The ‘Failed’ China Trip

Posted on 11/27/2009 at 2:52 pm by Bob Cesca

As James Fallows enumerates, the president’s so-called “failed” China trip wasn’t such a failure after all.

Today in the NYT: “China Joins U.S. in Pledge of Hard Targets on Emissions”

Today in the Washington Post: “China’s backing on Iran followed dire predictions; Before Obama’s visit, NSC warned leaders of Mideast turmoil”

Today in the (state run) China Daily: “Mainland may pull some missiles…. Beijing might consider removing a portion of its missile arsenal in South China, a long-held precondition by Taiwan for peaceful cross-Straits ties, a mainland expert said Wednesday.”

Today also in the China Daily: “DPRK top leader meets visiting Chinese defense minister”

Along with the failure indicated yesterday, also in the China Daily: “RMB rate fine-tuning is possible”

FAIL!

Not really.

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  • caribbeanobserver

    Fail,my behind! Whilst the media are whipping themselves in a frenzy with the negative use of words,nitpicking and whingeing, Prez O is quietly getting on with it.I suggest the MSM actually need to expand their limited vocabulary as opposed to their favourite repub memo of weak,fail,dither etc!

  • El Mystico

    Did China give us all their money and pledge to become the 51st state? No. Obviously the trip was a failure and made us less safe from Uighers and stuff.

  • Kat

    Uighurs are the new Al Qaeda, El Myst. I mean, the Very Serious News Peoples have learned how to pronounce Al Qaeda by now.

  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8365563.stm Blade

    of course it was a failure. that’s all that it could be given the us-china relations…it was a case of the borrower visiting his bank…the exiting superpower visiting the rising superpower..and this:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8365563.stmBut something else has changed in the chemistry of the world’s most important bilateral relationship. America is now more in awe of China than vice versa.Afghanistan and Iraq have shown the limits of US military power. We are no longer impressed, as we once were, by million-dollar smart bombs if crude but deadly IEDs planted in drinks cans can kill or injure American soldiers on a daily basis.The stonewalling, sandbagging and petty in-fighting on Capitol Hill have shown the limits of democracy in the world’s greatest democracy. And the Great Recession has shown the limits of America’s economic clout.Expansion v decayWe are limping towards a jobless recovery. A year ago, China saw millions of people laid off from the factories of Guandong and Fujian. Now they are posting more than 8% growth, reaping the benefits of a whopping stimulus package that even dwarfs America’s, while taking dramatic steps to encourage their own citizens to consume.

  • Allonfla

    Oh I didn’t know we were in awe of China now?In any case, how would the press know what happened in China? all we kept hearing about was the bow and Palin.