The China leg of Clinton’s Asia tour was salvaged – so much so that, at the end of her stay in Beijing, she indulged in the type of diplomatic hyperbole that few would have expected three days earlier: “Our countries are thoroughly, inescapably interdependent,” she said, adding that “a thriving China is good for America…” That may or may not be true; but both countries seem to have reached the conclusion that no human-rights dispute is worth sabotaging the entire bilateral relationship.
A etapa Chinesa da viagem de Clinton pela Ásia foi salva – tanto assim que, no fim da sua estada em Beijing, permitiu-se um tipo de hipérbole diplomática que poucos esperariam três dias antes: “Os nossos países são completa e inevitavelmente interdependentes,” disse, adicionando que “uma China próspera é bom para a América...”