China

With the President's trip to Asia there has been a lot in the press about China's contributions to the "war" on terrorism, in terms of defusing the situation between India and Pakistan, and between North and South Korea, and little said abuot their war against separatists inside China, or their stance that Taiwan is part of the PRC. There have been some token indications that some political prisoners will be released, but at the same time those who post negative articles about the government on the Internet are jailed, Falun Gong and most other religious groups are persecuted, there is no Freedom of the Press, and there are still forced abortions of non-sanctioned pregnancies.

Most of these issues are on the back burner because China is "helping" in the "war". We're also ignoring the situation in Tibet, trade issues, forced labor, weapons proliferation, and the fact that American reconaissance aircraft are being agressively shadowed again. These are just the people we want to be in bed with. Of course, business will love it if somehow China's markets are opened to western nations.