[AnAmericanAbroad]

What’s your gut on investor confidence in Asia? Or is there any confidence left?

[expatguy]

With regards to the USA there is none - not with the current US political leadership. Those Asian countries strongly linked to the US are angry (for lack of a better word).

Chinese hegemony both financial and sociopolitical is becoming more and more ubiquitous in Southeast Asia.

Even with a change of US leadership in 2012 the damage would have already been done and China would by that time be more entrenched in the region - not that they are not now.

Rather than try to play leader over here anymore or speak with any supposed authority America needs to look inward.