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Huntsman plays the China card

Huntsman played his China card in his New Hampshire “3rd place victory speech”, but it wasn’t the one many people expected.  The hand he will be playing is that he, the former US ambassador to the PRC, is America’s best bet for out-competing the Chinese.

“I saw this nation from 10,000 miles away, and I saw the nation with the greatest people on earth.”

He said that from his vantage point in China that when he looked at the Unites States he saw stability, rule of law, private property, great universities, the oldest functioning constitution, and the most innovative & entrepreneurialism of any nation.  He sounds like a successful Chinese entrepreneur lining up for a green card – of course they can’t vote.

When Huntsman says, “America First” he means “and not China”.

His message is that he’s seen what can happen if the global status quo doesn’t shift – and that this is scary to the US.  Moreover, he’s in a position to do something about it.  He has seen the enemy – or at least the rival – and it’s China.

This is the new expat message.  In the 2000s,  China pros said “I can open that China opportunity”.  In the coming decade, their  line will be, “I can help you keep the Chinese at bay.”

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2 comments

By Andrew – January 11, 2012

  • http://www.nuigalway.ie/cisc/people/sgrimes.html Seamus Grimes

    Leaving to one side the insincerity of political rhetoric, we seem to be involved in a dialogue of the deaf.

    On ne side you have the most significant corporations on earth that seek to operate globally, and seek to raise profit by outsourcing/offhoring to China and elsehere, with little or no regard to the impact on their home country. The main driver is profit, market dominanance and market performance.

    On the other side you have a huge country that is growing rapidly in economic and political power internationally, and the key driver of China’s evolution is political, with Chinese companies being largely subservient to the needs of the state.

    this may be part of an early stage of business evolution in China, but many sugns suggest that this is a model which will be around for a long time.

    Meanhile we try to interpret what is going on as if both countries were operating the same model.

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