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The article discusses how China held the second iteration of its Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in late April 2019 and Southeast Asian states unsurprisingly factored prominently in both the official guest list and the content of the overall deliberations. Topics discussed include for Southeast Asia's future role in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI); and President Xi Jinping's visit to Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia that has remained important to the advancement of the initiative.

The article presents information on various issue regarding the Chinese foreign policy and dominance in South-East Asia. China and the U.S. view each other as enemy, while each view contains some segments of truth, both propaganda pictures are wide of the mark to an extent that would be ludicrous. There is, in short, no evidence that China would welcome an immediate confrontation with the U.S., and much evidence that China will do everything possible to avoid such a conflict. In addition to that, the article presents various other information.

The article discusses the U.S. secretary of state John Foster Dulles' reports on Asia. He made a journey through Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. That the Secretary's journey was worthwhile is beyond question. Its success, however, turns on the policy that Dulles has brought back from Asia. It amounts substantially to the assurance that the U.S., with some aid from Asia, will turn back with nuclear weapons the military challenge of communist China. In Dulles' view, all Asian countries want to preserve their freedom and independence. In those lands, two other objectives are at least important, namely, to be free of Western domination and to keep out of a third world war.

An essay is presented which argues that with China's New Silk Road development initiative, that focuses on connectivity and cooperation among countries in Eurasia, and the maritime disputes between China and its Asian neighbors, increases the risk of conflict between China and the U.S.

This article focuses on the issues related to war against China. In the instant at which aggression strikes, the policies of any nation may move out of control. The swiftness with which control is restored is a test for any democracy. In defining the United States' actions and its aims in Korea and Formosa, they have not yet met that test. Within the United States government, and between the United States and the United Nations, there is no political direction of the military efforts. A war between China and the United States could force India into the Communist camp; break up the growing unity of the Western nations; rend apart the United Nations; and lead to a general revolt against the West throughout Asia.