Debate over the federal government shutdown has tended to focus on those it hurts: veterans, tourists barred from the Lincoln Memorial and Yellowstone National Park, and giant-panda enthusiasts deprived of their publicly funded panda cam.
But the shutdown has already produced at least one winner: China.
By forcing President Obama to cancel a visit next week to Malaysia and the Philippines, the impasse with House Republicans is spoiling Mr. Obama’s show of support for two Southeast Asian countries that have long labored under the shadow of China. And it is undermining his broader effort to put Asia at the heart of American foreign policy.
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Mark Landler, The New York Times via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/91zf3K9f6QY/
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