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What lies behind Beijing's reservations about an Obama Presidency

Our Correspondent
Nov 04, 2008
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This goes beyond the

Chinese leadership's wariness about the Democratic Party's

traditional ties with big labor. This was manifested last week, when

Senator Barack Obama accused China of unfair trade practices, which,

he said, were "directly related to manipulation of its

currency’s value."

Before reaching the

White House in 1992, Bill Clinton also tried to pl…

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