Trump's aggression in Latin America has given a powerful boost to Beijing in the Pacific.
In recent decades, China has adopted a muscular approach to the Pacific Ocean, prompting other countries to sound the alarm over Beijing's pushy new attitude toward the region.
China's tactics include building artificial islands from dredged sand for use as military outposts to enforce its control over the South China Sea, where it has made legally and historically dubious claims to ownership.
Beijing's pushy new attitude toward a region full of much smaller and weaker countries
Author's summary: U.S. aggression boosts China in the Pacific.