Chinese Protesters Chant "Down With US Imperialists", Attack Car Of US Ambassador In Beijing
Anti-Japan protests may have quieted down on the day after the anniversary of Japan's invasion of China (which is not saying much: after disappearing for two weeks, perhaps in some Las Vegas strip club, the Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping denounced Japan's decision to buy disputed islands "as a farce" on Wednesday and said Tokyo should "rein in its behavior"), but that does not mean anything has been resolved, and the Chinese 1000 boat armada is still supposedly on its way to the Senkakus. Elsewhere, the US foreign department may have to promptly find an anti-Buddhist hate tape made in the US, because otherwise the attack of the US ambassador Gary Locke's car in Beijing may have to be explained using good old fashioned simmering hatred and anti-American sentiment without an actual inflamatory event. LA Times reports: "The car of the U.S. ambassador to China was surrounded by a small group of demonstrators on Tuesday, who damaged the vehicle and briefly prevented it from entering the U.S. Embassy compound in Beijing. A YouTube video of the incident showed the protesters chanting slogans such as “down with the U.S. imperialists” and, in an apparent reference to the Chinese government’s purchase of U.S. government debt, “return the money!”
The five-minute video shows a black car approaching the embassy and attempting to turn into the gate. As the demonstrators surrounded the vehicle, several dozen Chinese police and uniformed guards rushed to the scene. Several water bottles were thrown at the car and one man could be seen banging on the hood of the vehicle.
The security forces quickly surrounded the automobile and pushed the demonstrators away from it.
A State Department spokesperson said Ambassador Gary Locke’s car sustained minor damage but the ambassador was unharmed. The spokesperson said the U.S. had “registered our concern” with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The U.S. Embassy is located near the Japanese Embassy, which has been targeted by thousands of Chinese protesters in recent days voicing complaints over the Japanese government’s move to purchase islands in the East China Sea that are also claimed by China.
Finally, it appears someone gets it:
In an apparent reference to that dispute and the United States’ security treaty with Japan, some of the demonstrators chanted: “The U.S. government is the mastermind.”
Yesterday China already suggested dumping Japanese bonds as retaliation, following our earlier hypothetical of just who is more likely to dump US paper, should America pick the wrong side to support: recall that both China and Japan now hold over $1.1 trillion in US debt. Things are increasingly looking like China may be it, further explaining why the BOJ .
Full clip of the incident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iILmcDg6xuY
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/chinese-protesters-chant-down-us-imperialists-attack-car-us-ambassador-beijing
BUT...there's fools that want you to believe it's a gambling tycoon that's causing this rift...not...
Obama talks tough on China trade in Ohio
Fifty days before the election, President Obama campaigned Monday in Ohio. And for the second time in three months, he chose this key swing state to announce he's filing an unfair trade complaint against China, saying the Chinese are driving down the cost of auto parts.
The auto industry is a major employer in Ohio.
It was the power of the incumbency at work -- Mr. Obama announcing a move he knew would be well received in a state, Ohio, that could decide the election.
The president said: "Today, my administration is launching new action against China - this one against illegal subsidies that encourage companies to ship auto parts manufacturing jobs overseas. Those are subsidies directly harm working men and women on the assembly line in Ohio and Michigan and across the Midwest."
In a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization, the administration said the Chinese government has given its auto industry $1 billion in unfair subsidies that make its cars and auto parts cheaper on world markets.
It was the ninth unfair trade complaint this administration has filed against China.
For his part, Governor Romney called the president's move, too little, too late. He has been arguing for months that the president is weak on China.
On Monday, Mr. Obama disputed that, saying: "When other countries don't play by the rules, we've done something about it. We've brought more trade cases against China in one term than the previous administration did in two, and every case we've brought that's been decided, we won."
The formal complaint he filed against China is actually a fairly routine action. China files the same kinds of challenges against the U.S. The WTO will now likely take many months, maybe more than a year to decide.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57514608/obama-talks-tough-on-china-trade-in-ohio/
It's just like the dancing dogs at the DNC that barked "We killed Osama Bin Laden"...no, stating that in every damned crazy speech on tv while the world burns...why it HAS to be that crazy YouTube video that's stirred those pesky 7th Century malcontents!
