism in the South China Sea (SCS), including construction of artificial islands within waters claimed and controlled by Beijing.

''Brighter future for Asia''

• China's regional security model, will continue to strive for the integration of the Chinese Dream — China's aspirational goal for energising ''national rejuvenation'' — and the Asian Dream -to create a brighter future for Asia.?

'Internal Matter'

• China have asserted that an Asian homegrown solution was the best way to resolve SCS disputes, rather than interference by ''outside'' powers.
• Russia, has stressed in Beijing that the SCS issue should not be ''internationalized.''