This second pair of shows on China focuses more specifically on the meaning of MFN status. There is less agreement than on the previous show, but plenty of light is generated along with the heat. HB: "[MFN] is a misnomer, really. Most-favored nation to me, in the ordinary parlance of the English language, would suggest that you're giving a very special advantage to a very select group of people. But the fact of the matter is ... MFN has been given to at least a hundred nations now." ... NP: "I do think the worst course of action for the President would be to try to pin a rose on some meager, feeble attempt at improving human rights and try to call that overall significant progress." ... IF: "More outrageous than just simply the [People's Liberation Army] trading into the United States,... the People's Armed Police is in Southfield, Michigan, selling the American people AK-47s." ... SS: "If MFN is removed,... First, we will have shot American consumers in the foot... We will have prejudiced China's cooperation on a host of vitally important strategic issues, including the proliferation of nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula. We will have debilitated the economy of Hong Kong, and... we will set back the cause of human rights by undermining the viability of the coastal provinces in China."