Support the One-China policy, don’t weaken it

$1M political donations by Chinese Army should not be legal

Which of the following constitutes a violation of US law?
• An American businessman in China, aware that bribery is a common business practice there, gives a Chinese Communist party official $100 to listen to his proposal.
• A subsidiary of a corporation owned by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army gives $1 million apiece to the Democratic and Republican parties in the hope that it may acquire technology that could eventually have a weapons application.
  If you answered that only the businessman is in violation of our laws while the Chinese Army-owned company acted within its rights, then you would know just how badly our campaign finance laws have failed our country. You know just how influential big money special interests have become in Washington. We cannot reform anything until we reform the way we finance political campaigns. Until we abolish soft money, Americans will never have a government that works as hard for them as it does for special interests. Source: Boston Globe, p. A19 (editorial by McCain) Jan 28, 2000

  Admit China to WTO based on their concessions

  China agreed to lower tariff rates to levels commensurate with the industrialized members of WTO instead of the higher levels employed by developing countries. This would have reduced tariffs on agricultural goods 40%. China’s entry into the WTO is in our national interest. Their accession would bind China to WTO’s dispute resolution procedures. WTO rulings have overwhelmingly supported the US position in the past, to the great benefit of American businesses and families. Source: (Cross-ref from Free Trade & Immigration) Speech to National Jun 14, 1999

  China: Advocate for political reforms, and guard Taiwan

  Political reforms are the best assurance that China will emerge as a non-threatening great power. We may argue over whether economic engagement and rising prosperity further or hinder those reforms, but they should be the objective of both camps. We need not shrink from a strong advocacy of religious and political freedom. Guarding against Chinese threats to our strategic interests in Asia is a sound rationale for helping reduce the growing threat to Taiwan from a mainland missile attack. Source: (Cross-ref from Foreign Policy) www.mccain2000.com/ “Positio Jun 14, 1999

  Inaction on spying led to Chinese nuclear improvement

  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., long a critic of President Clinton’s China policy, said the [Cox Report] will prompt questions about why the administration did not do more to intervene.“I find it troubling that too little action was taken too late by this administration, resulting in the fact that the Chinese may have been able to build nuclear weapons comparable to ours,” McCain said. Source: Associated Press, “Republicans on China”, by K. Srinivasan May 26, 1999

  Engage with China as they become a great power

  Chinese leaders. will do whatever is necessary, no matter how inhumane or offensive to us, to pursue their own interests. And they lead a nation of extraordinary potential, that is, whether we like it or not, becoming a great power. America must engage China if we are to maximize our influence over how that immense nation emerges as a world power. [However]. engagement does not require us to cede to China advantages that come at the expense of our own security. Source: www.mccain2000.com/ “Position Papers” 4/30/99 Apr 30, 1999

  China: Keep open trade & diplomacy; but keep eyes open

  I have opposed efforts to revoke normal trading status between us or to freeze our diplomacy toward China. And in recent months the Chinese have cooperated with us more than usual on matters such as the Asian financial crisis and a little more than usual on proliferation. But. we must also prepare for the other contingency, that China emerges as the primary threat to American interests and values. The latest spy incident proves [our vulnerability to this risk] beyond dispute. Source: www.mccain2000.com/ “Position Papers” 4/30/99 Apr 30, 1999

  Voted YES on permanent normal trade relations with China.

  Vote to give permanent Normal Trade Relations [NTR] status to China. Currently, NTR status for China is debated and voted on annually. Bill HR.4444 ; vote number 2000-251 on Sep 19, 2000

  Voted NO on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons.

  Vote to table [kill] an amendment that would require sanctions against China or other countries if they were found to be selling illicit weapons of mass destruction. Bill HR.4444 ; vote number 2000-242 on Sep 13, 2000

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