Susan Shirk quoted by Reuters on political climate in China
Shirk discusses "paradox of increasing confidence externally and lack of confidence domestically"
02/05/2010
Chris Buckley,
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - "Ride on a tiger and it's hard to climb down," goes a Chinese saying that is proving apt for Beijing's quarrels with Washington this year, when swollen ambitions at home are driving China on a harder tack abroad.
China's outrage over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and President Barack Obama's planned meeting with the Dalai Lama has shown that, in the wake of the global financial crisis, Beijing is growing pushier in public.
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