A Harsh Reception for Clinton in China’s State Media – NYTimes.com

BEIJING — A barrage of harsh messages in China’s official news media awaited Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her scheduled arrival here Tuesday evening, for talks that will focus on the competition between China and the United States in the Asia-Pacific region.A certain amount of parrying with senior American officials is expected on such occasions, but the editorials, articles and comments by Chinese analysts contained unusual bite. Some of them were about Mrs. Clinton personally, while others were more broadly focused on the Obama administration’s policies.“The United States should stop its role as a sneaky troublemaker sitting behind some nations in the region and pulling strings,” a writer specializing in foreign policy said in Xinhua, the state-run news service.

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