* China Trade Bill Moves To Senate The China trade bill, which gives the world's largest country permanent normal trading relations with the U.S., has been passed by the House in one of the most closely watched votes in years, and now moves to the Senate. The U.S. public ended up favoring the bill in a Gallup poll conducted the weekend before the vote, by almost a 20-point margin, 56% to 37%. That doesn't mean that Americans are oblivious to the critics of the bill, and their allegations regarding serious human rights abuses in China. In a Gallup Poll conducted this past weekend, 67% of Americans rated the job the Chinese government does in respecting the human rights of its citizens as bad, while only 18% rated it good. These numbers are essentially unchanged from previous polls in 1999 and 1997. One clue to the public's vote comes form responses to a question in the latest poll, which asks Americans which is more important: Taking a stand on human rights in China, or maintaining good relations with China. The public favors maintaining good relations by a 54% to 34% margin.