Positive Press on Bush's China visit

Here's an article from the International Herald Tribune. As you remember, Bush attended the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer, and received criticism for the decision because of China's issues with human rights. In this article Steven Lee Myers explains that Bush wanted to attend the games to send the message of respect and support to the Chinese people. The author also rejects the idea of Bush giving a public address with a strong critical message of the government:

"The idea of giving a Reaganesque "tear down this wall" speech on human rights in China — as members of Congress and others are calling for Bush to do — has been abandoned as potentially insulting to the president's hosts, one senior administration official said. Besides, most Chinese would probably not see or hear it, because of state control of the news media."

This author basically supports Bush's visit and relates to the arguments that prevented Bush from taking a stronger, more public position of opposition to the Chinese government's handling of human rights during his time in Asia.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/america/05prexy.php