In the eyes of Chinese nationalists, these efforts were all the part of an American conspiracy to encircle China.

They point to increasing defense expenditures and the development of missile and submarine technology designed to cordon off the seas extending from China s coast to the first island chain of Taiwan and Japan.

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) are, perhaps, the two leading examples of Chavez s attempts to use regional organizations to circumvent the power and influence of the United States.

In the eyes of Chinese nationalists, these efforts were all the part of an American conspiracy to encircle China. Thus, Chinese nationalists can t wait to see the back of America s Afghan military presence.

But there has been an unacknowledged movement on the part of some to ghettoise this Commission, corral all discussions regarding women into the sphere only of CSW and in addition, to stymie its efforts.

Some American defense analysts view China s maritime strategy as being clearly aggressive. They point to increasing defense expenditures and the development of missile and submarine technology designed to cordon off the seas extending from China s coast to the first island chain of Taiwan and Japan.