If this is the best that we can expect from Democratic contenders for President, it will be a boring campaign season for China-watchers. China has only come up fleetingly so far in the Democratic debates, but Senator and leading Democratic nominee Barack Obama finally discussed China's military buildup and relations with Taiwan in a speech given on the Senate floor. But what he said was hardly shocking.
He talked about China's "peaceful rise", called for more military transparency, and a continuation of the status-quo in cross-strait relations. Is China too sensitive a topic for presidential contenders to tackle? It seems so.
Obama's comments, and the full story, can be found here.
