American Foreign Policy Brought to You by China

August 05, 2008
American Foreign Policy Brought to You by China: Advisers to Obama, McCain Tied to US Multinationals that Profit from Beijing

President Bush is heading to China this week, where he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics on Friday. The Games' presence in Beijing have helped spotlight opposition to China on a number of policies, including its repression of the Tibetan independence movement, its support for the Sudanese government in Darfur and its crackdown on dissidents and civil liberties at home. In the latest issue of Harper's Magazine, Ken Silverstein says many of the bipartisan experts who have advocated so-called "constructive engagement" with China are tied to major US multinational corporations that profit heavily from the Chinese market.