China to Obama: Gongxi, Gongxi! -- But Don't Recognize Taiwan
A Chinese woman poses for a photo with a paper cutout of President-elect Barack Obama after he defeated John McCain in the U.S. Presidential election. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)
In congratulation messages to Barack Obama after winning the U.S. Presidential election, both Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao wished the President-elect well -- And of course reminded him of U.S. stance that recognizes the PRC as the only China.
"In the new historic era, I look forward to working together with you to continuously strengthen dialog and exchanges between our two countries and enhance our mutual trust and cooperation on the basis of the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques...," Hu said.
Premier Wen Jiabao said pretty much the same thing, but added that he thought that they could make new progress on the China-U.S. relationship.
The three communiques are three statements that both the U.S. and People's Republic of China issued together in 1972, 1979, and 1982. They basically establish diplomatic relations between the two countries; state that the United States recognizes the PRC as the only China, and not Taiwan; and affirm that both nations want to strengthen ties.
Shen Dingli, a professor at Shanghai's Fudan University told the UK Telegraph that Obama is likely to cultivate a sense of greater international cooperation than President Bush did.
One concern China may have is that Obama could institute trade protectionist policies, writes Dune Lawrence of Bloomberg Radio. Obama's campaign promises of stricter labor and the environment regulation and pledge to reduce the U.S. trade deficit could signal protectionist tendencies. The global financial crisis may also cause the U.S. to trade less with other nations out of concern for its own markets and labor force.
But Lawrence notes that both Bush and Clinton were harder on China as candidates for president, than they were as President.
Whether or not President-elect Obama will have a similar approach, will be known after January 20th.
Expatriates and Chinese watch Barack Obama's victory speech at a hotel in Beijing, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
Comments
I believe Obama will be less harsh than his campaign promised but I do think that he will look at trade and back off a bit. Of course he will seem a bit protectionist but I believe that he understands and believes in free trade.
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我認為Obama將是美國破壞的起因。
OBAMA MEANS :
ONLY BLACK AMERICAN MAKE ACHIEVEMENTS!
To translate “Worried’s” comments:
“I believe Obama will be the cause of America’s destruction.”
Can we make a policy to translate comments that are left in another language?
Thanks.
俺看好奥巴马。他能不能成为好leader不敢断言，不过起码是美国的一个进步(第一个黑人总统,right?:-).
Hi, Please translate your Chinese comments!
Here’s what loken said:
I’m optimistic about Obama. Whether he will become a good leader, I don’t dare affirm. But at the least, he is an advancement for America. (To be the first black president right?)
Obama is the first completely White person to be elected as President. A small acheivement because he is half White and was never in a Black environment growing up. He is White with Black Packaging. I don’t think that any of that is relevent to his stance for China and it definately doesn’t mean that Black/ African Americans will acheive anything more than they have under other Presidents. Perhaps many of them will try harder. Obama is self made to an extent so if anyone fears Obama because they feel that he would be racially biased then they are mistaken. He when it comes to African Americans or Blacks is leading by example. He in his victory is saying to all U.S. minorities,” Yes We Can” which should not be mistaken for yes you can if your Black only. As Americas President he is saying,”Yes we can” as far as returning the U.S. to some measure of it’s for place as a/the world leader without denying minorities the recognition for their works.
When will mainland Chinese wake up to the harsh reality of the inhuman government currently in power? The CCP should have been overturned long ago. Toture, labor camps and mass executions of political dissadents and fa lun gong, oppression of speech freedoms, political theft of the resources and suppression of the speech freedoms of people of Tibet, blocking of true democratic elections within China, and rampant corruption at EVERY level of the gov’t is NOT good for the mainland Chinese and is NOT a good example for the rest of the asian hemisphere. Mainland Chinese have been brainwashed by a state-run media system to think they care about Tibet and Taiwan being considered part of China, when they have no personal interests in the matter whatsoever. Why would they want to prevent those nations from being independent from the yoke of China’s gov’t? Where is the overdue, long-awaited middle-class revolution that would legitimize China in the eyes of the rest of the free world? We are waiting…the Beijing olympics, most favored nation trade status, non-interference in the Tibet and Taiwan issues…all this was in anticipation of POLITICAL CHANGE in China, not a validation of the Chinese CCP status quo. Obama will not be Clinton or Bush on the issue of the police state that is modern China…he’s going to expect America and our Allies to demand a little more decency of China’s gov’t. Clinton gave China a carrot, Obama will ask China to live up to the responsibility of the goodies the US and the world has bestowed to them.