In an interview on PBS's Newshour with Judy Woodruff, GOP Presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain was asked whether he views China as a potential military threat to the United States. His response was... surprising to say the least. more ›

As to be expected nowadays, China no longer takes any official criticism of its human rights record sitting down. When the U.S. State Department released its annual human rights report on Friday, with several sections being critical of the endemic corruption and flagrant detentions of dissidents, China wasted no time coming out with its own report on how much the U.S. sucks. After all, a country still suffering from racial tensions, wealth inequality and increases in violent crime has no right to say anything about anyone else, right? more ›

Parade float spotted at a carnival in Germany by Racialicious: "Obama and Hu are depicted in bed together, with Obama handing Hu cash- a remark on the tremendous loan debt America owes China. Note how Hu, dressed in yellow, is depicted as wearing a yellow stereotypical “coolie” hat."
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In his acceptance speech for the Roy M. Huffington Award for Contributions to International Understanding at an Asia Society ball last Thursday in Houston, Texas, former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker had some words to say to the Americans who saw China's rise as a threat: "Allow me to be blunt. Some in the United States — not a majority by any means, but certainly a vocal minority — see China's rise as a threat somehow to America's international status. They believe that conflict between our two countries is inevitable as Chinese ambitions clash with American position and power. Ladies and gentlemen, these observers are wrong. And they are not only wrong, they are dangerously wrong. And the reason is very simple — their analyses grossly underestimate the broad areas where Chinese and American interests converge." Hear that, Sarah Palin? Hear that? more ›

Previously open only to students from Hong Kong and Taiwan, this year, ten students from Chongqing will be selected to participate in a month-long White House internship program. It's not entirely clear what the program is, as the English-language press hasn't exactly picked this one up yet. more ›

We've known for a while that Chinese students were "flooding" American colleges and that American students were in turn "flooding" Wudaokou, but nothing helps put it into perspective like a chart from The Economist! more ›

• Beijing's hell-bent on making Hainan the world's best beach destination, and they've got an accomplice that was literally banned in the country just a few decades ago: the game of golf. While the island's government gleefully bulldozes ancient villages Cultural Revolution-style, we're just wondering whether or not a Tiger Woods-type scandal is in China's golf future. [Foreign Policy]
• It seems that Americans are now officially scared of the 21st century being China's time to shine. It also seems that they're ambivalent to this prospect. Curious? Yes. But so too is the fact that a major publication is only now reporting on this. [Washington Post]
• This just in! United States and Europe have been pushing China's buttons on a number of controversial issues as of late out of concern that their dominance in matters of international relations may be a casualty of China's rise. [People's Daily]

Well, President Obama's first trip to China is now officially over. A lot of things happened, a lot of people talked about it, but nothing too groundbreaking occurred. Obama seemed to have a good trip: he visited famous Chinese landmarks, met with his brother, even talked a bit of politics along the way. But a lot of us were ultimately left with a feeling something like disappointment: for various reasons, the mythic qualities of the American president were overwhelmed by the totalizing nature of China and Chinese politics. more ›

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Meet the Press.