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To: foundation who wrote (91806)	1/13/2001 7:47:49 AM
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China looks ahead to having Bush at helm of bilateral ties (18 December 2000) Eight years is a long time. The working relationship that China hammered out with the United States during Bill Clinton’s two terms is now coming to a close, and a new U.S. administration waits in the wings. What should China expect from a second-generation Bush administration? According to Zhang Yuanyuan, a spokesperson at the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., China expects to cooperate with President-elect George W. Bush, his administration and Congress to further strengthen bilateral relations. Zhang's remarks, made at an embassy press conference, appeared in the Dec. 15 Zhongguo Xinwen She (China News Service). He said that bilateral relations in the next few years will continue to develop despite any new problems. Zhang added that campaign promises are one-dimensional aspects of a candidate and that what really matters is how the person acts in office. Observers in China similarly welcomed Bush’s Dec. 16 nomination of Gen. Colin Powell as secretary of state. In his acceptance speech, Powell said the United States will work "with those nations in the world that are transforming themselves—nations such as China and Russia. We will work with them not as potential enemies and not as adversaries, not yet as strategic partners, but as nations that are seeking their way." Although Beijing has not reacted to Powell’s nomination, according to the Dec. 18 South China Morning Post, Li Zhaoxing, China’s ambassador to the United States, said he was confident economic relations between China and the United States would improve. The Taiwan issue In his remarks, Zhang stressed that Taiwan is the most important issue concerning China-U.S. relations and hoped that the United States will adhere to the "One China Policy." He alluded to the three joint communiqués issued by China and the United States between 1972 and 1982, and expects that the new government will stick with the views expressed in them. Furthermore, Zhang also referred to the "three nos," in which the United States has pledged not to support Taiwan independence; not to support a "one China and one Taiwan" scenario, or the so-called "two Chinas" approach; and not to support Taiwan membership in any international organization that would require acknowledging the island as a sovereign state. Tang Jiaxuan, China’s foreign minister, similarly said in Beijing on Dec. 15 that he believes Bush will continue the Clinton administration’s China policy. Both Democrats and Republicans agreed upon the current policy, Tang said, and it is important to maintain stability and continue the momentum of bilateral relations. He expects that the new U.S. administration will work together with the Chinese government to carry out the intent of the already agreed upon joint communiqués. Tang also said that Taiwan is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations, and recalled that the United States has made explicit promises to the mainland regarding Taiwan. Tang expressed his hope that the incoming administration will keep these promises and will handle the Taiwan issue "in a proper way" by supporting China's peaceful reunification. This level of behavior by the United States, he said, is vital to the development of bilateral relations and stability on the Taiwan Strait. A different take Lu Qichang, a researcher at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations and an expert on the United States, predicted that the Bush administration will scrap Clinton’s vision of China as a "strategic partner" and redefine the role as a "strategic competitor." Lu, whose prediction appeared in the Dec. 15 Yangtze Evening Post, believes that this new role will be the foundation of the Bush administration's China policy. Although this new plan of action presents an apparent reversal of China policy, in the long run, he said, the Republican administration might accomplish more good than harm. Republicans represent big business and will therefore want to strengthen trade and investments more than Democrats want to, Lu noted. Second, Republicans, who are perceived to be less ideologically driven, could possibly drop democracy and human rights complaints. And third, most members of the young Bush administration are pragmatists who worked for the previous Bush administration, Lu said. 63.216.153.211