Aung San Suu Kyi, like the rest of her country’s elite, is aligning itself with neither China nor America, but is accepting favors from both.

Journalists were taken aboard a U.S. spy plane as it crossed over China’s newly built islands on the Fiery Cross and Mischief Reefs in the South China Sea.

Secretary John Kerry was warmly received in Colombo this weekend, as Sri Lanka’s government makes moves for democratic reforms. Beijing is watching warily.