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...surprised if it's some time before the Chinese hand back the U.S. plane that remains at Hainan. Still, both sides will be eager to avoid a recurrence, and after some initial clearing of the air, may move toward developing a series of protocols governing such midair encounters...
...Bush administration who had taken the toughest anti-China stand stood back and let the doves handle this one. The outcome may be a victory for diplomacy and the dovish policy of engagement with the leadership in Beijing, but those of hawkish inclination will still cite the midair collision and Beijing's initial reactions as further evidence of what they believe is China's hostile intent toward...
...actual collision. Since the beginning of the crisis, Chinese officials have repeatedly dwelt on the complaint that after the accident, the stricken U.S. plane did not seek permission either to enter Chinese airspace or to land at one of its military airports. The facts of what occurred after the midair collision are scarcely in dispute, although the U.S. obviously has the mitigating factor of the onboard emergency. Washington could plausibly find a way to apologize for landing in Chinese territory without permission but avoid the political and legal implications of assuming responsibility for the accident. Then again, appearing to apologize...
...Internet, that supposed harbinger of democracy, has in recent days been used more for airing anti-Washington vitriol than for spreading the Bill of Rights. Variations of "Kill the Imperialist American Pigs" have littered Chinese message boards. Although the American version of the midair collision is available on the Net, most students buy the account that appears in China's state-controlled media. "Of course, I know what happened," says Li Shen, 20, a Russian-studies major whose political-science professor taught him, incorrectly, that the U.S. was nominating the head of the outlawed meditation group, Falun Gong...
Although last Sunday's midair crash cost President Jiang an airman and a plane, it may nonetheless have been a windfall for the Chinese leader. Pilloried by hawkish critics for having responded too limply to NATO's erroneous bombing of China's Belgrade embassy two years ago, this week Jiang set out to burnish his prestige by acting as if he had Washington over a barrel...