Most are obvious, like the opening in the relationship between the U.S. and Iran, China's declaration of a maritime air defense zone which we and our allies quickly flouted, Snowden's leaks, or Obama's decision not to become involved in Syria.
Only one of the twelve didn't make headlines in the U.S.:
6. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s granting of a concession, in June, to a Chinese businessman to build a trans-Nicaraguan canal to rival Panama’s ninety-nine-year-old, American-built canal.Another Chinese firm has already invested billions to widen the competing Panama Canal. Chinese are generously investing money earned from us throughout the Third World.
