RTXKEWR
5 Apr. 2001
Beijing, China
A Chinese policeman standing guard outside the United States embassy in Beijing looks on as boxes of soft drinks are delivered to the embassy April 5, 2001. The U.S. standoff with China over the return of a spy plane and crew has given investors, already battered by profit shocks and an economic slowdown, fear that any hardline approach by the U.S. government would prompt China to backpedal on reforms made to join the World Trade Organization or a blacklash against U.S. business interests in the world's most populous nation.
