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...latest Contact Group peace plan, for example, or even to open negotiations about that plan with the Bosnian government -- might well take a long and intense bombing campaign for which there seems to be no stomach in either the U.S. or Europe. Says Warren Zimmerman, former U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia: "Any fool would know the Serbs were going to react the way they have. There's only one response to that, which is to hit them again, and possibly again and again, even at the risk of some harm to the hostages. If that doesn't happen...
Beijing's protests were unusually fierce. Foreign Minister Qian Qichen summoned the U.S. Ambassador, J. Stapleton Roy, for a diplomatic dressing down. As Defense Minister Chi Haotian's scheduled visit this month to the U.S. was postponed, the People's Daily thundered, "We demand that the American government rescind this wrongful decision." Speculation about reprisals was the buzz of both capitals. Possible countermeasures discussed range from China's cancellation of Boeing jetliner purchases to the still unlikely option of closing the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, capital of the hinterland province Sichuan and a doorway to restless Tibet...
Before last week, Washington insisted the ties with Beijing had actually steadied over recent months. "We try to maintain momentum, acknowledging that it will be a sweet and sour relationship," says Winston Lord, a former U.S. ambassador to Beijing and now Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, John Shattuck, describes China policy as "one of Clinton's underrated achievements...
Walter Mondale, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, agreed under intense pressure from Japanese trade minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to a June 12 trade summit in Geneva, three days before the G7 summit begins in Canada. The United States had threatened toimpose $5.9 billion in punitive tariffs on Japanese luxury carsif no agreement on access to Japan's auto market were reached by June 28, and had offered to resume talks with Japan on June 20. Tokyo stepped up pressure on the U.S. by complaining to the World Trade Organization (WTO), betting that the international group would likely rule in Japan's favor...
JULIA ROBERTS Snappy Pretty Woman flops as UNICEF goodwill ambassador...