J. Stapleton Roy

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MundoAméricaMundoAsia,

Dark clouds are hanging over this week's state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States.

Accusations of Chinese theft of U.S. business secrets and government personnel records have been surging, the two countries are constantly locking horns over rocks and islets in the South China Sea, and now the Chinese have new missiles that threaten U.S. carrier groups in the western Pacific -- as recently paraded through Tiananmen Square.

These frictions are exacerbated on an almost daily basis by American campaign rhetoric, with many U.S. presidential candidates calling for the cancellation or downgrading of the visit itself.

Even more significant, pessimism about the relationship has permeated segments of the China-watching community to a degree not seen in recent years.…  Seguir leyendo »

MundoAsia

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit this week is an opportunity for the man who is likely to lead China from late 2012 to late 2022 to begin to develop the agenda for that decade with a president who may well serve until January 2017.

Yet this visit comes at a time of growing strategic distrust between China and the United States.

China, despite some problems, remains on a roll. Its economy has rapidly expanded to second-largest in the world, with gross domestic product continuing to advance annually in the high single digits. Its military budget has grown 10-plus percent a year for more than a decade, growth that is likely to continue for years.…  Seguir leyendo »