Bill Clinton

1) Clinton had visited Taiwan many times before he was president. He was not exactly familiar with foreign policy, however he was experienced with business affairs. Overall he had more experience with Taiwan than China.

2) Barad pretty much told Clinton that without the MFN on China, many American companies would suffer greatly.

3) Human rights improvements for Taiwan and then the US would pull back from the new Taiwan policies.

4) Congress was pushing to renew the MFN status, but Clinton ordered his executives to make it appear as if Congress was trying to revoke the MFN status. The reason for this is so Clinton would have more leverage when asking for demands from China. China wanted more from MFN, but decided not to speak out because it would be a sign of disrespect.

5) The American business community was rushing to Beijing to invest in the market. Over 6700 new foreign contracts in China were American. China was and is leading the world business community because no other country attracted more attention from businesses.

6) The US imposes military sanctions on China for selling M-11 missile parts to Pakistan. This did not sit well with the business community because it hurt the companies who signed contracted with China. The business community complained and spoke out against the sanctions.

7) The US is worried about North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which caused Clinton to be less confrontational with China because China still had relations with North Korea.

8) The Clinton admonistration remained neutral, but Warren Christopher sent human rights information to the International Olympic Committee.

9) The Clinton administration changes it policy which would mean they "would be willing to talk to the Chinese at all levels of government and on a wide range of subjects."

10) I believe China would be cautious when talking to the US from now on because now they would have to talk more about their issues and it is known that China had many internal issues that should be addressed. The US would be seen as stronger because now that have shown China that they have less issues to deal with and they were the ones who opened up the talks.