The measures President Bush has taken to restrict only arms sales rather than impose a general halt in SinoAmerican trading are both effective and appropriately limited in scope. While America cannot continue to sell arms to a military whose leaders are willing to move against its own citizens. we must avoid taking actions which would unnecessarily injure the Chinese people. The gesture by President Bush to sympathetically review visa extention requests made by Chinese students in the United States is a good start. but I believe that eligibility should be extended to all mainland Chinese nationals currently in our country. For example. a growing number of Chinese scholars. teachers. artists and performing artists. trainees. business persons. and their immediate families are currently visiting or residing in the State of Washington. Students are only one of the groups of Chinese who justifiably fear returning to their beseiged homeland. As a compassionate nation. we should adopt to flexible visa extension policy for all of our Chinese visitors. The Chinese democracy movement is unprecedented in recent history. The movement is not merely the undertaking of naive and idealistic youth. but is supported by Chinese citizens of all ages.