Xi + Protests Planned on His Visit + WTO

choi

(1) Jeremy Page and Mark Peters, Heartland Return for Chinese Leader. Wall Street Journal, Jan 31, 2012 (front page).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 86992329708730.html
("He {xi] will be the most senior foreign leader to visit the state [Iowa] since Nikita Khrushchev came to inspect American agriculture in 1959 on the first visit to the US by a Soviet leader. Mr Xi's trip is an opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of trading with China, which bought $627 million of Iowan exports in 2010, according to the US-China Business Council")

My comment:
(a) One can be forgiven for being under the impression the piece is written by China's propaganga department.
(b) split-level home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-level_home

(2) Keith Bradsher, A Trade Collision Course; Labor protest is planned on eve of visit from Chinese Leader; Blaming China for US job losses inthe auto parts industry. New York Times, Jan 31, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/3 ... -leaders-visit.html

Two consecutive paragraphs:

"Auto parts from China now dominate the American market for many replacement parts used by body shops, and they are starting to be used as original equipment in the United States as well. Parts categories with big surges in imports from China include radiators, ignition components, wheels and bearings.

"The auto parts industry accounts for three-quarters of the approximately 600,000 people directly employed in auto manufacturing in the United States. That proportion has been slowly rising for many years as automakers have concluded that it is cheaper to buy large modules, often made at nonunion factories, instead of using expensive, unionized labor at assembly plants to put together a lot of parts and then install them in cars.

(3) Keith Bradsher, In Victory for the West, WTO Orders China to Stop Export Taxes on Minerals. New York Times, Jan 31, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/3 ... es-on-minerals.html