American and Chinese relationship

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7130310/Analysis-the-worsening-relationship-between-America-and-China.html

This article talks about how the relationship between America and China is worsening. It talks about how in 2009, the American government were particularly careful to keep relations with the Chinese on good terms, by doing things such as President Obama declining to meet the Dalai Lama when he was about to visit Beijing. The American government was keen to keep the Chinese happy as they are an emerging powerful country, and America cannot really afford to fall out with them.

However the article then goes in to tell how a year later in 2010, the relationship between these two powerful countries is getting worse. For example there is the issue with Google and China, and President Obama has also authorised an arms sale to Taiwan, which has also displeased the Chinese. It seems that more recently America has not been so worried about how China reacts to their actions, this could mean that America feels that China is a power that they do not need to worry about too much.

This article clearly shows that American and Chinese relations are not improving as time goes on, and that in fact they are doing the complete opposite and are actually getting worse. This could prove to not be a good move by the Americans in the future, if China becomes much more powerful and is powerful enough to rival America.