And I can't go to Anand's <b>dadx2mj</b>. I've been banned there. Thrice.
[Edited by Splitfire on 04-04-2001 at 02:27 AM]
Actually, it work both way...I'm pretty sure we let the Chinese government get away with everything because of economic trade. "Made in China" is worth more than innocent lives.
China let US get away with things too, just like the embassy bombing... how would American feel if Chinese aircraft bomb a US embassy and get away with it? I completely agree to the article... if it weren't for the huge media hype on this accident, it would be over in no time...
Jiang was strongly criticized for letting the U.S. off the hook too easily over the Belgrade embassy bombing two years ago, and he's clearly under pressure from the hawks in Beijing to hang tough. Some China analysts have warned that although Jiang may wish the problem would simply go away, the fact that the U.S. leadership has publicly put pressure on Beijing makes it all the more difficult to simply cave in to Washington's demands. And yet, from a U.S. perspective, a new president who has been doing his best to cultivate a tough and resolute image in international affairs is being made to look anxious and uncertain — and he, too, can't afford to project weakness, which probably rules out an apology.
America was acting as part of NATO, apologized to China over this regretable incident and compensated the Chinese. So it didn't get away with it.China let US get away with things too, just like the embassy bombing... how would American feel if Chinese aircraft bomb a US embassy and get away with it? I completely agree to the article... if it weren't for the huge media hype on this accident, it would be over in no time...