Word: standoff
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...China's diplomatic efforts and the creation of a more hostile climate that would increase the likelihood that Beijing's own power struggles will be resolved in favor of the hard-liners. And that would be the worst possible outcome for Jiang. Which is why in the spy-plane standoff, as in every other aspect of his job, the Chinese president is forced to find a balance between competing impulses...
...disposal for pressuring the Chinese - and it's palpably clear that visible forms of pressure are more likely to make them dig in their heels. But he may be helped by the fact that President Jiang may share an interest in speedily resolving the crisis, because a drawn-out standoff will likely harden both Chinese and American public opinion, further diminishing the leaders' room for maneuver...
...Still, bridging the gulf between Beijing's and Washington's minimum requirements for ending the standoff may require some particularly creative diplomacy that allows each side to give a little without appearing - at least to their own public - to be giving anything. The kind of formula that in some parts of the U.S. might be called "lawyering...
TIME.com: The U.S. appears to be giving diplomacy time to resolve the spy plane standoff. The tone of official statements appears to have been toned down somewhat, and Secretary of State Colin Powell's statement of regret over the death of the Chinese airman looks like a further effort to cool tensions. How is the U.S. trying to move the diplomatic process forward...
...What's the U.S. read on the leadership in Beijing, and how it is making decisions on the current standoff...