U.S. &#39;08 campaign silence belies importance of China
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Food safety fears and broad economic  concerns keep China in U.S. headlines, but the epochal rise of  America&#39;s greatest potential rival has barely rated a blip so  far in the 2008 presidential campaign.
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China has sought to play down election eve criticism of the US by a leading architect of its foreign policy, saying Beijing had clarified the issue with Washington .
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The United States, accustomed to giving advice on democracy, is in the unfamiliar position of getting some from international election observers schooled in Tajikistan, Ethiopia and other emerging democracies.
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Beijing is making a big push to market itself, similar to the way the U.S. promoted its culture and values during the cold war.
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The announcement sent China, the U.S. and its allies to debate whether diplomatic efforts could be resuscitated.
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The United States has been  exaggerating China's nuclear clout in a process that could lock  the two into a Cold War-style arms race, two arms-control  advocacy groups said in a report Thursday.
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With a few notable exceptions, world leaders&#39; reaction to George W. Bush&#39;s electoral victory has been muted. As he declared victory on Wednesday afternoon, Bush said he is proud of his active international
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Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election is just over a week away, but campaigning and enthusiasm have been muted for an event described by President Bush as one of his major achievements.
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The United States should "shut up" with its concerns about China's growing military spending because the increase is no threat, a Chinese ambassador said Thursday.
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This year's U.S. presidential election has special significance for East Asia. A Pacific Ocean diminished in size by technology has linked East Asia's economic future with America's. Any slowdown in the U.S. spells problems for Asia. Although intra-East Asian trade has grown by double digits yearly since the 1990s, the end destination for about 25% of the region's manufactured products is still the U.S. Asia needs a U.S. Administration that supports free trade and is able to restrain domestic pressures to protect American jobs by restricting outsourcing.
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The election will show if the president's foreign policy has been persuasive at home. It has clearly divided America's friends.
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President George W. Bush's reelection campaign said it had cut its website off from access from certain foreign countries &quot;for security reasons,&quot; but declined to elaborate.
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Democratic presidential contender  Barack Obama may joke about preparing for debates by riding  bumper cars, but the 2008 campaign has been fairly civil so far  -- and that&#39;s not necessarily good for U.S. voters.
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There was a time the words âMade in Chinaâ immediately evoked âshoddy.â Lately, many Americans are thinking âdanger.â
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China is so worried that its iconic Great Wall will not be named one of the &quot;new&quot; seven wonders of the world, it has launched a campaign to get Chinese people to vote for it, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON As the presidential candidates prepare to devote their first debate, on Thursday, to foreign policy, it is an axiom of their campaigns that these men could not offer a starker choice on America&#39;s role in the world.
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For nearly two weeks, Senator John F. Kerry had refrained from commenting directly on the crescendo of attacks on his Vietnam War record. The work was being left to campaign aides, who ...