[jeffkrol]

Chinese media slams Romney as convention begins | The Cable

TAMPA - China's state-controlled media lashed out at GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney Monday, warning that his policies would poison U.S.-China relations.


"By any standard, the U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's China policy, as outlined on his official campaign website, is an outdated manifestation of a Cold War mentality," read a commentary in Monday's China Daily. "It endorses the ‘China threat' theory and focuses on containing China's rise in the Asia-Pacific through bolstering the robust U.S. military presence in the region."

The Chinese state-owned outlet said that Romney was "provoking" China by promising to supply Taiwan with aircraft and other military platforms and called his China approach "pugnacious."

"[H]is China policy, if implemented, would cause a retrogression in bilateral ties and turn the region into a venue for open confrontation between China and the U.S.," the commentary stated.

China Daily also compared Romney'sapproach with President Barack Obama's "pivot" toward Asia. The current administration is adding "fuel to the fire" in the South China Sea by involving itself in regional disputes, the commentary argued, but Romney's China policies would sour relations even further.

"It requires political vision as well as profound knowledge of Sino-U.S. relations as a whole, to make sensible policy recommendations about what are widely recognized as the most important bilateral ties in the world," the commentary states. "Romney apparently lacks both."

[Parallax]

Well, I see China hating Mitt as point in his favor.

[JinDesu]

The more important question is, how does Judo master Vladimir Putin feel about Romney.

[jeffkrol]

Well, I see China hating Mitt as point in his favor.

Thought about that too...but "fair and balanced" means just that..........

[jogiba]

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[eddie1960]

Hard to believe they hate him when he has sent them so many jobs

[jeffkrol]

Hard to believe they hate him when he has sent them so many jobs

Mitt just hasn't found a way to raid their pension fund yet...........so he's "crabby"........

[eddie1960]

Mitt just hasn't found a way to raid their pension fund yet...........so he's "crabby"........

Have faith he will find a way, it won't benefit anyone but the 1% though - he just has to include the corrupt Chinese leaders in his plans

[Workingdog]

Well, I see China hating Mitt as point in his favor.

Indeed, that's probably a good thing.

[jeffkrol]

Have faith he will find a way, it won't benefit anyone but the 1% though - he just has to include the corrupt Chinese leaders in his plans

Worked to form Bain...........

[jeffkrol]

Country 2:
Romney Win to Drive Russia Stocks Down 10%, Citigroup Says
Romney Win to Drive Russia Stocks Down 10%, Citigroup Says - Bloomberg

The former governor of Massachusetts sees Russia as America’s “No. 1 geopolitical foe” and has criticized Obama’s delay of plans for a missile defense system in eastern Europe. With two thirds of the Russian stock market’s freefloat owned by foreign investors -- about half in U.S. funds -- changing relations between the two countries are likely to affect the market, according to a Citigroup note today.

“Romney is calling Russia U.S.’s number one geopolitical foe so clearly Romney’s victory would mean a downturn for the Russian market, at least initially,” Kingsmill Bond, Citigroup’s chief Russia strategist, said by phone today.

In case Romney as president pursues a “Cold War-style agenda,” Citigroup expects a “powerful reaction” from President Vladimir Putin, according to the note.

“If Obama is concerned about restraining those domestic forces which would unleash cold war rhetoric, then it appears that Romney would encourage this process,” Citigroup analysts said in the report.

[Tom S.]

Well at last, something I like about China!

[Nass]

Not just China. In the UK he's seen as quite the prat. I hope he loses.

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Country 2:
Romney Win to Drive Russia Stocks Down 10%, Citigroup Says
Romney Win to Drive Russia Stocks Down 10%, Citigroup Says - Bloomberg

Putin would probably just love a bit of cold-war sabre rattling. Makes him feel important and deflects domestic criticism.