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Carbon Management: A Call to Action for the U.S. and China

Scott Daniels | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

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Scott Daniels

As President Obama prepares to set foot on Chinese soil for the first time today, the United States and China, the globe's leading greenhouse gas producers, are engaged in a classic standoff.

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Obama's Trip to China: a New Interest in Clean Energy and a New Spirit of Cooperation

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

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Frances Beinecke

With a kind of focus that would have been unthinkable during the Bush administration, President Obama has directed federal agencies and urged Congress to take real action on climate change.

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Shame! Shame! China Shame!

Kenneth Kales | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

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Kenneth Kales

Why are we as a nation giving a free pass to Mr. Obama on his avoidance to confront human rights atrocities in China? I am baffled sometimes when I see in the media those stories gushing about how great China is.

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Tripping in China: Barack Obama's Challenge

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: New Economy, China, Trade, China Climate Change, Obama China, China Human Rights, World News
Robert L. Borosage

For Obama's trip to Asia, the White House paints a full agenda -- Afghanistan, human rights, North Korean nukes, climate change, trade relations, and the economy. But it's really just the economy, stupid.

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China Hacks U.S. Networks, Proves Aggressive Cyberspace Foe

washingtonpost.com | Ellen Nakashima and John Pomfret | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

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China is significantly boosting its capabilities in cyberspace as a way to gather intelligence and, in the event of war, hit the U.S. government in a ...

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Obama's Asia Trip: Day-To-Day Highlights

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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A day-by-day look at President Barack Obama's weeklong trip to Asia: Thursday, Nov. 12:...

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Obama Travels To More Countries In First Year Than Any Other U.S. President

McClatchy | Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON -- With his visit to Denmark to pitch Chicago as the site for the 2016 summer Olympics, President Barack Obama has now visited more countri...

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Will The U.S. and China Ever See Eye-To-Eye?

Julie Farby | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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Julie Farby

To show the world we're not going to risk relations with our favorite creditor on account of a couple of crushed Uighurs, Obama dropped the whole human rights spiel in favor of sports!

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The Debtor's Dance: the U.S.-China Exchange

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Economic Strategy, US China Relations, Trade Policy, U.S. China Trade, Barack Obama China, Obama China, China Foreign Policy, China, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

The U.S., the world's largest debtor, met this week with the confident leaders of its largest creditor, the communist government of China. President Obama, exercising his remarkable gift for presenting a sea change as a gentle current, laid out the fundamental challenge almost in passing: The U.S. cannot go back to the old economy where we borrowed $2 billion a day, largely from the Chinese, to be the consumer of the world by living far beyond our means. We must consume less, produce more, sell more abroad and balance our trade.

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US, China Climate Change Accord Signed

Al Jazeera English | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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The United States and China have signed an agreement to promote greater co-operation on climate change....

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A New Approach to Human Rights in China

Jaeah J. Lee | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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Jaeah J. Lee

If the United States wants to see real progress in the bilateral relationship and to partner with China to address global challenges, it will have to become more innovative in how it attempts to move China on human rights.

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Why North Korea's Antics Are Good For Obama

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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Stuart Whatley

Following its initial hullabaloo, the current standoff may be a foreign policy windfall for the Obama administration by uniting typically disparate regional players

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Dalai Lama 'Part Of Solution' For China: US

AFP | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

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China should see the Dalai Lama as "part of the solution" on Tibet instead of trying to isolate him, US President Barack Obama's top Asia adviser said...

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Obama, Hu Agree To 'US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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President Obama's first day in London for the G-20 Summit made for what appears to have been a productive foreign relations binge, of sorts, whereby t...

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China Slams US Report On Its Military As A 'Gross Distortion'

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

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BEIJING — China slammed a newly released U.S. report on Beijing's growing military power as a "gross distortion," saying Thursday that it could ...

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"If China Calls, Tell Them I'm Not Home."

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 04.15.2009 | Comedy

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Dean Obeidallah

As a comedian, I have had to deal with my share of debt collectors in the past so I wanted to offer some advice to President Obama on how to best avoid China if they start trying to collect their trillion dollars...

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Obama Will Raise Ship Confrontation When Meeting With Chinese Foreign Minister

Reuters | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama will discuss the confrontation between five Chinese ships and a U.S. Navy survey vessel when he meets China's foreign minister ...

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Clinton In Asia: Between China And A Hard Place

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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Stuart Whatley

Unlike Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International, Clinton's job demands she be more than a one-trick pony -- she does not, and never will, enjoy the luxury of having only one prerogative.

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10 Things That Obama Should Do (To Prepare for Going to Beijing)

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom

The degree to which the economies of the U.S. and the PRC have become intertwined makes it essential for Obama to familiarize himself with Chinese realities.

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100 Days: China Looks To Deepen Ties With Obama

Reuters | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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China hopes to deepen ties with the United States under President Barack Obama, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Wednesday. "In this new ...

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China Censors Parts Of Obama's Speech

AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

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BEIJING — China censored its translation of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech, removing references to communism and dissent, and quic...

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Obama May Tear Down Wall Between NASA And Pentagon

Bloomberg | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.'s civilian and military space programs to speed up a miss...

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Obama Brand Captures Chinese Youth

Alexander Davenport | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

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Alexander Davenport

Young, attractive, brilliant, and black, Obama represents to the Chinese youth a forward-looking America uninhibited by the ideology of a previous generation.

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Can A Paper Tiger Change Its Stripes? Why Obamarama Isn't a Moment of Clarity for China

Chi Tung | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

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Chi Tung

Some Chinese media types tend to hold out hope that Obama's healing power extends to a deeply fractured Asia, but that probably assumes too much.

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More Views on Obama from China

Michael Standaert | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Michael Standaert

While president-elect Obama may have campaigned on a platform of change, don't expect much divergence from past administrations in the way the U.S. deals with China.

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