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On the recordMay 15, 1991
We discussed China, MFN. I want to see MFN for China continue, and I made a strong pitch for it. We do not want to isolate China. And I go back to the days when I was in China as the equivalent of Ambassador, and though there are major problems in China--things that we don't like about their system--things are an awful lot better than they were back in 1975. So, I look at the big picture. I look at the support we got from China in Desert Storm. I look at the importance of China as a country. And I don't want to see us isolate them. I do want to see them come forward more on some of the things that we've been asking them to do. Iraq
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George H.W. Bush
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