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...Only in America? HE COMES IN PEACE Even before an interloper from the shores of Fistiana upset the delicate balance of power, it had been a bad week for Sino-U.S. relations, with Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian planning a visit?er, transit?through the States, and China charging an American citizen with espionage. Then the entrance of a new superpower suddenly made that old bipolar paradigm seem as irrelevant as a WBO title belt...
...visit, however, is entirely symbolic. U.S. policy does not support independence for Tibet. The Bush-Dalai Lama meeting comes a day after Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian visited New York and attended a dinner with a group of U.S. congressmen - a substantial shift in the way U.S. administrations have dealt with the island's leaders. In the more hostile atmosphere that has characterized U.S.-China relations under the Bush administration - particularly after the Hainan spy-plane standoff - Washington is happy to find symbolic gestures through which to stand up to Beijing...
...Branegan: It's certainly being perceived as a change by Beijing. The U.S. in the past has tried to discourage activities by Taiwanese leaders in the U.S. The last time Chen was here, Washington advised him not to attend a reception some congressmen wanted to hold for him in California. Now, the new administration is saying it's useful and that it serves U.S. interests for members of congress to meet with the president of Taiwan...
...Bush administration in fact shifted U.S. policy on Taiwan and China, or is the greater leeway given to President Chen simply a bit of tactical tweaking on Washington's part...
...Taiwan, there's a risk that this new policy sends a message to Taiwan that they don't have to deal with Chinese, because they have a friend in Washington. So it remains a delicate balancing act. And it would be no surprise if China responds to the Chen visit by doing something really nasty in some unrelated policy sphere that is of concern...