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President Barack Obama’s sharp words on China may burnish a tough image as the United States heads into the 2012 election but they carry risks as both Washington and Beijing face a tricky period of political transition.
Obama used the Asia-Pacific summit in Hawaii to pile pressure on China, declaring it must play by global trade rules and act like a “grown up” — words bound to sting in Beijing, where the millennial sweep of Chinese history is a major point of cultural pride.
Obama’s remarks followed a series of strong U.S. pronouncements on China, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other top officials laying out points of contention ranging from Beijing’s currency and intellectual property policies to its human rights record.
But political analysts said the Obama administration has few tools to bring China quickly to heel, particularly at a moment when the U.S. economy is fragile, the global economic outlook remains bleak and Beijing is America’s number one foreign creditor and third largest export market.
“Obama has to deal with China, and frankly his tools for follow up are constrained,” said Jonathan Pollack, a China expert at the Brookings Institution.
“He has got to talk tough and look the part, but whether he is really ready to ratchet up pressure remains to be seen.”
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