With a bullying, aggressive China stomping angrily around just on the other side of their backyard fence, Asian nations are rediscovering their appreciation for the United States. 

The article points this out:

"But Beijing's discomfort is irrelevant — it's a tyranny and Asia's neighborhood bully. It's not the model of economic development many believe, as its growing imbalances show. Nor is it a particularly peaceful presence.

China is building a deepwater navy patrolling sea lanes, intimidating Asian nations with territorial claims up and down the Pacific. It's aiming satellite surveillance on Asian states and has launched cyberattacks.

Beijing's neighbors — the tiger states of Southeast Asia, the allies of northeast Asia, such as Japan, Taiwan and Korea, along with Australia and New Zealand, are all uncomfortable with China's rising assertiveness."

For now, it looks like we will have a few more realistic allies in Asia, and at least the administration is doing some things right in supporting America's interests and allies in this important region.