Discord on Sudan Could Poison China-U.S. ties

The International Herald Tribune has a great commentary by Drew Thompson, a China expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Here's the kicker:

[Chinese people] foresee an aggressive United States increasingly focused on ostensible security threats in Sudan, Iran, Syria and North Korea. China maintains friendly relationships with each of these countries, a reflection of its historic and evolving national interests. This does not necessarily represent part of a grand strategy to aid and support "rogue nations," but rather China's rapidly growing demand for oil and the channeling of Chinese investment to markets with little competition from multinational corporations.

It's fascinating what our global economy and American-owned multinational corporations have created.