DATE=9/8/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=CLINTON-CHINA (S)
NUMBER=2-266272
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=

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INTRO:  President Clinton has met in New York with 
Chinese President Jiang Zemin, the latest in a series 
of bilateral talks on the sidelines of the U-N summit. 
VOA's David Gollust reports from New York.

TEXT:  The Clinton-Jiang meeting was their first in 
nearly a year and it came less than a day after the 
administration won a key procedural victory in its 
effort to win final Senate approval for permanent, 
normal U-S trade status for China.

With reporters present at the start of the meeting at 
a New York hotel, Mr. Clinton said he was pleased with 
the progress of the legislation - already approved by 
the U-S House - but he said there is still some work 
to do.

Some members of Congress oppose the bill because of 
China's human rights record, and Mr. Clinton said he 
intended to raise human rights concerns with Mr. 
Jiang. But he said, over the long run the market-
opening bill will be good for the development of 
democracy and human rights in China and good for 
bilateral relations.

He also said they would discuss his decision last week 
to put off deployment of a U-S ballistic missile 
defense system that China and Russia, among others, 
have strongly opposed. (Signed)

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Source: Voice of America
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