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Astrocloud · 11-04-2003, 11:13 PM

This is truly a nonpartisan post. Every single president since Bush Sr. has been amazingly soft on China.

Some may say that we've come along way since the cold war. But lets face it. China gets a supurb deal from the US; ever since Bush Sr. gave China "Most Favored Status" and kept it even after Tiananmen. Clinton kept dating the Chinese even though he criticized Bush Sr. for it. Now the same policy has moved to Bush Jr...

What is it about China that has our Presidents kowtowing to them? Why do we as a nation consistently deal with one of the last vestiges of old school Communism? (As pathetically "old school" as this sounds: Traditional Communist regimes have the absolute worst record on human rights. -And so consistently does China. Furthermore, we absolutely slapped Tawain in the face with our Chinese relations).

What does the president know that we don't? Is this just another approach to a cold war scenario? What does the fate of the world hold for both the US and China?

Discuss.

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Astrocloud Apocalypse Nerd	Presidential Policy and China This is truly a nonpartisan post. Every single president since Bush Sr. has been amazingly soft on China. Some may say that we've come along way since the cold war. But lets face it. China gets a supurb deal from the US; ever since Bush Sr. gave China "Most Favored Status" and kept it even after Tiananmen. Clinton kept dating the Chinese even though he criticized Bush Sr. for it. Now the same policy has moved to Bush Jr... What is it about China that has our Presidents kowtowing to them? Why do we as a nation consistently deal with one of the last vestiges of old school Communism? (As pathetically "old school" as this sounds: Traditional Communist regimes have the absolute worst record on human rights. -And so consistently does China. Furthermore, we absolutely slapped Tawain in the face with our Chinese relations). What does the president know that we don't? Is this just another approach to a cold war scenario? What does the fate of the world hold for both the US and China? Discuss.