At this year's shangri-la dialogue Conference, which closed on June 3, 20 12, US Secretary of Defense Panetta put forward the "Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy" of the United States, pointing out that the United States will transfer a number of naval warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020, when 60% of its warships will be deployed in the Pacific Ocean. In essence, rebalancing is not a new concept. It is also using the doubts of individual countries around China about China's development to strengthen the strategic position of the United States.
The United States can kill three birds with one stone by implementing the Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy: it not only turns the bilateral military alliance into a multilateral alliance network, but also strengthens the US-led security order; It also provoked the relations between China and neighboring countries and delayed the process of integration in East Asia. At the same time, it will directly lock the expansion space of China's maritime strength, and at the same time avoid direct confrontation and conflict with China.