The visit became public months later during a second visit. And it was Vice President Al Gore who was embarrassed in 1997, drinking a toast to celebrate a business deal with Li Peng, who'd been in charge of the Tiananmen Square massacre. But trade is running at a deficit, and critics also wonder if Clinton's campaign received Chinese money, if U.S. firms leaked satellite data to Beijing, and if American carelessness let Chinese spies steal nuclear secrets as well. The trouble is, it's easy to criticize. Once you're in office, it's different.
China is a big, strong country.
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