Superpower Status Means More Amenability for China

Victor Mallet, Financial Times | May 16, 2008

When the world cares about what happens within a nation’s borders, it can be assumed that “superpower status” has been reached. ++ For China, this has been made poignantly evident by recent scrutiny from the international community concerning everything from Tibet to the earthquake in Sichuan. ++ Chinese nationalists blame the West for holding a double standard regarding trade, the environment and human rights, claiming the Chinese are damned if they do, and if they don’t. ++ Perhaps now they know what it is like to be an American.