Romney didn't get it at all. He tapped into a little of the anti-Chinese sentiment and got a bump in the polls as a result, but then he went on and explained that he'd only use the threat of tariffs to get China to play fair with intellectual property rules and currency manipulation.
Romney didn't get that the real issue is the wage differential that is killing our industries. Neither does Obama. Surprisingly the rat Moderator Candy Crowley asked about wages after Romney brought up China, but neither candidate responded to her. Obama said he wanted high paying jobs instead of low paying jobs, a stupid sentiment when 25% have no job at all. And Romney just repeated, Government doesn't create jobs.
With regard to wage differential - those in manufacturing in the USA need to realize that their skills aren’t worth that much.