China: The Political Views of the Modern Superpower

Jason Lewis
Jeremy Augenstein
Michael Leming
Cody Brooks

The Modern China

This picture is from JS Online, a Milwaukee based newspaper, from an article titled, "China engineers its next great leap". Below is caption for this photo that is provided by the newspaper.
"Office towers glow in the night in a view from atop the Di Wang Center, the tallest building in downtown Shenzhen, China. Many of the offices are occupied by China's new generation of "knowledge workers." The country wants to outgrow its reputation for copying things and move toward industrial self-sufficiency."

This demonstrates that China is not just the old traditional country that may be portrayed in American movies. It is becoming a global power both through its economy, infrastructure, and its advances in technology.

Obama Speaks with Leaders from Other Countries

I has not even been a week since his victory in the Presidential election and President Elect Barack Obama had already taken steps to prepare himself for his presidency. According to South China Morning Posts article "Obama reaches out to world leaders", Obama has already began to make contact with leaders from 9 other countries. In this article it is discussed that Obama spoke with French president Nicolas Sarkozy's for 30 minutes and described the conversation as "extremely warm" and the president congratulated Senator Obama on a "brilliant" election victory. This article described all the conversations with the various leaders as being very positive, once again showing the Chinese view that Barack Obama as being the right person for the job.

Source: South China Morning Post

Democratic Pictures

The Economy proves to be #1 issue

An article published by the China Post on November 5, 2008, entitled "Economy, 1st time voters and Bush led Obama's win", discusses the primary factors that helped President Elect Barack Obama to his victory over John McCain. The issue that this author sees as the number one issue is the U.S. economy. It is mentioned how alot of the U.S. voters viewed McCain as following George W. Bush in his economic Polcies. this dilema seemed to assist in Obama's campaign. The article also mentions new voter turnout in this election. It states that 1 in 10 voters said that this was their first time voting, and 7 out of 10 of these new voters were for Obama.

Source: China Post