国际英语新闻：Manipulating the yuan debate dangerous game

When they are manipulating the yuan debate,these American politicians may make some short-term political gains, but they put the long-term Sino-U.S. bilateral relations in jeopardy.

Another dangerous development is that these politicians, in their self-claimed role of staunch defender of American interest, are pressing the U.S. government to take a more radical yet devastating stance on the issue of the yuan's exchange rate, thus greatly narrowing the Obama administration's policy options.

At a recent senate hearing, American Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was grilled by a group of politicians, but ironically some of them even didn't bother to remember the name of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue,a high level Sino-U.S.forum on major strategic and economic issues concerning the two nations.

U.S. government leaders have said they respect China's sovereignty when it comes to the foreign exchange policy and they will seek to resolve the issue through dialogue and cooperation.

But some congressmen are clamoring for confrontation with China. It takes real courage and vision to resist their pressure, especially when they claim they are the real protectors of the U.S. interest and seriously believe they stand on a moral high ground.

China and the United States are committed to building a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship for the 21st century. The relationship is increasingly of global significance when the two countries cooperate extensively on wide-ranging global issues.

The currency issue is just part of this rich and complex relationship. It is the common responsibility of the two governments to offer the two peoples the real facts and rein in the behavior of those congressmen in case they overplay the dangerous blame-everything-on-China game and derail this generally constructive relationship.