Obama’s inexplicable admiration for China’s infrastructure policy

The Weekly Standard, March 24, 2014

–Article by Ying Ma

President Obama likes to promote his domestic policy agenda by highlighting economic competition from China. In particular, he has repeatedly pointed to China’s massive infrastructure investments to tout his proposals for infrastructure spending in America.

Second thoughts about the unintended consequences of China’s infrastructure boom and a new reform agenda have figured prominently in Chinese leaders’ recent rhetoric and policy priorities, but the American president appears oblivious to China’s actual experience.

Read the entire article on the website of The Weekly Standard.

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