I just have been listening to the China section of the Iowa debate, held by the seven democratic candidates for the upcoming US presidential elections. Unlike what I expected, the tone was rather conciliatory, at least among those candidates who have a chance of winning the race.
Of course, there was the occasional talk about "fighting against slave labor", but one of the candidates actually took the journalists to task for their belligerent language about China's military build-up.
Senator Joe Biden would be the most aggressive, but he does not make a chance.
Senator Edwards took issue, like many of the others, with the larger US companies, more than China. He blamed US companies exporting from China for having not really an interest in getting China's labor or environmental record to be cleaned up. "Big corporate America" is getting here a bad name. The defenders of the middle class are talking here tough. Was actually missing the Republican voice here, not many huge differences between the candidates on China.
You can read the full transcript here.
You can listen to part one on China here.
You can listen to part two on China here.
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