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...both houses of Congress. The Chinese were stunned by what appeared to be a departure from the U.S. policy of not having official contacts with Taiwan. "The Lee visit was a failure of their own guys to make an imprint [in Washington]," says James Lilley, who was U.S. Ambassador to China under George Bush. "So their bosses told them to get off their asses and start moving...
Thus perhaps did 1996 become for China the year of living dangerously, at least in its dealings with the U.S. Beijing used some conventional means of cultivating favor, like inviting members of Congress for get-acquainted trips. Ma Yuzhen, China's personable former ambassador to Britain, was put in charge of improving his nation's image abroad. At the Chinese embassy in Washington, more staff members were assigned to handle Capitol Hill...
Referring to Kraft's less-than-diplomatic discussions with Southie natives, Gore sarcastically asked Lynch if he would recommend making Kraft the new U.S. Ambassador to the Emerald Isle...
...looking for an ambassador to the UK, and you do want to take someone away from us, we do have Governor Weld," Lynch said. "Being Irish and all, it would be a great way to get back at the British...
...guerrillas in 1980. For 22 weeks, about 15 members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, which is known to have drawn inspiration from the Cuban Revolution, have released hundreds of hostages, but continue to hold 72 of the more prominent officials at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. It is not clear how Fujimori?s latest move will be received by the rebels, who have insisted all long that their one non-negotiable demand is the release of 400 of their jailed comrades, a condition that Fujimori has categorically opposed...