China state paper casts doubt on Obama's platform for change

[Unicorn]

China's state-run People's Daily Monday cast doubt on Barack Obama's ability to bring change if elected US president, in a commentary that gave a rare insight into the Chinese government's thinking.

The report in the overseas edition of the newspaper -- the mouthpiece of the Communist Party -- also said Obama's emergence as Democratic Party candidate for the US presidential elections did not challenge racial divisions.

"Obama has not broken through white America's feeling of superiority, on the contrary, his emergence has reinforced that feeling," said the comment, which was written by the paper's senior editor.

China has so far been publicly mute about the US presidential elections -- due in November -- in an effort to remain neutral.

But the comment piece in Monday's People's Daily gave a small glimpse into the Communist Party's thoughts on the US elections after Obama clinched the Democratic Party nomination from rival Hillary Clinton.

Obama has campaigned on a platform for radical change in the US, but the newspaper downplayed his ability to bring about transformation if he was elected.

It took Obama's staunch anti-Iraq war stance as an example, saying questions remained over how to pull troops out of the war-torn country.

"No one believes that on such a complicated issue, only relying on a firm stance can resolve things," the comment piece said.

"The same problem exists for changes in the economy, social security and education."

The paper also pointed to Obama's inexperience compared to rival Republican Party candidate John McCain.

"To borrow a phrase used in Clinton and Obama's campaigns, maybe one can describe the feelings that voters might encounter: Everyone imagine for a moment the person who picks up the red phone at 3am in the morning in the White House -- if it's McCain, they will be at ease."

Experts say China's leaders have traditionally preferred Republican presidents over Democratic ones, partly because they tend to focus less on rights issues.
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It is distressing that the CPC likes ultra-right Republicans.

[Raúl Duke]

Very interesting article...

Although I don't see what China has to gain from republicans. Even if democrats bother them about rights issues the republicans would probably bother them on more economical issues such as "pegging the yuan to the dollar", trade issues, etc and, while some doubt it, if China is imperialist a republican U.S. would be a bigger obstacle than a democrat one (although not by much really, if depends on a lot of factors. Many times when it comes to imperialism both the republicans and the democrats have reacted similarly).

[Hyacinth]

I think the People’s Daily is essentially correct on this issue (not that it takes great insight to reach such a conclusion); Obama and Clinton and McCain, and all the rest of the US politicians, Democrats or Republicans, are more or less the same. The rhetoric they use to get into office has little to no connection with what they end up doing in office.

I’m reminded of a Russian joke:
An American is talking to a Russian after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and says to the Russian “You know what your problem was? Why the Soviet Union collapsed?”
The Russian replies: “No, why?”
“You only had one Communist Party!” says the American, “What you should have done is have *two* Communist Parties that only differed on the issue of abortion.”

[PRC-UTE]

This doesn't seem like news to me. Mao had a pact with Nixon right.

[YKTMX]

I don't really like to spend any time trying to decipher the latest nonsense fulminating from the diseased corpse of the CCP but, even for them, this is bizaare.

They know that McCain is more likely to favour unilateral military action against Iran - a policy they obviously oppose. They know he's more likely to try and use military force generally to assert American power.

My only guess would be is that they figure a U.S bogged down in the Middle East will make it easier for them to continue asserting their own imperial interests abroad, for instance, in Peru.

[Mather]

An emerging capitalist superpower states it's support for one of the two political parties of the US capitalist ruling class, this comes as no surprise tbh.

I would also like to add that although there has been friction between the capitalist ruling classes of China and the US, both their economies and capitalist systems are at this point to dependent upon each other for a complete break to occur between them.

Barack Obama may also cause some concern within the Chinese capitalist ruling class, as he is the more protectionist of the two candidates for the November elections.

John McCain has made it clear that he intends to more or less leave the free trade policies of Presidents Clinton and Bush intact and carry on with their economic policies.

This is exactly what the Chinese ruling class wants too.

[Killer Enigma]

I’m reminded of a Russian joke:
An American is talking to a Russian after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and says to the Russian “You know what your problem was? Why the Soviet Union collapsed?”
The Russian replies: “No, why?”
“You only had one Communist Party!” says the American, “What you should have done is have *two* Communist Parties that only differed on the issue of abortion.”
That "joke" sucked.