article_snippet: China is the top trading partner for most of China neighbors.
article_snippet: China want to promote commercial ties but are uneasy about Beijing's strategic ambitions, especially at a time when China is embroiled in territorial disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with Vietnam and other Southeast Asian neighbors in the East China Sea.
article_snippet: Beijing has tried to soothe security concerns, insisting Beijing initiatives are not aimed at any potential foreign rival. '
article_snippet: While Hong did not respond directly to U.S. concerns about .
article_snippet: childish paranoia towards China,' it said in an English-language .