Inward Looking Economies

Many politicians and the media here in the US spend a lot of time worrying about and analyzing China, the Chinese economy, and Chinese prospects for the future. My impression from China is that they aren’t giving the US economy a second’s thought and your average Chinese person doesn’t give a damn about US policy towards China. I felt that the country seemed very inward-looking, which is I suppose partially the result of having 1.3 billion people in your country.