Someone else's status quo
When Wen Jiabao, alias "bu dao weng" (tumble doll), visited the U.S. last December, George W. Bush became
the first president of the United States that had discouraged a democracy
while encouraging a totalitarian regime by warning Chen Shui-bian that
he wouldn't tolerate the "defensive referendum" Chen was planning
for March on the grounds that it would destabilize the status quo in the
region. At that time many neocons, including Robert Kagan and William Kristol
said: "President Bush performed a kowtow that would have made Bill
Clinton blush."
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