Obama and China’s Rise

“China should be considered a partner and not an adversary” says author Jeffrey Bader. Smart move perhaps, considering that PRC is the only country capable of handling North Korea. Furthermore, the USA gets the bulk of its manufactured goods from PRC, including the ones that the military and the hospitals are using.

I’m not sure whether to use the term China or PRC. Taiwan also claims the name “China” even though it was called Formosa in the 1800’s. The Chinese aren’t even native to the island, they came as invaders. Should the American press be dictated to about this? Regardless of what Obama does, we’ll need to kiss China’s ass as long as we have to buy from them. Worse, we need them to buy US food, seeing as they’re a huge consumer of US corn, wheat, soy beans, and beef. Obama’s attitude towards the People’s Republic of 

China has been generally on friendly terms, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but the author discusses how a country can get too powerful if they believe they’ll get their way.  The issue of Taiwan is a problem in US-PRC relations. Sure, Taiwan is just a tiny island nation, but they’re also a big source of US goods, but also a buyer of US agricultural products. There’s no way a country like that can be self-sufficient in food. What will Obama do if PRC threatens Taiwan and tells us not to sell them any anti-missile defense weaponry?

It remains to be seen if North Korea has the capabilities that it claims. If it doesn’t, then China’s position will weaken. Next comes China’s threats towards Taiwan; if those threats prove false, same thing. Will the US be held hostage by China, or will we decide for ourselves what country we’ll be friends with? Back in grade school, we all had that kid who said “you can’t be friends with that kid, and if you do then I won’t talk to you anymore.” With China, it’s the same thing. How the US handles it will make all the difference.