DATE=3/23/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-247012
TITLE=CHINA / U-S (S-ONLY) 
BYLINE=STEPHANIE HO
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  CHINA IS DENYING A CHARGE MADE IN A "NEWSWEEK" MAGAZINE 
ARTICLE SAYING CHINESE SPIES HAVE DEEPLY INFILTRATED WEAPONS 
LABORATORIES IN THE UNITED STATES.  V-O-A'S STEPHANIE HO REPORTS,
BEIJING IS ALSO REJECTING ALLEGATIONS IT HAS SEIZED TWO 
UNEXPLODED U-S CRUISE MISSILES.

TEXT:  THE NEWSWEEK ARTICLE -- PUBLISHED MONDAY -- QUOTES AN 
UNNAMED U-S OFFICIAL CLOSE TO THE INVESTIGATION INTO NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS ESPIONAGE AS SAYING CHINESE SPYING IN U-S WEAPONS 
LABORATORIES IS "TOTAL."

AT A BRIEFING FOR REPORTERS TUESDAY, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY 
SPOKESMAN SUN YUXI -- SPEAKING THROUGH AN INTERPRETER -- SAID THE
ALLEGATIONS ARE NOT TRUE.

      // SUN / INTERPRETER ACTUALITY // 

 I WANT TO SAY THE ACCUSATION THAT CHINA HAS STOLEN NUCLEAR 
TECHNOLOGY FROM AMERICA IS GROUNDLESS AND OUT OF ULTERIOR 
MOTIVES. 

        // END ACTUALITY //

MR. SUN SAYS THE NEWSWEEK ASSERTION CHINA SEIZED TWO U-S TOMAHAWK
MISSILES THAT FAILED TO DETONATE IN ATTACKS LAST YEAR IN 
AFGHANISTAN IS AN UNJUSTIFIED FABRICATION. (SIGNED)

NEB / HO / GC / WD

23-Mar-99 4:54 AM EST (0954 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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