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Beijing
Expects Washington to Uphold 'Three No's'
(China Times, Dec. 20, 2000)
The PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday issued a warning in response
to a U.S. Department of Defense report on the implementation of the Taiwan
Relations Act which addressed plans to stop military action by mainland China
against Taiwan. In the statement, Beijing said that because the "Taiwan
question" has a bearing on the overall state of Sino-American relations,
the PRC hopes that both the U.S. government and armed forces will abide by
the three joint communiques and the "three no's" policy.
China
Eager To Work With Bush
(AP, Dec. 18, 2000) The
Chinese call him “Xiao Bu-shi,” Little Bush, and remember him as a young
visitor in the mid-1970s when his father was the chief American diplomat in a
China just beginning to break out of its communist cocoon. Then there are the
perennial issues of human rights, trade and Chinese weapons sales to regimes Washington doesn't
like. The good news is that both sides have signaled an eagerness to get to
know each other quickly.
China, U.S.
OK Military Exchanges
(AP, Nov. 30, 2000) China and the United States tentatively agreed
Thursday to more exchanges between their militaries, helping bring a
semblance of stability to often rocky ties between the distrustful defense
establishments. Two days of talks between U.S. Undersecretary of Defense
Walter Slocombe and a raft of Chinese generals exhibited the wavering
dynamics that now characterize overall relations.
Pentagon
Delegation In Beijing For Military Talks
(AFP, Nov. 29, 2000) A
senior Pentagon official has arrived in Beijing for two days of talks with
Chinese military leaders in the latest of a series of contacts aimed at
improving relations between the two countries, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Walter Slocombe, under secretary of defense for policy, will also visit Qingdao naval base and meet with the commander of China's North
Sea Fleet
China
Escapes U.S. Arms Sanctions, Iran, Pakistan Hit
(Reuters, Nov. 21, 2000)
The United States said on Tuesday it was waiving sanctions against China for
past missile technology transfers to Iran and Pakistan but imposing them on
these two states for receiving the equipment. China
was liable for sanctions because of the transfers of technology including
whole missiles, in Pakistan's
case, or in Iran's,
of components to make them, Boucher said. But President Clinton, who leaves
office in January, had granted a waiver because China's foreign ministry had
pledged to clean up its act on arms technology exports.
U.S. China
Discuss Missile Exports
(AP, Nov. 16, 2000)
President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin made progress Thursday
toward curtailing Beijing's
missile exports and decided tentatively to resume severed human rights talks,
a senior State Department official said. The leaders met on the sidelines of
the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, an annual summit of Pacific Rim countries.
U.S., China
Generals Discuss Taiwan
(AP, Nov. 3, 2000) Senior U.S. and Chinese generals discussed Taiwan on Friday, with Washington's
top commander urging Beijing to seek peace
with the island and China
complaining that American arms sales made that difficult. Differences over Taiwan
punctuated meetings by Gen. Henry H. Shelton, chairman of the U.S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff, at the start of his four-day mission to improve ties between
the countries' militaries.
US General at China War Games
(AFP, Nov. 3, 2000) A top
US general will observe military exercises in China's Nanjing region and hold
talks with senior military leaders on US arms sales to Taiwan and other
issues. Army General Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is
scheduled to visit China
for five days in the latest of a series of high-level contacts aimed at
improving military relations between the two countries
Senate
Approves Normalized Trade With China, 83-15
(Washington Post, Sept.
20, 2000) The Senate voted by a huge margin yesterday to normalize trade
relations with China, capping one of the biggest legislative battles of the
year and heightening the prospect of a historic economic opening by the
world's most populous country.
U.S. Senate Spars over Chinese Arms
Sales, Trade
(Reuters, Sept. 12, 2000) Beijing's critics in the U.S. Senate pressed on Monday
for passage of a plan to sanction China for its alleged role in
weapons proliferation, but ran into stiff opposition from lawmakers who
warned it could scuttle a landmark trade pact. After months of delay, the
Senate is expected to vote this week on legislation that would grant
permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to China.
Clinton
and China Leader Meet but With Little Gain
(New York Times, Sep. 9,
2000) President Clinton yesterday urged China's president, Jiang Zemin, to
open a dialogue with the new government of Taiwan and put a stop to China's
missile exports to Pakistan. But in what had already been a week of
diplomatic frustration for Mr. Clinton, Mr. Jiang offered little more than
good wishes for the president's retirement in four months and thanks for
supporting China's
bid to join the World Trade Organization.
China's U.S. Road Show, Aimed at Making Friends
(New York
Times, Aug. 23, 2000) After years of grumbling that it has been unfairly
maligned and misunderstood in the United States, the Chinese government is
taking its show on the road with a $7 million public relations campaign The
campaign, organized by China's State Council Information Office and its
Ministry of Culture -- and partly underwritten by American corporations with
large investments in China -- seems clearly intended to polish China's image
for the American public at a crucial time in relations between the two
nations.
U.S. Cruiser Makes a Call At China
Port
(Washington
Post, August 3, 2000) A U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser sailed into Qingdao's military harbor today as the latest step in a
gradual rekindling of military ties frozen last year after U.S. warplanes bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia
during the Kosovo war. Adm. Thomas Fargo, commander of the Pacific Fleet,
said his talks with Chinese counterparts would not focus on the controversy.
"I think the most important thing is the recognition that we have a
great number of shared interests in this particular region."
US Warship to Visit Chinese Port
of Qindgao
(AFP,
July 30, 2000) A US navy guided missile cruiser will make a port call in Qindgao, China
from August 2 to August 5, the Pentagon announced. "The US navy, in
cooperation with the People's Liberation Army (Navy), has developed a series
of engagement events that are designed to build mutual understanding in
maritime safety, communications and search and rescue," according to a
written statement from the Pentagon.
Cohen Steadies China
Relations
(AP, July
15, 2000) Defense Secretary William Cohen says U.S.
military relations with China
are back on track, albeit a slow and steady one. Still, it was clear after
his visit last week to Beijing and Shanghai that there remains a deep divide on the subject
of U.S.
missile defense. "Differences remain," Cohen said in summing up
Chinese leaders' response to his pitch on missile defense.
Cohen Meets China-Taiwan Negotiator
(AP, July
14, 2000) Chinese officials are taking a "more relaxed" approach to
the touchy issue of reconciling with Taiwan but still insist that
negotiations on terms of reunification not begin until Taiwan acknowledges it
cannot be a separate sovereign state, U.S. officials said Friday. U.S.
Defense Secretary William Cohen, joined by senior officials from the State
Department and the National Security Council, met with Wang Daohan.
Cohen Cautions Chinese Media Against 'Negativity'
(CNN,
July 13, 2000) China's state-controlled media "dangerously" distort
U.S. international policy objectives, and that could cause misunderstandings
that lead to serious miscalculations, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen
said Thursday. "(China)
sometimes presents the United States
in a way that is not only unhelpful but is untrue," Cohen said during a
speech to China's National Defense University.
Cohen Off to Repair Relations with China
(Washington
Times, July 10, 2000) Defense Secretary William S. Cohen leaves today for China
hoping to jump-start the Pentagon's stalled military diplomacy program, which
so far has done little to coax the People's Liberation Army into being more
open or friendly. Defense officials said privately that China several times turned down offers to
conduct joint military exercises with U.S. forces to practice
humanitarian relief or search and rescue operations.
U.S. Says First Arms Talks With China Since Embassy Bombing
"Constructive"
(AFP, July
9, 2000) The US and China completed two days of arms control and
nonproliferation talks on Saturday, the first since dialogue was broken off
last year after NATO's bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. The US said the talks had been "constructive"
and had touched on sensitive issues such as reports of Chinese help for
missile development in Pakistan,
and America's
plans to build a missile defense shield for itself and possibly its allies.
Anti-Missile Test Looms Over China-U.S. Arms Talks
(Reuters, July
7, 2000) Chinese and U.S. officials resumed long-frozen arms control talks on
Friday as the United States prepared to test an anti-missile system that has
united China, Russia and others in strident opposition. The two sides
reopened a dialogue on disarmament and non-proliferation China angrily broke off last May after NATO
warplanes bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia. But the two-day
meeting in Beijing straddles a key $100
million test over the Pacific Ocean of a planned U.S. National Missile
Defense (NMD) plan that China
bitterly opposes.
US Hails Resumption of Security Dialogue with China
(AFP,
July 5, 2000) The United States Wednesday hailed this week's resumption of
its security dialogue with Beijing
as crucial to the overall improvement of US-China ties and the foundation of
the bilateral relationship. US Undersecretary of State for Security and Arms
Control John Holum will arrive in Beijing
late Thursday for two days of talks with Chinese officials.
China Trade Bill Advances
(Washington
Post, May 18, 2000) The Clinton administration's drive to normalize trade
relations with China cleared important congressional hurdles yesterday with
surprising ease as the measure appeared to pick up momentum in advance of
next week's crucial House vote. The House
Ways and Means Committee gave the main bill a 34
to 4 stamp of approval; in the Senate, the Finance Committee approved it 18
to 1. Of particular significance, a bevy of legislators who until yesterday
had said they were undecided voted in favor of the measure, giving heart to
the administration.
U.N. Rights Commission Foils U.S.
Effort to Condemn China
(New York
Times, April 19, 2000) In an embarrassing defeat for the Clinton
administration, the principal United Nations body on human rights voted in Geneva today not to act on a United
States resolution criticizing China's human rights record. The
vote came after the State Department released one of its most withering
annual reports on human rights in China
and after Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, made a rushed overnight
trip to Geneva from India last month to make an
impassioned speech to the group, the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights.
US Envoy Urges Patience From China
(Associated
Press, March 1, 2000) Expressing great concern over China's renewed threats toward Taiwan, the commander of U.S. Pacific forces
appealed to Chinese leaders to show "patience and moderation," a U.S.
official said today. Adm. Dennis Blair's two days of meetings with Chinese
military leaders were dominated by discussion of tensions between China and Taiwan.
China Warns US Military Commander: No Compromise Over Taiwan
(AFP,
Feb. 29, 2000) China issued a blunt warning to the US military on Tuesday that
it would never rule out using force to win back Taiwan, and said Sino-US
differences over the island needed "urgent handling". "China will
never commit not to use force," Defence Minister General Chi Hoatian
told the visiting commander of US forces in the Pacific Admiral Dennis Blair,
the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Beijing Warns Washington over Taiwan, as US Admiral Visits
(AFP,
Feb. 28, 2000) The commander of US forces in the Pacific met Chinese military
leaders on Monday as China warned the United States it would pay a high price
for any military intervention over Taiwan. Admiral Dennis Blair arrived in Beijing late Sunday for two days of talks at a time when
tension over Taiwan is at
boiling point after China's
ultimatum to the island to enter a dialogue on reunification or face
invasion.
U.S. Says Ties With China Are on the Mend
(New York
Times, Feb. 19, 2000) After two days of meetings with senior Chinese
officials, an American government delegation left Beijing on a positive note
today, with members characterizing the talks as helping to get the bilateral
"relationship back on track." American officials said that this
week they told their Chinese counterparts they thought "what happened in
1996 was counterproductive," although they said they were
"unclear" if the Chinese shared that view.
US Urges China
Restraint in Taiwan
(AP, Feb.
18, 2000) Trying to head off a confrontation, the United
States has urged China
to show restraint as Taiwan
elects a new president next month. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe
Talbott and Chinese officials spent much of their two days of talks
discussing Taiwan,
American arms sales to the island and Washington's
plans to build anti-missile shields, said the U.S. officials, who spoke on
condition of anonymity.
US-China Security Talks in Beijing,
Taiwan on Agenda
(AFP,
Feb. 17, 2000) US Deputy
Secretary of State Strobe Talbott began two days of talks Thursday aimed at
shoring up the delicate Sino-US security relationship, with the subject of Taiwan
high on the agenda. Talbott, accompanied by senior defence and national
security officials, met with his counterpart Yang Jiechi on Thursday and was
due to meet Vice Premier Qian Qichen, who guides Taiwan policy, on Friday.
China, US to Discuss Missile Defense, Taiwan
(AFP,
Feb. 15, 2000) A senior US delegation including top military officials is
expected in China for tough talks on a proposed US theater missile defense
system and US weapons sales to Taiwan. The two-day talks beginning Thursday
are a part of strategic security consultations between the two countries and
form a part of US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott's five-day trip to
Japan and China.
US Sailors Take Leave in Hong Kong
(AP, Feb.
8, 2000) A U.S. Navy battle group docked today in Hong Kong, granting 7,000
sailors shore leave in the biggest such port call since NATO bombed China's embassy in Yugoslavia. The ships, including
the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, arrived a month before Taiwanese
voters were to choose a new president, but Rear Adm. Gerald L. Hoewing
disputed suggestions that Washington was trying to send Beijing any signals
about leaving Taiwan alone.
China Critical of U.S.
on Taiwan
(AP, Jan.
31, 2000) China cautioned
the United States against
strengthening military ties with Taiwan
and harping on Beijing's
human rights record, saying such actions will damage already shaky U.S.-China
relations. One statement was aimed at the proposed "Taiwan Security
Enhancement Act," which the House is expected to take up as early as
Tuesday. The other targeted a U.S.
plan to seek censure of China
at a March meeting of the U.N. Human Rights
Commission.
U.S., Chinese Militaries to Resume High-Level Contacts
(LA Times, Jan. 29, 2000) In a
clear sign of a warming trend in U.S.-China relations, Washington and Beijing have agreed to
resume military-to-military contacts at the highest level. Beijing invites Defense secretary, admiral
for visits. Recent developments are seen as signs that relations are
returning to normal eight months after Stealth bomber struck China's embassy in Belgrade
Chinese General in Washington Discussing Fresh Ties
(Reuters,
Jan. 24, 2000) A senior Chinese army general met Pentagon and State
Department officials on Monday, resuming touchy U.S.-China military ties amid
charges that he was a Beijing spymaster. Lt. Gen. Xiong Guangkai visited the
Defense and State Departments where he held the first high-level defense
talks since Beijing angrily suspended
military-to-military contacts in May 1999 after U.S.
jets bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
China, U.S. Military To Have Contact
(AP, Jan.
22, 2000) Lt. Gen. Xiong Guangkai, deputy chief of the general staff of the
People's Liberation Army, will hold three days of talks in Washington next
week with U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Walter Slocombe and other Pentagon
officials. Their meetings are to be the first high-level meetings between the
two militaries in 13 months, and should help dispel the lingering ill-will
that has clouded Chinese-U.S. relations since the May 7 bombing.
Clinton to Press Hill To Back China Deal
(Washington
Post, Jan. 11, 2000) President Clinton yesterday announced an "all-out
effort" to persuade Congress to grant China permanent access to the U.S.
market, a key step in White House efforts to bring China into the World Trade
Organization. The White House is convening a special Cabinet committee to
work with business and other groups in what promises to be one of the biggest
lobbying battles of 2000.
U.S. Seeks U.N. Censure of China
(Associated
Press, Jan. 11, 2000) The Clinton administration undertook a campaign Tuesday
to censure China
in the U.N. Human Rights Commission for what the administration views as a
steadily deteriorating Chinese human rights record. State Department
spokesman James P. Rubin said in addition to intensifying a crackdown on
political dissent in China,
Beijing is
vigorously suppressing the Buddhist Falun Gong meditation movement and
tightening controls on the media and the Internet.
China, US Resuming Military Contact
(AP, Jan.
5, 2000) China has agreed to send its No. 2 army officer to Washington this
month to meet with a senior Pentagon official, the first high-level military
contact since China cut off military relations last May in response to the
U.S. bombing of its embassy in Belgrade. The session, to be held Jan. 24-26,
is intended to resume a U.S.-China dialogue on military matters and to
arrange for other high-level contacts
The China Threat By Bill Gertz
(Washington Times, Nov. 24, 2000) Missteps and
appeasement by the U.S. government helped China develop into a dangerous
global power, according to "The China Threat: How the People's Republic
Targets America" (Regnery), a new book by Bill Gertz, national security
reporter for The Washington Times. In the first excerpt, he details the hunt
for Chinese spies burrowed deep inside the U.S. government. In the second
excerpt, he examines the case of an Energy Department official who was
punished for exposing Chinese theft of nuclear secrets. In the third excerpt,
he examines the growing danger of nuclear war between China and the United
States over Taiwan.
US-Sino Missile
Pact a Win-Win Deal By Mary
Kwang
(Straits Times, Nov. 24, 2000) China's pledge that it
will not help any country in any way to develop ballistic missiles, capable
of delivering nuclear weapons, is a win-win move for both Beijing and
Washington and is set to consolidate Sino-US ties. A big prize for China is that it has led the US to waive sanctions on Chinese companies
previously involved in spreading such technology and to resume processing
licences for commercial space cooperation, including the launching of US
satellites by China.
U.S. Now a 'Threat' in China's
Eyes By John Pomfret
(ashington Post, Nov. 5, 2000) In 1998, when China
issued its second white paper on national defense, representing the consensus
view of the government, the document mentioned the United States 10 times,
each time positively. Last month, China's
third white paper mentioned the United States 13 times. All but
two of the references were negative. Faced with what it feels is a shaky
security environment and a strong and sometimes arrogant America, Beijing
has increasingly viewed the United
States as an obstacle to its rise as an
Asian power.
China: The Silent
Debate By John Gershman
(Foreign Policy In Focus, Nov. 2000) In a
presidential election in which foreign policy occupies a less than central
role, it may come as no surprise that China and U.S.-China relations are
virtually absent from the debate. Indeed, there appears to be a more public
debate in China about U.S.-China relations than in the U.S. Whoever wins the
election, the U.S. public has been let down by a Clinton administration that
has been unable to develop a coherent China policy outside of trade
liberalization, and betrayed by a presidential campaign unwilling to address
major foreign policy issues.
New Realism Wins
the Day as Senate Passes Trade Bill
By David E. Sanger
(New
York Times, Sept. 19, 2000) The Senate's overwhelming vote today to give
permanent trade benefits to China ended a clash between America's global
economic interests and the notion that the United States could use the annual
threat of trade sanctions to change Beijing's behavior. In the end, it wasn't
even close — and behind that lies a new reality in how the United States deals with China, the
world's most populous nation.
The US'
Appalling Appeasement of China By Doug Bandow
(Taipei
Times, Sep. 6, 2000) One of the most obvious elements of statehood is the
power to determine who visits one's country. China seems to believe that it
should make that decision not only for itself, but for other nations as well.
Beijing has confiscated thousands of copies of
The Clinton Years, a new book that was shipped to the city of Shenzhen for binding, because it contains a photo of Tibet's Dalai Lama meeting with President
Clinton during the former's 1994 trip to America.
China's Dysfunctional Public Relations Barrage By Orville
Schell
(New York
Times, Sep. 2, 2000) As Beijing sees it, the reason China's diplomatic and
trade relations with the United States don't always go smoothly starts with
unfair American press coverage and hostile politicians in Congress. These
forces cause Americans to misunderstand China's efforts to keep "the
motherland" unified and stable, the thinking goes. Still believing in
the efficacy of political propaganda, the Communist Party hopes to change
things with the public relations offensive that is currently bringing
high-level visitors to the United
States.
The Enemy With No Name By Melinda Liu
(Newsweek
International, July 24, 2000) It wasn’t entirely a warm welcome. As U.S.
Secretary of Defense William Cohen kicked off his China
trip last week, a headline in the state-run China Daily screamed, U.S. a threat
to world peace. Cohen tried to tell military personnel at China’s National
Defense University
that it is “simply untrue” to portray the United
States as a “hegemon” determined to “contain China.”
Still, Beijing's press bad-mouthed everything
from Washington’s proposed National Missile
Defense system (NMD) to American arms sales to Taiwan.
China Demonizes
(Editorial,
Washington Post, July 17, 2000) American critics of China's human rights
record and belligerence toward Taiwan are sometimes admonished to tone down
their rhetoric; it's counterproductive to "demonize" the People's
Republic, many supporters of engagement say. We mustn't offend China lest it
lash back. Thus, it was refreshing to hear Secretary of Defense William S.
Cohen--himself a strong supporter of the Clinton
administration's policy toward China--reminding the Chinese that
demonization can be a two-way street.
Missile Wars: What America Calls a Defense China Calls an Offense By Erik
Eckholm
(New York
Times, July 2, 2000) Just as Washington has a growing coterie of politicians,
ex-officials and experts who warn of an emerging "China threat,"
China has an even broader group of officials and scholars who think the United
States is trying to hem their country in. They portray the United States
as a power-drunk bully, determined to preserve its post-cold war status as
the world's dominant power. China's
leaders almost certainly share suspicions about the "American threat."
Chinese Military Power and American Security Interests By Jonathan
D. Pollack
(SAIS
Policy Forum, May 2000) Among the factors shaping the Asia-Pacific strategic
environment and U.S.
regional security interests in the 21st century, China's position and role as a
major power loom very large. The
purpose of this essay is to explore some of the major dimensions of Chinese
military modernization that seem likely to emerge over he coming decade and a
half, and them to assess the potential implication of China's future military
development for the longer-term security interests of the United States.
Long-Term Visions of Regional Security: A U.S.-China Strategic
Dialogue By Ralph A. Cossa
(Pacific
Forum, CSIS, PacNet 21, May 26, 2000) The Sino-U.S. relationship, among all
the key Asia-Pacific bilateral match-ups, has experienced the greatest swings
in recent years, from the highs after the Clinton-Jiang summits to the lowest
low immediately after the accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in
Belgrade, with many upward and (mostly) downward cycles in between. It is
also the bilateral relationship which, if not properly managed, could most
likely plunge the region into a new cold, and perhaps even actual, war.
The Proper Way
to Promote Change in China
Is From Within By Carly Fiorina
(LA Times, May 18, 2000) It is
unfortunate that those who oppose normalizing trade with China have chosen to demonize China.
To hear opponents talk, to defeat permanent normal trade relations with China is to defeat the "evil empire"
for the good of U.S.,
Chinese and Taiwanese citizens. In reality, a vote against trade with China is a vote against U.S. businesses, employees, American citizens
and the people in China
who would directly benefit from greater U.S. presence, products and services.
Seeking a Strong and Stable China By Stanley
O. Roth
(International
Herald Tribune, April 19, 2000) Why does the United
States want a strong, stable, prosperous and open China?
This question is at the heart of debate over U.S.
policy toward Beijing.
U.S. strategy is to
integrate China
into regional and global institutions, helping it become a country that plays
by the accepted international rules, cooperating and competing peacefully
within those rules.
Clinton Walks a Tightrope Over China By Jim Lobe
(Asia
Times, Feb. 4, 2000) The administration of President Bill Clinton has
launched what is expected to be a high-powered, business-backed lobbying
campaign to gain Congressional approval for China's entry into the World
Trade Organization this year.
Pentagon Study Finds China
Preparing for War with U.S. By Bill
Gertz
(Washington
Times, Feb. 2, 2000) Strategic writings by China's
military and party leaders show that China is making plans for war,
according to a new Pentagon study. Some 600 translations of internal Chinese
writings by 200 authors reveal China's strategy to defeat a
superior foe, using both military and nonmilitary means, such as propaganda,
deception and covert action. They also reveal the extreme distrust of the United States by China's military and party
leaders.
Chinese General's Visit Raises Only Limited Hopes By Steven
Lee Myers
(New
York Times, Jan. 26, 2000) The first visit here by a senior Chinese military
official since an American warplane bombed China's embassy in Belgrade last
May will produce only a modest series of military exchanges during the next
year, administration and defense officials said.
U.S.-China Relations May Thaw a Bit By Bates Gill
(Newsday,
Jan. 5, 2000) With the recent resolution of two sensitive issues for
U.S.-China relations—terms for Chinese accession to the World Trade
Organization and settlement of property claims for the loss of the Chinese
embassy in Belgrade and damage to U.S. diplomatic buildings in China—both
sides are keen to reopen long-suspended official dialogue channels.
US Presidential Candidates on the Issues: China
(Associated
Press, Jan. 5, 2000) Three days a week, The Associated Press asks the major
presidential candidates a question on the issues. Today's question: Should China be granted permanent normal trade status
with the United States?
Democrats: Bill Bradley: ``Yes. It is in America's
interest to grant China
normal trade status on a permanent rather than annual basis because it would
make China
a more reliable trading partner and provide greater access to the Chinese
market for American companies."
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