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...Chinese counterparts chatter manically at President Clinton while keeping a 20-inch distance, it may be simply because they've taken the advice of a Chinese online guide to dealing with Americans established by the China Internet Corp. for the historic visit. "When one colleague meets another, they often just yell out their name," it advises. "It is not necessary to shake hands -- usually they just smile and say 'Hey,' 'Eh,' or 'Hi.'" (It seems a little Canadian slipped in there.) While the President might be tempted to relax his dress code on the advice that "whether in town...
Hoping to avoid any unscripted episodes during President Clinton's visit to the ancient city of Xian today, Chinese authorities yesterday detained two of the city's leading dissidents, Yan Jun and Jiang Hangxia. They promised Jiang's wife he would be released within days if there were no "incidents...
...While the arrests will fuel domestic criticism over the President's trip, the dissident issue is unlikely to disrupt the overall purpose of the visit. "Clinton is not going to China to undermine its regime, he's there to do business and build a long-term relationship," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "Although he'll meet with Hong Kong's elected democrats, seeking meetings with dissidents would be taken as an insult by Beijing, and that's not his purpose." Still, by arresting dissidents a day after refusing entry visas to journalists from Radio Free Asia, Jiang Zemin...
President Clinton's 1996 reelection mantra promised a bridge into the 21st century -- the century in which China will become the world's largest economy. That, says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan, is what's prompting the President's visit to Beijing, which begins today. "The U.S. is never going to be able to tell China what to do," says Branegan. "But we will be able to influence events there if we deal with the country on an ongoing basis. It's unquestionably in the U.S. national interest to develop that influence -- that is the White House rationale...
...Percentage of women who visit sex sites online who prefer sites with visual erotica vs. those who prefer chat rooms...