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Almost immediately, U.S. officials complained that the Bake-Off had been "unorthodox." The issue was rekindled in August when Senate majority leader Trent Lott complained that the U.S. had "given the farm away without a shot being fired." In particular, said Lott, the deal means "U.S. naval ships will be at the mercy of Chinese-controlled pilots and could even be denied passage by Hutchison," which he calls "an arm of the People's Liberation Army...
...rebellious youth who reveres his family's military tradition but chafes against authority. As a child, McCain displays a petulance that leads him, when angry, to hold his breath until he blacks out. As a student, McCain recounts, "I grew more determined to assert my crude individualism." At the Naval Academy he is a self-described "arrogant, undisciplined, insolent midshipman" who graduates near the bottom of his class...
...agreed to pay for oil imports and build two new reactors. And South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung has embarked on a policy of engagement, offering food and investment from South Korean companies. As thanks, North Korea has sent fishing boats into South Korean waters and provoked a naval clash (Seoul's forces sank one ship), dispatched a suspected spy vessel into Japan's seas (Japanese self-defense forces opened fire for the first time since World War II) and arrested foreigners (later released). It might sound like the moves of a country in chaos, but observers...
...Despite the saber rattling, however, neither Taiwan nor Washington believes any Chinese military action is imminent because even mere martial gestures carry political risks for Beijing. For instance, in 1996, when the Chinese fired missiles near Taiwan, the U.S. sent two naval battle groups into the area to signal its readiness to come to Taiwan?s aid. "It?s humiliating for the Chinese when they?re forced to back down in the face of U.S. military power," says Dowell. "They?re very aware of the need to avoid making huge threats from which they later have to back down...
...Pakistani military plane will be a real test of the two countries? restraint. Just weeks after Pakistan ? under intense international pressure ? withdrew its forces from the Indian side of Kashmir, Indian combat planes shot down a Pakistani coastal patrol plane killing all 16 people on board, including five naval officers. India said the plane was downed while flying over its airspace; Pakistan insisted the plane was on the Pakistani side of the border and said the location of the wreckage would prove...