Apology accepted, Philip. The treaty does not demand or obligate the U.S. to militarily defend Taiwan as Fallows said. If so, please show where.

Fallows is a journalist interested in the story of the hour, so it is not surprising he would accidently misstate this.

From listening to some of the shows that you did that focused on China, I can tell you that you worry about China exporting its models and values to places like Africa, South America etc. While it is understandable, your worry is not justified. China does not seek to export its models, values to other countries. China does not preach. Whether you are a democracy or autocracy, it is YOUR business and YOUR business alone and we don’t seek to change how you run your country. That’s choice is nobody’s but yours. That’s China’s mantra.

Am I the only one who thought the caller from Stow, Maine was a helpless jerk? EVERYONE values life. Duh! And please, the Chinese don’t have disdain for Obama. Just because they don’t share your Obamania (why should they? Obama is the president of the US, not China or the whole world) it doesn’t make them your enemies who wish the worst for Americans. Obama is the president of the US, the only thing that concerns the Chinese is how he handles US-China relations and nothing else. And finally, the Chinese are not morons to purposely send contaminated food and products to the US.

I wish the the US would just leave the Chinese alone. Well, not gonna happen I know.

Totally agreed.

Using the excuse of imposing “Democracy” and “Freedom” onto other cultures and countries is getting old. Yes, freedom of press is important, but the same time the medias need to report fairly and responsibly, I have found lots of medias are very biased and have abused their freedom.

This imposing ideals is almost like imposing “anti-abortion” and “anti-gay marriage”, taking away other peoples way of life.

Yes, lots of countries in this world need to eventually evolve into democracy and more open societies. But democracy shouldn’t be used as an excuse to wage war against another country or culture.

The most ironic thing about the Bush administration is they have done so much practices that are so against democracy, and the same time they use democracy and freedom to invade a country, what’s more hypocritical than this?

And in case some people haven’t noticed, how come all of a sudden we have so many “black” TV commentators and anchors after the election of Obama? Doesn’t that make you wonder where were they before? Were they being eliminated of equal opportunities? And I don’t see the medias are trying hard to expose them with the same opportunities as they should have had.

So please clean up your own closet first, and if you want to go clean up others, please ask for their “permission first”, then help them to get there, instead of portraying others as evils only because their closets are messy.

He should look that up.

The idea that the US promotes democracy around the world is absurd. What are we doing in Saudi Arabia? Kuwait? South America? Central America? Africa? Our interest in Iraq was about controlling oil in the Middle East. Large, powerful countries are concerned with their own self-interests, not ideals. Please do not be so naive.
Best wishes,
Mike