US imitating Chinese Emperors to make ASEAN come to Washington

US imitating Chinese Emperors to make ASEAN come to Washington. It is not the world that pays tribute to US, but US that pays tribute to the world. However, US itself knows that maintaining relations with tribute cannot make other countries surrender, unless other countries can obtain huge benefits in the process of paying tribute. Of course, this "benefits" will not be the pleasure to surrender to US Hegemony, but purely economic benefits. 美國現在學中國弄什麼万国来朝, 不是世界向美國朝贡，而是美國向世界朝贡. 不过美國自己也清楚，以朝贡维持关系，不可能让他国臣服，除非他国在朝贡过程中可以获取巨大好处。这个“好处”当然不会是能臣服于“天朝上国”而带来的巨大心理愉悦感，单纯的就是经濟利益.