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...pressing for permanent most-favored-nation status, a guarantee of minimum tariffs. China is the only one of the 191 most favored nations whose status is renewed each year by a vote in Congress. That ensures a humiliating annual review on Capitol Hill of how Beijing punishes dissidents, suppresses Tibet and sells missiles to rogue states. Along with winning permanent MFN status, China wants to be admitted to the World Trade Organization, a goal the U.S. and other nations are obstructing until China lowers trade barriers...

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

...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 »

...mentioned the human-rights abuses in China without specifically citing Tibet. The attempt to destroy this culture continues. Until the government reforms its policies, Beijing will remain a power the world cannot love. BARBARA NICOL Sleepy Hollow, New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 24, 1997 | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

Eventually Kesang and Lopsang hope to return to Tibet...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Tibetans Ring in New Year | 2/12/1997 | See Source »

...want to go to Tibet sometime soon, but it's difficult to enter," she said...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Tibetans Ring in New Year | 2/12/1997 | See Source »

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