digit economic growth has elevated about 250 to 300 million Chinese — mainly urban residents — to middle- class status. Since the regime crushed the Tiananmen democracy movement in 1989, the middle class has been busy pursuing wealth, not demanding political freedoms. But this does not mean this group has

some of which violate U.S. election law. In one case, a Chinese Ministry of State Security agent attempted to compromise or physically harm a former Tiananmen protest leader who ran for Congress; the private investigator he hired was cooperating with the FBI, which later filed criminal charges. The article

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The number of the congressional staff delegations to China slowed following the collapse of congressional support for engagement with China after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989. Congressional anger and the impulse to punish the Chinese government overrode past interest in constructive engagement. As a resul