Here's a story that is not getting much attention and yet I think it deserves much more than it is getting.
China is making threatening remarks to the Obama Administration over it's proposed sale of $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan and Obama's planned meeting with the Dalai Lama.
I have my DVR set to record the BBC every morning (and evening too) on PBS (it is on a different channel than the main PBS station and probably only available to people with cable).
Their first story today was this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
Go read it first.
China warns Obama over Dalai Lama
China has warned that ties with the US would be undermined if US President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama.
There is speculation that Mr Obama will meet the Tibetan spiritual leader in Washington later this month, but no date has been confirmed.
Communist Party official Zhu Weiqun said such a meeting would "threaten trust and co-operation" between Beijing and Washington.
The dispute is the latest of several strains on the countries' relations.
Foreign interference?
China, which took over Tibet in 1950, considers the Dalai Lama a separatist and tries to isolate the spiritual leader by asking foreign leaders not to see him.
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Why am I upset? For years the people of America were taught to be scared of Communism - even the totally useless "hide under you desk at school will save you from nuclear annihilation" drills. Now, we have made a deal and we are allowing China to get the upper hand.
How and Why? All those tax breaks for the ubber wealthy have been financed by China. If they threaten to cash in their U.S. Savings Bonds, we are totally screwed and I would not put it past China to do so (though it would also hurt their economy due to probable trade sanctions).
Bush's whole goal was to bankrupt the Federal Government and while he was at it, enrich his rich buddies to the tee, all paid for by two main countries, China and Saudi Arabia (where 15 of the 19 hijackers were from).
Anybody else concerned? Bush and the Republicans have indebted this country to the hilt, started two wars, created a Medicare Drug benefit with no way to pay for it and yet the public still thinks it is the Democrats who did this to us.