Are American policy makers listening to the sound of their own voices to the detriment of better relations with China and the world? Correspondent Rong Xiaoqing of China’s state-run Global Times dismisses U.S. complaints about Chinese trade, intellectual and foreign policies, arguing that if President Obama manages to put himself in China’s shoes during President Hu’s visit, a successful great leap forward is possible.
For the Global Times, Rong Xiaoqing writes in part:
In some quarters the barrage of comments from the likes Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, might even be considered a bit rude ahead of the arrival of a leading guest. But to be fair, they were probably aimed more at a domestic audience than at influencing or upsetting China.
But when you live in the United States, it’s quite easy to swallow a very U.S.-centric view of the world. That’s until you pinch yourself and start to dissect it intellectually. The United States is a great country and has so many things going for it – but you have to understand that its government and a majority of its citizens always put U.S. interests first.
President Obama is a very intelligent man, and I do believe he’ll be able to see the world from a Chinese as well as an American perspective. If he does, I think the already very deep business relationship between the two countries has the potential of becoming so much more.
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