Further evidence that the Clinton administration's propitiation of China is creating a more Beijing-like Washington rather than the other way round: Reporter John Berlau of Investor's Business Daily tried unsuccessfully to attend a meeting last week at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in which U.S. housing industry types were glad-handing Chinese government officials around HUD's table. A HUD consultant told Berlau that the meeting represented "the restoration of the [HUD-China] relationship in the areas of housing and urban development after a 10-year hiatus."
The meeting was closed to the press and the public, in apparent violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which was last violated when Hillary Clinton was planning her makeover of the health care system. With its distaste for openness, it's no wonder the Clinton administration is so close to Beijing.