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www.theage.com.au — WITH many Americans seized by anxiety about the country's economic decline, candidates from both political parties have suddenly found a new villain to run against: China.

In the past week alone, at least 29 candidates have unleashed advertisements suggesting that their opponents have been too sympathetic to China and, as a result, Americans have suffered

www.foreignpolicy.com — Last week, China "summoned" U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman over President Barack Obama's meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. This week, Ireland and Britain "summoned" their respective Israeli ambassadors due to the recent revelation that Israel might have forged their countries' passports for its agents to travel to Dubai to assassinate a leader of Hamas.

online.wsj.com — China often gets a bad rap for its failures to protect intellectual property rights—from knock-offs of luxury handbags to copies of music and videos. Google cited an alleged theft of its intellectual property as one reason for its decision last month to consider pulling out of China. Yet the picture isn't as bleak as you might think.

www.huffingtonpost.com — By one estimate, China has been at the top of the global economy for 18 out of the last 20 centuries. That's an impressive track record, whatever you might think of imperialism, communism, and all the other systems that have prevailed in that vast country over the centuries.Even President Obama made a nod in China's direction in last week's State of the Union address.

www.nytimes.com — A U.S. official here told me he was “getting a little nervous about 2010” when it comes to Chinese-American relations. I’d say there’s plenty of cause for that. I’m not optimistic about the world’s most important relationship in the short term.

The Obama administration came in with a deeply held philosophical view about making the Chinese stakeholders, and partners, in an interconnected world.