President Barack Obama came into office promising a new sort of bilateral relationship with China. It was not meant to be. Washington hasn't changed any of its long list of demands regarding China, and Beijing, true to historical form, has gone out of its way to flex its muscles as a rising power. With the recent series of revelations concerning Chinese military developments, the inside-the-Beltway hyping of the Chinese threat has reached fever pitch, matching the average American's growing fears of China's economic strength.
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Monday, January 17, 2011 at 9:22AM 
Reader Comments (2)
Great article. I hope you have been following James Fallows' posts on The Atlantic blog. You have a real fan there. Of course, if we have a Jets/Packers SB, I may have a parting of the ways.
The New Rules: Why America Needs to Demonize China:
Because they are demons?