WPR's The New Rules: Why America Needs to Demonize China

Monday, January 17, 2011 at 9:22AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in China, Obama Administration, US foreign policy, WPR Column

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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