Comments on: Hao Wu, in the Washington Post and at the FEAC conference http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/20/hao-wu-in-the-washington-post-and-at-the-feac-conference/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sean coon http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/04/20/hao-wu-in-the-washington-post-and-at-the-feac-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-10410 sean coon Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:10:27 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=503#comment-10410 with a $200B deficit issue and the chinese currency issues looming, i doubt bush will muddy the waters with human rights issues that don't tie in directly to our workers losing jobs. jintao is fearing a US import tariff, so now would be the perfect time to press for the release of political prisoners. i'm highly doubtful that will happen, though, as our administration has a list of wants that would top human rights in any negotiation process. with a $200B deficit issue and the chinese currency issues looming, i doubt bush will muddy the waters with human rights issues that don’t tie in directly to our workers losing jobs.

jintao is fearing a US import tariff, so now would be the perfect time to press for the release of political prisoners. i’m highly doubtful that will happen, though, as our administration has a list of wants that would top human rights in any negotiation process.

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