8.Zheng Min，"APEC Meeting to Promote Regional Economy，"China Daily ，September21，2001，p.A1.Certainly ，the Chinese government never signaled approvalfor coalition military action in Afghanistan.Instead ，it said it had been intouch with all parties urging peace.See statements by Foreign Ministry spokesmanfor 2001，
at www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/c7501.html.
9.Jeremy Page，"China Sets Terms for Backing U.S.War on Terror ，"Reuters，Beijing ，September 18，2001.
10.Nicholas Groffman ，"Letter：View from China，"The Independent （London），September 22，2001.See also Hsu Tung-ming ，"US-China Relations Strained by Attacks，"Taipei Times，September 22，2001，p.8，
at www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/09/22/story/0000104030.
11.When asked about the expulsion of Chinese journalists by the State Department，spokesman Richard Boucher said，"We curtailed the visit on September 14because，under the circumstances ，it was decided not to continue the tour."When askedwhether the journalists had "laughed or cheered or applauded，"Boucher said，"Iknow there have been rumors and things like that talked about.I just don't know."Another reporter pressed："But they were asked to leave？"Boucher repeated："Thevisit was curtailed.That's the way I put it."Richard Boucher，Daily Press Briefing，U.S.Department of State，September 18，2001，
at usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/01091813.htm.
12.The exchange at the briefing was："QUESTION：What are the areas of commoninterest，other than the general fight against ——that terrorism is a bad thing？Or is that all they ——is that as far as they got？MR.BOUCHER：Once again ，I am not in a position to go through specific areas that we might have discussedwith specific governments."Richard Boucher ，Daily Press Briefing ，U.S.Departmentof State，September 26，2001
at www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2001/5067.htm.
13.Willy Wo-Lap Lam，"The Terror Attack and China's Deeper Concerns ，"ChinaBrief ，Vol.1，No.6（September 27，2001），
at china.jamestown.org/pubs/view/cwe_001_006_001.htm.
14.For example ，a toughly worded article in the PRC-owned Ta Kung Pao newspapershortly after the visit warned Pakistan that Washington is cooperating with NewDelhi to encircle Pakistan.Ba Ren，"The United States Meddles with Afghanistanto Kill Three Birds with One Stone——On The White House's Military Deployment andVariable of Central Asian Strategic Patterns，"Ta Kung Pao （Hong Kong ），September24，2001，transcribed by Foreign Broadcast Information Service ，FBIS-CHI-2001-0924.
15.Agence France-Presse，Beijing，"More on China FM Spokesman Comments onBorder Security ，Terrorism，"September 25，2001，transcribed by Foreign BroadcastInformation Service ，FBIS-NES-2001-0925.
16."Fu Quanyou Yu Ba Canlianhui Zhuxi Huitan"（Fu Quanyou meets Pakistan Chairmanof Joint Command），Jiefang Jun Bao（Liberation Army Daily ），January 16，2002，
at www.pladaily.com.cn/gb/pladaily/2002/01/16/20020116001011.html.
17.Liu Jianfei ，"Renqing Fankong yu fanbade guanxi"（Grasp relation betweenantiterrorism and anti-hegemonism ），Liaowang （Beijing ），February 24，2003，pp 54-56，transcribed by Foreign Broadcast Information Service ，FBIS-CHI-2003-0307.
18.Aftab-E Yazd，"Iran Daily Carries `Media Monitor'Feature for 22April ，"Iran Daily（Tehran），transcribed by Foreign Broadcast Information Service ，FBIS-NES-2002-0422，April 22，2002.
19.Almaty Kazakh Commercial Television ，"China Summons Kazakhstani ForeignMinister over US Bases，"transcribed by Foreign Broadcast Information Service，CEP20020502000119，May 2，2002.Kyrgyz diplomatic sources in Washington privatelyconfirm that China made similar demands of them.
20.Admiral Dennis C.Blair ，Commander in Chief ，U.S.Pacific Command ，"Adm.Blair Discusses Taiwan，Fight Against Terrorism，"press roundtable，HongKong，April 18，2002，
at usinfo.state.gov/regional/ea/uschina/blair418.htm.
When asked about China's intelligence contribution to the war on terrorism，onesenior American intelligence officer offered，"Yes ，they are helping us.Butif they stopped tomorrow，no one would notice."Arthur Waldron ，"Guess Hu's Comingto the White House，"The Wall Street Journal ，May 1，2002，p.A18.See alsoBlair's complaints that intelligence sharing with Beijing is minimal in Dirk Beveridge，"US ：China Could Help War on Terror ，"Associated Press，April 18，2002.GeneralTommy Franks pointedly declined to comment on China's refusal to grant overflightor landing rights at Chinese bases.General Tommy Franks，"General Franks SaysAfghan Situation Still Tough，Murky，"press briefing，U.S.Department of State，Washington Foreign Press Center ，April 11，2002，
at usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan/text/0412frnks.htm.
See also Greg Torode，"Beijing Left Outas US Praises Neighbours for War Support，"South China Morning Post ，April 13，2002，p.A1.
21.Hu Qihua and Shao Zongwei ，"Anti-Terror Talks ，"China Daily ，February21，2003，p.1.
22.Ambassador J.Cofer Black ，quoted in Joe McDonald ，"Amid Tensions overNorth Korea and Iraq，Us Envoy Praises China's Anti-Terror Role，"Associated Press，Beijing ，February 19，2003，in "US on PRC Anti-Terror Role ，"NAPSNet DailyReport，February 19，2003，
at nautilus.org/napsnet/dr/0302/FEB19.html#item7（italics added ）。
23.See James A.Kelly，U.S.Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian andPacific Affairs ，"U.S.Policy on China and North Korea，"remarks to the WorldAffairs Council ，Washington ，D.C.，January 30，2003，
at www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2003/17164.htm.
24.U.S.government sources say they have no idea what，if any ，Chinese aidhas actually gone to the Kabul government.China pledged only $1million at theJanuary 2002Afghan Donors Conference in Tokyo，but subsequently pledged $150millionin direct aid to Afghanistan.In April 2003，a source directly involved with theU.S.Afghan aid program noted privately ，"The claim of $150million for Chinais very much larger than information supplied to us by China."
25.Lian Junwei ，"Qian Qichen huijian Sabuli，wei Yi bangqiang"（Qian Qichenmeets Sabri ，evinces sympathy ），Gongshang Shibao （Taipei Commercial Times ），August 29，2002.See Wang Zhuozhong ，"Meijun Gong Yi，Tang Jiaxuan mingquebiaoshi fandui"（Tang Jiaxuan explicates PRC opposition to U.S.strike on Iraq ），China Times （Taipei），September 10，2002，p.3.Chinese Foreign MinisterTang was quoted as saying that China "absolutely opposes……any arbitrary [renyi]expansion of the scope of the attack."
26.See Ministry of Foreign Affairs ，People's Republic of China ，"ForeignMinistry Spokeswoman's Press Conference ，"September 24，2002，at www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/35257.html.
27.John Tkacik and Nile Gardiner ，"China Will `Stand Aside'on Iraq，"AsianWall Street Journal ，February 10，2003，
at online.wsj.com/article/0，，SB1044827848882052943，00.html.
28.Ibid.
29.Yan Xizao ，"US Action Nothing Short of a Crime，"China Daily ，April10，2003，p.4.
30."FM Outlines 5-Point Plan to Address Global Challenges，"China Daily ，September 26，2003，
at www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-09/26/content_267541.htm.
31.See "Li ，Powell Talk over Phone ，"China Daily ，October 12，2003，
at www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/12/content_271124.htm.
32.Richard L.Armitage ，"A Comprehensive Approach to North Korea ，"NationalDefense University Strategic Forum，No.159（March 1999），at www.ndu.edu/inss/strforum/SF159/forum159.html.
Time for Washington to Take a Realistic Look at Chin
Time for Washington to Take a Realistic Look at Chin