From Washington Post:
America may be discussing whether Barack Obama is tough enough to field a 3 a.m. phone call, but for the Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper, the real issue is his race.
“Obama’s skin color is the biggest focal point of this year’s U.S. election,” said the opening line in a front-page editorial in the overseas edition of Monday’s People’s Daily newspaper.
The editorial, while perhaps stark in its analysis, gave voice to a fascination among many Chinese at the sight of a black man running for president in the world’s most powerful nation. The U.S. campaign, and Obama’s victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton, have provided them with a noticeable contrast to China’s own situation, where Han Chinese eclipse minorities by their overwhelming majority and show no sign of relinquishing their hold on the levers of power.
