China must not give up on its security presence in Asia in the face of a major U.S. strategic shift into the region, a Chinese newspaper said on Friday, although U.S. allies and analysts said China had nothing to fear from the new policy.

India ended 2011 amid political chaos, as the much-awaited "Lokpal Bill," aimed at creating a strong, independent anti-corruption agency, collapsed amid a welter of recrimination in the parliament's upper house, after having passed the lower house two days earlier.