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China’s Communist Party Congratulates Obama on Victory

Nov. 7, 2012 10:05am Guest Post

[Editor’s note: The following is a cross post that originally appeared on CNBC.com]:

Shortly after President Barack Obama was re-elected to serve another four years, leaders from around the globe congratulated him on the hard fought election campaign.

China, a country Governor Mitt Romney said he would label as a “currency manipulator,” was one of the first to offer its congratulations.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei told reporters that the country’s leaders had already been in contact with President Obama.

“President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao sent messages of congratulations to President Obama on his being re-elected president of the United States,” he said.

China is due to induct its own new leadership at the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party on Thursday. The actual composition of the party’s all-powerful Standing Committee has been shrouded in secrecy, in stark contrast to U.S. elections.

In Israel, another country that became a key foreign policy topic during the campaign, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his congratulations to Obama on his re-election.

“The strategic alliance between Israel and the United States is stronger than ever,” he said in a statement, adding he was due to meet with U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro later in the day.

“I will continue to work with President Obama in order to assure the interests that are vital to the security of the citizens of Israel.”

According to campaign group iVoteIsrael, 85 percent of American-Israelis in the country that were registered to vote opted for the Republican candidate who had visited Israel in the lead up to the election.

Romney had attacked Obama during campaigning for having a weak policy on the Middle East.

“Israel needs clarity in order to make a clearer judgment on how to act vis-a-vis the threat it sees from Iran,” Simon Quijano-Evans, EMEA strategist from ING Bank said in a research note after the results came in.

“We are likely to see an increase in U.S.-Iran rhetoric, given the lack of tangible progress in negotiations.”

A Russian news agency relayed President Vladimir Putin’s own message. Putin, who was recently re-elected as leader himself, said he hoped it would have a positive impact on ties with the United States. His foreign minister Sergei Lavrov also spoke to the RIA news agency.

“We will continue to work with this administration,” he said. “We are ready, on the basis of mutual equality, mutual profit and mutual respect … to go as far as the U.S. administration is willing to go.”

In Europe, a continent still struggling with its own debt crisis, France’s Francois Hollande, Germany’s Angela Merkel and the U.K.’s David Cameron all sent congratulatory messages.

“Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama,” Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on social media site Twitter. “Look forward to continuing to work together.”

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Euro Group, Jean-Claude Juncker, was positive that the second term for Obama would mean a better working environment with the U.S.

“I do think independent from the persons involved, it’s always easier to establish a closer work relationship with the U.S. President when he’s starting his second mandate,” he told reporters at a conference in Singapore.

“During his first mandate the President is normally focusing on turbulent domestic issues,” he said citing the examples of Bill Clinton and George Bush.

Australia’s Julia Gillard also sent her best wishes as did India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, South Korea’s President Lee Myung-Bak, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he hoped that the re-elected President would continue in his efforts to bolster respect between the U.S. and Muslims around the world.

“As a moderate Muslim nation, Malaysia stands ready to help the United States as it seeks to better engage with those of Islamic faith,” he said in statement.

Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim also spoke out urging Obama to find a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

“To fulfill his promise of not turning his back on the Palestinian aspiration for dignity and a state of their own, President Obama must do more,” he said in a statement.

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Comments (19)

In the O.C.
Posted on November 10, 2012 at 12:14pm
The Chinese Communists and Obama – they’re PALS. Real pals. And we know Chavez is happy, too. We know Putin and Medvedev are happy, too. We know Korea’s happy about the election. They’re all so happy with Obama – and now the birdies will sing and the sun will shine and the people of the U.S. are going to get what they voted in. God has allowed it, but for those supporting Obama? Well – I think you’re going to be in for a surprise. For those who DIDN’T vote for the Liar in Chief – stock up, folks. Get ready because at some point in time things are going to change dramatically on Obama’s watch.

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Ex_marine_dude_8313
Posted on November 9, 2012 at 10:37pm
Uh…I think China would have congratulated whoever won the election. You all think this is proof Obama is a communist? What a joke.

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DaphneTaggart
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:03pm
Nobody wants a strong America but America. And it seems only 48% of us want that.

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rockymtngal
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 4:45pm
Of course China congratulated Obama: they got Obama shaking in his boots, while Romney would’ve put China to task. Who loses? The taxpayers of America!

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Pigpen
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 4:01pm
America is EXACTLY like Ezekiel’s vision of Jerusalem. From the New Living Translation of Ezekiel 16:34

“So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!”

We have allowed the Left and its swarthy masses of minorities to WHORE US out to China and the rest of the world in the name of TOLERANCE? No, it was REALLY because none of us (or any of our parents or grand-parents) wanted to be left out of all of the sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll fun the Left promised. We were made ashamed when our commie professors said that white men had colonized the world using rum and the Bible. But then those same commies used POT and PORNOGRAPHY to colonize us!

REPENT! You will NOT be saved because you voted for Romney to cut taxes! Repent and ask your Heavenly Father to forgive you in the Jesus Christ. This I testify to you in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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I-have-black-immunity
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 2:05pm
And China congratulates Oweblamer on his win. The Chinese plan of a Global Chinese Empire is becoming more and more realistic. They know that with Owebama as President, the US will easily be dominated. May God have mercy on all Americans for Owebamageddon is at hand.

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Dushman Kush
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:15pm
Long Live the Communist International !!! Thanks to the generosity of the Chinese Communist Party, our Leader won’t be pressed too hard on spending.

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BladerunnerKC
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:08pm
Remember that old movie about the Wolverines militia group?

Thought that was just a movie…..

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yiska8
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:08pm
The same Chinese that spy and steal our intellectual property and hack our defenses are just yucking it up now. When we these guys call in their debt? They own us. And laugh at us. But, hey, one commie to a fellow marxist, I’m sure there’s gotta be some love there, right?

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Biff_Poindexter
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:12pm
Newsflash: The leader of China’s communist party at the time congratulated Bush on his election win too…and would have also done the same if Romney won, as is customary of most major countries in matters like presidential elections……but don’t let that stop you from engaging in your “Red Scare” pajama party….enjoy

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- wvernon1981
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:00pm
  Nice
  
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Alpha Protocol
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:53am
Dear Leader congratualtes Dear Leader.

Nothing like redundancy to drive a message home!

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chkiaar
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:37am
And when China comes knocking wanting their $$, the boy king can hand over the swing states.

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noslave
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:24am
obamas words to putin “MORE FLEXIBLE?”means like a pimp you can do whatever you want to america??putins giveing him a medal of honor for delivering america to communism,something they been trying to do for many years??

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JRook
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:55am
Right and they would have congratulated Romney. After all they are major investors in the US and owe Romney for a ton of jobs.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:07am
  Fact is, the Chinese feared a Romney win. He’s a businessman. He knows the funny business practices of the Chinese. They’re much better off with a community organizer in the Black House.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:52am
Hey Putin, time to see just how “flexible” he is.

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- Untameable-kate
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:16am
  I didn’t understand why that hot mike moment wasn’t blasted all over the television during the election. I’m not looking forward to the day we learn what they were referring to.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:09pm
  It meant nuclear disarmament.
  
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