European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 25, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 13 commentary Barry Schweid Nixon opened door but China still a the Sun was out but the weather was Chilly 20 years ago As Richard m. Nixon Long a Symbol of the capitalism that communists despised arrived in Beijing for Summit talks with chairman Mao tse Tung. A week later Nixon left with a Broad understanding that the United states would work with the worlds most populous nation to oppose any soviet dominance in Asia. In a gesture to Mao Nixon announced that . Forces would be pulled out of Taiwan a was the tension in the area  in 1979, formal ties with the nationalist government on the Island were broken and Ever since then american presidents have grappled with How Best to Deal with China. The soviet Union is no longer a cause for concern in Washington or in Beijing. It has disappeared. But president Bush 20 years after Nixon a opening to China still wants to maintain Strong ties. Most americans would agree the goal is worthwhile. But China a poor human rights record and reliable reports of arms sales to the Middle East Are raising questions about Bush a approach. Winston lord was . Ambassador to Beijing from 1985 to 1989. He helped write the 1972 communique prepared Nixon a briefing books and was the first american to enter China since 1949. Lord scored that Triumph in july 1971, when he accompanied Henry a. Kissinger the presidents National Security assistant on a secret flight to Beijing which set the stage for Nixon a visit. As the pakistani plane approached the Airport lord recalled in a recent interview a i went to the front and i was the first one  Kissinger who had hoped to be the first to set foot on chinese soil a was not pleased Quot lord chuckled. Turning serious lord said the human rights situation in China 20 years ago also was a very  by 1971, the United states had not had Contact with the chinese for 22 years. Today against a backdrop of a 20-year relationship. Lord faults the Bush administration for not taking a tougher stand on human rights. A we should conduct necessary business with them. 1 am not calling for isolation a he said. A and certainly private and academic Exchange should continue whenever they Are fruitful and Lay the foundation for better  but lord added a i believe we should avoid High level meetings which tend to legitimize the  three weeks ago Bush met for 20 minutes in new York with chinese Premier i Peng one of the last hard line communist leaders on the International scene. It was i who ordered the crackdown on pro democracy demonstrators in Beijing a Tiana men Square in june 1989. People around the world had seen the Tiana men massacre on television and Bush responded with sanctions including a suspension of High level meetings with chinese officials. But he sent his National Security adviser Brent scow Croft and Deputy Secretary of state Lawrence s. Eagleburger on two secret trips to Beijing in 1989, and has treated China with considerable care All along. Bush lobbying hard on Capitol Hill also arranged for China to be Able to Benefit from lower tariffs on Puzzle exports to the United states. Without questioning the strategic purpose of Bush a policy Richard Holbrooke assistant Secretary of state for East Asia from 1977 to 1981, Calls the president s execution of it a Sloppy and  Bush has neither satisfied the human rights critics nor received anything of value from the chinese the former Carter administration official said in a separate interview. A the relationship is at the lowest Point in 20 years a Holbrooke said. And sending scowcroft and Eagle Burger to China was he said a a fundamental  a your policy should be a Long term policy to encourage the forces of Reform and to get them to Stop being nuclear proliferates a Holbrooke said. A it should remain a bipartisan policy. Bush has re politicized the  the opening of China has been called the most serious foreign policy initiative of the Nixon presidency. Harry Harding a scholar at the Brookings institution who has just written a Book on the relationship launched by Nixon is also critical of Bush a approach. After imposing sanctions Harding said in an interview Bush has tried quietly to a Swap our Way out of the impasse by offering to drop some sanctions in Exchange for concessions from Beijing. A it did no to work particularly Well a Harding said. And Bush in the last year or so has adopted a tougher policy a with More  he is now More willing to denounce the absence of democracy a and that tougher policy is beginning to achieve some significant  c Tho associated Rossanna Quindle today s women proving feminism in t dead omit it i amur Desiree Washington says somebody offered to pay her off. She told this to Barbara Walters on National television Friday night. Washington is Sweet and Earnest the kind of Young woman who would have shown up at a train station with a Small Valise big eyes and High Hopes in old fashioned movie musicals if old fashioned movie musicals Ever cast Black people. She is the woman who was raped by Mike Tyson. She says she was offered $1 million to drop the charges which is an awful lot of Money to offer someone if you think they Are lying. The matter is under investigation so she  name names. But she says the people who offered her Money also offered her names to say magic words to explain to the Public Why she was Loath to go Forward. Patricia Bowman. Anita Hill. She did no to Budge. It has been a great time for women in America. I know that conclusion seems contrary to fact. The reason Many were shocked that Mike Tyson was convicted was not because they thought he was innocent. Quite the contrary. It was that for the last year being female in America seemed like a bad country Western song can twin for losing. It Wasny to Only for example that Dow Corning had manufactured a product of questionable safety after questionable research. It was that the suits who run the company were dismissive of women who complained about their breast implants. In this Way they deftly turned what might have been handled As a Public relations problem into the National Nightmare they richly deserve. They were cold and close minded when openness and compassion were called for. They treated their Consumers like crybabies. They did no to take them seriously. That is Why it has been a Good year a because we have taken ourselves seriously. And personally. Any Good reporter knows that the Best Way to illuminate an Issue is to write about the people who embody it. It has been More than two decades since the world began to change so dramatically for women but this revolution has been Long on issues and Short on people to embody them. When Barnard College asked its entering freshman class to list the women they most admired Eleanor Roosevelt led the pack. Among the living Margaret Thatcher was the most popular Choice. Madonna Mother Teresa Golda Meir a the list revealed something obvious there has been no Rosa Parks of women a rights in recent years no splendid average person whose indignity summed up injustice. Now there Are real women to hang the issues and the anger on. Mention Hill and there is still an adrenaline Rush. A i thought id Stop feeling angry when it was Over a one woman said of the hearings which Jay Leno likes to say could have wiped out the Federal deficit if they had aired on pay per View. A but in a still  and Why not history repeats herself. Many of the members of the Senate treated Hills accusations the Way the officials at Dow Corning treated the pain of women whose implants had gone haywire. Hysterics. Complainers. Crybabies. Women who get beaten up by their husbands can Tell you about this phenomenon. They know the moments when their Eye is slowly turning indigo and their old Man says a you made me do  Why did you stick around people asked Hill. Why did you go there they asked Washington who was believed and Bowman who was not. The Good Guys of America should be tired of this blame the victim stuff which assumes that any woman with half a brain knows that her male counterpart is the functional equivalent of a loaded gun. People have been predicting the death of feminism for years now but feminism Isnit dead. Like any distance runner with a Long Way to go it was just getting a second wind. Now there Are More real people to make the political personal which is to make it real. Rape victims have stepped Forward. Women who feel that they have been maimed by big business and big Medicine Are speaking out. And Hill has come to Stana in Many minds not Only for sexual harassment but for courage dignity and a refusal to move to the Back of the gender bus. I bet she will be near the top of the Barnard list come september. I wonder How much her example encouraged Washington not to Back off but to move Forward.  a it j new Yetk r or