LOS ANGELES -- China is about to get a new U.S. ambassador. But will it get a new U.S. China policy?
Current Ambassador Joseph Prueher, the former Pacific admiral, has done and continues to do a masterful job, especially during the current Hainan crisis, but he has no special ties to President George W. Bush. Clark "Sandy" Randt Jr., the respected Hong Kong-based lawyer and businessman, is a certifiable FOW (friend of W). He's even a former Yale classmate. The president wanted his own man. That's just American politics.
But what's the new American China policy?