If you listen to Hillary Clinton, you come away with the impression that she is a champion of human rights and a critic of China. However, if you want the truth — just look at the documented history of the Clinton years.
"I went to Beijing in 1995 and stood up to the Chinese government on human rights, women's rights," she said recently during a campaign stop.
While Hillary may have uttered a few words in Beijing, her 1995 photo with Ng Lapseng is proof her record is tainted. The photo of Ng Lapseng and Mrs. Clinton was taken in front of a DNC symbol inside the White House. In fact, Ng was staying as a guest in the White House.
Ng owns the Fortuna Hotel in Macau. The brochure advertising Ng's Fortuna hotel boasts, "attractive and attentive hostesses from China, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Burma together with erotic girls from Europe and Russia offer you an exciting and unforgettable evening with friends or business associates."
Clearly, when Hillary was talking in Beijing about women's rights, she somehow missed her relationship with Ng Lapseng.
It was Bill Clinton who "de-linked" human rights from trade with Beijing right after taking office on promises to be tough on China.
Those who banked on Clinton's removal of restrictions included Sanford Robertson, a California based banker, financier and major donor to the DNC. Robertson sent several letters directly to Ron Brown and President Clinton informing them of his donations to the DNC and a request for a position on the trade mission to China.
Directly after the request Robertson was personally appointed by President Clinton to attend a “presidential business development mission” to China at the taxpayer's expense.
After the trip, Robertson made it clear that he was pleased. Robertson personally wrote President Clinton a letter thanking the president for “autographing the pictures taken in the Cabinet room before Ron Brown’s delegation to China.”
Robertson noted that during the China trip, Ron Brown “deftly navigated the human rights issues by obtaining an agreement on further talks” in a meeting with Li Peng, then Chinese Vice Minister.
According to Robertson, Brown “moved directly into the economic issues at hand, i.e., helping Chrysler, Sprint, and others with their joint ventures.”
More importantly, Robertson also included a “P.S.” to President Clinton at the end of his letter where he clearly noted his contributions to the DNC.
“P.S.,” Robertson wrote to President Clinton. “Bob Rubin came to our home on Thursday for a Dianne Feinstein dinner, which raised over $100,000 for her campaign. Bob, of course, turned out the financial community and Silicon Valley.”
The result of the China trip was not to improve human rights but land lucrative deals. Chinese minister Li Peng was a PRC major backer of joint economic projects, and well known for avoiding the human rights issue with American officials. Despite Li's agreement, no such human rights meeting ever took place.
Another fine example of the Clinton human rights policy is the export of secure radios to the Chinese People's Armed Police or PAP. The Chinese police execute dissidents; they are the red sword of justice against anyone opposing the party. PAP officials have been caught selling the organs of executed prisoners for hard cash. Some of those executed were guilty of no more than speaking out against the communists.
According to congressional testimony, PAP officers drag pregnant women out of their homes and take them to forced abortion clinics. No license, no baby. The State Department knows this and so does Congress. It is the stuff of equal to Nazi war crimes.
During the Clinton years, Motorola wanted to sell secure radios to the Chinese PAP. Motorola lobbyist Dr. Richard Barth wrote the State Department a letter addressed to Theodore McNamara in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
“This is to request that your office initiate action to obtain a waiver from requirement for individual export license notifications to Congress for wireless mobile communications systems containing encryption for China. Such a waiver was issued by the President in September of this year for civilian satellite systems and encrypted products for use by American firms operating in China,” wrote Barth.
The State Department, aware that Motorola wanted the export to be approved, responded. McNamara wrote a reply to Barth, noting the diplomatic and human rights issues that the State Department needed to review along with Motorola’s export request.
McNamara wrote to Barth, “As you know, there are important issues that must be considered carefully, in light of the post-Tiananmen sanctions. The president recently renewed the administration’s commitment to these sanctions when he de-linked MFN and human rights issues.”
Motorola, however, was not willing to wait for a review of human rights issues. Then chairman of Motorola, Gary Tooker, wrote a scathing letter directly to Ron Brown, demanding the export be approved.
According to Tooker, Brown needed to “Delegate to the export control officer appropriate authority for reviewing certain classes of controls, e.g., encryption . . . Export controls administered by the State Department at the behest of the National Security Agency (NSA) should NOT be referred for endless delay to the human rights bureau and myriad others in State.”
In the end, Motorola got the waiver. Clinton overrode the objections of his diplomats and approved the export with his signature. The CEO of Motorola, Gary Tooker, wrote a personal note to Ron Brown, expressing his gratitude for Clinton’s signature.
“Dear Ron,” wrote Tooker to Brown.
“I am writing to thank you and some key members of the Commerce Department for your assistance in obtaining the Presidential waiver for encryption export sales to China."
The Chinese communist have much to thank Bill and Hillary Clinton for, including the way human and women's rights were placed on hold in favor of money. The Clinton record on human rights is a "for sale" sign in the White House front lawn.
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