Hate to say it, but I think Obama is going to be a lot tougher on China than what either Bush has been. Bush has basically looked the other way at whatever China has wanted to do for the last 8 years - Starting with April 1, 2001.
He may talk tough, but we are begging too much on the international market for money - especially Chinese and Saudi money. He will not put any pressure on either one of them.
You will probably get flamed by some...but you make a good point.
Everyone forgot how Bush wimped out when Communist China hijacked one of our military planes.
What should scare the GOP more with Obama is if he goes conservative on some issues...instead of going liberal. If he stands up any bit to Communist China...thats being more conservative on the issue than Bush ever was (though in the long run...Obama will be another Nutty Globalist)