EDITORIAL
Trade status would
help change China
More than two years after the Chinese military at
ta< k on student-led protesters in Tiananmen Square,
the debate still rages 01 Washington over whether ('In
na's most favored nation trading status should he con
tinued
Mam Democrat if and Republican members ol Con
gress want China's most favored nation status to come
(omplete w ith a list of human rights reforms as condi
tions for retaining the MI N’ status
However, the Hush Administration favors leaving
the Chinese on the favored nation list, no strings at
tached. The administration maintains that "renewing
China's MI N waiver, without conditions, provides our
best instrument for promoting positive i hange and
11 S interests in China " (Emphasis added )
Tin- Hush gang believes if the t Suited States puts
human rights-related conditions on the MI N deal,
stu b .is higher tariffs and trade regulations, the Chi
nose will isolate themselves even further giving out
side powers su< h as the l Iniletl States less influence in
side the great wall. The Hush Administration favors us
ing harsh words, rather than concrete ac tions, to trv
and influent e the (.hinese government
However the administration's logic in this case
has not been horn out bv the fails I'nlike the days of
old. China now depends on outsiders to keep its econ
omy and industry rolling along Complete isolation is
no longer an option for the ('hinese l'sing tools such
as the MEN waiver can he positive, tangible weapons
lor c hange instead of the easily ignored rhetoric the ad
ministration now employs
|ust the threat of losing the most favored nation
status and facing tariffs that could cost China billions
of dollars in exports to the United States has caused
the country to take unprecedented steps toward ad
dressing human rights abuses.
Rather than the "mind vour own business" atti
tude the Chinese government usually adopts toward
human rights questions, lately if has taken steps to
change its image The Assoc iated Press reported that
an Australian human rights delegation is sc heduled to
arrive in China in July, the first such visit in Chinese
history The group hopes to meet with political prison
ers and journey to Tibet, where Chinese sei urity forces
have < rushed repeated demonstrations for indepen
dence.
Obviously, this is a major c hange in China's inter
nal policies The change wasn't brought about bv the
Hush Administration's harsh words The mere threat of
losing trade privileges prompted the reforms As the
self-proclaimed world's police chief. George Bush
should use the MEN weapon to back up his rhetoric
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assuming that feminists think
pornography onuses rape How
ever, hr is wrong in tailing to
rt-togni/r that pornography on
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rape is a perverted man lurking
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rape aecmints tor only nnc in
live rapes but does not include
dale rape a< ipiaintanr e rape or
sexual harassment One out of
111 men will rape, and one out
of four women will be raped
t mild It be that pornography
promotes the ideas that women
aie merely ob|ei Is that .1 wom
an means "yes" even when she
says no that women enjoy
being sexually dominated by
men. that <1 woman asks fm
rape by her ai lions or what she
is wearing?
It also blows us away that
Woohvei would believe that
the epulemu lit AIDS is ac tual
ly slowing down but further
more the absurdity that it
yvould sloyy down due to por
nography I’ossibly he i .in be
sexually gratified by spending
the night alone yxtlli a maga
/me but oh please does he
really think that it everyone
yyent out a bought a Pl.nbo\
that this would diminish the
spread of All )N ' (let real
|osie Briggs
St.n le \\ illiarns
I eri-sa Nash
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Return to sender
On the Office ol
Multi, ultural Affairs Ayvard
Reception that y\as held on
May I. I have decided along
with Krit Ward and Jon
Motohiro not to a. 1 opt the Mi
norily Leadership \yvard The
reasons behind this at tton yvere
1| I here are no Asian Ameri
1 an (lasses even when it has
been listed in the ( lass s( hed
ules Im the last III veal's. .’)
\sians .lie e\i hided from the
l MAS!’ Underrepresented
Minority St holarship Program)
.mil ,i| rliere are no ai ademic
counselors of Asian detent in
theO.MA office
This ,n t was to make the t hit
versity aware of some of the
Asian American students con
t erns and not to reject DMA s
and t All s i rut in! role on tun
campus to promote "mstitu
tional diversity DMA and
(All have fought along with
Asian American students to
promote awareness to the ad
ministrators and fat ultv mem
hers about tile needs of the
Asian Amerit nns. Init tor the
List three years tfiat I have been
here (lie I ’niversitv as a whole
showed no progress in institu
tionnlh recognizing our e\is
tent e and out own unit|ue his
lory of struggle in America
At other universities, minor
its st holurships are offered to
the Asian Amerit an students
\\ ith national origins of fnston
tails disadvantaged countries
I’hese students are from stub
countries as Laos, Vietnam
Larnbodta. elt ( Anti it is funny
tfnil these countries' historic
disadvantages were clue in part
to the involvement of American
troops |
knowing well that this uni
versity is denying my existence
as an Asian-Amerit an I asked
DMA to return my Minority
Leadership Award to Mvles
brand I am drawing tfie line
here, and I am sasmg. "NO
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