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September 1999 China
Special Weapons News

• China sets sights on outer space Robert Windrem NBC News Sept. 28, 1999 -- Beijing plans rocket test as precursor to manned space flight. “This is a challenging and risky undertaking,” said John Pike, a policy analyst at the Washington-based Federation of American Scientists. “It’s almost impossible to write a true sentence that has the word ‘space’ in it without using the word ‘delay’ as well.”
• CHINA-JIANG Voice of America 27 September 1999 -- Chinese president Jiang Zemin failed to offer any incentives to foreign investors and instead reiterated Beijing's long-standing positions on human rights, Taiwan and its insistence that no one should interfere in China's internal affairs.
• Entire House Leadership Hits Clinton for Violating Law on PRC Military Companies, House Policy Committee, U.S. Congress, 24 September 1999 -- The ten top leaders in the House of Representatives have written President Clinton to demand immediate compliance with U.S. law requiring public disclosure of the PRC's People's Liberation Army-owned companies doing business in the United States.
• U-S CHINA SPYING Voice of America 23 September 1999 -- U-S law enforcement authorities are broadening their much-criticized investigation of China's alleged spying at America's nuclear weapons labs
• U-S CHINA SPYING Voice of America 22 September 1999 -- The U-S government is widening its probe of alleged Chinese spying at nuclear weapons labs, which until now has centered on a single target.
• Chinese Expected to Resume WTO Discussions in WashingtonUSIA 22 September 1999 -- A Chinese team is expected to visit Washington soon to resume negotiations with the United States over China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky says.
• Xinhua Commentary: Fight Separatist Attempt to The End 18/09/1999 -- "Struggles during the past two months clearly show that the Chinese government and people will not tolerate the open provocations of the separatist forces led by Lee," says the commentator.
• CSIS Conference on U.S.-China Relations Hosts Many Views USIA 15 September 1999 -- China's development of a modern economy will become "a cornerstone" of the world economy, Dr. R. Fenton-May, Director of Operations Development at the Coca-Cola Company, told an audience of China experts and congressional staff members and diplomats at the September 14 conference on U.S.-China relations sponsored by Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies(CSIS).
• Lee Teng-hui Destroying Cross-Straits Relations, People's Daily Says People's Daily 15 September 1999 - Lee Teng-hui's "two-states" remark is only the most recent of his evil performances and no one can deny that the tension in cross-Straits relations over the past decade is Lee's fault.
• APEC SUMMIT IN AUCKLAND: U.S.-CHINESE TIES IMPROVED? USIA Foreign Media Reaction Report 15 September 1999 -- While most editorial comment related to the APEC summit in Auckland focused on the East Timor crisis, some analysts saw an improvement in U.S.-Chinese relations, and there was general support for China's accession to the WTO. Initial assessments of the summit were positive, while opinions diverged on APEC's "political" role.
• CHINA-MILITARY Voice of America 14 September 1999 -- China is reported to have frozen a wage increase for its two-and-one-half million soldiers, after the Chinese president was angered by the country's largest spying scandal in its 50-year history.
• People's Daily Says Lee Teng-hui Pushing Taiwan Towards Calamity People's Daily 14 September 1999 - Lee is pushing Taiwan onto a battleground, which is to endanger the economic development of Taiwan.
• Transcript: Sept. 11 White House Briefing on Clinton-Jiang MeetingUSIA 13 September 1999 -- Following is the White House transcript of a September 11 press briefing in Auckland, New Zealand by National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, National Economic Advisor Gene Sperling, and White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart
• Lee Teng-hui, Seller of China's National Interest People's Daily 12 September 1999 -- Without the backing of the motherland, Taiwan will be captured by hegemonists, and the island province, if it falls into the hands of foreign enemies or separatists, would become a springboard or stronghold for foreign invaders.
• APEC / CHINA Voice of America 12 September 1999 -- At the Pacific Rim Economic summit now underway in New Zealand, politics remains the major theme. At a news conference held by the Chinese government Sunday, a top official emphasized Beijing's objections to Washington's limited-area missile defense program for Asia and to Taipei's one-China policy.
• Li Hongzhi & His "Falun Gong" Deceiving the Public and Ruining Lives September 12, 1999 -- Hawking the theory of "doomsday" by declaring that mankind has come to the brink of destruction. On many occasions Li Hongzhi told his audience: "The human race has experienced many destructive catastrophes," ... "the next destruction -- complete destruction -- will come soon. It will be destruction of both the form and the spirit, and will be really horrible."
• Transcript: Clinton-Jiang Photo Opportunity Remarks USIA 11 September 1999 -- "We favor one China," the President said in remarks during a September 11 photo opportunity with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Auckland, New Zealand. "We favor a peaceful approach to working out the differences. We favor the cross-strait dialogue. Our policy has not changed and it will not change."
• PRESS BRIEFING BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SANDY BERGER, NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR GENE SPERLING, AND PRESS SECRETARY JOE LOCKHART September 11, 1999 -- Jiang then started in reverse order with Taiwan. He said that is the most important of the issues the President raised. He reaffirmed that they wanted a peaceful resolution based on one China, two systems, which is their formulation of the relationship. But he also repeated the traditional Chinese position that if unilateral actions were taken towards independence they would not renounce the possibility of force.
• CLINTON - JIANG Voice of America 11 September 1999 -- U-S officials say U-S - Chinese ties are back on track following a meeting between President Clinton and his Chinese counterpart, Jiang Zemin, in New Zealand Saturday. Relations had fallen to a new low after the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in May.
• PLA Daily: Why Mainland Never Pledged Not to Use Force People's Daily 11 September 1999 -- China counts no cost and abandons no solution, including the use of force, if necessary. "Who will take the responsibility for losing the integrated territory of the motherland which has been passed down from generation to generation?"
• Chinese Military Exercises on South and East China Sea Coasts People's Daily 11 September 1999 -- People 's Liberation Army's (PLA) naval, air, and ground forces held successful large scale joint landing exercises earlier this month, the PLA reported Friday. Zhang Wannian, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, warned Lee Teng-hui that he who plays with fire will get burnt.
• Xinhua Commentary Criticizes US Official's Remarks on Taiwan Question September 9 (Xinhua) -- A Xinhua commentary today denounced remarks made by a US government official at a seminar in Washington, which defended Lee Teng-hui's "two-states" statements, and called the official's remarks "irresponsible" and a "rude interference" into China's internal affairs.
• Xinhua Commentary Criticizes US Official's Remarks on Taiwan Question People's Daily 10 September 1999 -- A Xinhua commentary on September 9 denounced remarks made by a US government official at a seminar in Washington, which defended Lee Teng-hui's "two-states" statements, and called the official's remarks "irresponsible" and a "rude interference" into China's internal affairs.
• CHINA / TAIWAN Voice of America 10 September 1999 -- China says its military has carried out what appears to have been a mock invasion of Taiwan -- an island Beijing regards as a breakaway province.
• APEC - CHINA Voice of America 09 September 1999 -- On the fringes of an economic summit in New Zealand, top trade officials from the United States and China have agreed to reopen suspended talks on Beijing's bid for World Trade Organisation membership.
• CLINTON-CHINA Voice of America 09 September 1999 -- Presisdent Clinton, preparing to depart for the Pacific-Rim summit in New Zealand, says he hopes his meeting there with Chinese President Jiang Zemin can put the two countries back on a constructive course in political and economic relations.
• Arch Traitor of Taiwan People's Interest -- A Commentary on Lee Teng-hui and His "Two States" Fallacy People's Daily 09 September 1999 -- Many businessmen from Taiwan complain that Lee Teng-hui's "two states" fallacy threatens to deprive them of this good opportunity to develop business on the mainland and that when this fine opportunity should be missed it will be most unfavorable for economic development of Taiwan
• President Jiang on Taiwan and WTO Issues People's Daily 09 September 1999 -- China will by no means abandon the use of force if there occurs "Taiwan independence" or foreign intervention, visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin said Wednesday in Sydney, Australia.
• Transcript: Barshefsky September 9 Press Conference in Auckland USIA 09 September 1999 -- In response to reporters' questions, Barshefsky said that the United States supports China's accession to the World Trade Organization on commercially meaningful terms.
• CHINA-U-S (L-O) Voice of America 09 September 1999 -- China says its relationship with the United States has improved, as President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin prepare to meet (Saturday) at an Asian economic summit in New Zealand. But a Chinese spokesman repeated Beijing's calls for Washington to provide what he called a more-satisfactory answer for the May seventh bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia.
• CHINA/RELIGION (L-O) Voice of America 09 September 1999 -- The Chinese government has criticized a report by the State Department alleging religious persecution in China. A Chinese spokesman maintains no one is detained in China because of his or her religious beliefs.
• CLINTON - APEC PREVIEW (L ONLY) Voice of America 09 September 1999 -- President Clinton leaves Thursday night for (is on his way to) New Zealand to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Auckland. His first order of business will be a meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin to try repair relations that were frayed by NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade earlier this year.
• PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ADMIRAL JOSEPH W. PRUEHER AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA September 7, 1999 -- Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, is a retired Navy admiral and former Commander in Chief of U.S. Pacific Command, from which he stepped down in February 1999.
• Storm Clouds Gathering By Henry Kissinger Washington Post September 7, 1999 -- Escape from this rush toward self-fulfilling prophecies requires a degree of bipartisanship not in great supply at this moment. Once the die is cast for confrontation, there will be no easy way back from the precipice. Which of the statesmen who so exuberantly went to war in 1914 would not have jumped at a chance to review their decision when they looked back at the damage done to the civilization of Europe and the long-term peace of the world?
• Spying Scandal Produces Suspicions But No Charges Sep 4, 1999 -- (Reuters) -- The public linking of Lee to suspicions of Chinese espionage, despite the lack of criminal charges, has led to some cries of foul justice and accusations of ethnic bias. "I am distressed by the fact that he (Lee) has lost his presumption of innocence," said Steven Aftergood, senior research analyst at the Federation of American Scientists.
• Russia Denies Submarine Plan Washington Times September 3, 1999 -- The Russian government denied newspaper reports yesterday that it had agreed to sell China two nuclear submarines capable of carrying ballistic missiles.
• PANAMA CHINESE Voice of America 03 September 1999 -- Panamanian officials and private sector representatives have firmly rejected the reports from Washington about possible Chinese control of the canal.
• Text: USITC News Release on China WTO Accession Report USIA 02 September 1999 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has released the executive summary of its general fact-finding investigation "Assessment of the Economic Effects on the United States of China's Accession to the WTO."
• China, U.S. To Schedule "Technical Level" Review of WTO Accession By Steve La Rocque USIA 02 September 1999 -- China says it wants to have a "technical level review" with the United States regarding its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Asia, Latin America, and Canada Richard Fisher said in a September 2 press roundtable.
• CHINA-TAIWAN-US Voice of America 02 September 1999 -- China says it will not use nuclear weapons against Taiwan, but warns the island must stop discussing the idea it is a separate state.
• CHINA-WORLD BANK Voice of America 01 September 1999 -- For the second day in a row, China has lashed out at opponents of a controversial World Bank-sponsored resettlement project in an ethnic Tibetan area in a remote western Chinese province.
• CONVERSATIONS - With Norman Dicks Interview by Johan Benson Aerospace America September, 1999 Pg. 12 -- The PRC benefited from the espionage in terms of gathering some very important and sensitive information they should never have been able to get. They've done some testing on a warhead resembling our W-88, for example, but they haven't really deployed anything incorporating the technologies they stole. This was in our report, but again the majority really pushed hard to go to the outer edge of the envelope, in terms of the possible things that could happen. My point is, those things were all possible, but none of them have happened so far. We can give you a long list of the weapons systems the Russians gave or sold to China. Experts at DOD say what the PRC got from the Russians was 99.9% compared to the 0.1% they got from us. The Federation of American Scientists has said that having access to the GPS system is a much more serious issue.

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