Word: hainan
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...Most importantly, perhaps, the administration should resist the temptation to link the resolution of the Hainan standoff with other issues, such as China's accession to the World Trade Organization, their bid to host the Olympics in 2008, and arms sales to Taiwan. It would be dangerous and myopic to link all those issues and turn them into a single win-or-lose game. Each issue should be decided on its own merits - as the administration is saying it will...
...flyer called into the radio, as the pilots shut down the most damaged engine, and the plane bucked and shuddered in indignation. There was no chance of making it 1,300 miles back to Okinawa or even to the Philippines. The closest airstrip was on the resort island of Hainan, known in Chinese legend as the "end of the world," where the sky and sea meet to form a perfect haven. It is also home to many Chinese military bases, the kind of place where honeymooners sit on the beach and watch the submarines surface offshore, the fighter jets buzz...
...Bush was at Camp David that saturday night with a group that included National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice when he got word of the incident. Twenty-four American servicemen and women were being held at the Lingshui air base on Hainan...
Contrary to some of the grander theories about historical causation, even the complacency of a superpower can be severely challenged when something small goes wrong. The emergency landing of the damaged United States spy plane on Hainan Island after an aerial collision with a Chinese jet has reminded us once again how important an apparently small accident can be. Though we cannot at this time be sure exactly what debates are taking place in Beijing over the stranded plane, the dead Chinese pilot and the United States crew, we can be sure that at the heart of the discussions there...
...modulated response from Washington appears mindful of the difficulties faced by the Chinese leadership in finding a way to resolve the matter to mutual satisfaction. But for the U.S. public, the fact remains that 24 U.S. servicemen and women are being held in Hainan, and while a Pentagon spokesman Wednesday was unable to answer a question as to their exact status, the word "hostage" is being increasingly cited on talk radio and television. On Capitol Hill, too, while party leaders on both sides of the aisle are rallying behind the Bush administration's handling of the crisis, there are growing...