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...Jiang Zemin's American-made and -outfitted personal jet may not even be raised. First reported last month, the presence of the bugs has elicited almost no reaction on either side, prompting speculation among China watchers as to why Jiang, who aggressively vied to win diplomatic concessions after the Sino-U.S. spy-plane incident last spring, has kept this one under wraps. "I'm interested in the dog that didn't bark here," says James Mulvenon, a China analyst at Rand Corp. "Both sides want the trip to go well so badly that they're willing to weather this...
That helps explain why the news was leaked by hardline factions within the PLA who want to soil Sino-U.S. relations and embarrass Jiang. The embarrassment has been as muted as the press coverage, but you can be sure the government learned one thing: always buy Chinese...
...Plainly, just as we were always wanting to deal with China during Cold War to break the Sino-Soviet alliance, now that the U.S. is the sole superpower it makes sense for the Russians to want to draw in China to strengthen their own position...
...Only in America? HE COMES IN PEACE Even before an interloper from the shores of Fistiana upset the delicate balance of power, it had been a bad week for Sino-U.S. relations, with Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian planning a visit?er, transit?through the States, and China charging an American citizen with espionage. Then the entrance of a new superpower suddenly made that old bipolar paradigm seem as irrelevant as a WBO title belt...
...question about the Administration's approach is whether it might unintentionally foster the threats it seeks to head off. Russia may be persuaded it can live with missile defense; its weapons could still overwhelm any such system. But pressing forward without addressing China's concerns might stoke a serious Sino-American rivalry - a less attractive prospect than a bigger confrontation between the U.S. and North Korea...