DATE=4/22/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248442
TITLE=U-S / CHINA SPYING (L)
BYLINE=STEPHANIE HO
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  CHINA IS AGAIN DENYING ACCUSATIONS THAT IT STOLE U-S 
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, SAYING NEW ESPIONAGE CHARGES PRESENTED TO THE
U-S CONGRESS WEDNESDAY ARE GROUNDLESS RUMORS.  V-O-A'S STEPHANIE 
REPORTS FROM BEIJING.

TEXT:  THE ALLEGATIONS THAT CHINA STOLE U-S NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY 
ARE NOT NEW AND  CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SUN YUXI, 
SPEAKING THROUGH AN INTERPRETER THURSDAY, REPEATED HIS 
GOVERNMENT'S DENIAL.

       // SUN INTERPRETER ACT // 

 THE DISSEMINATION OF RUMOR THAT CHINA HAS ALLEGEDLY STOLEN U-S  
MILITARY AND NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY BY SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF 
CHINA -- WE HAVE ALREADY REFUTED THESE ALLEGATIONS.

           // END ACT //

MR. SUN SAID BEIJING EXPRESSES ITS REGRET OVER A NEW REPORT TO 
THE U-S CONGRESS BY A MULTI-AGENCY U-S ASSESSMENT TEAM.

        // SUN INTERPRETER ACT // 

 THEY ARE GROUNDLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE -- IRRESPONSIBLE REPORT BY
A RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT.

           // END ACT //

THE REPORT CHARGES THAT CHINA ILLEGALLY OBTAINED CLASSIFIED U-S  
NUCLEAR WEAPONS INFORMATION ON THE NEUTRON BOMB AND SEVERAL 
DIFFERENT MODERN WARHEADS.  IT ALSO ALLEGES THAT CHINA IS TRYING 
TO DEVELOP LIGHTER, MORE MOBILE, WARHEADS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE
CREDIBILITY OF ITS NUCLEAR THREAT.

CHINA HAS EMPHATICALLY DENIED THE ESPIONAGE CHARGES.  CHINESE  
PREMIER ZHU RONGJI HAS SAID CHINESE SCIENTISTS, THEMSELVES, HAVE 
ACHIEVED IMPROVEMENTS IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS DESIGN.  (SIGNED)

NEB/HO/FC

22-Apr-99 6:23 AM EDT (1023 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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