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Overestimating Chinese Power, And The State Of Sino-American Relations

A number of news sources–this is but one–are telling us that the Obama Administration has no standing to bring up Chinese human rights abuses, or complaints regarding currency issues, because China views America as a declining power, and will not take lectures from the United States seriously anymore. As a consequence of this view, the Obama Administration is soft-pedaling its traditional points of contention and dispute with the Chinese.

- March 21, 2010 -

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