Military Empire Building v. Partnering With China

I recently read an article by a "China-watcher" Prof. James Petras, and he feel strongly that this out of control administration is making it very difficult to come to agreeable terms with China about military, borders, independent nations, future trade agreements, just about anything.  Some of the reaons he gives:

A $6.4 BILLION dollar advance to Taiwan for arms sales, a virtual protectorate of the US Navy.  This can't be making things easy for China to see the US as anything but mercenary.

Obama publically meeting with and supporting known enemies of China, regardless of how America may feel about them - for instance the (US-funded) theocratic monk-led Tibetan sessionists - this is a very provocative act in my opinion, with Obama knowing China's history with Tibet and why, especially anything concerning Buddhism.  

Recognizing such groups is like flaunting Washington's refusal to recognize China's existing borders.

Using stragegies that seem designed to encourage the break-up of independent nations, which are obstacles to the progam of military empire building on a global scale.  This will have strong, perhaps unfixable repercussions in future dealings with China.

Obama claims that China's currency is "artifically undervalued" to give exports an unfair advantage (read undercutting US-made profits) but he cloaks it in "Americans losing jobs".  I doubt the Chinese will happily reciprocate once we open our domestic manufacturing market to Chinese firms - they'll not forget these sloppy, self-serving moves by Obama's people.

Prof. Petras says we'll reap this rotten harvest on Wall Street in the near future.  He may be right when you consider Washington raising "protective" tariffs on steel pipes and automobile tires, issuing congressional threats of even further protectionist measures - all in retaliation for what?  The growing export business from China?  This is really playing with fire,

I'm not as schooled in the ways of such commerce and a bit torn where China is concerned, but I know they're not at war and have no overseas military bases that I can name, yet they're menaced by the US policy of encircling China's frontiers with American bases in North, South and Central Asia.

We're such hypocrits - while violating human rights all over the globe with secret tribunals and arbitrary suspension of habeas corpus, we turn and continually demonize China for prosecuting opposition activists - and while that may certainly be anti-human on China's part, we really should take a closer look at our own back yard before making these statements.

Where China is concerned It might be better altogether for this administration to just stop talking.

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