Subject: CND-Global, May 28, 1993

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Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 01:24:13 -0400

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                               (News Global)

                          Friday, May 28, 1993

[Editor's Note: Starting with today's issue, CND-Global will include a
special series of daily reports of what happened 4 years ago, in 1989, in
Beijing.  This series of reports is dedicated to the victims of the Beijing
Massacre of June 4, 1989. The series will run through June 4, 1993.]

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1. News Briefs (4 Items) ................................................ 39
2. Clinton Announces Extension of Trade Benefits for China .............. 38
3. China Rejects IMF Measure of its Economy as World's No. 3............. 27
4. Chronology of Events in China from April 15 to May 27, 1989 .......... 67
5. May 28, 1989: Tens of Thousands Took to Street;
                 Students Resolve to Stay in TianAnMen till June 20 ..... 73
6. What's in Today's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #112 (cm9305c) .....................20
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1. News Briefs (4 Items) ................................................ 39
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[JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWSWIRE, 05/27/93] BEIJING -- China's official news agency
reported late Thursday night that U.S. President Bill Clinton has agreed to
extend most-favored-nation (MFN) trading status for China for another year.
In an unusually quick response to breaking news, Xinhua News Agency also
reported that Clinton insisted "that there must be some progress on human
rights and the use of prison labor" in China.  (Forwarded By: Liu Jian)
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[Knight-Ridder, 05/27/93] Hong Kong -- China plans to build its largest
international airport to date near Guangzhou, about 150 kilometers from the
border with Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency said late Wednesday.
Construction will begin in June 1994, with the airport's first two runways
scheduled to begin operations in October 1997. More runways are planned in
the longer term, the report said. The new facility may be used by China to
undermine Hong Kong's plans to build its own new airport, which has been
delayed by China's refusal to approve financing plans.
(Forwarded By: Wenfeng)
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[AP-DJ, 05/27/93] SEOUL -- Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen indicated
Thursday that his country may block a possible U.N. sanctions motion against
North Korea for disputes over its secretive nuclear program. China, North
Korea's key ally, abstained when the U.N. Security Council adopted a
resolution early this month urging Pyongyang to rejoin an international
nuclear controls treaty it quit in March. On Thursday, Qian made it clear
that China opposes pressuring North Korea on the nuclear issue, saying that
the dispute should be solved through dialogue.
(Forwarded By: Liu Jian)
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[Newsgroup, soc.culture.china, 05/27/93] The results of Asian Group A of
Soccer World Cup so far:
                                        Group A    P W D L  F  A Pts
05/22/93  Jordan    Yemen     1:1       China      2 2 0 0  8  0  4
05/22/93  Pakistan  China     0:5       Yemen      2 1 1 0  6  2  3
05/24/93  Jordan    Iraq      1:1       Jordan     3 0 2 1  2  5  2
05/24/93  Yemen     Pakistan  5:1       Iraq       1 0 1 0  1  1  1
05/26/93  Jordan    China     0:3       Pakistan   2 0 0 2  1  10 0
(Forwarded By: Zhou Shengzong <[email-masked]>)

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2. Clinton Announces Extension of Trade Benefits for China .............. 38
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Forwarded by: Liu Jian
Source: DJ, 05/27/93

WASHINGTON - President Clinton Thursday said he will extend favorable trade
status to China for another year to support its modernization efforts.

But he insisted the U.S. won't "turn our back" on human-rights abuses there.

"It's a great opportunity for America there," Clinton said during a 2-hour
TV town hall meeting on CBS.

Clinton had been widely expected to renew China's most-favored-nation
trade status but hadn't formally announced his decision.

"I think it's a done deal for the next year," the president said in response
to question from a California woman who said she travels to Asia frequently.

Clinton said China is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world
and is "moving away from communism to market economics very quickly."

Clinton said he had to decide, "should we revoke that (trade privilege) or
should we put conditions on it. I basically have decided to extend MFN
status for a year because I want to support modernization in China."

However, Clinton cautioned that, "I want to make it clear to them that there
has to be some progress on human rights and the use of prison labor.

"They still put political prisoners in jail. We think they have used prison
labor to make products and we have some other problems with them."

Clinton is expected to tie future renewals of China's trade privileges
to improvements in Beijing's human rights, arms proliferation and trade
practices, according to congressional sources.

During the presidential campaign, Clinton criticized President Bush for
being soft on China.

Bush, who contended that revocation of favored-nation status would set
off a trade war that would cost American jobs and exports, for 3 straight
years vetoed legislation tying renewal of the status to human rights.

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3. China Rejects IMF Measure of its Economy as World's No. 3............. 27
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Forwarded by: Liu Jian
Source: AP-DJ, 05/27/93

BEIJING -- China on Thursday rejected the International Monetary Fund's
(IMF) recent assessment that the Chinese economy is the world's third
largest, behind the U.S. and Japan.

The assessment was based on a calculation method that takes into account
international differences in prices, called purchasing power parity.

The conventional approach is to convert China's 1992 gross domestic product
of 2.4 trillion yuan into dollars at the official exchange rate, yielding a
GDP of 420 billion dollars. But many economists believe using exchange rates
to compare economies is misleading because of the very different ratios of
prices to wages. For example, the service sectors of developing countries
are generally underestimated.

Using the purchasing power parity approach, the IMF estimated China's
economy at nearly 2 trillion dollors.

However, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wu Jianmin said this approach was
controversial and said, "China is a developing country with a big territory
and a large population; its per capita GNP is low.

"It needs several decades of effort before it can catch up to the average
level of developed countries in the world."

China apparently is concerned that the new IMF calculation could undermine
its claim to developing country status and low-interest loans from
international lending institutions.

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4. Chronology of Events in China from April 15 to May 27, 1989 .......... 67
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Source: AP via Los Angeles Times, June 4, 1989

[Editor: The following text is excerpted from the collections of CND
InfoBase Project. For more information on the project, please contact
<[email-masked]>.]

April 15 -- Hu Yaobang dies.  Beijing University students put up posters
praising him and indirectly criticizing opponents who forced his
resignation in early 1987 after student demonstrations in 1986-87.

April 17 -- Thousands of students march in Beijing and Shanghai, shouting,
"Long live Hu Yaobang! Long live democracy!"

April 22 -- While official memorial ceremonies are held for Hu at Great Hall
of the People, students defy police orders to leave TianAnMen Square.

April 26 -- People's Daily publishes editorial, attacking protesters,
angering students.

April 27 -- More than 50,000 students, with wide support from people on the
street, surge past police lines and fill TianAnMen Square, chanting
slogans for democracy and freedom.

April 29 -- Officials meet with student leaders, but independent student
groups are not satisfied and continue a class boycott at 41 universities.

May 4 -- About 100,000 students and supporters march on TianAnMen Square
to celebrate the 70th anniversary of May 4 movement. Demonstrations are
held in Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities.  About 300 journalists protest
outside the official New China News Agency.

May 13 -- About 2,000 students begin a hunger strike in TianAnMen Square.
Number later grows to 3,000.

May 15 -- The government deadline for students to leave the square passes.
Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's welcoming ceremony must be moved
from the square to the airport.

May 17 -- Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang pleads for students to leave the
square.  Students reject his appeal and hold marches that generate 1 million
supporters in Beijing.

May 18 -- About 1 million people, including many workers, again take to the
streets to show their support for the hunger strikers. Premier Li Peng
issues a stern lecture to student leaders and refuses to discuss their
demands.

May 20 -- Martial law is declared in parts of Beijing after Zhao reportedly
fails to persuade Li and other hard-liners to compromise.  Students resume
their hunger strike, then abandon it, saying they need strength for the
struggle ahead.

May 21 -- Students reject an order by Li Peng to leave TianAnMen Square or
face military action. Defying martial law, hundreds of thousands of people
remain in the square or nearby to prevent troops from reaching it.

May 25 -- Li makes his first appearance since declaring martial law.
State-run radio says 27 of 29 provinces support martial law, and military
units announce they support martial law.

May 27 -- Beijing student leaders propose that students end their occupation
of TianAnMen Square. Non-Beijing students resist and the sit-in continues.

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5. May 28, 1989: Tens of Thousands Took to Street;
                 Students Resolve to Stay in TianAnMen till June 20 ..... 73
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Source: Compiled from Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Reuters,
        May 28, 1989

About 50,000 students took to the streets of Beijing today, defying martial
law with a boisterous call for democracy and demanding that Premier Li Peng
resign, just as he and other hard-line Communist Party leaders were mounting
a chilling ideological crackdown.

"End martial law, demand human rights!" and "Li Peng, step down!" read large
red banners hoisted by the marchers, who snaked through the city along
several routes.

Far fewer ordinary citizens joined the students than in several massive
demonstrations over the past two weeks, but those who lined the route
cheered and flashed victory signs. Passengers stranded on buses that were
trapped by the rally at a major intersection leaned out their windows and
clapped in approval.

"This is what is in the people's hearts," said a man in his mid-30s who
smoked a cigarette as he watched from a curb.

Students were growing exhausted by their marathon camp-in in TianAnMen
Square, and thousands have been returning home to the provinces in recent
days, ostensibly to spread the so-called democracy movement to their
hometowns. But fresh recruits continued to flow into the capital at a rate
of about 16,000 a day, according to Saturday's edition of the Beijing Daily.
The newspaper estimated that about 172,000 students have come to Beijing
since May 16, when the hunger strike at the square began, while fewer than
half that number have gone home, frequently forcing their way onto trains
without paying.

At the same time, army troops encircled Beijing and awaited orders to
belatedly enforce a May 20 martial-law decree.

Responding to a tense and increasingly hopeless situation, student leaders
proposed Saturday that they withdraw from the square after making a final
show of strength with major rallies today and Tuesday. In a conflicting
strategy, however, representatives of another student faction distributed
leaflets on the campus of Beijing University calling for a renewed hunger
strike in front of the Great Hall of the People, on the square, and before
the gates of Zhongnanhai. The leaflet also escalated demands to include
revision of China's constitution.

A joint council of students and workers announced on Sunday night that the
sit-in would continue until at least June 20, when the National People's
Congress is expected to hold a meeting of its standing committee.

Students demanded in a statement broadcast over the square that the congress
revoke martial law declared by Premier Li Peng on May 20 after mass
anti-government protests rocked China.

In Shanghai, about 100,000 students, workers and supporters jammed the
centre of China's largest city, demanding Li's dismissal and an end to
martial law in Peking.

Witnesses said between 20,000 and 30,000 people marched in the central city
of Wuhan.

Hundreds of thousands of residents of Hong Kong, the British colony due to
return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, marched through the streets to show
their support for the Peking students.

A special session of China's ruling Politburo on Saturday was reported to
have removed moderate Zhao Ziyang from his position as head of the Communist
Party, along with some of his closest associates.

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6. What's in Today's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #112 (cm9305c) .....................20
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Source: CND Hua Xia Wen Zhai Editorial Board <[email-masked]>

                           Hua Xia Wen Zhai
                         (CND Chinese Magazine)
                              Issue #113
                             May 28, 1993

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                       Table of Contents (cm9305d)
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 1. Headline News of the Week .......................................... CND
 2. People: My Autobiography(Part 2 of 2) .................... Wei Jingsheng
 3. Reportage: The 92' Excitement .................................. Li Feng
 4. Prose: Love the Lake or Love You? ................................ Ye Zi
 5. Back in China: Could Gentility Remain? ............ Du Yongtao, Liu Jian
 6. Poem: Fate from the Previous Life ............................. Ximurong
 7. Around the Globe: Dreamlike Nepal ........................... Zhang Chun
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