Post by KNOWTHIS on Jan 25, 2009 7:14:17 GMT -5
What does this tell you?
uk.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUKTRE50K09520090121
Don't undo Bush's work, China tells Obama
Translation: "President Obama, please be sure to replicate the policies of the previous administration which have allowed us to make the US the host while we [China] act as the blood sucking parasite".
uk.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUKTRE50K09520090121
Don't undo Bush's work, China tells Obama
Chinese state media urged new U.S. President Barack Obama not to ignore the "hard-earned progress" in ties made by George W. Bush, even as websites censored inauguration speech references to communism and dissent.
The China Daily praised Bush for laying "a decent foundation for one of the world's most influential relationships", between the United States and China, which it described as a fine bequest.
"After decades of dramatic ups and downs, the once volatile relations are just beginning to show signs of stabilizing," it said in an editorial.
"To many, former President Bush's eight years at the helm of U.S. foreign policies were full of disappointments. The yet-to-be-justified war on Iraq, for one, proves an outstanding discredit to his country and himself. President Obama vowed to put an end to that. Which is correct, and overdue.
"Yet let us be fair and honest -- the Bush years were not devoid of merits. Anchoring relationship between the world's single superpower and the largest developing country is no easy job. But the Bush administration managed it."
The Strategic Economic Dialogue had turned out to be an "invaluable platform" for high-level communication. "Now, people wonder if its fifth session in Beijing early last month was its last."
Websites in China censored references to communism and dissent in Obama's inauguration speech and state television abruptly turned away from the broadcast once communism was mentioned.
Communist China, which has shut more than 200 websites in recent days for "vulgar" content, is seen by many to be trying to stifle dissent in a year of sensitive anniversaries, including the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.
The China Daily praised Bush for laying "a decent foundation for one of the world's most influential relationships", between the United States and China, which it described as a fine bequest.
"After decades of dramatic ups and downs, the once volatile relations are just beginning to show signs of stabilizing," it said in an editorial.
"To many, former President Bush's eight years at the helm of U.S. foreign policies were full of disappointments. The yet-to-be-justified war on Iraq, for one, proves an outstanding discredit to his country and himself. President Obama vowed to put an end to that. Which is correct, and overdue.
"Yet let us be fair and honest -- the Bush years were not devoid of merits. Anchoring relationship between the world's single superpower and the largest developing country is no easy job. But the Bush administration managed it."
The Strategic Economic Dialogue had turned out to be an "invaluable platform" for high-level communication. "Now, people wonder if its fifth session in Beijing early last month was its last."
Websites in China censored references to communism and dissent in Obama's inauguration speech and state television abruptly turned away from the broadcast once communism was mentioned.
Communist China, which has shut more than 200 websites in recent days for "vulgar" content, is seen by many to be trying to stifle dissent in a year of sensitive anniversaries, including the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.
Translation: "President Obama, please be sure to replicate the policies of the previous administration which have allowed us to make the US the host while we [China] act as the blood sucking parasite".
