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South Korea Summit...
...Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Seattle, Bill Clinton welcomed Asian heads of state in down-home style. The plaid-shirted president was eager to give a casual, friendly air to this summit--an event which, nevertheless, crackled with symbolism for the future. While most of the attendees humored Clinton by dressing down, China's President Jiang Zemin was a notable exception: He chose to remain in his business suit...
Instead, Clinton has settled into a foreign policy that looks suspiciously like Bush's. He has muted his criticism of China's human-rights record; such concerns were quietly pushed to the sidelines during the Seattle summit. His uneven policies in Bosnia, Haiti and Somalia have raised serious questions about U.S. leadership in international affairs...
Until September, the Administration was still seriously saying the renewal of China's MFN status was at stake. Officials are saying the same today, but it's primarily for show. Even Christopher admitted to TIME before last week's Seattle summit that the MFN discussion is essentially fake. "We have to be realistic about our political system," the Secretary said. "There are certain realities of American politics you have to deal with." Christopher was referring to the congressional majority that wants to punish China for maltreating its people. The political need to mute that anger explains the Administration's seemingly...
...that reason, Bill Clinton and his advisers regarded his talks with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Seattle last week as the most important of the summit with 15 Asian and Pacific leaders. Their hour-plus session was the highest-level contact between the U.S. and China since the massacre of pro- democracy demonstrators in Beijing in 1989. Though it was essentially a getting-to-know-you meeting and made no progress on bilateral issues, Clinton said afterward that he and Jiang "agreed on the need to work on improving our relationship...