| Since when has the current national Dhimmicratic leadership ever done anything useful to advance human rights? |
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- On a trip to Beijing in 1991, Representative Nancy Pelosi slipped away from her official hosts and unfurled a banner on Tiananmen Square commemorating the hundreds who died there during the Chinese governmentÂ’s suppression of pro-democracy protests two years earlier.
Now, returning days before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown as the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pelosi wonÂ’t be able to easily break free, even if she wanted to.
In the 18 years since Pelosi displayed her banner, the U.S.-China relationship has broadened as ChinaÂ’s economy grew about 10-fold. President Barack Obama is seeking to expand talks with Chinese leaders on issues ranging from climate change -- the U.S. and China are the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases -- to addressing the global recession.
| And to keep them buying our bonds ... |
“Given the agenda of the Obama administration, I doubt that she will be as provocative on human rights as she has been on previous visits to Beijing,” said Dennis Wilder, Asia director on the National Security Council under President George W. Bush. “That said, I also do not believe she will shy away from criticizing the Chinese government on human rights.”
| I'm betting you won't hear a peep from her about human rights ... |
Pelosi, a California Democrat, will visit Shanghai tomorrow and on May 25 and is scheduled to talk with Chinese leaders about climate change in Beijing on May 26, according to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. She is traveling with members of the House panel set up in 2007 to address global warming.
Pelosi, asked at a Capitol Hill press conference yesterday about whether she would bring up human rights on her trip, declined to address the topic. |