On defense, Romney said he would expand the US naval presence in the western Pacific and help allies in the region enhance their defensive capability against China.
To close off "China's option of expanding its influence through coercion," the United States needs to strengthen relations with regional powers such as India and Indonesia and build bilateral relations with and among like-minded nations around the world, a statement posted on Romney's official campaign website says.
"Our objective is not to build an anti-China coalition," the statement continues. "Rather it is to strengthen cooperation among countries with which we share a concern about China's growing power and increasing assertiveness and with whom we also share an interest in maintaining freedom of navigation and ensuring that disputes over resources are resolved by peaceful means."
Human rights and the Korean Peninsula's nuclear issues are also mentioned.
Romney will be tougher on sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and urge China to use its political and economic leverage over its neighbor to end the DPRK's nuclear program.
"The policy statement on his website is very mainstream," said Bonnie Glaser, an expert on Chinese and Asian affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. "Romney's own rhetoric has been rather different."
She said Romney's views are quite similar to the Obama administration’s policies.
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