Living with the Dragon: How the American Public Views the Rise of China (Contemporary Asia in the World) Review

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Living with the Dragon: How the American Public Views the Rise of China (Contemporary Asia in the World) ReviewAndrew Nathan begins the Foreword by pointing out that in the U.S. it is hard to know who is in charge, especially in comparison with China. A very important and true distinction, but better lef to another book. Regardless, Nathan's point is still valid when wondering about how we formulate policy towards China - it occurs at multiple levels, and is constantly subject to change. Key issues include currency valuation, relations with China's neighbors - especially Taiwan, Chinese investment in the U.S., energy and commodity rivalry, spying, computer hacking, military buildup, human rights, trade deficits, foreign indebtedness, Tibet, and China's failure to do more to stop the genocide in Darfur.
The 'good news' from authors Page and Xie is that overall, the American public is more moderate on China relations than the tone of the public debate. (I'm left, however, wondering why that should be.) That public opinion, of course, is dynamic and subject to dramatic change per the next military accident, deepening economic woes, another crisis over Taiwan, further proliferation problems with Iran and North Korea, or another Tiananmen confrontation. The 'bad news' is that compared to business lobbying, public opinion on China in this purported democracy seems to matter little, per the authors.
Authors Page and Xie draw upon a large number of public opinion polls, especially those from Gallup employing identical/nearly so wording over time. In just over 60 years, China's real GDP has multiplied more than 37X; during the same period, ours rose merely 6X. In constant 2008 dollars, Chinese exports to the US. rose from about $350 million in 1979 to 4338 billion in 2008 - almost 1,000X.
Finally, my own observation - I'm more than a bit flummoxed by the U.S. obsession with human rights in China, especially given the Pew Poll of 24 nations in 2008 that found 86% of Chinese satisfied with how things were going (#1 in the survey), vs. U.S. satisfaction at 23% (#16). What business is it of ours? Further, given our miserable government performance over recent years, we're in no position to talk - very little substantive accomplishment, lots of domination by business lobbying and money, an electorate that's 20%+ functionally illiterate and in which 80% haven't read a book in the last year. Then for our President to publicly lecture China in its capital city on the topic, a nation in which 'face' is very big, is just incredible.Living with the Dragon: How the American Public Views the Rise of China (Contemporary Asia in the World) Overview

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