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...politicians routinely vie with each other for the Li'l Abner prize for most humble, most miserable upbringing. The Democrats in Madison Square Garden were no exception. After four days of speeches a foreign visitor could be forgiven for thinking indoor plumbing was a Reagan-era innovation...
...leaders of the People's Republic richly deserve sanctions. The people themselves, however, don't. Ever since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, Congress has been looking for ways to beat up on Deng Xiaoping, 87, and his hard-line protege, Premier Li Peng. In addition to repressing its citizens and persecuting its opponents, the Chinese regime has been selling lethal high technology to a number of potential troublemakers, particularly in the Middle East. As a result, Sino-American relations are the worst they have been in 20 years...
George Bush has contributed to the problem by coddling the Deng-Li gerontocracy, thereby provoking Congress to try to replace the Administration's Mr. Nice Guy policy with its own tougher one. It has been 17 years since Bush was U.S. envoy to China, yet he still seems to suffer from the clientitis that sometimes afflicts ambassadors who represent the views of their host governments too well. Three weeks after Tiananmen, the President dispatched National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger to kowtow in secret to Deng, then sent them back several months later...
...Li Jing, China...
...that the popular Li Jing -- China's premier gymnast -- is a stuffed shirt. "Gymnasts only look big because TV screens are so small," he says with a wink. Among his teammates, he's the life of the party. "Li Jing is always a joker," says his coach Zhang Jian. "Except, of course, during competition, when it counts...