Slow Recovery: Bashing the Chinese

Editorial, Shanghai Daily | June 22, 2010

Bashing the Chinese has become a fad in the Western media lately, in particular since the recovery has been slow. ++ Proponents of the “China solo show” theory in the West claim that “China has been the biggest winner in the global financial crisis.” ++ However, their real aim “is in fact to press China to undertake more and more improper international obligations.” ++ China bashing misses the point that its growth has been a motor for recovery in many countries. ++ China would do well to reorient its economy away from the excessive focus on exports.