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April 1999 China
Special Weapons News

• CHINA SPYING Voice of America 30 April 1999 -- THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS VOWED TO FIGHT AGAINST AN ATTEMPT BY CONGRESS TO HALT U-S SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION WITH CHINA AND CERTAIN OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN THE WAKE OF A SPY SCANDAL AT AN AMERICAN NUCLEAR LABORATORY.
• China Spy Suspect Reportedly Tried to Hide Evidence The New York Times (Apr. 30)
• Unsecure Codes Are Recipes for A-Bombs, Experts Say The New York Times (Apr. 29)
• Stop Making Sense - Lessons from the New York Times on turning innuendo and incomprehensibility into a Pulitzer Prize By Bruce Gottlieb (Slate Saturday, April 24, 1999) New York Times investigative reporter Jeff Gerth is famous for being a terrible writer. Bad writing can actually help an investigative reporter to paper over the holes in his case. He can imply something without saying so. The report was released to China by accident: An engineer's secretary faxed it off before Loral's lawyers vetted it. Loral's lawyers tried in vain to block the transmission just after it had occurred. The Washington Post, not Gerth, reported that Loral voluntarily revealed this breach of security to the government. Gerth's prize-winning articles do not mention a CIA report concluding U.S. security was not harmed by the 1996 accident review. The CIA report was revealed in the Washington Post in June 1998, but even subsequent Gerth pieces make no mention of it.
• Chinese spying got U.S. into act By JOHN DIAMOND The Associated Press Saturday, April 24, 1999 -- To figure out how much China may have gained from spying on American nuclear weapons labs, U.S. intelligence agents had to do quite a bit of spying of their own. "That sounds like a bit of an intelligence coup by the United States," said John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists, a Washington-based group that researches intelligence issues.
• Despite Hype, China Spy Story Doesn't Hold Up Lars-Erik Nelson New York Daily News Friday, April 23, 1999 -- "The Chinese have been working on a new family of missiles for 15 years and still haven't deployed it," says John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists. "It is a remarkably leisurely modernization of their weapons systems, and I cannot detect any acceleration of their efforts."
• TEXT: U.S. DISAPPOINTED BY UNCHR FAILURE TO REVIEW CHINA RIGHTS 23 April 1999 -- China has again this year blocked formal consideration of its human rights record at the U.N. Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) by using a procedural maneuver known as a "no-action motion."
• TEXT: AMB. NANCY RUBIN ON CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION 23 April 1999 -- The U.S. government's decision to introduce a resolution on the situation of human rights in China during the latest session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was not undertaken lightly, according to Ambassador Nancy Rubin.
• Report Warns of Big Gains to Chinese From Spying The New York Times (April 22)
• CONGRESS DIVIDED ON CHINA WTO ENTRY, DESPITE BENEFITS FOR U.S. By Steve La Rocque USIA 22 April 1999 -- Key Congressional lawmakers see China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) as being beneficial to long-term U.S. interests, according to Representative Douglas Bereuter (Republican of Nebraska), chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
• TEXT: RICHARDSON ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT 22 April 1999 -- A recent Intelligence Community Damage Assessment has confirmed that China obtained by espionage classified U.S. nuclear weapons information and has underscored the importance of U.S. efforts to strengthen counterintelligence and security at weapons laboratories, Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson said.
• U-S / CHINA SPYING Voice of America 22 APRIL 1999 -- 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.
• U-S / CHINA SPYING Voice of America 22 APRIL 1999 -- 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.
• STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT April 21, 1999 -- I welcome the Intelligence Community's Damage Assessment on the "Implications of China's Acquisition of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Information and the Development of Future Chinese Weapons" and the review of the damage assessment by a panel of independent experts led by Admiral Jeremiah, as requested by the House Select Committee, chaired by Congressmen Cox and Dicks.
• CHINA SPY IMPACT Voice of America 21 APRIL 1999 -- TOP U-S INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT CHINESE SPIES HAVE STOLEN AMERICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPONS SECRETS OVER THE PAST DECADE. A JUST-COMPLETED ASSESSMENT BY THE U-S INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SAYS THE SPIES DID MORE DAMAGE THAN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS PREVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED.
• WHITHER U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS? Voice of America 16 April 1999 -- THE RECENT VISIT TO THE U.S. BY CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI CAME AMIDST REVELATIONS OF CHINESE NUCLEAR SPYING. THERE IS ALSO GROWING CONCERN AMONG AMERICANS OVER INCREASED POLITICAL REPRESSION IN CHINA.
• U-S / CHINA Voice of America 15 April 1999 -- 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.
• U-S / CHINA / WTO Voice of America 15 April 1999 -- CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI WILL RETURN HOME AFTER HIS NORTH AMERICAN TRIP WITHOUT SOLID U-S ENDORSEMENT FOR CHINA'S ENTRY INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
• CHINA / TAIWAN Voice of America 14 April 1999 -- WASHINGTON IS STILL SEEN AS TAIWAN'S BIGGEST PROTECTOR -- EVEN THOUGH IN 1979, WASHINGTON SWITCHED FORMAL RECOGNITION FROM THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT IN TAIPEI TO THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT IN BEIJING.
• Chung Says China Gave Big Bucks to Dems More Evidence of Chinese Government Influence-Peddling United States Senate Republican Policy Committee 13 April 1999 -- Senator Fred Thompson opened hearings on illegal campaign activities by announcing that the Chinese government had hatched a plan "to pour illegal money into American political campaigns" with the goal of "buy[ing] access and influence in furtherance of Chinese government interests."
• CHINA / INDIA TEST Voice of America 13 April 1999 -- CHINA SAYS IT REGRETS INDIA'S RECENT TEST OF A BALLISTIC MISSILE THAT EXPERTS SAY IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING A NUCLEAR WARHEAD. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT IS WORRIED THAT THERE WILL BE AN ARMS RACE IN SOUTH ASIA.
• CONGRESS-CHINA SPIES Voice of America 12 April 1999 -- THE U-S SENATE IS CONTINUING HEARINGS INTO ALLEGATIONS OF CHINESE ESPIONAGE AT AMERICAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS LABORATORIES. THE SESSION FEATURED SOME BLUNT TALK FROM THE MAN WHO ONCE LED EFFORTS TO TRACK DOWN SPIES AT THE LABS.
• U-S/CHINA / ZHU SPEECH Voice of America 10 April 1999 -- CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI CAST DOUBT ON WHETHER CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES CAN REACH A TRADE DEAL THAT WOULD PAVE THE WAY FOR CHINA'S ENTRY INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
• U-S / CHINA / ZHU VISIT Voice of America 09 April 1999 -- TALKS BETWEEN PRESIDENT CLINTON AND PREMIER ZHU FOCUSED ON DISPUTES OVER TRADE, HUMAN RIGHTS, TAIWAN AND NUCLEAR ISSUES. THEY AGREED THAT THEY EXPECT CHINA TO BE ALLOWED INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WERE UNABLE TO SETTLE REMAINING DIFFERENCES.
• Intelligence Report Points to Second China Nuclear Leak The New York Times (April 8)
• U-S CHINA TRADE Voice of America 08 April 1999 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON AND CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI WANTED TO SIGN A MAJOR TRADE DEAL DURING MR. ZHU'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON. NOW, IT APPEARS THEY WILL ANNOUNCE A PARTIAL AGREEMENT INSTEAD.
• CLINTON-CHINA Voice of America 08 April 1999 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON AND CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI OPENED TALKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH PROMISES OF CO-OPERATION AND INCREASED PARTNERSHIP. THE MEETING IS TAKING PLACE AT A TIME WHEN THE SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP IS PLAGUED BY STRAIN AND CONTROVERSY.
• TRANSCRIPT: ALBRIGHT, ZHU REMARKS AT STATE DEPARTMENT LUNCHEON USIA 08 April 1999 -- The United States and China have learned through the years that normal relations do not mean untroubled relations, according to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
• TEXT: JOINT U.S.-CHINA STATEMENT ON CHINA'S WTO ACCESSION USIA 08 April 1999 -- President Clinton and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji jointly affirmed April 8 that China's admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in the interest of the United States, the People's Republic of China, and the global trading system.
• JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE PRESIDENT AND PREMIER ZHU RONGJI OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA April 8, 1999 -- PREMIER ZHU: The policy of China and the reunification of the mainland and Taiwan of China is a very clear-cut one and the President Jiang Zemin has already expounded on China's policy in this regard. Since the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, the policy of one country, two systems, Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong, Hong Kong enduring a high degree of autonomy, have been fully implemented, which is a fact there for the people in the entire world to see. And our policy for the reunification of China with Taiwan is more generous than our policy towards Hong Kong. That is to say, Taiwan will be allowed to maintain its army, and we're also prepared to let the head of Taiwan come to the central government to serve as the deputy head.
• PRESS BRIEFING BY DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JIM STEINBERG, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, KEN LIEBERTHAL, AND DEPUTY NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR LAEL BRAINARD April 7, 1999 -- As you know, the President is going to meet with Premier Zhu tomorrow. To give you a little briefing and overview on the visit tomorrow is the President's Deputy National Security Advisor James Brady Steinberg. He'll talk about the broad overview of the relationship. Ken Lieberthal, Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, will talk about the nuts and bolts of the visit. And Lael Brainard, Deputy National Economic Advisor, will talk about the economic dimensions of the relationship and the visit tomorrow.
• REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH 07 April 1999 -- Now we hear that China is a country to be feared. A growing number of people say that it is the next great threat to our security and our well-being. They argue, correctly, that the Chinese government often defines its interests in ways sharply divergent from ours. They are concerned, rightly, by Chinese missiles aimed at Taiwan and at others. From this they conclude that China is, or will be, our enemy. Clearly, if it chooses to do so, China could pursue such a course, pouring much more of its wealth into military might and into traditional great power geopolitics. I would argue that we should not make it more likely that China will choose this path by acting as if that decision has already been made.
• ZHU / L-A CHINESE Voice of America 07 April 1999 -- CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI SAYS CHINA WILL NOT DEVALUE ITS CURRENCY, DESPITE A SLOWDOWN IN EXPORTS CAUSED BY MAINTAINING THE CURRENCY'S VALUE.
• U-S / CHINA / CHANGING RELATIONS Voice of America 07 April 1999 -- THE ISSUES ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW'S (THURSDAY'S) TALKS BETWEEN PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VISITING CHINESE PRIME MINISTER ZHU RONGJI WERE NOT EVEN PART OF THE PICTURE IN THE 1970'S.
• CHINA / DISSIDENT TRAVEL Voice of America 07 April 1999 -- TWO DAYS AFTER CHINA REFUSED PERMISSION FOR EXILED DISSIDENT WANG XIZHE TO ENTER THE COUNTRY, HE WAS PREVENTED WEDNESDAY FROM BOARDING A HONG KONG-BOUND FLIGHT IN BANGKOK.
• CLINTON CHINA Voice of America 07 April 1999 -- OFFICIALS ARE DOWNPLAYING THE LIKELIHOOD OF EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS ON TWO CONTROVERSIAL MATTERS: THE ALLEGATIONS OF ESPIONAGE AT THE LOS ALAMOS NUCLEAR WEAPONS LAB AND ACCUSATIONS CHINA TRIED TO FUNNEL MONEY INTO THE LAST U-S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
• CHINA / CORRUPTION Voice of America 07 April 1999 -- CHINA'S CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS CRACKING DOWN ON CORRUPTION, IN AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM PUNISHMENT FOR ABUSING THEIR POWER.
• TEXT: PELOSI ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CHINA USIA 07 April 1999 -- Representative Nancy Pelosi (Democrat of California) said President Clinton should demand the release of Chinese political prisoners and a halt to human rights violations in China at his meeting tomorrow with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji.
• U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS: ZHU FACES 'UPHILL BATTLE' IN WASHINGTON USIA Foreign Media Reaction Daily Digest April 6, 1999 -- With worldwide media attention focused on NATO air strikes against Yugoslav targets, foreign editorial comment on Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's nine-day visit to the U.S.--which begins today in Los Angeles--has been relatively light. Those observers focusing on the trip, including official Chinese media voices, determined that a wide-ranging litany of "differences" between the U.S. and China threatened to make Mr. Zhu's first visit to Washington a difficult one. Pundits expressed uncertainty about whether Mr. Zhu's visit could restore the "already strained" U.S.-China relationship.
• CHINA W-T-O Voice of America 06 April 1999 -- PREMIER ZHU SAYS A W-T-O AGREEMENT IS VERY CLOSE. BUT THE CHINESE LEADER SUGGESTS THAT POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN THE UNITED STATES MAY PRECLUDE AN AGREEMENT.
• CHINA / TIBET RIGHTS Voice of America 06 April 1999 -- CHINESE AND TIBETAN ACTIVISTS ARE APPEALING TO WESTERN GOVERNMENTS TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON CHINA TO IMPROVE ITS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD.
• CHINA / DISSIDENTS Voice of America 05 April 1999 -- MONDAY IS QINGMING (CHING-MING), OR TOMB-SWEEPING DAY -- A DAY TRADITIONALLY SET ASIDE TO REMEMBER DEAD RELATIVES. IT HAS BEEN AN EVENTFUL DAY FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT CHINESE DISSIDENTS -- WHO HAVE TRIED, UNSUCCESSFULLY, TO HONOR THEIR DEAD LOVED ONES.
• CHINA'S PRIME MINISTER COMES TO TOWN Voice of America 05 April 1999 -- SINO-U-S RELATIONS HAVE SUNK TO A RELATIVE LOW, DUE TO A SERIES OF DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING: ALLEGATIONS OF CHINESE PAYMENTS TO THE CLINTON REELECTION CAMPAIGN, ALLEGATIONS OF SYSTEMATIC THEFT OF NUCLEAR ARMS SECRETS FROM U-S LABS, AND THE REPRESSION OF DEMOCRATIC DISSIDENTS IN CHINA.
• CHINA/U-S RELATIONS Voice of America 05 April 1999 -- ON THE EVE OF CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI'S TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES, THE SPOTLIGHT IS ONCE AGAIN SHINING ON TIES BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND BEIJING. THE U-S-CHINA RELATIONSHIP IS CURRENTLY SUFFERING FROM DIFFERENCES OVER A HOST OF ISSUES.
• CHINESE PREMIER -- L-A PREVIEW Voice of America 05 April 1999 -- CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI WILL BEGIN AN EIGHT-DAY VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES TUESDAY WITH A STOP IN LOS ANGELES.
• CHINA VISIT Voice of America 01 April 1999 -- CHINESE OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON HAVE CONFIRMED THAT PREMIER ZHU RONGJI WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES NEXT WEEK AS SCHEDULED.
• CHINA REFORMS Voice of America 01 April 1999 -- CHINA IS ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGE OF ECONOMIC REFORM WHILE TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DISPLACED WORKERS.
• TRANSCRIPT: DALEY SAYS NEW CONTRACTS IMPROVE U.S.-SINO TIES USIA 01 April 1999 -- Recent trade agreements in air traffic control, telecommunications, housing, automotive and hotel services will have a positive impact on the commercial and economic relationship between the United States and China, says U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley.
• China's Position on TMD Beijing Review April 1999 -- Spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Minister Zhu Bangzao recently pointed out that the United States has the largest nuclear and conventional weapons arsenal in the world and it is now putting great effort into developing an NMD systems and TMD.
• TMD--Source of Tension in the World by Jian Taojie Beijing Review April 1999 -- The missile defense program implemented by the United States will probably lead to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and encourage a new arms race.

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