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EDITORIAL Trading with China in interests of U.S. Allhough ho will surely suffer in the polls for It. Pres ident Bill Clinton’s decision to onco again extend Most Favored Nation trading status to China was not only tho right choice when it comes to American financial interests but may also be the best way to ensure that Chi na's dismal record of human rights abuse improves in the future. A year ago, Clinton issued an ultimatum to China, threatening to revoke the country's MFN status if it did not improve its human rights record by June of this year. Few, if any, improvements have boon made. So. with the deadline fast approaching, Clinton was faced with a choice. Ho could follow through on his threat and revoke MFN status, but this would have serious neg ative implications for those American companies — Boe ing, AT&T and Wal-Mart, just to name a few — that have chosen to invest in China during tho past few years Or. he could recognize the economic reality of the situation, b^.kdown on his threat and make the choice that stands the greatest chance of protecting American interests and promoting human rights in China. Clinton chose the latter, when asking Congress last week to renew MFN status for China. Continued strong trade with China is clearly in Amer ica's — and the world's — best interests. Tens of billions of dollars can be made each year through trade with Chi na. tho world’s third-largest economy and largest sin gle market, with more than a billion potential consumers. A nation with that much economic power doesn’t ne* - ossarily require American trade. Other partners have shown their willingness to look past China's human rights transgressions. And unlike some tiny, backward Third World nation, without any resources of its own. China doesn't need tin* United States. It would greatly Ixemfit from American help, but it isn't essential. Chinese history includes many such periods of "intro spection,” when tho country looked inward and let the rest of the world go about its business without interfer ence. It would be highly unwise to encourage, through trading obstacles, a return to such isolationism. China is one of tho most heavily armed countries in the world, with a nuclear arsenal second only to the United States and Russia. The more isolated the country becomes, the less power the world community has in controlling its actions. And global stability will suffer. The same logic may be applied to the matter of human rights. The more interconnected the world economy becomes, the greater influence China s trading partners including tho United States will have on China’s internal policies. If trade between the United Stales and China continues to expand, China’s need for that trade will expand ns well. Shutting off MFN now won’t accom plish nearly so much as shutting it off in another It) years, after American investments have gotten a strong foothold. Granting Chinn Most Favored Nation status, although a 180-degree turn from Clinton's policy a year ago. is in the best interests of American and Chinese business, global stability and — perhaps ironically — the rights of Chinese citizens. Oregon Daily Emerald PO OOI 3154 CUGCNC 0«CG0Nt?*03 - C'”e»»v <s puuKVWO oai*y M year and Tuesday and Thursday during the su Publishing Co . Inc . at the of Oregon. 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LETTERS Special thanks I would like to soy a big T hank You" to nil the volun Iwrs who helped moke the Ore gon Special Olympics Summer Games possible I attended some of the events last Saturday morn ing and note ed all of the vests that said volunteer on them. 1 was very impressed by the num ber of people who were gra i iouslv giving this time to add |oy to some very special people's lives My brother participated in these games, and I know that he couldn't have if it weren't for all the volunteers They helped my brother go home with not only two medals hut a now sense of confident e and self-worth that he doesn't often ret five outside of his home These special peo ple learn to work together and also get an opportunity to stand m the spotlight for a weekend 1 hese memories stay with them for a lifetime and it couldn’t las done without you. Thank You! Terra Wort Psychology Painful reality About lti of us sit in a fresh man seminar attempting to rec ognize the dying planet and our relationship with it As yve si! together, talking ’ about the “environment," many of us are sincere only in our words and have not quite made the connection yvith our actions Yes. yve probably oil recvi le and some of us limit our consumption and participate in other measures Hosvever, what 1 am talking about nuyv is jobs. As yve "discuss" boys vve will soon kill the Earth, we accept jobs that are destructive to the Earth We justify our acceptance of these unhealthy jobs (fast food, mass fishing, forest-fire extin guishing. paving, etc.) by using the excuse that yve must earn money to go to school. Hello? 1 am the first m my entire family to attend a univer sity. 1 am paying non-resident tuition (I know that is my choice); and I am paying for the bulk of my edui ation alone. I must yvork if I want to attend col lege, hut it absolutely does not mean that I must accept a job that yvill contribute to the destruction of the Earth. 1 would rather not work until 1 can find a job that is healthy (yes. I'm quite aware they are difficult to find ) However, it is curtainly not impossible II everyone in the world used the excuse of needing money and worked in whatever job we ( ould find, the destruction we cause would never change. I do under stand that some people are lim ited with their skills and need to feed themselves and their fami lies. but i>e are students and most of us are not starving It hurts me tremendously to see that in a class where we are supposedly becoming aware of our actions and their relationship with the Karth. the real con nix tion has not Ih1 disc overed Lori Nelson Undeclared A Profit 1 would like to apologize lor slating that Sacred Heart Hospi tal is "making a killing" on dial ysis treatment My wording was grossly inappropriate for the dis cussion pertaining to hundreds of thousands of individuals seek ing treatment by dialysis. Hut I would like to "take issue" with a statement bv Heverly Mav hew. at Sacred Heart, made in the ()DE of May 11 She commented that "dialysis is. in fact, one of several survii es that the hospital provides to patients for which it receives relatively little com pensation Sacred Heart lost SI.03 million serving dialysis patients in 1993." I contend that Sacred Heart's dials sis treatment fm ility is mak ing a positive contribution mar gin. but once overhead is allo cated. it obviously appears that Sacred Heart's dialysis facility is a money-losing operation. Dif ferent methods of overhead allo cation can have drastic impacts on the profitability of each ser vice Sacred Heart provides If Sacred Heart were to use an activ ity-based costing allocation method, allocating overhead on the Uisis of lalxir, equipment use, spatial use. etc , Sacred Heart's dialysis facility would show a profit If Beverly Mayhew c ould send me the financial break down and ratios depicting the dialysis facility's operation costs and profits along with its net mar ket contribution figures to P.O. Box 24233. Kugene, OR. 97402. I would be happy to discuss this issue further. As it stands, Sacred Heart is making a substantial profit on its dialysis operations hut when it uses erroneous overhead alloca tion procedures, it often depicts different scenarios. Michael Jette Donors tor Lite Rude habit I think it is very inconsiderate of those ot you who choose to smoke in the doorways of the buildings that everyone must enter in order to attend classes While you are congregating in the doorways, you are creating mass amounts of unwanted smoke that is endured by all of us who don't want to he subject to this stale smell I am not alone when 1 say it is very rude to expose those of us who don't smoke to this nasty odor. And. how frustrating it is to be walk ing to your classes m the heavy stream of people when someone stops just in front of you to light their cigarette, producing a cloud of smoke that you are forced to breathe. Smokers also have the habit of throwing their cigarettes on the ground instead of in the garbage This is littering! I have heard many people say that cigarette butts are biodegradable, and it is therefore OK to throw them on the ground But this isn't a valid argument, because everything is biodegradable after a certain length of time I think there should be fines for everyone breaking this law it is very ugly to see cigarette butts all over the ground. It is tolerable when one is a considerate smoker, hut becomes a rude habit when you am subjecting others to the prod uct of that habit without their consent After all. it is subjec tion that causes the objection. Michelle Reyna Pre-Business Administration LETTERS POLICY The Ort‘gon Daily Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing comments on topics of interest to the University community The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or stylo
