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...future so publicly, Clinton sent shudders through other countries in the region. Japan was worried, Taiwan was dismayed and India was furious. Nor was Clinton's audience of critics back home fully convinced. "There's no question he has given [Beijing] a public relations coup," says Representative Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat. "How the regime responds will determine the ultimate success of the summit." The Chinese, says James Lilley, a former ambassador to Beijing, made Clinton look good, "and they made Jiang Zemin look as though he could handle the Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Summit: Did the Summit Matter? | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

Some legislators are appalled at the idea of exporting tobacco. California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi says, "How can we possibly say smoking is deadly for our kids but O.K. for foreign children?" Hollings and Ford argue that America has no right to dictate to other countries. Why punish American suppliers, they reason, when most of the $262 billion in world tobacco revenues winds up in the coffers of state-owned monopolies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exporting Death | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...emerged as major targets, four were from California, where the business community began courting the Chinese soon after Richard Nixon renewed ties in 1972. Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are longtime supporters of China's MFN status. (Feinstein's husband has extensive business interests there.) Representative Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, is a leading opponent. Representative Tom Campbell, a Republican, sits on the House International Relations Committee. Another target was New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat critical of China's occupation of Tibet. (The sixth has still not been identified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT DID CHINA WANT? | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

...money to Congressional races. Strangely enough, the agency instructed the officials to keep the information to themselves. "I'm told that's not routine," Presidential spokesman Mike McCurry dryly observed. Although Clinton says he didn't know what was going on, plenty of other people did: California Representative Nancy Pelosi says she was first briefed by the FBI about possible Chines manipulations in 1991. At least five other members of Congress we re briefed in June 1996. Senator Barbara Boxer said the FBI gave her a classified report about the Chinese government's desire to gain influence in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Need to Know | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

Raimondo says he's not a single-issue candidate, but his only reason for running against Nancy Pelosi is her vote to send U.S. troops to Bosnia. "Nothing but a prelude to war," he called the deployment. Even his attacks on Pelosi's stands on medical care and budget cuts are framed by the Bosnia debate. Raimondo does oppose NAFTA and affirmative action, however, without reference to Bosnia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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