PNS commentator George Koo recently interviewed Robertson about the trip. Koo is an independent business consultant, former Chairman of Silicon Valley based Asian American Manufacturers Association, a Human Relations Commissioner of Mountain View, Ca. and a member of Committee of 100, a national organization of prominent Chinese Americans. T wo months after President Clinton's trip to China, a different sort of summit took place in Beijing. The purpose of Robertson' s trip was to bear eyewitness to the practice of religion in China. The outcome could contribute more concretely toward a positive U.S.-China relationship than even the President's earlier high profile tour.
China is in the midst of building an economic miracle.
Furthermore, the people of China are enjoying religious freedom to a degree far greater than has been described by the American media. When asked, he said people like Gary Baur, head of the Family Research Council, are hard to influence. He does what he likes, but he does not speak for conservative Christians. I don't believe he has ever been to China. Roberston himself first went to China in 1979.