Informative report about the dysfunctional relationship between China and the United States. The author provides a thoughtful and factual analysis of some the divergent goals, imbalances and other problems facing our two superpowers.

This in-depth look at the US - China economic relationship is successful from several angles. It does a great job of explaining the economic dynamics in a way non-experts can understand. It also gives the reader an insight into Treasury Secretary Geithner, and Obama's China policy. What it lacks is a breadth of perspectives.

Interesting to read, but I like facts backed up by more numbers and less prose. Not very many viewpoints are represented, either.

I like the story for its breadth in that it takes a complex issue and tacs it down around the world. Still, it is written from a globalist perspective... How can it be otherwise? This is the NYTimes, not Mother Jones. We are where we are. I was interested that it took the issue "trade imbalance" and sought to give deeper meaning to it.