(Posted by John.)
We can, of course, say very much about the Bush administration -- almost all of it not flattering. But I had always had a very-slightly-net-positive read of their policies towards China, despite some obvious craziness going on, and the equally obvious speed bump that was the Spy Plane Incident. (While I criticize many of the decisions of the Bush administration, there's been a lot of lower-level positive developments, especially military-to-military communications that have been very helpful at reducing tensions.) It seems, however, that even I was a bit too charitable. Not surprisingly, the bad news involves civilian members of the Department of Defense.
