U.S.-China Conflict: From War of Words to Talk of War by Rick Rozoff http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/77402

"On China's Western flank where a narrow strip of land connects the two countries, the U.S. Defense Department announced on August 11 that, in addition to 30,000 U.S. forces not so assigned, "The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan now has almost 120,000 troops from 47 different countries assigned to it," [22] including forces from Asia-Pacific nations South Korea, Mongolia, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand....The noose is tightening around China and the nation's military knows it."