Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

DATE=4/29/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-230484
TITLE=CHINA / ALBRIGHT
BYLINE=ROGER WILKISON
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SAYS THE UNITED 
STATES IS WILLING TO CONSIDER EASING SOME OF THE SANCTIONS IT 
IMPOSED ON CHINA AFTER BEIJING'S VIOLENT 1989 CRACKDOWN ON THE 
PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT.  MS. ALBRIGHT IS IN THE CHINESE CAPITAL 
TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT IN JUNE.  
V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ROGER WILKISON REPORTS SHE HAS BEEN 
EMPHASIZING THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE MANY COMMON INTERESTS DESPITE 
DIFFERENCES OVER SUCH ISSUES AS HUMAN RIGHTS.
TEXT:  MS. ALBRIGHT TOLD A GROUP OF AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN SHE 
UNDERSTANDS THEIR CONCERNS OVER U-S SANCTIONS THAT HINDER THEIR 
ABILITY TO OPERATE IN CHINA.  BUT SHE NOTES THE CLINTON 
ADMINISTRATION RECENTLY SUSPENDED SOME OF THOSE MEASURES, NOW 
ALLOWING U-S COMPANIES TO SELL NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS TO CHINA 
AND PERMITTING THE CHINESE TO LAUNCH U-S SATELLITES.
                   /// FIRST ALBRIGHT ACT ///
         THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WAIVERS, SUCH AS FOR SATELLITES AND
         NUCLEAR COOPERATION IN THE PAST.  AND WE WILL CONSIDER 
         FUTURE WAIVERS IN THE CONTEXT OF PROGRESS ON CHINA'S 
         PART.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE UNITED STATES WANTS TO SEE CHINA MAKE GREATER PROGRESS ON 
HUMAN RIGHTS, CURB EXPORTS OF MISSILE TECHNOLOGY AND OPEN UP ITS 
MARKETS TO U-S EXPORTS.  BUT, DESPITE THESE LONG-STANDING POINTS 
OF CONTENTION, THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS BEEN UPBEAT IN HER 
PUBLIC REMARKS, STRESSING THAT WASHINGTON AND BEIJING SHARE 
GROWING MUTUAL INTERESTS ON REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MATTERS.  
SHE SAYS THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA HAVE MORE TO GAIN BY 
COOPERATING WITH -- RATHER THAN CONFRONTING -- EACH OTHER.
                   /// SECOND ALBRIGHT ACT ///
         OUR PURPOSE IN ENGAGING CHINA IS TO ACHIEVE RESULTS.  
         AND THIS IS SIMPLER WHERE OUR MUTUAL INTERESTS ARE CLEAR
         AND OUR RESPECTIVE POINTS OF VIEW ARE CONGRUENT.  ON 
         OTHER MATTERS, IT IS HARDER, BUT WE ARE BEGINNING TO 
         DEVELOP A RECORD OF PROGRESS ON THESE MORE DIFFICULT 
         ISSUES AS WELL.
                         /// END ACT ///
ONE OF MS. ALBRIGHT'S AIDES SUGGESTS THE TWO SIDES COULD REACH 
AGREEMENTS ON KEY ISSUES LIKE TRADE, WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND 
HUMAN RIGHTS BEFORE THE JUNE SUMMIT.  BUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE 
ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO, AND DIFFERENCES 
REMAIN.
                   /// THIRD ALBRIGHT ACT ///
         ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA IS NOT THE SAME AS ENDORSEMENT ...
         AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SERIOUS DIFFERENCES WITH CHINA 
         ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER MATTERS.
                         /// END ACT ///
MS. ALBRIGHT EXPRESSED U-S CONCERNS OVER THOSE ISSUES IN SEPARATE
MEETINGS THURSDAY WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN AND PREMIER 
ZHU RONGJI.   (SIGNED)
NEB/RW/GC/WTW
29-Apr-98 11:43 PM EDT (0343 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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