[Cicero]

An hour isn't much time. Bush is too busy at the moment to give him any more.

[Ciexyz]

Kudos to Mr. Bush for his deft handling of China policy.

[RobFromGa]

Thank G-D Jiang is meeting with President George W. Bush and not Algore or the Disgraced, Impeached, Serial Rapist, Perverted xxx42 Bubba J. "did you mean is or is" Klintoon.

[Bonaparte]

"China might even go so far as to say it will resolve the Taiwan issue peacefully, provided that the US will declare, on its part, not to arm or co-defend the island."

If China committed to resolving the issue peacefully, why would they care about military aid to Taiwan? Seems to me they would only care about that if they were planning to attack Taiwan.

[maui_hawaii]

Here is my crystal ball stuff. No one knows whats going to happen with the summit but I will give a SWAG (sophisticated wild @ss guess).

1. China will agree to remove the missiles opposing Taiwan, and in return Bush will delay the sale of subs to Taiwan. It will be a contingent deal based on Beijing's following through with the deal.

At the same time though Bush will reiterate his willingness to defend Taiwan should they come under attack.

2. China is the biggest proliferator of WMD technology therefore Bush will (shortly after the summit) impose fines on US corporations that have illegally transferred tech to China. The Cox Report will come to a head. The Admin will adopt a wait and see attitude as far as the new Chinese export controls are concerned.

The Tian An Men sanctions will not be lifted, or they will be replaced with a new set of rules governing tech exports to China. Quite possibly there will be an uppage of US personell in China to keep track of proliferation activities.

[patriciaruth]

China might also ask for the suspension of the ban on the transfer of US technology, imposed since the Tiananmen Incident 13 years ago.

We had a ban on transfer of technology? Who forgot to tell the PoSlyingSoSCIC?

[denydenydeny]

Third, the dual nature of American policy towards China 'characterised by the periodic swing of mood between containment to engagement' will continue to cause ups and downs in bilateral relations.

They're called free elections.