Clinton Seeks a Shift on China

New York Times ^ | February 13, 2009 | MARK LANDLER

[ETL]

In her first major speech as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton drew a clear line between the Obama administration’s approach and that of the Bush White House, which viewed China more as a rival than a partner and kept relations fixed on economic matters like exchange rates.

“Some believe that China on the rise is by definition an adversary,” she said at the Asia Society in New York on the eve of a trip to China and other Asian countries. “To the contrary, we believe the United States and China benefit from, and contribute to, each other’s successes.”

[rightthinkingwoman]

We hate you guys. Once you start issuing $1 trillion-$2 trillion [$1,000bn-$2,000bn] …we know the dollar is going to depreciate, so we hate you guys but there is nothing much we can do.

— Lueo Ping, China Regulatory Commission (02/11/09)

[elpadre]

This was definitely the Clinton Doctrine and Madeline Albright expounded on it and wrote about it. One goal of theirs was to equalize the US and EU.

[CowboyJay]

They don’t care about the T-notes. Never did. They wanted to crush our industrial sector. Kind of like Microsoft buying out their competitors.

[Niuhuru]

Appropriate considering they’re a bunch of whores.