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...select House committee chaired by Republican Representative CHRISTOPHER COX of California tells how, on April 11, 1996, Bryen warned Loral President Robert Berry not to give China any technical help without first getting State Department permission. Berry had just announced the assignment of top company engineer Wah Lim to head a panel of Western scientists who would advise China on possible causes of three rocket failures, the most recent of which had destroyed a Loral satellite. Fixing glitches in China's rocket-guidance system was in Loral's interest, but, Bryen cautioned, it could also improve the reach and accuracy...
...that Asia appears to be in fragile recovery, much of that criticism has turned to praise, and Summers has been receiving his share of the credit. Lim Chang Yuel, a former South Korean Deputy Prime Minister, has vivid memories of late 1997, when he and Summers often conferred until well after midnight seeking a solution to South Korea's economic woes. "I was surprised to see how energetic and hardworking he was. He was like a fireman putting out fires not only in Korea but throughout Asia...
...select House committee chaired by Republican representative Christopher Cox of California tells how, on April 11, 1996, Bryen warned Loral president Robert Berry not to give China any technical help without first getting State Department permission. Berry had just announced the assignment of top company engineer Wah Lim to head a panel of Western scientists who would advise China on possible causes of three rocket failures, the most recent of which had destroyed a Loral satellite. Fixing glitches in China's rocket-guidance system was in Loral's interest, but, Bryen cautioned, it could also improve the reach and accuracy...
Berry and his senior team agreed but did almost nothing to alert Wah Lim, according to the report. On May 7, 1996, without informing State, Lim assistant Nick Yen faxed the panel's draft conclusions to scientists in Beijing. Soon after, the rockets' reliability improved dramatically. State and Defense Department officials found out about the Loral fax, went ballistic and called in the Justice Department. Loral executives insist the fax was a clerical error, but federal and congressional investigators want answers: Did Loral VIPs deliberately choose not to know too much so China could get what it wanted...
...want to be a sumo man," Lim said, referringto the sumo wrestling taking place across thequad. "Then me and my roommate want to beat eachother with padded sticks--it's a good way to getout your roommate aggression...