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Though Red China has tons of problems -- problems that I hope will sink it -- it's its growing economic strength that makes them more dangerous.

I was against granting China MFN status. If their government changes in the next 10 years, MFN will have succeeded, if not, it'll have been a mistake.

RE: "If their government changes in the next 10 years, MFN will have succeeded, if not, it'll have been a mistake."

Well that's just about as close to the crux as you can get.

Meanwhile we'll look for clues of the outcome and keep on truckin' on these threads. :>)

I was against granting China MFN status. If their government changes in the next 10 years, MFN will have succeeded, if not, it'll have been a mistake.

We can thank Bill Clinton for that. And this is where it has gotten us: From Elaine Kurtenbach - The Associated Press: "China's trade surplus surged to $101.9 billion in 2005, more than triple the $32 billion gap recorded the year before, according to customs figure releasedWednesday".....(not from the stupid Swampfox98, I might add)........"China is now the world's third-biggest trading nation, ...the report said China announced earlier that it had overtaken Japan in terms of merchandise trade and remained behind the United States and Germany"...(but not for long, as America is fast becoming a third world nation, outsourcing our jobs to India, bringing in 20 to 50 million Mexicans to take jobs away from citizens and be put on our Medicaid and welfare system)......"A leading U.S. lawmaker"....not stupid swampfox98..."Sen. Max Baucus, said during a visit to Beijing that he had warned senior Chinese officials that the persisting trade imbalance with the U.S. was bound to draw a backlash"....(but not on Free Republic).

Thanks to Bill Clinton, who gave China the missile guidance system, China can now zot any nation on earth who triffles with her, while America goes down the tubes, our "friend" China sees her star ascending over the world at an astronomical rate.