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Robert Zoellick, deputy secretary of state, elevated Iran's alleged nuclear weapons development to the single most important issue at stake in US-China relations rather than the usual concerns over the strength of China's currency and its ballooning trade surplus.
bert Zoellick, deputy secretary of state, elevated Iran's alleged nuclear weapons development to the single most important issue at stake in US-China relations rather than the usual concerns over the strength of China's currency and its ballooning trade surplus.
Above is a 'commercial break'. The 'powers that be' do interupt the real show from time to time as their power depends upon consumer confidence. One has the option of switching channels these days:
http://www.bu.edu/globalbeat/
Reuters reports that Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick has told Congress that the future of U.S.-China relations will be determined by Beijing's response to the Iran nuclear crisis. But his comments didn't seem to have any impact on China's opposition to a resolution threatening sanctions. Indeed, it's rather unlikely that Beijing sees the matter of Iran's nuclear program as a make-or-break issue in its relations with Washington, as much as an opportunity to signal the U.S. on the extent to which the geopolitical picture is changing. (Reuters via Washington Post, May 11, 2006)
I do desire a return to the regularly scheduled program on International Money Logic.