Susan Shirk on the Discussion of China in the U.S. Presidential Debate
Experts React: Obama, Romney ‘Debate’ China
10/23/2012
Tom Orlik,
Wall Street Journal
China made only a cameo appearance in a U.S. presidential foreign policy debate dominated by the Middle East. But Barack Obama and Mitt Romney still ranged over the full set of currency, trade and security issues, with Mr. Obama standing firm as Mr. Romney struck a new, slightly more conciliatory tone on U.S. relations with the world’s second-largest economy.
“China is both an adversary, but also a potential partner in the international community if it’s following the rules,” Mr. Obama said.
He cited an increased number of U.S. trade actions as evidence of his tough approach to China, and the importance of investment in education and research to enable the U.S. economy to compete with China.
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Susan Shirk is the chair of the 21st Century China Program and Ho Miu Lam Professor of China and Pacific Relations at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at UC San Diego. She also is director emeritus of the University of California system-wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and chair of the IGCC International Advisory Board.
In 1993, she founded, and continues to lead, the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD), an unofficial “track-two” forum for discussions of security issues among defense and foreign ministry officials and academics from the United States, Japan, China, Russia, and the Koreas.
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