DATE=2/2/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244975
TITLE=CHINA / U-S / ESPIONAGE (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ROGER WILKISON
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: CHINA HAS AGAIN DENIED CHARGES MADE BY A U-S
CONGRESSIONAL PANEL THAT IT ILLEGALLY ACQUIRED U-S SATELLITE AND
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY. A SPOKESMAN LABELED SUCH ACCUSATIONS
"RIDICULOUS, IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNJUSTIFIABLE." V-O-A
CORRESPONDENT ROGER WILKISON REPORTS CHINA WAS REACTING TO NEWS
THAT THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO
THE CHARGES MADE BY THE PANEL.
TEXT: U-S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESMAN DAVID LEAVY SAID
MONDAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT EMBRACED THE CONGRESSIONAL
PANEL'S CONCLUSION THAT U-S INTERESTS WERE HARMED BY MILITARY AND
COMMERCIAL DEALS WITH CHINA. BUT HE SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
ORDERED AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DAMAGE CHINESE MILITARY ESPIONAGE
MAY HAVE CAUSED U-S NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.
CHINA HAS ALREADY DISMISSED AS GROUNDLESS THE ALLEGATIONS THAT
IT HAS AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED U-S MILITARY AND TECHNOLOGICAL
INFORMATION FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN
ZHANG QIYUE -- SPEAKING THROUGH AN INTERPRETER THURSDAY -- SAID
CHINA DID NOT STEAL MILITARY TECHNOLOGY FROM THE UNITED STATES.
/////INTERPRETER ACTUALITY/////
I THINK ALL THESE CHARGES ARE QUITE RIDICULOUS AND
IRRESPONSIBLE.
/////END ACTUALITY/////
THE BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL PANEL LOOKED INTO U-S TECHNOLOGY
EXPORT DEALINGS WITH CHINA OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES AND
CONCLUDED THAT SUCH TRANSFERS HARMED U-S NATIONAL SECURITY.
MS. ZHANG SAID SHE COULD NOT COMMENT ON THE CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION'S INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHARGES, BUT SHE INSISTED
CHINA ACTS RESPONSIBLY IN ITS COMMERCIAL DEALINGS.
/////INTERPRETER ACTUALITY/////
WHEN CONDUCTING COMMERCIAL COOPERATION WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, WE
ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THE
COMMERCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND THE
U-S BENEFITS BOTH SIDES. AND THE RELEVANT CHARGES THAT CHINA HAS
STOLEN TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLIGENCE -- I THINK THESE REMARKS ARE
UNJUSTIFIABLE.
/////END ACTUALITY/////
MS. ZHANG SAID THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SINO/U-S RELATIONS TO
IMPROVE FURTHER FOLLOWING AN EXCHANGE OF VISITS BY MR. CLINTON
AND CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN. AND -- IN A SWIPE AT U-S
LAWMAKERS -- SHE URGED THE CONGRESS TO MAKE GREATER EFFORTS TO
PROMOTE BETTER TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
CHINA HAS LONG MAINTAINED THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LIFT A
BAN ON SALES OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY, SAYING U-S HIGH-TECH EXPORTS
COULD HELP REDRESS WASHINGTON'S ONE BILLION DOLLARS A WEEK TRADE
DEFICIT WITH BEIJING. THE BAN WAS IMPOSED AFTER CHINA CRUSHED
PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS NEAR BEIJING'S TIANANMEN SQUARE IN
1989. (SIGNED)
NEB/RW/FC
02-Feb-99 5:37 AM EST (1037 UTC)
NNNN
Source: Voice of America
.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
|
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list
|
|
|
