How China Became Master Of The World Economy

May, 2011

Hu Jintao is president of China and paramount leader of the world's most robust—and eventually largest— economy. But he must suffer the endless droning of U.S. politicians, business executives and workers who feel threatened by China's rise. When Hu spent four days in the United States in late January, President Obama picked up the shopworn presidential notes of his predecessors to scold Hu on China's disregard for "the universality of certain rights: freedom of speech, freedom of religion,...