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...Kerry would also like to continue multilateral negotiations. (In the current round of talks, the U.S., South Korea, China, Japan and Russia join North Korea at the table.) In the presidential debates, Bush argued that for the U.S. to go one-on-one would squander Beijing's influence with Pyongyang. But analysts say China would be content to see bilateral talks between the U.S. and North Korea proceed alongside the six-party confab. All in all, China could hardly be happier at the state of its relationship with the U.S. "Powell's trip shows that the U.S. takes China seriously...
...Mushroom-Shaped Cloud There is a lot of speculation about the explosion in North Korea that produced a mushroom-shaped cloud [Sept. 27]. Although Pyongyang denies it blew up anything nuclear, I wouldn't mind if North Korea acted as a counterweight to the U.S. People the world over are supposed to accept the opinions and directions of the West and to follow the American way of life. Different viewpoints, which used to be valued by democratic societies, are not very popular these days; therefore, it is good when other nations and cultures try to resist domination by the West...
...would then be certain that George W. Bush, the most divisive U.S. President in recent history, would not be re-elected. Jacques Scohy Brussels A Mushroom-Shaped Cloud There is a lot of speculation about the explosion in North Korea that produced a mushroom-shaped cloud [Sept. 27]. Although Pyongyang denies it blew up anything nuclear, I wouldn't mind if North Korea acted as a counterweight to the U.S. People the world over are supposed to accept the opinions and directions of the West and to follow the American way of life. Different viewpoints, which used to be valued...
There is no evidence that North Korea has built any nuclear weapons since Bush took office. Before then, the CIA suspected that Pyongyang had a weapon or two but had no firm proof. Over the past two years, experts believe, Pyongyang has significantly stepped up its nuclear program. A former director of the U.S. nuclear laboratory at Los Alamos, N.M., who visited the country this year confirmed that North Korea has removed 8,000 spent fuel rods from its nuclear reactor, enough to make as many as seven weapons. But no outside observer knows whether North Korea has actually finished...
Actually, the Chinese would welcome direct U.S.-North Korea talks as a second forum for pressuring Pyongyang to drop its nuclear-weapons program. China offered to arrange such discussions during talks in Beijing in June among the so-called six parties: the U.S., North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan and Russia. So why was Bush so adamant that bilateral talks would be a "big mistake"? He believes any unilateral concession, such as agreeing to Pyongyang's demand for bilaterals, weakens the U.S. position in nuclear-disarmament talks...