New perspective for Sino-US relationship

He stood in the cold crisp November air pointing at a section of the Great Wall that snaked up the snow-dusted mountains north of Beijing as reporters buzzed about, with pens at the ready, just waiting for US President Barack Obama to drop a quotable gem.

Finally, Obama turned and told reporters at the Great Wall, "It gives you a good perspective that a lot of day-to-day things we worry about don't matter so much." What a timely thing to say.

It has now been a little over a week since the media "fan fare" that followed Obama left the shores of the Middle Kingdom and much of China has gone back to the normal daily grind of life.