I guess French President Sarkozy is true to his word and is now becoming a good friend of the US. He's pressing China to do more about being a responsible world player on the international stage.
Not that China's actually going to do anything about it though.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy brought his trademark directness to China on Monday, publicly urging President Hu Jintao to let the yuan rise more swiftly and cajoling Beijing to do more to respect human rights.
Hu listened impassively as Sarkozy, fresh from overseeing the signing of business deals worth nearly $30 billion, praised China but said it had to shoulder growing responsibilities on issues such as the environment and exchange rates.
I look at it this way, China is riding a massive economic period of time and they will subside just like we did after the "dot com" era that we enjoyed.
The only difference is China has pissed off a lot of people with their cavalier attitude towards product safety and dragging their feet on pressing matters like Iran's nuclear program.
Those two things will cause China grief for quite some time. I know I have a bitter attitude towards China because of it.
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson irked China with a warning that its reputation was at risk after a series of product safety scandals and that it must do more to tackle the problem.
Vice Premier Wu Yi, known as China's "Iron Lady", was upset by Mandelson's remarks, made at a conference in Beijing. "I am extremely dissatisfied," an angry-sounding Wu told reporters.
Well holy shit, let's give a rats ass about what Wu Yi has to say. If she's "extremely dissatisfied" with it, then do something about the safety concerns, rather then trying to get all pissy about what people say about it.
Travis
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