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...Lott announced Tuesday that Senate investigations have found that the transfer of satellite technology to China aided that country's military. But the GOP may be reaching by trying to link the supply of technology designed to improve the safety of Chinese rockets to alleged interference by Beijing in U.S. politics. As Branegan notes, "If it's in America's commercial interests to launch American satellites on Chinese rockets -- as the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations all believed -- then it's clearly in America's interests to protect its $200 million satellites by making sure those rockets don't blow...
President Clinton met Friday with a key Hong Kong democrat, but it was Washington Republicans who may have made the President's day. GOP leaders, who had begun preparing a deluge of anti-China legislation in the run-up to Clinton's departure, now concede that the President's trip has been a success, and it's failed to produce the election fodder they had anticipated. Newt Gingrich, who had earlier called for the trip's postponement, admitted Clinton's triumph and approved of a closer U.S.-China relationship through gritted teeth. "It's less expensive to be friends than...
...Director Alan Simpson reserved highest praise for his GOP cohort...
...President embarks today for the traditional capital of Xian, where he will receive an emperor's welcome -- a far cry from the chorus of criticism of GOP legislators and other groups demanding a harder line with Beijing over human rights. Clinton's primary objective is to change the way Americans view China. "He has to de-demonize the place, to show its great potential and that it's worthy of being treated like a normal country where a lot can be achieved," says Branegan. "His trip is to show the U.S. media the parts of China he wants them...
...rights groups are understandably indignant. And Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone, a Democrat, wants to use the furor to break the deadlock over the nomination of James Hormel -- an openly gay San Francisco philanthopist -- who was tapped to be ambassador to Luxembourg. Sensing a way to make points with the GOP's right wing, Lott has kept Hormel's nomination tied up for a year. But Wellstone's initiative notwithstanding, Dickerson says Hormel is no closer to Luxembourg. "Lott promised that he'd sit on the nomination, and that's what he'll do," says Dickerson. It's good...