The "Hong Kong formula" of the first title refers to the takeover of that former

British colony by Peking, but with guarantees of autonomy in certain areas.

"Constructive engagement" was a phrase first used by the Reagan Administration with

respect to South Africa. A lively pair of shows on diplomacy, arms control, human

rights, and more. JL: "President Lee Teng-hui [of Taiwan] had made a trip in 1994

when he went to four countries that recognized [Peking] as the sole legal government of

China: Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. He met the chief of state in

every one of those places: the king of Thailand, the prime minister of Singapore,

President Suharto ..., and President Ramos. The Chinese stood by and let it happen.

He comes to the United States, he doesn't even meet a janitor in the Federal Government,

and they recall the ambassador ... What are we, some sort of fourth-rate banana republic

that we get pushed around like this?"