MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, CHINA'S ROLE

UNCLAS BEIJING 000351 DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EAP/CM, EAP/PA, EAP/PD, C HQ PACOM FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR (J007) SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OPRC KMDR CH SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, CHINA'S ROLE -------------- Editorial Quotes -------------- ¶1. U.S. POLICY a. "American supervision only considers white people" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/11): "The recent crash of a tour bus has directed all of the blame on travel agencies operated by Chinese Americans. However why weren't these travel agencies' flaws been picked up by the American government which has a reputation for good management? It has revealed an 'invisible rule' in American management which is that the government's responsibilities are limited and the government mainly protects the interests of American citizens, especially white people. After the crash happened, no officials from American government have claimed responsibility for it or apologized. In the place where market rules don't work like social security, smuggling, the American government conducts active management; while in areas where the market rules, like tourism and entertainment, it conducts negative management. American government often turned a blind eye to organizations whose customers are mainly non-white citizens and communities. Thus some unqualified dealers can operate under such invisible rules. It shows the U.S. society operates with the invisible rules of diving people by their races. The U.S. has just realized human rights and equality in certain aspects, not in all." b. "Obama is aggressive at his first press conference" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/11): "Unlike the mild attitude he has shown for his first three weeks, Obama was very aggressive, sincere and gloomy in his first press conference. He has shown great changes on foreign policy from the Bush administration. He has shown a strong willingness to normalize reQtions with Iran and advocated joint non-proliferation programs with Russia. American vice President Biden has expressed it is time to press on the reset button when dealing with relations with Russia. Western media indicates that resuming the relations is not easy. If the U.S. supports NATO's expansion, the U.S.-Russia relations will be at confrontation again." ¶3. CHINA'S ROLE "China needs to participate in the reconstruction of the global values system" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/11): "The world has focused its attention on China due to the current financial crisis. The world is facing a reconstruction of the economic and political order and its system of values as well. China's model has started to impose substantial influence on human history. It is China's cultural responsibilities as a rising country to construct the globally-applied values in the stance of China. The growing national strength of China has gained our generation the rights to construct such globally-applied value. The current issue for China is not whether or not to participate in the reconstruction of the global value system, but how to participate. China should possess the knowledge power, morality and courage provided by the era to answer the question of globally-applied values." PICCUTA