Limited engagement

U.S.-Chinese relations have been badly damaged by allegations of nuclear es pionage and NATO's accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. B ut America's China policy has drifted for more than a decade, bereft of bot h goals and domestic support. The United States must move beyond the mantra of engagement-which is a process, not a goal-to set realistic objectives a nd drum up public backing. Two places to start are WTO membership and China 's stumbling economy. But the two countries must also get used to being at loggerheads about such issues as Taiwan and human rights.