Sunday, November 8, 2009

New Friction And Vast Agenda Await Obama On China Trip

From The Wall Street Journal:

BEIJING -- When President Barack Obama arrives in Shanghai for a four-day China visit, he will be accorded all the normal pomp and circumstance: He'll mingle with top leaders and ordinary people, local media will be filled with stories, and speeches will be rife with words like "vision" and "partnership."

But the greeting won't be as warm as those he has received in other parts of the world, where he frequently has been seen as a transformative figure.

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My Comment: The Chinese (from their perspective) have far more important issues to contend with .... solving and/or appeasing U.S. concerns is on the bottom of their list.

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