Boris
02-14-2009, 07:56 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/world/asia/14diplo.html?hp
In her first major speech as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton drew a clear line between the Obama administration’s approach and that of the Bush White House, which viewed China more as a rival than a partner and kept relations fixed on economic matters like exchange rates.
So China is our partner is the way she wants it. Maybe that's not fair since that is not her words.
“Some believe that China on the rise is by definition an adversary,” she said at the Asia Society in New York on the eve of a trip to China and other Asian countries. “To the contrary, we believe the United States and China benefit from, and contribute to, each other’s successes.”
Why do the Clintons (now both) have a boner for China? Of all the places she could have started, she picked China. And now we are going to help them be successful? It's a benefit to us? Crazy stuff.
So what will the "Obama Doctrine" be?
In her first major speech as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton drew a clear line between the Obama administration’s approach and that of the Bush White House, which viewed China more as a rival than a partner and kept relations fixed on economic matters like exchange rates.
So China is our partner is the way she wants it. Maybe that's not fair since that is not her words.
“Some believe that China on the rise is by definition an adversary,” she said at the Asia Society in New York on the eve of a trip to China and other Asian countries. “To the contrary, we believe the United States and China benefit from, and contribute to, each other’s successes.”
Why do the Clintons (now both) have a boner for China? Of all the places she could have started, she picked China. And now we are going to help them be successful? It's a benefit to us? Crazy stuff.
So what will the "Obama Doctrine" be?