China's Future Leader Is Getting an Unwelcome Reception in the U.S.

[Harry_Thomason]

Not very smart by US to bash China when they need it the most

 

[illusion8]

Not very smart by US to bash China when they need it the most

LOL Europe needs them more desperately.

 

[illusion8]

This is what Mitt Romney said:

Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2012 - Republican White House contender Mitt Romney ridiculed President Barack Obama's weak policy toward China on Thursday, as he vowed to prevent a "Chinese century" that would bring widespread suppression.

Promising not to shy away from confrontation with Beijing if elected in November, Romney wrote in an opinion piece that China, a "prosperous tyranny," must be prevented from gaining regional hegemony.

Were China to succeed, he wrote, "the character of the Chinese government -- one that marries aspects of the free market with suppression of political and personal freedom -- would become a widespread and disquieting norm."

Romney said his response to China's rise would be a powerful US military -- with a strong presence in the Pacific -- as well as fiscal rectitude and renewing faith in US values.

"We must... make (China's) path to regional hegemony far more costly than the alternative path of becoming a responsible partner in the international system."

His comments come during the high-profile US visit of China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, which could preview the next generation of US-China relations.

Xi is widely tipped to become China's president next year.

In the Wall Street Journal-published column, Romney described Xi's meetings with Obama this week as "empty pomp and ceremony."

He also accused Obama of entering office "as a near supplicant to Beijing, almost begging it to continue buying American debt."

Locked in a seesaw battle to win his party's presidential nomination, Romney's attack on the two whipping boys of the right wing -- Obama and China -- will do little to hurt his grassroots appeal.

Romney also repeated his promise to name China a currency manipulator on his first day in the White House. Such a measure would pave the way for US sanctions on Chinese goods.

"A trade war with China is the last thing I want, but I can not tolerate our current trade surrender," he said.

The US accuses China of keeping its currency weak to make Chinese exports cheaper.

"We should not fail to recognize that a China that is a prosperous tyranny will increasingly pose problems for us, its neighbors and the entire world," Romney wrote.

"We must... make (China's) path to regional hegemony far more costly than the alternative path of becoming a responsible partner in the international system," he said, apparently auguring a new tougher stand if he is elected in November.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

It doesn't matter what MR says, but he has already been selected by the power cliques to succeed Obama. Even if he was a monkey he'd "win".

 

[Jiang]

I think the elites wants another term of Obama since they've massaging the economic data to fabricate a "recovery" story.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

I think the elites wants another term of Obama since they've massaging the economic data to fabricate a "recovery" story.

The brib- donations, sorry, statistics say that Romney is probably going to win. Both investment banks and defense is backing him.

 

[anon45]

It doesn't matter what MR says, but he has already been selected by the power cliques to succeed Obama. Even if he was a monkey he'd "win".

Actually unless something extraordinary happens I expect Obama to win a second term, much as incumbents usually do.

 

[illusion8]

Actually unless something extraordinary happens I expect Obama to win a second term, much as incumbents usually do.

Being an American, you will have the finger on the pulse, but from outside Obama getting a second term looks a bit unlikely.

 

[NeutralCitizen]

Being an American, you will have the finger on the pulse, but from outside Obama getting a second term looks a bit unlikely.

If it's Obama vs Romney then Obama would likely win, if it were Obama vs Paul It's a longshot 50/50.

 

[v 2.0]

Obama tough talk on China but he is the most easiest and soft hand president in the U.S.'s history on China.