<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Andrew Higgins And Anne E. Kornblut]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=19797Author <![CDATA[Obama's China Visit a Stark Contrast to Past]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 President Obama has emerged from his first trip to China with no big breakthroughs on important issues, such as Iran's nuclear program or China's currency. Yet after two days of talks with the United States' biggest creditor, the administration asserted that relations between the two countries are at "an all-time high."

Although one concrete advance emerged -- that the United States may offer a target for carbon-emission cuts to boost climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month if China offers its own proposal -- it was a relatively small step for a new president who had campaigned on a promise to enact far-reaching change in U.S. diplomatic interactions.

If there was any...]]>