Countries from around the world were courting it like never before. And then, China’s confidence turned into over confidence, even arrogance. In quick succession, Beijing picked separate fights around the South China Seas with Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan. China angered South Korea by not condemning aggression from the North — from Pyongyang — which sunk a South Korean ship. All these Asian countries have been relatively sanguine about the rise of China. Suddenly, they began to realize that it