“China effectively stage-managed President Obama’s public appearances, got him to make statements endorsing Chinese positions of political importance to them and effectively squelched discussions of contentious issues such as human rights and China’s currency policy,” said Eswar S. Prasad, a China specialist at Cornell University. “In a masterstroke, they shifted the public discussion from the global risks posed by Chinese currency policy to the dangers of loose monetary policy and protectionist tendencies in the U.S.”
via China Holds Firm on Major Issues in Obama’s Visit – NYTimes.com.
Forget all the bowing and scraping in Japan, it is the President’s performance in China that illustrates the peril of putting an unqualified Chicago community organizer in charge of what used to be the world’s only remaining superpower.
The only take-away from the trip was a meaningless pledge to meet and “look at” areas of concern.
And now the President will return home to try and persuade the Senate to pass a health care bill that will cost close to a trillion dollars, and will have to be financed by massive Federal borrowing from… the Chinese.
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