{"id":7356,"date":"2011-01-24T03:01:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T03:01:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-01-24T03:01:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T03:01:54","slug":"Beijing-Hails-Start-of-a-New-Era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=7356","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Hails Start of a New Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For Chinese citizens following President Hu Jintao&#8217;s visit to the U.S., the message from Communist Party propaganda czars is loud and clear: The world&#8217;s dominant power is finally treating China as an equal, and Mr. Hu, who steps down as party chief next year, is the man to thank.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>State-controlled media have gone into overdrive to portray the visit as a resounding success and the start of a new era of bilateral relations, based on &#8220;mutual respect and mutual benefit,&#8221; while Internet censors have scrubbed clean chat rooms and blogs of almost all comments that might suggest 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