-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! The real Elaine Chao 'Walk Fire Enter Demon': Her interview with a Chinese newspaper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Editor's note: In the early days of George W. Bush's presidency, while Attorney General-nominee John Ashcroft was battered and bruised in an ugly confirmation gauntlet, Elaine Chao sailed through the same process effortlessly to become labor secretary. This, despite in-depth reporting by WorldNetDaily.com revealing Chao's and her father's close personal ties to Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, as well as business ties to communist China. The following report is based on a 5-part series of stories published from July 3-7, 2000, in Sing Tao – one of Hong Kong's major newspapers, whose American version is one of the major Chinese-language papers in the U.S. The series was based on an in-depth interview with Elaine Chao by Sing Tao editor Li Ge. They were published on the paper's U.S. website. In that series, titled "Washington Penetrating Inspection -- Exclusive Interview (or visit) with Chao Hsiao-lan (Elaine Chao's Chinese name)" -- Li writes about having a conversation with Chao at a June 16, 2000, fund-raiser in Kentucky during last summer's presidential campaign. Chao's husband is Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell. The provocative answers Chao gave reveal just how closely Bush's labor secretary identifies with and supports the Chinese communist regime. By Timothy Gallaher © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com In early July of 2000, the Chinese language newspaper Sing Tao published a five-part feature on Elaine Chao, who has since become secretary of labor. The articles covered a number of issues including Chao's views on China and U.S.-China relations. Among her comments were that she "in no way" agrees with the Cox Report, that the U.S. media and Hollywood demonize China, that it is unfortunate the Republican Party has Christian and religious critics of China and that China should understand it is in a public relations war and should improve its PR by cultivating contacts with Congress and journalists. Chao also discussed differences between Democrat and Republican China policies. Chao stated that, if elected, G.W. Bush's China policies would be identical to the senior Bush's China policies and contended a new Bush administration would be advantageous to U.S.-China relations. She voiced her support for the Clinton administration's policies of constructive engagement and strategic partnership with China and criticized Clinton for not being able to see the policies through in the wake of the campaign-finance scandals and the Cox Report. The series of articles in the Chinese-language daily also covered Chao's views on a number of domestic issues and she spoke about her conservative political philosophy. Chao talked to the author, Li Ge (Mandarin pinyin transliteration) at length on a number of occasions, including at a Kentucky fundraiser for George Bush hosted by Chao and her husband, Sen. Mitch McConnell. This series in Sing Tao last year is noteworthy because it sheds light on some issues that were brought up when Chao was first nominated for labor secretary. After her nomination was announced, a number of news reports appeared in the Chinese- and English-language presses – led by reports in WorldNetDaily.com – that detailed her ties and friendships with high-level Chinese Communist Party members, including a family friendship with Jiang Zemin, China's president, whom she and her family have met various times in the U.S. and in Beijing. Also, in the wake of her nomination, her views on China-related issues were reported to some degree. But no article delved into her views and positions as deeply as the series of articles published over the week of July 3 to July 7, 2000, in the U.S. edition of Sing Tao. There has been little public comment about Chao's ties to the Chinese government, nor was the subject addressed at her confirmation hearing. The following comes from this series of articles by Li Ge in Sing Tao and presents Chao's views and opinions directly in her own words, translated to English here. Quotes below are direct quotes attributed to Chao in the original five-part series of last year. At a June 16, 2000, fundraiser in Kentucky, hosted by Chao and McConnell and attended by the Chao and Bush families and 400 others, Chao spoke with the author, Li. "You know, former president Bush recently visited China [referring to an early March 2000 visit]. President Bush and China's highest-level leaders met face to face. He is a long time friend of China," said Chao. Chao told the reporter she didn't want to go into detail, but explained that President Bush is very much like a Chinese father. During the visit he expounded his son's views to the Chinese leaders. "President Bush," Chao said, "told the Chinese leadership that, concerning U.S.-China relations, the second Bush presidency and the first Bush presidency will be the same." She went on to talk about the ramifications of a Gore victory with respect to China. She stated that Gore would have to contend with labor and human-rights issues over China policy that would be difficult to reconcile with others in his party. Chao then contrasted the Democrat view with that of the Republican view, saying the Republicans have an attitude that is more open to the world because of their belief in a free economy and free trade. But she did find fault with Republicans. "Unfortunately, the Republican Party also has criticizers of China who are Christians and religious believers. They also talk about human rights and think China is an enemy, but compared to the Democrat side, they are apt to be well organized." Chao spoke with the reporter about what obstacles China faces in the U.S. She reiterated the idea that has been put forth previously by Qian Qichen, China's top foreign affairs official, and also by Bill Clinton, that the U.S. needs to create an enemy and that China is demonized by the media. "The U.S. is always happy to see an enemy, possibly because it serves a domestic policy purpose. And now that the Soviet Union doesn't exist and Russia is no longer the evil empire, some people without any reason make China the United States' enemy." She stated there is a "freedom-flaunting clique" in Hollywood that made "rotten cake" movies portraying Chinese as bad guys. This topic led to a conversation on how China ought to realize it needs to win a public relations war. "Whether or not China likes it, Taiwan has just undergone one victory in international society. With their March 18 [2000] presidential election, Taiwan's image is quite good." "China also must come up with their own persuasive formula to win the public-relations war. I'm saying to China, this is a new game China may have difficulty understanding. I believe China can do well." Chao went on to say that China ought to do more to improve public relations in the U.S. She used an idiomatic expression to explain it, roughly translated as, "you jump over more and you successfully jump over even more" – basically meaning that a little bit of effort will reap big rewards or a little bit of PR will go a long way. As part of this PR war, Chao said that China should make more contact with independent journalists and China should do more work on Congress. She knows China and congressional aides are making contact more and more and that China has begun setting up legal organizations that are making contacts in the U.S. "This could help a lot." Chao talked a fair amount about Clinton's China policy, which she supported. She initially made a joke about it, saying, "as far as China, I think Clinton did one very good thing: He brought along 2,500 attaches with him [on his 1998 visit] and this provided a boost to the economy that wasn't small. I'm very happy about that." But, she went on to talk seriously and stated that she supported Clinton's policies of constructive engagement and strategic partnership, a policy that began with Jiang Zemin's 1997 visit to Washington, D.C. But she criticized how Clinton handled the policies and relationship. "Other than some rather brilliant photo-ops, I can't think of any matter that he followed through on." Chao told the reporter that even with the constructive strategic partnership as a guiding principle for discussion, Clinton was still unable to handle the concept and was unable to push forward with any concrete progress. According to Chao, the Cox report and the campaign-finance scandals played a large role in harming the constructive strategic partnership that was announced at the 1997 summit between Clinton and Jiang. "U.S. domestic political influences dominated the issue and led to heightened national security considerations so that Clinton and other personages shrank away from their positions, to a great extent, so much that 'Constructive Strategic Partnership' was never mentioned again." Chao felt that Clinton did not use his position as a leader to full advantage, to be more persuasive toward Congress to accept the constructive strategic partnership and engagement policy. The Clinton administration, she felt, hadn't pushed it enough, in concept or in concrete terms. Asked directly by the interviewer if she supported the policy, she affirmed, "I support it." "The U.S. foreign policy of transforming China into a demon is a 'walk fire enter demon' thing." The idiomatic expression "walk fire enter demon" means insane. "The demonization of China reflects certain Americans' exceeding lack of understanding of China." "China isn't an enemy and the best way to associate is a partnership. The U.S. and China ought to establish a constructive strategic partnership." "It is regrettable certain domestic issues have arisen that diminish the power of national leadership. At the same time there have been some domestic matters that involve China, the political donations case and the Cox report. These matters all injured the concept of establishing a U.S.-China constructive strategic partnership. If it is to be carried out by a different president at a different time, the opportunity could be somewhat better." Chao's opinion is that the influence of the Cox report could not be overestimated. "I in no way agree with this report", she said, "but I cannot deny this report's huge influence. Those hardliners on China can pull out the Cox report and cite this report as fact." *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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