In his latest op-ed on the Wall Street Journal, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has blasted Barack Obama's China policy, calling his meetings with Vice President Xi Jinping earlier this week "empty pomp and ceremony", and criticising him for being a "near supplicant to Beijing." more ›

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich backed former US ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, in his views about the US their relationship with China. The support comes after Mitt Romney attacked Jon Huntsman on his service in Beijing in their most recent primary face-off. more ›

"As they would say in China, 他不太了解这个情形, he doesn't quite understand the situation. What [Mitt Romney] is calling for would lead to a trade war. It makes for easy talk but it's far different from the reality in the US-China relationship. You slap on tariffs, you talk tough like that -- of course that's got to be part of it as well -- but in the end we get a tariff in return if we don't sit down and have a logical, sensible conversation. And who's hurt most? It hurts the small businesses, and the small exporters, who are trying to get back on their feet in this country in a time when this nation can least afford a trade war." Another video after the jump... more ›

"I'm Chinese and I'm American and I love this country. I heard all these degrading things about China this and China that and it just doesn't make me feel good." more ›

Michele Bachmann, the candidate who said China is the real daddy of the USA, has blinded US satellites with their lasers, that America should be more like China, and that US taxpayers are funding the Chinese military, has bowed out of the GOP race after finishing a disappointing 5%. more ›

A few choice quotes from US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's recent op-ed in the Washington Post entitled "China must respect the free trade system": more ›

Yowza. While we thought Jon Huntsman was being a bit hyperbolic the other day with his claim of Chinese government sponsored hacking (which turned out to have more substantial proof than first thought), it turns out the real China fearmongering horse in the Republican race is Mitt Romney. more ›

Our round-up of some of last week's highlights from China's English-language blogosphere:
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