Peking duck: selling out - constructively.

From: Reason | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: Hazlett, Thomas W. | Copyright information

Americans disprove of the 'constructive engagement' that Pres Bill Clinton used as an excuse to entertain Chinese Pres Ching Jiang to normalize trade relations with China. However, Clinton claimed that it was not a sell out of human dignity but a means to effectively promote civil rights in China.

Didn't Bill Clinton rail against George Bush in Campaign '92 for "coddling Chinese dictators"? Or is that memory just some sort of collective national delusion?

Unfazed - or perh...

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