Shanghaiist: Obama and McCain air China views through AmCham China

NannyState

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:04:35 +0800

@eastwest: China needs to worry about Barack Obama? The whole theme of his campaign is "change" so naturally that tagline appears in his position paper. Now that McCain is another story: he wants to browbeat the world like the idiot Bush. Hopefully the voters here in the states will relieve the world of the task of dealing with him.

Fuzi

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:41:32 +0800

Suffice it to say that McCain supports the current regime's policy of being an international bully, using threats (mostly empty now) to coerce others into submission. Obama advocates increased dialog among world leaders to address a mutually beneficial existence. So which would you prefer?

nanheyangrouchuan

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:48:08 +0800

I would like to see a direct question on Taiwan during the debates.

daying

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:28:37 +0800

What a poor post by both Shanghaiist and China Law Blog. Instead of mashing out a sarcy summary, why don't you try some real journalism. Analyze and distinguish the two candidates. And there are some clear differences in both style and content. McCain puts US Internationalism at the center of his argument, and provides clear criticisms of specific Chinese domestic and foreign policy. Obama writes vaguely about 'shared economic growth' and his political criticisms are only mentioned at the end, and are not as clear or to the point as MccAIn. It's a shame Shanghaiist and other blogs can only compete with the big players on the sensationalist sex stories or earthquake facts. Google News is better at churning out news stories, if thats all Shanghaiist wants to be.

eastwest

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:18:21 +0800

From Obama's position paper: "In the coming years, the United States and China face challenges that require fresh thinking and a change from the US policy approach of the past eight years." This statement alone is bound to cause a little nervousness among China's leadership. Exactly what kind of "fresh thinking" and "change" will be required. Later in the Obama position statement: "I know that America and the world can benefit from trade with China, but only if China agrees to play by the rules and act as a positive force for balanced world growth." What does this mean--"... but only if China agrees to play by the rules"? What rules is Obama talking about here? This almost comes across as a threat. And later yet, Obama says: "Central to any rebalancing of our economic relationship with China ...." Rebalancing of our economic relationship? Is Obama saying the current economic structure between the U.S. and China is unacceptable? This is all very powerful stuff and is sure to cause anxiety in China and around the globe.

nanheyangrouchuan

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:09:49 +0800

The rest of the world is falling faster than we are.

Buck Rogerz

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:21:42 +0800

The states is so solidly fucked right now that's it's a wonder anyone other than Americans would listen to these guys at all.