"Clinton urges political reforms, free markets in China" by Jane Perlez | New York Times, July 10, 2012
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — In an unmistakable message to China delivered in a speech from this neighboring country, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s remarks, couched in unequivocal language at an international forum of democracy advocates, came at a particularly sensitive point in China. A leadership transition at the top of the Communist Party is proving more messy than usual, and criticism against the government has spread from environmental concerns to social issues, such as forced abortion.
Yeah, Chinese don't have to protest wars because they haven't started any, 'murkn. I'll get to the messy leadership transition a bit lower down in this post, folks.
‘‘You can’t have economic liberalization without political liberalization eventually,’’ she said. ‘‘It’s true that clamping down on political expression or maintaining a tight grip on what people read, say or see can create an illusion of security. But illusions fade — because people’s yearning for liberty don’t.’’
Well, that second statement is certainly true; however, I wonder how you say hypocrite in Chinese regarding the first because that is what the U.S. government is doing here at home.
Related: Googling China
Huh?
Clinton arrived in this mineral-rich nation on the border of China on the second day of an Asia tour.
Where's that neo-con world domination map I had lying around here?
Her appearances are designed to broaden the Obama administration’s renewed focus on the region beyond an early emphasis on US military strength.
Translation: We want your resources, and we have the force to back up the threat.
The administration now wants to stress US interests in economic and social issues, an effort to ease up on drawing a confrontation with China.
It's not easing anything, a**holes.
Clinton did not mention China, but her target was clear.
‘’Countries that want to be open for business but closed to free expression will find that this approach comes at cost: It kills innovation and discourages entrepreneurship, which are vital for sustainable growth,’’ she said, in a particular dig at China as it wrestles with an economic downturn after a decade of double-digit growth.
Oh, Americans, the ECONOMY of YOUR DREAMS!! And she is RAPPING IT!
Clinton is well known to the Chinese as a critic of their model of government, a fact that she recalled Monday by referring to her visit to Beijing 17 years ago when Bill Clinton was president.
So when are we going to stop dropping bombs on them, 'eh?
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You know, I really can't remember the last time I saw something from Outer Mongolia in my Boston Globe.
Related: North Koreans Tell Clinton to Shut Up
What is with this woman lately? She is going around the world talking up tensions and war, be it Korea and China or Russia, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, or anywhere!! And she's headed to Israel and Egypt next!
Really trying to get the official WWIII off the ground, huh?
WASHINGTON — The United States launched a trade complaint Thursday against China at the World Trade Organization, accusing Beijing of unfairly imposing duties on more than $3 billion in exports of American-produced automobiles.
Looks to me like they are just protecting their national interest.
The announcement came as President Obama hit the campaign trail in the battleground state of Ohio, where automakers have been affected by the tariffs imposed in December. It underscored how America’s trade relations with rising economic power China could color the political debate ahead of the November presidential election....
Anything to get your mind of the endless wars and Wall Street looting.
Related: The State of Obama's Campaign
Bashing China another fooley like the wealth inequality, the women wedge, the student loans, and all the other campaign issues brought forth by the MSM.
What was this guy doing the last four years on all these problems, and why should we believe it won't be back to business as usual yet again after the false-choice election is over?
They EXTENDED the BUSH TAX CUTS for crying out loud, and now Obama is talking about finally letting them expire (nothing Congress can't fix before the end of the year)?
China and the United States are at odds over a slew of trade issues.
Is this going to make the cost of cheap Chinese s*** go up because that will lose Obama the election. It's the Walmart vote.
In March, the United States, the European Union, and Japan brought a trade case against China over its curtailment of exports of rare earth minerals over whose production China has a virtual monopoly. Those minerals are used to manufacture hybrid car batteries, flat-screen televisions, and other high-tech goods. China said curbing rare earth exports is for environmental protection, not intended to help Chinese companies.
And they are ALSO USED to "make advanced equipment like guided missiles" that the U.S. needs!!
I wonder WHY the REPORT LEFT OUT that item!
And WTF you mean the price of a flat-screen just skyrocketed?
With American manufacturers still struggling to recover from the financial crisis, and unemployment running over 8 percent, the administration is keen to show it is getting tough on discriminatory trade practices by its chief economic rival — also its main foreign creditor — blamed by many in the United States for a loss of American manufacturing jobs.
Yeah, American manufaturers are really hurting:
"Corporate profits have risen 58 percent since mid-2009" and "corporate profits set a post World War II record last year" while big banks are booming and oil companies are awash in profits.
It's because they moved the factories to China.
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Related: China has mild response to US autos trade complaint
Because the Chinese don't want a war.
So how is that Chinese economy doing?
"Developers nationwide have laid off huge numbers of workers as construction sites from the factory cities of Guangdong in the southeast to manufacturing and logistics hubs like Xi’an in the northwest have cut back this year from three shifts working around the clock, seven days a week, to a single daytime shift on weekdays."
Sounds familiar doesn't it, American.
You know who the economic saviors are, right?
WASHINGTON — The actions again cast central bankers in the role of primary responders to the global economic malaise, aiming at the same basic target they have tried to hit repeatedly over the past six years: encouraging people and businesses to borrow and spend and to take greater risks with their investments.
Oh, it's a MONEY MOUTHPIECE of a MEDIA, all right!
Yes, the DESTROYERS of the WORLD ECONOMY that CREATED the PROBLEMS are the FIRST-RESPONDER HEROES!!
But Europe is mired in a recession and a political crisis. The United States is faring somewhat better in both respects but is hardly booming.
I can't read this shit anymore.
China is suffering what its government has begun to describe as a sharp economic slowdown. And policy makers have not succeeded in restoring public confidence that better days are coming....
Sounds familiar doesn't it, American.
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Now about that transition in Chinese leadership:
"Police officials arrested in China investigation; 2 tied to inquiry into corruption" by Edward Wong | New York Times, July 07, 2012
BEIJING — Central investigators have detained at least two senior police officials with close ties to Wang Lijun, the former police chief of Chongqing who set off a national political scandal by confiding suspicions of a murder plot to US officials, according to people with police contacts there.
A third police official also close to Wang has been dismissed. The moves are a sign that the inquiry into Wang could be reaching a critical phase.
The two detained police officials are Tang Jianhua, the city’s deputy police chief, and Wang Pengfei, former department head of the Yubei district. Both were escorted out of Chongqing in June by security officers on the orders of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission, the Communist Party’s anticorruption body and one of the lead agencies in the far-reaching inquiries into Wang Lijun and Bo Xilai, the former party chief of Chongqing and a deposed Politburo member.
See: Bo Given the Bounce in China
The "messiness" is western interference in China's internal matters, and one thing anyone who has studied history can understand is China's reaction. Foisted an opium epidemic (drug$ again) and carved them up into spheres of influence a while back if I remember correctly.
Wang Pengfei, who appears to have no family ties to Wang Lijun, was removed from his post June 25 as head of the Yubei District Police Department, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. The same day, Li Yang, head of the criminal investigations division, was also dismissed.
Wang Pengfei and Li both followed Wang Lijun from the northeast province of Liaoning to take posts in Chongqing after Wang Lijun was appointed police chief of Chongqing by Bo. Together, the men carried out a campaign against what they called at the time organized-crime gangs; the campaign also involved persecutions of private businesspeople and enemies of Bo and his allies, and is now being widely criticized.
Wang Pengfei is also a wiretapping specialist believed to be involved in a wide-ranging wiretapping campaign run by the police chief and Bo. And he arranged a car in February for the police chief to use in a secret trip to a nearby US consulate, a visit that catalyzed the scandal, say two people with police contacts in Chongqing....
Oh, readers, WHAT A STENCH, and it smells like Wang was a CIA asset!!
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Globe even had a full article on protests (in China?).
"China adopts law to crack down on illegal foreign workers" Associated Press, July 01, 2012
BEIJING — China’s national legislature adopted a new law Saturday that will target foreigners who are living and working in China illegally, the official Xinhua News Agency said, adding that the government encourages citizens to inform on suspected illegal workers. The law approved by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee now requires foreigners to obtain valid documents — including employment certificates — to work in China, Xinhua said."
Hey, see something, say something, right?
Now can I see your voter ID?
Also see:
Ordination leads to fracturing ties between China and Vatican
Actually, the Chinese are looking pretty good in that match-up -- unless there are a bunch of Buddhist monks doing some butt-banging we've yet to read about.
Mother forced to undergo late-term abortion in China not allowed to leave hospital
China to ban shark fin soup at official banquets
Yeah, yeah, we know. China is bad for women and other living things.
China suspends officials who forced late abortion
"BACK HOME -- Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut, exited the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, which returned to Earth on Friday (Boston Globe June 30 2012)."
That photograph only made the printed paper.
Related:
"Chinese put female astronaut in space
JIUQUAN- China launched its most ambitious space mission yet Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock with an orbiting module and work on board the craft (AP)."
Related: China might have woman aboard for space flight
China ready to send 1st woman into space
"China is hoping that around 2020, it will join the United States and Russia as the only countries to send independently maintained space stations into orbit....
Just as the U.S. space program has dropped to earth due to lack of funds.
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Related: Globe Lost in Space
I'm lost trying to figure out what to post next.
