After decades of trying to accomodate China's rise, proposals for a cooperative relationship are now dead on arrival in the United States.

By James Clad, Ron Wahid

July 14, 2015

"Early 2013, President Obama yielded to Beijing's insistent backstage pressure and, with China's authoritarian chief Xi Jinping beaming by his side, announced a 'new type of major power relationship' with China: In other words, a formulation of Chinese parity with the United States. 

Since that meeting in California, even the pretense of positive feelings evaporated. Make no mistake, nothing in the world needs resolute American leadership more than dealing with a China that's both on the march and economically erratic-as misguided steps to buttress Shanghai share prices this past week show."

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