U.S.-China Relations

Seeing the headline, “Mutual Racism and Arrogance Undermine Ties” (Opinion, May 30), I expected an evenhanded account of how U.S. and Chinese mistakes have caused the current strain in their relations. But Maurice Meisner’s article lays all the blame at the feet of the U.S. By claiming that American racism is responsible for the current portrayal of the Chinese leadership as “deceitful” and “crafty,” he implies that they are, in fact, honest and trustworthy.

He is correct to remind us that the violent protests following the bombing of their Belgrade embassy were a genuine expression of the anger of everyday citizens. But he conveniently sidesteps the role the Chinese state-controlled media had in eliciting their anger: It waited several days before revealing that NATO apologized immediately after the errant bombing and, even to this day, has never told its people the truth about Serbian military atrocities.

CHRIS NORLIN

Los Angeles

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In condemning Rep. Christopher Cox, Joseph Tschirgi (letter, May 31) ignores the fact that this report was a unanimous presentation by the committee composed of five Republicans and four Democrats. Are the other eight on the committee guilty of the same charges as Rep. Cox?

There is a difference between opening “the U.S. borders to China” as Bob Mulholland (letter, May 31) states and selling our nuclear weapon secrets to China for campaign funds.

MEDABELLE BRIDGER

Apple Valley