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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scumbria who wrote (137347)	4/11/2001 9:55:24 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

Let's hope it ends. Unlike Clinton, Bush now has respect from the Chinese. Face is what matters, and they got a face full of Little Bush! I am very optimistic for US China relations to go forward from here. I blame Clinton's policy of cowardice for the incident, but that is the past. However, they aren't free yet: China's evening television news quoted Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan as saying the release of the crew was being made as a humanitarian gesture, and repeating the mid-air collision was the responsibility of the US. This is unlikely to be the end of the dispute. There is no mention in the Chinese statements about the spy plane itself. Chinese pilot Wang Wei has been lionised by the state media Correspondents say that there is likely to be some background diplomacy and hard bargaining going on as the US crew are released. They say China is likely to press hard for restrictions on US surveillance flights over or near Chinese territory. Beijing is also likely to pressure the US on bilateral concerns such as trade and entry to the World Trade Organisation. news.bbc.co.uk