DATE=4/15/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248129
TITLE=U-S / CHINA (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=STEPHANIE HO
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  CHINA IS HAILING PREMIER ZHU RONGJI'S JUST-CONCLUDED 
VISIT  TO THE UNITED STATES AS A SUCCESS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 
SHORT ON CONCRETE RESULTS. BUT V-O-A'S STEPHANIE HO REPORTS FROM 
BEIJING, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS STRONGLY CRITICIZING 
WASHINGTON, OVER ITS RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN. 

TEXT:  LAST WEEK, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THE CHINESE PREMIER 
WOULD NOT MAKE HIS U-S TRIP BECAUSE OF CRITICISM OF CHINA IN THE 
UNITED STATES AND BEIJING'S OPPOSITION TO THE NATO AIR STRIKES 
AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA.

THIS WEEK, THOUGH, AS MR. ZHU ENDED HIS U-S VISIT AND HEADED TO 
CANADA, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SUN YUXI, SPEAKING 
THROUGH AN INTERPRETER, SAID THE TRIP WAS VERY POSITIVE.

          // SUN INTERPRETER ACT // 

 THE VISIT WAS CONSTRUCTIVE AND FRUITFUL, AND CONDUCIVE TO 
FURTHERING A SUSTAINED, HEALTHY, AND STEADY PROGRESS OF CHINA / 
U-S RELATIONS.

              // END ACT //

ALTHOUGH CHINA DID NOT SECURE A DEAL TO ENTER THE WORLD TRADE 
ORGANIZATION, MR. SUN SAID BOTH SIDES PAVED THE WAY FOR BEIJING'S
ENTRY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

        // SUN INTERPRETER ACT // 

 PREMIER ZHU AND PRESIDENT CLINTON ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT ON  
CHINA'S ACCESSION TO THE W-T-O, AND U-S SIDE UNDERTOOK TO SUPPORT
CHINA'S ACCESSION TO THE W-T-O IN 1999. 

            // END ACT //

BESIDES SEVERAL AGREEMENTS ON CIVIL AVIATION, AGRICULTURE, 
CUSTOMS, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE CHINESE 
SPOKESMAN SAID PREMIER ZHU'S VISIT ALSO HAD A PERSONAL DIMENSION.

          // SUN INTERPRETER ACT // 

 PREMIER ZHU HAD EXTENSIVE CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES, THUS PROMOTING THE MUTUAL 
UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 

             // END ACT //

AT THE SAME TIME THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXPRESSED SATISFACTION 
FOR THE CHINESE PREMIER'S U-S TRIP, IT ALSO STRONGLY TOOK ISSUE 
WITH THE ACT WHICH GOVERNS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 
AND TAIWAN -- AN ISLAND BEIJING REGARDS AS A RENEGADE PROVINCE.

        // SUN INTERPRETER ACT // 

 NOT LONG AGO, THE U-S CONGRESS PASSED A RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING
THE  20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SO-CALLED TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT -- 
WHICH  CONSTITUTES A GRAVE VIOLATION OF THE THREE JOINT 
COMMUNIQUES BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES, AND FLAGRANT 
INTERFERENCE IN CHINA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

           // END ACT //

THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT -- WHICH WASHINGTON PUT IN PLACE AFTER 
IT SWITCHED DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION FROM TAIPEI TO BEIJING --IS 
INTENDED TO ENSURE THE ISLAND'S SECURITY AGAINST ANY OUTSIDE 
THREATS BY ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE IT WITH 
DEFENSIVE MILITARY EQUIPMENT.  (SIGNED)

NEB/HO/FC

15-Apr-99 6:41 AM EDT (1041 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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