Saturday May 26, 2012

Do you foresee any changes in the Obama administration's policies toward Japan and China following the midterm elections in which Democrats suffered big losses?

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    some14some

    Big NO ! "CHANGE - No We Can't" revised slogan for the rest of his term as President.

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    my2sense

    are you joking?

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    mushroomcloud

    The United States looking inward to correct problems is not too far off the mark. Japan having to fend more for itself is a possibility.

    The United States still needs China and Japan to fund it's deficit. No change here.

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    american_bengoshi

    BREAKING NEWS: Both US Democrat and Republican lawmakers are not very fond of China these days. Republicans haven't been for some time now (evidenced by the fact that they passed a US federal law to defend Taiwan). I do think the Obama administration will become more focused on US domestic issues and policies with the lead up to the next presidential election. It would be different if Obama were serving his second term in office and could do more without the consequences. When you are running for re-election the game changes.

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    sf2k

    Until the US rejects Walmart (aka The People's Republic of China Store) then I'd say no. Until they do there will be a continual drop in jobs. They exported so many jobs to someone else and now have 10% unemployment. So the plan worked. Congrats

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    AuntyAmerican

    Change? No.

    Washington still has it's boot on the neck of Japan whilst screaming hysterically about the dangers posed by China.

    What's new?

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    MisterCreosote

    "Washington still has it's boot on the neck of Japan whilst screaming hysterically about the dangers posed by China."

    Any examples, aunty?

    I didn't think so.

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    Dewaashita

    No.

    On that note, sometimes you can get great advice from Jazz/Blues songs. Albert Collins had a song called "Don't mistake Kindness for Weakness". I'm leary of people that mistake kindness or politness, or other functional character traits for weakness. Too many administrations' behaviors follow this a little too closely for my comfort.

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    Junnama

    Us policy on this front is a bit late but proper. Sucks to be china and watch all your savings go up in smoke, but what are you going to do? Hold that peg, see what it gets you... Mess with the bull get the horns :)

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    TheRat

    Big NO ! "CHANGE - No We Can't" revised slogan for the rest of his term as President.

    Yeh, THAT is the slogan of the Republicans. Of course, they believe in NO CHANGE, as they HATE change. When Nixon got elected, he killed NASA and the moon flights as government can not DO ANYTHING. Basically, any grand projects, can not ever be done by the government. Why, we would not have an interstate highway system unless Eisenhower said we needed it to move troops around. If there is a military purpose, then the republicans will go along with it. So, no, with this milktoast of a Democrat who is so, so foolish as to reach out to the republicans, who are nothing but the political taliban, nothing will happen. So, the result will be a nightmare at 2012. Especially as all of our factories are in China!!! How can there ever be jobs without factories? So, it will be a Jeb Bush or Palin/Beck presidency. Time to start immigrating.

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    jruaustralia

    NO, Obama's fabian socialism pretty much renders itself when it comes to political affairs in the region. I think approachment in Asia's still a shy short-- we don't have a champion.... but a lot of photo ops... Say "cheese" LoL

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    MisterCreosote

    Obama and his fellow ideologues are not really much interested in foreign affairs; it is the 'quiet repeal of the American Revolution' and the creation of a new, socialist America that consumes them.

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    jruaustralia

    Obama and his fellow ideologues are not really much interested in foreign affairs; it is the 'quiet repeal of the American Revolution' and the creation of a new, socialist America that consumes them.

    Oh, the evolution of American foreign policies... from the Founding Fathers, which the ideas of Ben Franklin dominated to TR and Wilson and now... it has evolved, but the idea a multilateral approachment in Asia is still a shy short...

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    jruaustralia

    MAEHERA, much like his Aust'l counterpart, probably still believe in a third way when it comes to the Chinese-- still preferring to cloak multilateral approachment as a way to gain understanding in Asia as if it's still a scientific field work. That's fabian socialism of the center-left... making a useful, necessary instrument that so far sustained European communities, when it comes to contentious political issue, into a leftist fiasco.

    SEATO wasn't made for the purpose, it was an instrument of the free world. APEC too, to bolster commercial engagements between nations separated by the Pacific, won't step up as an ideal platform for approachment. MAEHERA failed by not using the opportunity to pursue multilateral approachment-- and he have been indecisive in the end. ASEAN, without a persuading nod from the Japanese and its foreign ministry, will never be seriously considered by a more emboldened China.

    AT LEAST FUKUDA AND ASO figured that one in the past... but they too, like MAEHERA, have been halfhearted on multilateral approachment... the region's running out of time!

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    jruaustralia

    Postscript. Rudd and Clinton's Australian visit:

    "We're not in the business of naming threats," he told (local) ABC TV. "What we've done over many decades ... is to make sure that the (Australian-US) alliance is relevant to contemporary circumstances."

    But Mr Rudd admitted China had been on the meeting's agenda. "Yes, we do have the rise of China, we do have of course burgeoning military expenditures in many other countries in the region," he said. "This is not specifically targeted at the PRC (People's Republic of China), it's targeted at the region as a whole." SMH 9.11.10

    AND HERE'S WHAT THE STATE DEP'T recently said about China

    It is important to recognise that just because you increase your trade with China or your diplomatic exchanges with China, China has a long way to go in demonstrating its interest in being - and its ability to become - a responsible stakeholder.

    "There's no doubt about its economic success. But any fair reading of history would argue that unless that economic success is matched by growing political space and openness, there are going to a lot of tensions within China that will have to be dealt with."

    Warning of unpredictable behaviour by China internationally, Mrs Clinton said those tensions would be reflected in the way China "acts out externally", and this would "impact [on] the interests and wellbeing of its neighbours and beyond". SMH 9.11.10

    Blunt, tough talks.... but, as I warned in previous posts, still no Aust'l or US commitment for China approachment. Sigh

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