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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KINPIN" data-source="post: 11384117" data-attributes="member: 237843">Obama tells Asia, U.S. "here to stay"(Reuters) -  President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the U.S. military would  expand its role in the Asia-Pacific region despite budget cuts,  declaring America was "here to stay" as a Pacific power which would help  shape the region's future. China, which has longstanding  fears that its growing power could be hobbled by U.S. influence, voiced  misgivings about Obama's announcement of a de facto military base in <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/australia" target="_blank">Australia</a>. Obama  acknowledged China's unease at what it sees as attempts by Washington  to encircle it, pledging to seek greater cooperation with Beijing. CHINA QUESTIONS U.S. DEPLOYMENT TO AUSTRALIAChina  has questioned the new U.S. deployment, with a foreign ministry  spokesman raising doubts about whether strengthening such alliances  helped the region pull together at a time of economic gloom.But  overall its official reaction has been restrained, with an impending  leadership succession preoccupying the ruling Communist Party and  leaving Beijing anxious to avoid diplomatic fireworks.Reaction  from some state media was harsher, with a commentary from the official  news agency Xinhua on Thursday saying that: "Every country in the  region...has good reason to question the United States' ambition.""In  fact, it wouldn't come as a surprise if the United States is trying to  seek hegemony in the region, which would be in line with its aspirations  as a global superpower," said Xinhua.Indonesia,  Southeast Asia's largest country and long wary of any expanded foreign  military presence in the region, also warned that Australia deal came  with risks.<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/17/us-obama-asia-idUSTRE7AF32X20111117" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/17/us-obama-asia-idUSTRE7AF32X20111117</a></blockquote>

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