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Presents news briefs related to current political events involving the U.S. as of November 17, 1997. Information on the China policy of the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton; Decision of "Washington Post" ombudsman Geneva Overholser to castigate her own paper for putting an unflattering photograph of the 15-year old African American girl Kyisha Whitico on the front page; Publication of new works by members of the "New Republic," including "Real Politics: At the Center of Everyday Life," by Jean Bethke Elshtain.

Explores the indifference of U.S. foreign policy under President Bill Clinton toward Tibet, the Himalayan nation occupied by the Chinese military since 1951. Information on the Chinese invasion of Tibet; Social condition of Tibet in 1998; Atrocities and human rights violations being committed by Chinese authorities against Tibetans; Significance of the emergence of the U.S. public interest in things related to Tibetans; Implications of the Chinese treatment on Tibetans for U.S. policymakers.

Comments on the planned July 1998 state visit of U.S. President Bill Clinton to China. Significance of the visit for U.S. foreign policy; Argument raised by critics of President Clinton regarding the nature and purpose of the visit; Plan of President Clinton to visit Tiananmen Square in Beijing; Highlights on the activities of the President during his visit; Issues related to U.S.-China relations that might be tackled during President Clinton's meeting with Chinese leaders.

Argues that the U.S. government is willing to abandon human rights in favor of national security and economic gains in dealing with China. Planned state visits of President Bill Clinton to China; Claim that improving relations with China does not mean an improved U.S. foreign policy; Suggestion that the eagerness of Western countries to tap into the potential Chinese market has meant China can play one country off against another; Views that the Democratic Party and Republican Party have fallen hostage to a powerful China business lobby.