1.   Groups supporting such engagement have started to speak up.

2.   Liberal Chinese who have supported engagement with the United States called reporters with a deep sense of disbelief and betrayal, looking for explanations.

3.   Still, a majority of Americans support engagement by the military even under those circumstances.

4.   The White House insists that Bush supports engagement with North Korea more broadly.

5.   Dole, the presumptive Republican nominee to challenhe White House in November, has historically supported economic engagement with China as a means of influencing its behaviour.