A little bit of a disconnect in terms of reporting, wouldn't you say?

From the NYTimes: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, in an unusually blunt public critique of China, said Saturday that Beijing's military spending threatened the delicate security balance in Asia and called for an emphasis instead on political freedom and open markets.

From the NYTimes: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, arriving here today for a conference on Asian security, drew a sharp distinction between two of the region's major powers, predicting that ties with India would strengthen while urging China to let political freedom grow there along with its economy.

"It would be a shame for the people of China if their government did not provide the opportunities that freer economic and political systems permit," he said, describing a tension "between the nature of their political system and the nature of their economic system."

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From China's People's Daily: China poses no threats to other countries including the United States, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said on Saturday in Singapore.

"China is an increasingly important country which is growing economically and has relations with many nations across the globe. That is a good thing, it is not a bad thing, not a threatening thing," He said at the fourth IISS Asia Security Conference here.