a number of different plans that are supposed to slowly cause human rights reforms in China. However, these are limited and in some cases not fully implemented. Although OPIC and TDA programs were suspended, other agencies remained. This sends a mixed message to China about the seriousness of the United States.Following the massacre, the U.S. and other nations put a moratorium on new World Bank lending to China. In 1990, the policy was relaxed. The U.S. government has not used its influence at the World Bank to pressure China into improving its human rights practices. In Burma, human rights practices are basically the same as in China. For Burma, the United States endorses a ban on all World Bank lending. In voting for China projects, the United States usually abstains, allowing projects to proceed.Most Favored Nation status means a countrys exports to the U.S. fall under the most common U.S. tariff schedule. In 1994, Chinas MFN was delinked from its human rights issues. To try and compensate, the Clinton administration announced the creation of a special human rights program that included promises of increased Radio Free Asia broadcasts to Asia, new support for NGOs working in China and the formulation of a corporate code of conduct for companies doing business in China. The program has only been partially implemented and exerts little pressure on China. It is not an effective substitute for a tougher U.S. stance on human rights violations.Trade and investment concerns have knocked U.S.-China policy out of balance. Despite expressions of concern for human rights conditions, the U.S. government has allowed narrow economic interests, particularly those of corporate investors, to guide its China policy. Although the U.S. government has let it be known that human rights improvements would be welcome, it has been unwilling to jeopardize U.S. economic relations by adopting stricter human rights conditionally on aid and trade....
