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China & U.S.

With respect to human rights, relations between the U.S. and China are often strained. China is a country that fits into the category described by Madeleine Albright as one “that rejects the very rules and precepts upon which the system is based” (51). Of course, this is not to say that U.S.-China relations have not come a long way in the twenty-five years since the Shanghai Communique was signed, mainly because Deng Xiaoping was open to modernization and normalizing relations between the two countries. China is a global powerhouse economically, but relations between the U.S. and China have often been strained over the issue of human rights, an issue that caused a great deal of tension as a result of the Tiananmen Square incident. Previously, human rights improvements were sought in China by the U.S. linking their development of human rights to their most favored nation trade status, but economic intricacies have caused a shift in this policy, “One result of events in China was the decision to link China’s progress on human rights to its most-favored-nation trade status. It turned out, however, that the MFN stick threatened our interests as well as China’s, putting our economic relationship with China—and arguably our entire relationship—on the line” (Building 2).

Of course, today our officials and diplomats regularly meet with Chinese leaders to discuss a broad array of issues affecting both the U.S. and China. The Chinese have come a long way in accepting the global norms of behavior NATO, the UN, and many industrialized nations have already adopted. As Secretary of State Albright relates, “The government is committed to economic reform. On proliferation, China has progressed from advocating the spread of nuclear weapons to signing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and the Chemical Weapons Convention while agreeing to tighten controls on sensitive exports. In the po...

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