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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] I thought that [URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3978489.stm]this[/URL] might be interesting reading. Particularly, this part: [QUOTE] Common sense may tell you that China prefers a Democrat. If so, common sense is wrong. By and large China's "socialist" rulers prefer Republicans. And George W Bush is no different. No, they do not like his war in Iraq. They positively hate it. Nor do they like Mr Bush's far too cosy relationship with Taiwan. He just sold the island $18bn worth of high-tech weapons. But on the other big issues - trade and human rights, Republicans are much preferable to meddling Democrats. In the last four years China has seen its trade surplus with America balloon to over $120bn a year. From the White House there has been barely a squeak of protest. Human rights used to be a huge thorn in the side of US-China relations. But post 9/11 China has become a valued ally in the war on terror. Questions of human rights abuses have quietly disappeared from the agenda. They may not say so in public, but today in Beijing they will be quietly raising a few glasses to "four more years"![/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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