Originally Posted by winter_

i would say so.

china is watching this, there is still bad feeling between the two. you have two countries now, superpowers, and a man in the middle who is clearly out for himself. now it is over to the media how much they think it is appropriate to sensationalise this story and make money.

nowadays i look at headlines though and i ask myself how much of it is just spin. i think it could also be safe to say that while i presume this is true, it could be just as i said, spin.