The Times of London reports that, "the finding came after battles over Taiwan, Tibet, trade, climate change, internet freedom and human rights which have poisoned relations in the three months since President Barack Obama made a fruitless visit to Beijing."

As revealed by diplomatic sources,a tumultuous postmortem examination has been underway inside the U.S. government, led by officials who insist that the president was teribly advised and has been made to appear 'Jimmy Carter-like' weak.

In the perception of China, the American response - that includes a pledge by Obama to stand tougher on trade - is a reaction against its rise in strength.

Currently, nearly 55 percent of those questioned for Global Times, a state-run newspaper, believe that "a cold war will break out between the U.S. and China."

According to the Times, "an independent survey of Chinese-language media for The Sunday Times has found army and navy officers predicting a military showdown and political leaders calling for China to sell more arms to American foes. The trigger for their fury was Obama's decision to sell $6.4 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan, the thriving democratic island that has ruled itself since 1949."

Lui Menxiong, a member of the Chinese people's political consultative conference, said, "we should retaliate with an eye for an eye and sell arms to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela. We have nothing to be afraid of. The North Koreans have stood up to American and has anything happened to them? No. Iran stands up to America and does disaster befall it? No."

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