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　　There the focus will likely shift to North Korea, where leader Kim Jong Un has been rallying troops and rattling regional nerves.

　　This week, Pyongyang tested missiles and launched artillery rounds into South Korean waters, something the U.S. defense secretary has promised to bring up when he meets with Chinese officials in Beijing.

　　Pivots impact on China

　　And then theres the question of the Asian pivots impact on China, which is growing its military and making ever-bolder territorial claims.

　　From the Chinese perspective unfortunately anything that anybody does on its periphery is seen as against China, said Patrick Cronin at Center for a New American Security.

　　Hagel says Chinese fears are over-blown.

　　We are competitors. We disagree in areas but were certainly not enemies. Were doing a lot of things together were we can find some common interest, he said.

　　But China is likely to remain suspicious.

　　Thats the million dollar question. Is it about containment or is that a very kind of a Cold War idea? Does China need containing in the same way the Soviet Union needed containing? Probably not is the general answer, said James Hardy from IHS Janes Defense Weekly.

　　But with regional stability a key to the global economy, U.S. defense officials say there is no choice but to rebalance military resources and capabilities to the region.