Copyright 2000 The Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus
Dispatch
October 4, 2000, Wednesday
SECTION: EDITORIAL & COMMENT, Pg. 12A
LENGTH: 110 words
HEADLINE:
TRADE VOTE WON'T PUSH CHINA INTO DEMOCRACY
BODY:
I am somewhat disappointed at the recent passage of the
permanent normal trade relations bill in the U.S. Senate. I
fail to see how it will bring democracy to China anytime soon.
It would
have been better to make passage conditional to some action from China to prove
it is committed to a path toward democracy. One step would be a recognition of
an opposition party or parties.
On June 4, 1989, hundreds, possibly
thousands, of students were massacred on Tiananmen Square protesting for
democracy.
The question then becomes: Would the Chinese massacre again,
and, if so, why should we give them normal trade relations?
Chris Binder
Gahanna
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