My comment:
(a) University of Hong Kong made the announcement of the talk in its
Weekly Notice (06 Nov 2009)
http://www.hku.hk/hkumedia/
The pertinent portion about the talk is as follows.
"Professor Justin Yifu Lin speaks on 'Shifting Paradigms on Both Sides of
the Global Economic Imbalance'
Professor Justin Yifu Lin, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the
World Bank, will give a lecture on 'Shifting Paradigms on Both Sides of the
Global Economic Imbalance' at HKU. Professor Lin is the guest speaker of the
'Edward K Y Chen Distinguished Lecture Series 2009' held by the HKU School
of Economic and Finance. In the lecture, he will address the problem of
global economic imbalances, in particular that between US and China,
resulting from the global financial crisis and look into the prospects of
structural reforms in both countries.
(b) The only report other than Voice of America is
Alex Frangos and Bob Davis, World Bank Officer Opposes Yuan Rise. Wall
Street Journal, Nov. 10, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125778181310838787.html
The WSJ report does not mention a word about excessive capacity, particularly
in China. I'd like to know how to deal with the topic.
(2) 奥巴马：中国是美国重要伙伴和对手. BBC Chinese, Nov. 10, 2009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2009/11/091110_obama_china.shtml
My comment: This is the first time a US president describes China as
competitor, to my knowledge. Presidential candidate george W. Bush kept
calling China a "strategic competitor" during the 2000 campaign but stopped
using the epithet after the election. The interview with Reuters is reported
by Reuters itself:
Simon Denyer and Caren Bohan, Obama: strains unless US,China balance growth.
Reuters, Nov. 9, 2009.
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN09283920
("I see China as a vital partner, as well as a competitor")
The following is a photograph of Pres. Obama with Reuters Washington Bureau
Chief Simon Denyer after an interview in the Oval Office at the White House.
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(3) “中国欲领导打击海盗工作.” BBC Chinese, Nov. 10, 2009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/11/091110_china_somalia_piracy.shtml