Comments on: Obama’s China’s Visit: Just Another Opportunity to Call Bilateral Relationship a Failure

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:34:42 +0000

Doesn’t sound like the kind of relationships most banks have with their loan recipients.

By: Jason Ray

Jason Ray — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:27:21 +0000

I would say that China is indeed the US’s banker; it’s just that they have “drank the Kool-aid” and are as trapped as the US is. Actually, they are more trapped since the US has the power to devalue the dollar or even renege on their debt obligations.

By: afd

afd — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:53:07 +0000

Check out the 11/16 dicussion on charlie Rose with james fallows and nic burns.

http://www.charlierose.com/

I enjoy the show generally, but was quite shocked at the utter hostility, condescension, and (intentional?) ignorance towards china by the guests. I think this may be the result of a pr plan to demonize china during Obama’s visit.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:01:44 +0000

You forgot the obligatory “OMG! They’re still selling bootleg DVDs out in plain sight!”

By: Allroads

Allroads — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:47 +0000

The more I read the “analysis” from western news sources, and listen to Westerners, the more I realize that many jsut expected too much of this trip.

Comparing to Bush’s last visit, or when Clinton was here in 98 are just completely off the mark. He has yet to finish his first year, and serving up the standard laundry list of historical incidents and blocked sites is going to get him no where on the issues at hand.