US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese ambassador to America Zhou Wenzhong on the Great Wall of China Photo: Reuters Is China's Politburo Spoiling For A Showdown With America? -- The Telegraph
The long-simmering clash between the world's two great powers is coming to a head, with dangerous implications for the international system.
China has succumbed to hubris. It has mistaken the soft diplomacy of Barack Obama for weakness, mistaken the US credit crisis for decline, and mistaken its own mercantilist bubble for ascendancy. There are echoes of Anglo-German spats before the First World War, when Wilhelmine Berlin so badly misjudged the strategic balance of power and over-played its hand.
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More News On U.S. - China Relations
China Talks Tough to U.S. -- Wall Street Journal
China's Wen pushes back against yuan rise calls -- Reuters
Dollar, Yen Rise as U.S.-China Tensions Spur Demand for Safety -- Businessweek/Bloomberg
China Takes Aim at the U.S. on Currency Conflict -- Time Magazine
China premier brands pressure over renminbi as protectionist -- Financial Times
China Miracle or Bubble Waiting to Burst? -- The Source
Taking On China -- Paul Krugman, New York Times
My Comment: Interestingly .... there is not one mention in any of the above articles about China being a communist country. Instead .... the focus .... on all sides .... is on the money.
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