And later this month, the Pentagon is to send to Congress its long-delayed classified on security questions in the Taiwan Strait. Officials and experts who have had sections of the report read to them said the would find that in the early 1990's China had 60 pointed at Taiwan but that since then the number has more than . In three years, it predicts, China could have more than 600 missiles on its side of the strait. That assessment, another Administration official said, is sure to create a "a new wave of calls about the China threat," in the . In the of those obstacles, the Administration says its policy of "constructive engagement" still holds. In the next two months, before a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Zhu Rongji on April 8, the Administration will be working hard to find some on which the two nations can find common ground, most likely the possibility of China's admission to the World Trade Organization. Even that common may be elusive. As the Chinese economy suffers from slower growth, rising unemployment and stalled economic reforms, the for the Chinese to make trade so they can join the trade organization has diminished, economists say.
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