By choosing the East Asia to make his first trip abroad
a first in 48 years – the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, illustrates the changes in the new administration of his country. “After all, we are a power that all the trans-trans,” she said before his departure to the Asian Society in New York. She herself was “first listen” – what you need to translate the promise of a less arrogant diplomacy.
Two days in Tokyo, where she was to arrive Monday 16 February and three days in Beijing, after two stops in Indonesia (where Barack Obama, who lived there, hoping to make his first year in office), it will finish his visit in Korea the south. Described by Tokyo of “significant gesture”, the choice of Japan for first step is unprecedented historically, Japanese Ministers of Foreign Affairs moved first to Washington. The longer duration of stay Pekingese indicates the importance being given by American diplomacy, crisis requires, to economic issues.