TOKYO -- Twenty-five years after the first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Blake Island, Seattle, the regional forum has degenerated into a battle for influence between the U.S. and China.
The 21-nation body had just 14 members back in 1993, but there was a sense of optimism in the air.
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