Opinions on Obama visit, bilateral ties
US President Barak Obama is visiting China from November 15-18, holding a series of talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other leaders. The visit, the first for Obama since becoming president, is sure to have a profound impact on the development of the bilateral ties, deemed among the most important in this century. The following is a selection of opinion stories on the implications of the visit, as well as on the development of the Sino-US relations:
Many good tidings from Obama's visit
Barack Obama is the first US president to visit China within a year of assuming office. This shows the importance he attaches to US ties with China.
Diminishing role of US role model
One way to summarize China's 30 years of reform and opening up is to say that China has been learning from the outside world, particularly from the US.
China and US hold reins to a better global future
US President Barack Obama's visit to China is arguably his most important international "rendezvous", especially because some perceive China as a "threat" to the US.
Barack drops Chinese proverbs, too
When Barack Obama journeyed to the Great Wall Wednesday, I was wondering if someone on his team, or the United States president himself, would come up with a Chinese saying or two to express his feelings.
Sino-US bridge over troubled waters
To meet President Hu Jintao in China, US President Barack Obama had to cross the same ocean that former president Richard Nixon did for his famous meeting with Chairman Mao in 1972. Yet today, the distance seems nowhere as far.
Barack Obama looked great against the background of the Palace Museum's snow-covered golden roofs. In fact, he is the only US president to walk through the former imperial palace just after a snowfall.
Nixon or Obama, cooperation holds
When Richard Nixon claimed that his one-week stay in China in February 1972 "changed the world", no one could have predicted how great the changes would be.
Hitting right note on foreign stage
The motorcade ferrying United States President Barack Obama to the Great Hall of the People yesterday paused before it rolled past the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong at Tian'anmen Gate in Beijing.
Talk of green, not war, partnerships
Using US President Barack Obama's visit to China as a peg, some American columnists have suggested that Washington ask Beijing to "help out" in Afghanistan.
No curveballs as expected questions hit out of the park
Watching United States President Barack Obama's town-hall meeting with Chinese youth on xinhuanet.com was a unique experience. It was like reading a foreign play.
Taking new tact, Obama lends ears to young Chinese
United States President Barack Obama's participation in yesterday's town-hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai sharpened the contrast between him and his predecessors on several levels.
At different times, China and US both buoyant and refined
The longer I lived in America, the more I felt its similarities to China. Constant comparison is a regular activity for new expatriates.
No China bashing, all eyes on cooperation
The seminar on climate change with a focus on China held at the Asia Society in New York last week was quite a surprise. With top US experts on climate change and several prominent scholars on China.
US President Barack Obama walked down the gangway in Shanghai last night to begin his visit to China, which lasts through Wednesday.
US President Barack Obama's state visit to China, which started yesterday, will play a positive role in propelling forward the comprehensive development of bilateral ties.
Obama should address economic uncertainties
At a time when the global economy has just seemingly managed to emerge from the worst recession in decades, it is all too natural for people to have high expectations of the ongoing visit to China by US President Barack Obama.
Opinion split on Barack's journey
As Barack Obama stepped down from Air Force One in Shanghai last night, many in the US were apparently split on what kind of country was welcoming him.
What more can China do to boost ties
China should shoulder an increasing amount of responsibility in regional and global affairs - particularly in the financial, energy, humanitarian, and security realms - while the US and other actors need to make room for China to play a greater role.
Reassurance is a two-way street
The United States should take concrete and positive steps to give shape to the "strategic reassurance" concept recently put forward by a top US State Department official for developing relations with China.
Tariff makes climate heavy-duty affair
In one of his first decisions on trade policy, US President Barack Obama imposed a heavy tariff on tires imported from China. Coming right before the Sept 24-25 G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, the decision signaled a significant shift from the policy of the George W. Bush administration, which had not taken action in similar cases.
