While many outside Chinaview its leaders as strong, masters of a rising power, many in China see them as cautious, consensual, hemmed in by problems at home.
But in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing, the Chinaview looks more like that of middle class Eastern European nations like the Czech Republic than an emerging market where most people still earn just a few hundred dollars a month.
So when I visited China I made it absolutely clear that the United States does not viewChina with hostile intent and that we can cooperate and compete simultaneously.