What were the key points bush wanted communicated to china? how did bush characterize the united states' position in a way that did not alienate china?

Following are the key points that Bush wanted to communicate to China:

The Chinese Government needs to understand that the movements that are democratic in nature should be handled with no grief against the protesters as it would be considered as anti-democratic and attract criticism from most parts of the world. The strength of the government is demonstrated through how efficiently the government handles such situations of crises, not through how it harms its own citizens in order to crush their protests. More of such actions would result in more sanctions and disturbed US-Sino relations.

Bush characterized the United States' position in the following manner:

The words that President Bush used in his memo were optimally weighted. Hard enough to deliver what he means but not as hard as they would hurt the US-Sino relations to a great extent. The President's suggestion of letting the actions of the government be pro-democratic in the modest possible tone.