Indeed, he will. There is, for example, the image of Wei Jingsheng in confinement at a Hebei-province concentration camp called the Nanpu New Life Salt Works. But we may fairly guess at the daily ordeal he and countless thousands like him suffer. And though we may disagree with the Chinese about important matters, he advised, we must nevertheless cooperate with them. The Chinese may sign a few of those minor agreements they habitually violate as soon as the ink is dry, and that's about it.
Mere manners are the message.
They will be nice to Jiang Zemin at the White House on Wednesday. He will get a 21-gun salute and a state dinner and a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra. They will be nice to Jiang Zemin at the Capitol on Thursday, where a breakfast banquet will be thrown for him behind the safety of closed doors. No China-related legislation will reach the House or Senate floor this week, the Republican leadership has promised. Can't have that.