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‘Mutual Respect’: Obama Welcomes China’s Incoming Communist President

Feb. 14, 2012 6:10pm Mytheos Holt

President Obama held a press conference today welcoming the soon-to-be new leader of China’s Communist Party, Xi Jinping, to the White House. Despite signs of tension between the U.S. and China, the President apparently greeted Jinping with a great deal of warmth. The Los Angeles Times explains:

In a joint appearance before their meeting, Obama told reporters that the U.S. relationship with China is based on “mutual interest and mutual respect,” and that such a relationship is in the interests of the rest of the world, too.

The United States welcomes China’s “peaceful rise,” Obama said, which he said has the power to “help to bring stability and prosperity to the world.”

Xi said that he and Vice President Joe Biden had reached a “new consensus” during their talks, though he didn’t say what that was, and that his goal is to “move forward the U.S.-China relationship.”

CBS News has video of the president’s remarks:

Once they’ve dispensed with the pleasantries, however, what will this sort of chumminess mean in practical terms? Some might argue that President Obama’s welcome is a little too warm, and possibly even motivated by admiration for a kindred spirit — especially given passages like this from a BBC profile of the incoming Chinese President:

He has convinced businessmen he is their champion, while overseeing a system where the state controls huge chunks of the economy. [...]

He is a man who can appeal to almost everyone, but who seems to have alienated almost no-one in his rise through the ranks. He appears confident and open while giving away little.

He is a consensus candidate, a compromise who the factions in the communist hierarchy can unite behind – a figure China’s disparate people, from its wealthy to its poor, its party members to its private businessmen, can all accept.

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garbagecanlogic
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:20pm
While in private – I wonder if he just bowed, or did he kiss his a**?

Pray For Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.

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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:32pm
  I bet Xi Jinping doesn’t respect Obama the morning after…….
  
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- pavepaws
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:07pm
  Obama, loyalty bought and sold.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:23pm
  Comrade to Comrade….Two peas in a pod….Two apples from the same tree….
  
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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on February 15, 2012 at 1:30am
  Now he’s proposing cutting the nuke arsenal by 80 percent.
  
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:15pm
Just sayin’…

In 2008, Ron Paul was the only member of the House of Representatives to vote against a resolution calling on Beijing to end its crackdown in Tibet, pursue a substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, release political prisoners, and allow human rights monitors into Tibet.

On other occasions Paul was the only member of the House of Representatives to…

Vote against condemning China’s system of forced labor in prison camps, the notorious Laogai system, and call for enforcement of U.S. laws that prohibit the importation of products made in the Laogai; and

Vote against a resolution congratulating Liu Xiaobo, for winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize and call for Liu’s release from prison.

Yet Paul’s isolationist position does not mean he thinks China should also mind its own business. He has voted against urging the People’s Republic of China to end its political, economic, and military support for the repressive governments of Sudan and Burma.

I am in the opinion America should give Ron Paul a very loud and resounding NO… again.

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- trolltrainer
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:22pm
  Why are you even bothering? Paul stands no chance, you are just wasting your time here…
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:50pm
  TROLLTRAINER. My distaste for Ron Paul is almost as bad as my distaste for Obama. When all is said and done, then my screen name becomes TIME_2_END_THE_OBAMA_PRESIDENCY_IN_12 and I carry on from there on a Liberal site I like to frequent for fun where they’re as thick as thieves like the Paul groupies here.
  
  But because we have Ron Paul neo-lib quasi-cons here here bashing Republican Conservatives… well then, as far as I’m concerned… I’m not wasting my time at all. I don’t expect to change minds or influence anyone one way or the other… but information is always a good thing and there’s a long history on Ron Paul. Ron Paul supporters have their information output… and I have mine.
  
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- jb.kibs
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:04pm
  gee i wonder why Ron Paul voted to not intervene in other nations private affairs? maybe because he practices what he preaches?
  constitutionally, we have NO AUTHORITY to “police” the world… we have no right to send “human rights” into China and police them… are you kidding me? what would America do if China did that to us? you seriously have to be joking? it would be an instant war… LOL…. that is not how you change minds… that is not how you “enlighten” people… not with bullets, sanctions, or any other initiation of force.
  
  so did Beijing end its crackdown in Tibet and they are now free?
  
  when Tibet wants to be free, it WILL be free. that is how it works. you can’t dictate morality. freedom is a moral value. owning yourself, owning your property, being responsible for them, standing up for them, etc…
  
  This is a COLD HARD FACT:
  * If you choose to bend over and give up, you do not care about your freedom in the first place.
  
  Give me LIBERTY OR give me DEATH.
  Freedom exists because we fight to keep ourselves free, when we stop it dies.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:59pm
  History is full of lessons KIBS. One lesson, as I think Paul suggests, is that foreign intervention is fraught with risks and can have unintended consequences for the intervening country. But another lesson of history is that there are unintended consequences and risks to isolation.
  
  American presidents and the American people have rejected the siren song of isolation since World War II because of, well, World War II. A consensus emerged after the war that the world could do more harm to America if America remained uninvolved and uninterested, that America could do more good in the world as a leader than as a passive observer, and that engagement in the world benefited America.
  
  To be sure KIBS, there have been mistakes and missteps, costs and consequences, to American engagements in the world, but by and large angagement has served American interests. It’s worth noting here that the notion that we lived in blissful, peaceful isolation before the 20th century… implicit in Paul’s foreign policy vision… does not jibe with American history. Jefferson, after all (’cause I know you’ll listen to him and not me), raised a fleet and sent it halfway around the world to wage war on America’s enemies in the first decade of the 1800s. There were more than 100 instances of U.S. military intervention overseas before the 20th century. Between 1800 and 1934, U.S Marines staged 180 landings abroad.
  
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- USPATRIOT101
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:06pm
  JB Paul practices being a thrifty liberal. Why would someone join the GOP to pursue a liberal agenda i.e. open / blurred borders, legalization of drugs. I know many paulbots that change their party affiliation just to vote for their supreme leader. Who’s being honest and who’s working the system? Does anyone know the breakdown of his district?
  
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- hidden_lion
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:54pm
  Time-
  don’t worry, you will get the dictator you want deserve. It is a shame you can’t handle living free. See you at camp
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on February 15, 2012 at 1:36pm
  Can someone explain how Dr. Paul’s diplomatic policy is supposed to work. I have heard him say that diplomacy should be pursued rather than interference or sanctions. How does this kind of diplomacy work?
  
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flatbroke
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:13pm
O’bama” from one communist to another, we are right on track, you will own every thing thats here, its all yours Mr Xi Jinping, and you will not have to wait long.” Xi Pijing ” well thank you Mr O’bama we knew we could trust you to do our bidding.” that about sums it up!

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eykelhoff
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:13pm
Is Obama offering him a VP job?

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dmerwin
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:11pm
The sad thing is we HAVE to be polite to China. We can’t make our own consumer goods (regulations and unions) and we’ve borrowed too much. Perhaps the “truth teams” can look into this as these trends have blossomed under the person who presently resides in the Whitehouse.

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- jb.kibs
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:19pm
  China owns us.
  
  How can we pay our debt when, if we print a new dollar to pay it, it costs us .40$ to the federal reserve for interest?
  Now if i traded (not income) 1 hour of my time\skill\labor for 1$, i would get .60$ federal reserve currency and .40$ federal reserve debt….
  
  plus we get taxed on that trade (by an unratified 16th amendment which is supposed to be an indirect tax not a direct tax via supreme court rulings)…
  you lose time… you dont get any “income”.. income suggests that you gained money without a trade for it. such as, investment income. trading your time is not income, it’s an equal trade which is negotiated by you and the person trading you.
  
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andrewkboyle
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:04pm
China’s rise has been anything but peaceful, they still have almost 900 million people living in caves and their population is so heavily tilted towards male they don’t have enough women to maintain stable population. Add human rights violations and ecological-pillage to the list and we have very little in common with China. Mutual respect begins and ends with Obama’s admiration of the mass murder Mao, doesn’t extend to the rest of our population.

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- smartass
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:11pm
  Mutual respect begins and ends with Obama’s admiration of the mass murder Mao,
  
  Are you brain addled or did you just think it’s funny to feed the other Beckbots with rediculous fabrications?
  
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- Rayblue
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:30pm
  Obamas jealousy of dictators is evident in his actions. Since he has no compulsion to be honorable, he is able to perform his humbling of himself in their presence.
  
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momprayn
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:57pm
Yeah, SNOW – wish ALL of the Obama Admin., past and present would all move to their wonderful utopia China or maybe North Korea, Iran, Russia….they probably admire him greatly of the fantastic job they are doing to finally take over America like they’ve always dreamed of. However, I don’t think they would allow them to be the leaders…..might have to dispose of them after their kingdom here is all sown up. Well, at least you wouldn’t have any more Muslims around………….oops — might be a little Islamic war over who wins…………..

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GrayPanther
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:57pm
Comrade Obama is right at home with this man. Who knows, Communist China may recommend BHO for a UN post or another award from the Nobel committee. At any rate, America will be free of this two legged monster in January 2013.

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MS-GlenNBC
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:47pm
Things I learned from Glenn

Newt Gingrich is Just as dangerous.

Thanks Glenn “The Agenda has No Truth”

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RightPolitically
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:43pm
Shades of Chamberlain and Hitler.

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- MEANS2RESIST
  Posted on February 15, 2012 at 1:20am
  Obama licking this chicoms boots. Is the photo real of the Chinese flags surrounding our standard? If so, this is typical obama, to overwhelm our flag with those of the communists just shows his contempt for America.
  
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TexBork
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:39pm
China’s Communist President, shortly after meeting Obama asked, “I like the government school lunch inspection and enforcement system. Can you please tell me how you are enjoying it and how did former freedom loving people turn to embrace total government control?”

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hi
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:38pm
PS Xi Jinpong should go home too.

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GotLead
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:37pm
Thats Mr. O’s Valentine.

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GotLead
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:36pm
Disgusting communist dirtbags.

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hi
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:34pm
Commie bastard, go home!

We need to take our country back. Let’s manufacture our own products, drill for our own oil, let China give money to other countries, not borrow from China to give to other countries, stop government payouts to those who refuse to work, stop welfare, repeal Obamacare, and get a darn balanced budget that cuts out trillions in pork.

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quicker
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:34pm
He sure is showing his true colors.

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flyoverbob
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:33pm
mutual respect ? Really?

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gpk
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:33pm
Looks like another presidential “bow-down.”

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- Twobyfour
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:53pm
  bow-pow?
  
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:31pm
We have a wuss of a president. Yes, egocentric, narcisistic, greedy, alinsky-allied, socialistic; but still a wuss. Time’s up, Barry. Out you go in November.

GOP PERIOD!

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- Steelhead
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:28pm
  no respect for the leader of our country is so typical of right wingers. why do you hate the democratic process ?
  
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- trolltrainer
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:35pm
  He lost any respect I might have had when he called me the enemy.
  
  Okay, if that is what he wants…
  
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- USPATRIOT101
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:12pm
  Steelhead Respect is earned. When you take a huge dump on my liberty, all respect is out the window. Barack is nothing but a socialistic dictator.
  
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- I.Gaspar
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:56pm
  steelhead.
  Your president deserves NO respect.
  Nor do you, apparently.
  
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- TyrannyNoMore
  Posted on February 15, 2012 at 1:00am
  Steelhead You are a BONEHEAD !
  I refuse to respect anyone who uses the Constitution to wipe his a$$ in the morning.
  
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flyoverbob
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:30pm
China’s peaceful rise ? Really ?

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flyoverbob
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:29pm
I think it says a lot when a president of the United States sucks up to a communist 2nd stringer.

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- Yaisel
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:41pm
  If you think he’s a second-stringer then you have no idea how the Chinese government actually works. He’ll be running the country after the next party congress.
  
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- flyoverbob
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:08pm
  So what is he today?This is shameful,the president of the greatest nation ever and he kisses az to the dictator in waiting
  
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heavyduty
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:27pm
I wonder how many times he had to kiss his **** off camera?

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Baddoggy
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:23pm
Two Commie turds floating in a punch bowl…

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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:17pm
The Landlord has come to collect some rent money.

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- drst4scss
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:29pm
  I have the feeling that is exactly what is up!!!
  
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- MidWestMom
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:55pm
  Bingo!
  
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- rocktruth
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:42pm
  Is the Obama Administration trying to seize millions of acres across America use as collateral for American Debt? http://youtu.be/JEbxOrHZhuU
  
  Here is a quote from http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/ARTICLE2/doodoo.php
  “It’s is about collateral. YOUR land is being stolen by the government and used to secure loans the government really had no business taking out in the first place. Given that the government cannot get out of debt, and is collateralizing more and more land to avoid foreclosure, the day is not long off when the people of the United States will one day wake up and discover they are no longer citizens, but tenants.”
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:11pm
Mr Obama if you love China so much why dont you just go there and stay there.

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- Twobyfour
  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:50pm
  Maybe he’ll end up like the fellow traveler Maurice Strong that can’t show his face in Canada (he lives in Beijing).
  
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