Asian nations are worried about a Washington retreat at a time when the rise of China is already generating uncertainty, Australia’s top diplomat said. “The U.S. presence and its alliances have provided the stability that has underwritten the region’s growth,” Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a speech in Los Angeles Thursday, calling the U.S. “the indispensable power throughout the Indo-Pacific.”Her comments came after...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 27, 2017 06:13 UTC