Mistrust Grows Between U.S. and China

Frenemies, maybe? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a speech in advance of President Hu Jintao’s visit, said the U.S.-China relationship does not fall “neatly into black-and-white categories like ‘friend’ or ‘rival,’” but that “distrust lingers on both sides.” Specifically, she called on China to make its military more transparent, “to join us in building a stable and transparent military-to-military relationship.” Hu’s visit to the U.S.—he’s coming to Chicago as well as D.C.—is expected to be one of the most important meetings between U.S. and China leaders in years.