Quote:There is only one way of looking at United States President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. It is a signpost of the priorities of his second term. The priorities narrow down to a single PRIORITY — how to revive the US economy.

Beijing has been quick on the feet to estimate what it implies for US-China relationship — as if it has figured out things already. Again, it narrows down to one single track: How to make Chinese policies to be helpful and interesting from Obama’s perspective.
Simply put, the secret lies in working out how China could help Obama create jobs in the American economy and step up America’s exports through boosting trade and investment.
Xinhua’s commentary, which appeared earlier today with Beijing dateline, is indeed insightful and authoritative and it points to a foreign-policy concept that the new leader Xi Jinping hinted at during his visit to the US last year.
The argument is impeccable: US-Chinese interdependency is so far advanced today that neither side can afford to contemplate hurting the other side. On the other hand, neither can remain unaffected if the other is not in good health.