It is more than just the war and  upheavals in the Middle East and catastrophe in Japan.
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This fall from the headlines seemed to come after President Obama finished his Washington meeting with Hu Jintao.
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I suppose some type of temporary consensus came during the meeting between the two leaders.
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I am sure China will be back in the headlines in a few months. To big a country and story to not be taking up the headlines again.