The United States has sought to bolster ties to international locations that have finished business with China, and has even moved into China's backyard by seeking to strengthen trade in Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, Loas, Cambodia and even Indonesia.
In several episodes of Chilly Case, a CBS television series based on the Philadelphia Police Department that aired from 2003 to 2010, varied members of the Cold Case squad point out finding "a floater within the Schuylkill".