ShakirQureshi said:
@Admin Pl edit & post it properly.
WE PAKISTAN must learn something out of it !! Our Leaders even lay Down in front of US Officials , China have not (never) even in front of US President.
http://slatest.slate.com/id/2235981/?wpisrc=newsletter
Now further read 'N Y Times' Story & watch video;
"China Holds Firm on Major Issues in Obamas Visit"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/world ... odayspaper
We Want PAKISTAN & Pakistani Leaders LIKE THIS !!
ShakirQureshi.
Obama Fails To Get Anything Out of China
President Obama's first trip to China resulted in no big agreements on the important issues of the day. Perhaps even more importantly, the "Chinese appeared to be digging in their heels," notes the Los Angeles Times. Throughout the trip, China carefully managed Obama's appearances, resulting in a trip that "did more to showcase China's ability to push back against outside pressure than it did to advance the main issues" on the president's agenda, notes the New York Times. It seems that, in the end, the United States and China seem even further apart on the key issues of human rights and economic policy than before the trip. And Iran? Well, despite much prodding, neither Obama nor Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was able to get the Chinese to even send some signals that they might be willing to consider stronger sanctions. Usually, U.S. presidents will make sure something of substance can be announced before they even embark on such a delicate trip, but this time around what stood out wasn't any concession, bur rather "the United States' newly conciliatory and sometimes laudatory tone," notes the Washington Post. Sure, Obama may have talked a bit about human rights, but throughout the trip it became more than clear that China's rising economic dominance and America's weakened position meant that the power dynamic between the two countries has shifted. "It used to be the U.S. could go around and say 'Do this and do that' because they had so much leverage," said an expert. "Today, the U.S. can't do that." As the Wall Street Journal highlights, the two countries did manage to agree on a "far-ranging framework for cooperation" that contained an ambitious list of areas where the two countries could cooperate. That in itself may have been impressive but it was issued in a "clumsy fashion" that seemed to exemplify just how poorly the whole diplomatic exercise had gone. It was at a media "availability" where no questions were allowed, the world leaders didn't address each other, "and exhibited body language that seemed to say they had been frustrated by the entire exercise," writes the WSJ. "It is paradoxical," one expert said. "The press conference confirmed every low expectation we had for the meeting, but when I saw the statement, I said, wait a minute, are we talking about the same event? It is the most extensive document in 20 years, maybe ever."
Read original story in The New York Times | Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
