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This 8 page paper provides an overview of what happened in China during April of 2001 when a spy plane made an emergency landing in the country. The hostage situation and resolution are discussed is depth. Chinese-American relations are looked at in a general sense. The thesis of the paper is that President Clinton created an atmosphere where such could happen. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: RT13_SA207Chn.rtf
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is true that to some nations, the U.S. is looked upon as the worlds bully, but by and large the free world sees the United States of America as a
positive force that is helpful and not evil. The U.S. does try to right the wrongs it sees such as people being treated harshly or in an inhumane way. In
fact, for many years, the U.S. had criticized China in respect to human rights issues and carefully considers MFN each year due to violations. For some time, it seems
as if China would not dare confront the major world power which is the United States. Yet, after eight years of Clinton, China decides it can get tough and when
a U.S. spy plane was on their turf, albeit accidentally, a major world fiasco would arise. In April of 2001, a United States Navy plane was forced to make
an emergency landing in China after colliding with one of two Chinese planes that had been following it (Edwards PG). The Chinese government claimed that the United States violated
its air space and further suggested that the U.S. had been conducting spy missions near the territory (PG). They claimed that the U.S. should take full responsibility for the incident
(PG). In the end, the hostages were released, but it was an uneasy time for U.S.-Chinese relations. The simplistic overview of what happened does not really provide one
with an idea of what Chinese-American relations are like. That incident is only one example of how a Chinese American may view things differently, as George Koo notes, and he
stresses that Bushs tone was legalistic (35). Although Koo suggests that the U.S. should have taken a more humane tone as there was loss of life on the part of
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