Shunning Dissidents, Obama Leaves China Without Firm Pledges on Trade, Climate

President Barack Obama has just finished his first official trip to China. He met with Chinese leaders, visited the Great Wall of China, and hosted a townhall with university students in Shanghai. The trip resulted in no firm agreements and has been criticized as being tightly scripted by Beijing.
Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Tuesday that the two leaders had agreed to increase international cooperation on climate change, environment, energy, and economic and trade issues.

For more on President Obama’s visit, and the future of US–Chinese relations I’m joined here in Burbank, California by British author and journalist Martin Jacques. His latest book just out in the United States is titled “When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order.” He is a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics and a columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman in the UK.

Martin Jacques, British journalist, academic and author of When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order. He is a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics and a columnist for The Guardian and New Statesman in the UK.

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