China Rising

[WT Reader]

http://www.drudgereport.com/

Drudge report has an interesting recent photo of our president and the president of China... There's a full length photo at the link -but can't copy it. Much has been made of how/if our president should be bowing to foreign leaders. I gather protocol says no.

President Barack Obama greets Chinese President Hu Jintao during the official arrivals for the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Monday April 12, 2010.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Richard Nixon did the same thing to the Emperor of Japan, and I also recall before Chairman Mao.
President Nixon was an expert in foreign affairs, that was his specialty. And he made great advances in turning China
around and establishing a dialogue with them.

Nixon's bowing was controversial then, it seems as though that is what the Oriental protocol calls for when meeting.
It is distressing for us to see, but I think it is the way diplomacy works.

The bigger picture here is not President Obama bowing today but this entire relationship with China. I am worried
that we are becoming too dependent upon them...and what they could do to us economically as they become more
economically powerful.

--- WT Reader