Did Clinton Know What He Was Doing?

During this week for class I was questioning whether or not Clinton knew what he was doing with China. I wondered if he was some sort of mastermind with a very elaborate plan or he was just insanely lucky. It seemed that Clinton just purposely tried to piss off China. He would actually make demands from China unlike the other presidents. The other presidents would spoon feed China. The odd thing about Clinton is that he made demands from China when they needed America the least. The other presidents made did not make many demands from China but rather they gave China everything they wanted. China was in no position to make demands from America but America still gave in to their demands every time. It is possible that Clinton also had the luxury of mainly focusing on the economical side of the relationship which aided in his more upfront stance with China. I believe that Clinton had no real master plan but he was the only president that stood his ground against China. His stance and time of power was the reason for his short term success with China. I believe China knew they could not persuade Clinton S easily compared to the other presidents.