When President Bill Clinton explained in March 2000 why he supported China’s admission to the World Trade Organisation, he stressed that political liberation would inevitably flow from economic liberalisation: ‘If you believe in a future of greater openness and freedom for the people of China,..…
One might think that in a long essay titled “The Untold Story of How George W. ... China’s Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with US President George W. ..…
Trump, like his predecessors this century, has largely been fixated on China. . The George W. Bush administration had expressed fears over growing Chinese influence, but Washington’s real shift in focus towards China can be traced to Barack Obama. ..…
Furthermore, no emergency has been declared in relation to the trade war with China. . In comparison, President George W. Bush’s action was justifiable when he issued Executive Order 13224 under IEEPA to block the assets of terrorist organizations – following the 9/11 or..…
“Imagine if the Internet took hold in China,” George W. Bush said in a presidential debate in 1999. ..…
The president can impose embargo on nation under IEEPA, said John Yoo, director of the law and policy program at University of California at Berkeley and former George W. The only peaceful way to achieve any real change China, and to curb the regime's and foreign and military..…
And that is why I now see the prospect of an economic iron curtain -- one that throws up new walls on each side and unmakes the global economy, as we have known it,' said Paulson, who served under President George W. ... China's recent action was unlikely to improve Trump's mood as..…
And look, the President is right when he says that China has been cheating for 25 years and that Bill Clinton did not do enough about it, George W. ..…
President George W. Bush at the White House in 2006. . For the past two decades, China has continually been designated by the U.S. ..…
On June 12, the George H. W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations bestowed its inaugural George H. W. Bush Award for Statesmanship in US-China Relations on former US president Jimmy Carter. ..…
When it comes to granting PNTR (“permanent normal trade relations” status) to China, which President George W. Bush formally did in 2001 after China entered the World Trade Organization, U.S. job losses have been larger, according to studies. . . ..…
The George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations, also known as the Bush China Foundation, bestowed its inaugural George H. W. Bush Award for Statesmanship in U.S.-China Relations on Carter, saying he made 'profound contributions to the..…
Dealings with China have had repercussions for Israel in the past too. During the administration of former President George W. Bush, the strategic dialogue with Israel was suspended for three years until Tel Aviv agreed to allow Washington to review any Israeli military sales to..…
The George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations, also known as the Bush China Foundation, bestowed its inaugural George H. W. Bush Award for Statesmanship in U.S.-China Relations on Carter, saying he made 'profound contributions to the..…
David Frum The deficit is China's problem. To the extent that Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, or Barack Obama believed that China's into the economy would lead it to democratize or accept American dominance East Asia, they were wrong. ..…
During the [George H. W.] Bush administration, an opinion piece in the New York Times by Leslie Gelb communicated a threat to China that it was vulnerable to having its coastal provinces detached from the rest of the country. ..…
Now, trade between America and China is €2billion a day! In June 1989, the US President, George H W Bush wrote to Deng Xiaoping urging joint efforts to ensure the “tragic recent events” would not harm relations. . ..…
Chao’s financial disclosure statements indicate she receives no income from Foremost, she made at least four trips to China with the company in the eight years between her job as labor secretary during the George W. ... As the first Chinese-American to serve as a cabinet..…
President George H.W. Bush. . “In China, we face a new kind of challenge; an authoritarian regime that’s integrated economically into the West in ways that the Soviet Union never was,” Pompeo said. . ..…
China’s entry into Latin America may have been inevitable, but it also allowed Asian leaders to get back at the United States for what they saw as meddling in their sphere of influence, such as continuing to sail Navy ships in the South China seas, said José Cárdenas, who served in the National..…
They are resuming the wrecking rampage launched by President George W. ... That move left Russia and China free to develop a new generation of hypersonic missiles. ..…
When a Chinese fighter crashed into a U.S. reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea in 2001, then-President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell apologized for the death of the Chinese pilot—to retrieve the crew China had interned on Hainan Island. . ..…
When a Chinese fighter crashed into a U.S. reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea in 2001, then-President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell apologized for the death of the Chinese pilot — to retrieve the crew China had interned on Hainan Island. . ..…
A policy of containment directed against China – supposedly spearheaded by Washington and followed by American allies – has been a consistent theme of Washington’s foreign policy at least since the George W. ... Moreover, challenges to Beijing’s sovereighty claims over the South..…
., after George W. The US has realised that China has become the main trading partner of many of countries and has increased its prestige in the region —. ..…
One of the principal creditors is Communist China, whose regime was one of the big lenders for President George W. ... Since it loaned the money, China expects repayment in full. American taxpayers are on the hook. . ..…
Wang Yi is seen as a prominent pastor in China as he was listed as one of the '50 most influential public intellectuals of China' by Southern People Weekly. ... President George W. Bush at the White House in 2006 to discuss religious freedom in China. ..…
His successors, none of whom served in the military and all of whom have wrestled with post-Cold War challenges, have been vexed not only by Iraq, but by challenges posed by nonstate actors while trying to manage regional threats emanating from China, Russia and Iran. While Bill Clinton,..…
Michael Pillsbury, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a defense official under US presidents including Ronald Reagan and George W Bush, tended to hedge his bets. . “Neither side got their maximum demands and it’s not the first time in US-China relations that both sides..…
Later in 2000, candidate George W. Bush characterized China as a “strategic competitor” and in the subsequent year, a Chinese fighter jet collided with a U.S. surveillance aircraft operating in the South China Sea, forcing it to land in Hainan. ..…
His successors, none of whom served in the military and all of whom have wrestled with post-Cold War challenges, have been vexed not only by Iraq, but by challenges posed by nonstate actors while trying to manage regional threats emanating from China, Russia and Iran. While Bill Clinton,..…
He was the son of Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut and became patriarch of his GOP family as the father of former President George W. During his remarkably varied career, he served as Texas, Ambassador to United Nations, Ambassador to China and Chairman of Republican..…
The father of former President George W. Bush, he was a Naval aviator in World War II, a congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, envoy to China, CIA director and vice president for two terms under Ronald Reagan. . . . . . ..…
Although the U.S.’s focus on China has reached a high point in recent years, this change reflects a longer-term recognition of the need to shift America’s focus to Asia in general and China in particular. For instance, prior to 9/11, President George W. Bush had begun laying the..…
When Hillary Clinton hit the plastic reset button in Geneva in 2009, she was likewise overlooking the Putin-ordered hits on Russian dissidents, as part of her rebuke of the sanctions ordered by George W. ... China kills far more internal dissidents than does Saudi Arabia, but it is..…
As a National Security Council official in the George W. Bush administration, I lived through the 2004 “Harpy” incident, described by Herman, in which the U.S. prevented Israel’s sale to China of drone components that in the American view represented a threat to our ally..…
The United States has been unable to find its place in a swiftly changing world order at least since the George W. ... It has consistently mishandled relations with China and Russia from one administration to the next, to take two prominent examples: trans–Atlantic ties with..…
Not since the 1970s, when the two countries normalized ties, has a US president pursued such an all-round adversarial stance toward China. Indeed, unlike his predecessors, including Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama, who regarded China as a “strategic..…
(Bolton was also behind the 2001 decision by President George W. Bush to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, an act the Russians viewed as inherently destabilizing.) By involving China, which was not a signatory to the INF Treaty, into the mix, the president..…
In 2007, President George W. Bush rejected a referendum that would grant Taiwan membership in the United Nations. . Taiwan could compromise with China and surrender to its intimidation to avoid war. ..…
In 2007, President George W. Bush rejected a referendum that would grant Taiwan membership in the United Nations. . Taiwan could compromise with China and surrender to its intimidation to avoid war. ..…
In 2007, President George W. Bush rejected a referendum that would grant Taiwan membership in the United Nations. . Taiwan could compromise with China and surrender to its intimidation to avoid war. ..…
Last week, US Vice President Mike Pence gave a blistering speech on US-China relations, saying “the United States has adopted a new approach to China.” . Pence’s big idea is that US presidents Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama fundamentally misunderstood the..…
For example during the administration of President George W. Bush, then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice once stated the U.S. government favored 'a strong China.' . ..…
Peter Navarro, director of White House trade and policy, said the trade penalties were the result of years of failed talks with China dating to George W. Seeking $50 in tariffs is conservative estimate to address American losses to China and does not include hundreds of..…
In 2005, President George W. Bush embarrassed himself when he was unable to open a door during a state visit to China. ..…
Since his inauguration, President Barack Obama, like his predecessor, George W. Bush, has paid little heed to China’s growing naval ambitions. He has ignored repeated warnings from allies like India, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, the Philippines and South Korea that the Chinese have..…
Romney, to the distress even of some Republicans, has called China “a currency manipulator.” ... Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush’s secretary of state, recently asserted that “America should remain the preeminent military power in the Pacific.” ..…