From: kxd5425@usl.edu (Du Kaisheng)
Subject: Re:      Re: MFN under Clinton's administration
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 00:40:24 GMT

In article <Bx9yBr.As@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> "(Jinghong Li)" <jli@AMSC01.ENGR.UDAYTON.EDU> writes:
>>From: YAO@AE.AGECON.WISC.EDU
>>  The election of Clinton raises the question that if the CMFN would
>
>I think Yang Yao raised several interest points, but some of his/her
>conclusions seem not very convencing.
>
>While agreed that each Country will mainly act according to their
>own interests, I think the defination of "national interests" was
>misunderstood in the mentioned post.  For a Country, let's define
>to a non-ditatorship country, "national interests" covers many areas.
>Not only export/import, not only economy, not only security, it often
>and should include of respect of freedom of speech, basic human rights,
>law and order, and etc.
>
>Talking about Bush's behavior during the last couple of months, well,
>there was really not much of "for Amecrican interests".   His
>"everything goes" election maniac has indeed made history.  So, hold
>your praise to him, at least for now.
>
>No one knows what will President Clinton do on MFN, yet.  But every
>indication tells us that a CMFN is very likely in the near future.
>The question now is NOT how to justify non-condition-mfn's rightness,
>rather, how to do the following two things:
>
>    1.  push the Chinese Government act: respect human rights, release
>        all (at least all 64 related) political prisoners, gurantee
>        each and every oversea CSS's freedom when they go back, and etc;
>
>        Please remember, it is time for the CG to make some real
>        progress, NOT the other way around.  If you really care about
>        reform in China, join us to make it work for the people, not just
>        those priviledged few.
>
>    2.  In the meantime, we can work on a more realistic MFN bill
>        -- believe or not, there will be a bill regardless of IFCSS
>        lobby or not -- what we can do is to make it workable.
>
>Opportunities come and go, if one can catch it, he will only have himself
>to blame -- this applies we CSS, and the Chinese Government.
>
>
>Jinghong

What is the definition of human right? Do you think you should propogate
in the U.S the idea that there exist severe poverty in China and their 
human right should also be respected? So the U.S should give more human
aid to those peole. And do you know many children can not finish elementary
school because of poverity? Should their basic human right - to have the
elementary education - be respected? 

When the "fighters" cried for democracy in China their slogan were just too
far away from the mainstream of common people, even thoughthose slogans are
 popular in the West.  So they can get some support from some Western
countries but not the chinese people. Too abstract to understand.  If they
really care about China, do something sounds less great. China will not
change overnight, it needs patience to work out. The president of America
can't do that. It will take the effort of several generations. 

Talking about opportunities, for me today China is having a good opportinity
to catch up at least with the "second world"  . We did not have the 
opportunity in the recent 100 years. If you do not want to contribute to
this course, that is fine. But don't try to blow it.  Good intention may
not result in good consequence! At least when you enjoy life here in U.S
do not forget about those peers of us who are still living in poverty.

These people may not understant what democracy is. But for them $100 is
more attrctive than some empty promose. Whatever noise you make in the
name of them in here should make them benifit not suffer more.

Du