The US has the monopoly on taking advantage of anyone and everyone, it is a God given right.

...as opposed to....what, us? way to insult their intelligence, Mr. President...

the Chinese are quite talented at imitating what they view as successful strategies/tactics, which is exactly what they've done here...take those pieces of what made us successful 50 years ago and use them to catch up to and outpace us. Whining about it at this point only re-enforces to them that what they did was the right thing, and like our Right wing is fond of telling us, "stop whining and do what we tell you to do"

"It's no longer IOKIYAR....It's OK If You're A Republican, but IOKBYAR--It's OK BECAUSE You're a Republican." -- Me

Looks like we are sunk. China has all the balls, and Obama is whining about getting pushed around on the court. Does he play basketball like he's running this country?

that's an insult that's particularly obnoxious when delivered to 5,000-year-old China by a nation that hasn't yet celebrated it's 250th birthday.

Of course the Chinese will now be compelled to issue a nicely calibrated insult (likely one with no direct connection) in return in order to regain face. I hope the administration knows what it's doing - the Chinese have been playing this game ten times longer than the US has been around, and they're masters.

Like to know what we did with our economy that was 'grown up'.

Il est dangereux d’avoir raison dans des choses où des hommes accrédités ont tort.
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
- Voltaire