Word: standoff
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...hands helped Bush understand that a way out required accommodating both sides' sensitivities. So a few carefully chosen words ended a potentially explosive standoff. The dEnouement was crafted to exact concessions from both sides but leave each able to claim victory. China yielded on its demand that Washington take full blame and didn't force the U.S. to end its airborne surveillance. The Bush Administration used language of regret that earned charges of "national humiliation" from the Republicans' conservative ranks...
...never "coddle dictators" as his predecessor had, but he wound up embracing Beijing as a "strategic partner." On the stump, George W. Bush suggested that Clinton was too soft on China, but last week it was Bush who was lightening his position. By the end of the 11-day standoff, some of the President's early swagger was gone; in its place was a letter saying the U.S. was "very sorry." Has Bush changed his mind about China...
...last Wednesday, the phone rang in the presidential bedroom. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice was on the line. Chinese diplomats had finally accepted a U.S. letter of regret about the South China Sea air crash that had locked the two countries in 11 days of tense confrontation. The standoff was safely over, the American air crew heading home. The President, still in bed, rolled over to his wife and dryly delivered the news. "Looks like the matter is going to be resolved," he said, according to aides...
...braking wing flaps had been wrecked in the accident. A dislodged antenna had wrapped itself around the EP-3E's tail, further complicating the landing. Chinese troops quickly surrounded the prized plane, wielding weapons and demanding over bullhorns that the Americans abandon the craft. After a tense 15-min. standoff--during which the U.S. crew continued to destroy much, but not all, of the classified material aboard the plane--they surrendered to the Chinese...
...never "coddle dictators" as his predecessor had, but he wound up embracing Beijing as a "strategic partner." On the stump, George W. Bush suggested that Clinton was too soft on China, but last week it was Bush who was lightening his position. By the end of the 11-day standoff, some of the President's early swagger was gone; in its place was a letter saying the U.S. was "very sorry." Has Bush changed his mind about China...