/CHINA: Per the FT: "The leading senator.........>

US: /CHINA: Per the FT: "The leading senator overseeing US foreign policy is

pushing to give Washington new tools to curb controversial Chinese trade

practices, including sanctions for intellectual property violations. In an

interview with the Financial Times, Jim Risch of Idaho, the Republican chairman

of the Senate foreign relations committee, said the US lacked a "comprehensive

long-term strategy" to prod China to abide by international economic norms. He

also said the US needed to tackle an "increasingly unfavourable" military

balance in the Pacific region by strengthening alliances with key countries

including Japan, South Korea and Australia."