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On September 13, 2010, Huanqiu, China’s official website, published an article stating that the financial crisis has ended the United States’ foreign expansion cycle and opened a new stage in its strategic contraction cycle. The contraction of the U.S. foreign policy has created the conditions for China to raise its international status. China is thus able to fully take advantage of the “dividends” brought by such a contraction to sustain and move forward China’s moderation, while elevating China’s international status.

“The United States is ‘the only country that can pressure China and cause substantial damage to China’s national security and internal stability.’ Therefore, seeking China-US cooperation is the highest priority on China’s foreign policy agenda. … China should stick to the policy of cooperating and fighting with the U.S. at the same time. It should fight only to the point of not breaking up the relationship.”

Source: Huanqiu, September 13, 2010
http://mil.huanqiu.com/Exclusive/2010-09/1097381.html

“The appreciation of the renminbi can’t solve the trade deficit with China,” said China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on September 16, at a press briefing, referring to the current U.S. pressure over China’s currency. “Pressure cannot solve the issue. Rather, it may have the opposite effect.”

The push-back was related to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s criticism of Beijing’s currency controls. Chinese authorities warned Thursday that continued pressure might worsen the situation. At the same time, the official Xinhua news agency published a range of articles with quotes from Chinese and Western scholars to defend its currency practice.

Source: Xinhua, September 16, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-09/16/c_12577551.htm

China Review News recently reviewed an article by East China Morning News on shaping people’s attitudes toward China. The article suggested that not all Americans are willing to see a strong China. They will try their best to create trouble for China. They are worried about the global expansion of China and that it may strike at the U.S. position as a super power. China should avoid a direct showdown with the U.S. At the same time, China should be fighting back, without hesitation, using a reasonably measured means. Versatile foreign relations should be applied to constrain the negative side of U.S. politics.

Source: China Review News, September 6, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/3/7/4/101437427.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101437427&mdate=0906001356

China Review News published a commentary on August 31, 2010, titled "The U.S. Is the Black Hand Stopping Normal Cross-Strait Military Communications." According to the article, the fact that retired Taiwanese high-ranking military officials have frequently visited Mainland China in recent years has attracted much U.S. attention. The United States has expressed its concerns through Taiwan’s representative in the U.S., Yuan Jiansheng, and wanted Taiwan to provide an explanation.

“As we understand it, the largest third hand (interfering with) cross-strait military relations is the United States. … Therefore, calling the U.S. a black hand is not wrong.”

Source: China Review News, August 31, 2010　　
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/3/0/4/101430474.html?coluid=111&kindid=0&docid=101430474&mdate=0831000959

China’s foreign aid is to serve its national interest, and not to fulfill a so-called “international responsibility” that is “forcibly imposed” on China, an International Herald Leader article stated. It made this statement to rebut Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, who suggested China take more responsibility to provide aid to Pakistan after its flood catastrophe. The article argued that foreign aid is an important means of foreign diplomacy, and its target is selective and different from country to country. China should provide more aid to its close allies, so that it can attract more friends.

Source: International Herald Leader, August 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2010-08/30/c_13469316.htm

China Review News republished an article from Huanqiu warning that the U.S. is trying to use its dominant military power to reduce its debt. The article argued that the U.S. faces two issues: the crisis of the national debt and its over expanded military power. The U.S. is losing its political and economic dominance over the world. The only thing it has is the absolute advantage of its military. The U.S. is actually bankrupt in its fiscal budget. Its foreign policy’s mission is to attract U.S. dollar assets back to the U.S. to help it reduce the debt crisis. That means depriving other nations of wealth. The U.S. might also use its military power to achieve that goal.

Source: China Review News, August 31, 2010
http://gb.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/3/1/6/101431617.html?coluid=148&kindid=0&docid=101431617&mdate=0831001542

According to an article published on August 20, 2010, on Huanqiu, the Chinese edition of Global Times, the purpose of the U.S. decision to send an aircraft carrier to the Yellow Sea for military drills was to lure China into an arms race with the United States so as to weaken China’s economic strength and induce China’s neighboring countries to contain China together with the U.S. 

“With rich experience in the international struggle, especially with a deep understanding of the former Soviet Union’s lessons, China will never be lured into an arms race with the United States.”

Source: Huanqiu, August 20, 2010
http://mil.huanqiu.com/Exclusive/2010-08/1032701.html