This piece on Bush’s meeting with Chinese President Hu is positively surreal. The gist is, the U.S. is upset because China is:

  • striking oil deals with unsavory regimes (Sudan, Burma, Iran);
  • attempting to increase its geopolitical influence;
  • growing quickly and polluting heavily.

Sound like anybody else you know?

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Presumably Bush isn’t going to say flat out, "we don’t want any competition." But what else does it mean?

Update [2006-4-20 15:59:42 by David Roberts]: I should also note that The Grey Lady has a blistering editorial on this very subject.

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