DATE=4/15/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248129
TITLE=U-S / CHINA (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=STEPHANIE HO
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: CHINA IS HAILING PREMIER ZHU RONGJI'S JUST-CONCLUDED
VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES AS A SUCCESS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS
SHORT ON CONCRETE RESULTS. BUT V-O-A'S STEPHANIE HO REPORTS FROM
BEIJING, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS STRONGLY CRITICIZING
WASHINGTON, OVER ITS RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN.
TEXT: LAST WEEK, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THE CHINESE PREMIER
WOULD NOT MAKE HIS U-S TRIP BECAUSE OF CRITICISM OF CHINA IN THE
UNITED STATES AND BEIJING'S OPPOSITION TO THE NATO AIR STRIKES
AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA.
THIS WEEK, THOUGH, AS MR. ZHU ENDED HIS U-S VISIT AND HEADED TO
CANADA, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SUN YUXI, SPEAKING
THROUGH AN INTERPRETER, SAID THE TRIP WAS VERY POSITIVE.
// SUN INTERPRETER ACT //
THE VISIT WAS CONSTRUCTIVE AND FRUITFUL, AND CONDUCIVE TO
FURTHERING A SUSTAINED, HEALTHY, AND STEADY PROGRESS OF CHINA /
U-S RELATIONS.
// END ACT //
ALTHOUGH CHINA DID NOT SECURE A DEAL TO ENTER THE WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION, MR. SUN SAID BOTH SIDES PAVED THE WAY FOR BEIJING'S
ENTRY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
// SUN INTERPRETER ACT //
PREMIER ZHU AND PRESIDENT CLINTON ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT ON
CHINA'S ACCESSION TO THE W-T-O, AND U-S SIDE UNDERTOOK TO SUPPORT
CHINA'S ACCESSION TO THE W-T-O IN 1999.
// END ACT //
BESIDES SEVERAL AGREEMENTS ON CIVIL AVIATION, AGRICULTURE,
CUSTOMS, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE CHINESE
SPOKESMAN SAID PREMIER ZHU'S VISIT ALSO HAD A PERSONAL DIMENSION.
// SUN INTERPRETER ACT //
PREMIER ZHU HAD EXTENSIVE CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES, THUS PROMOTING THE MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
// END ACT //
AT THE SAME TIME THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXPRESSED SATISFACTION
FOR THE CHINESE PREMIER'S U-S TRIP, IT ALSO STRONGLY TOOK ISSUE
WITH THE ACT WHICH GOVERNS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND TAIWAN -- AN ISLAND BEIJING REGARDS AS A RENEGADE PROVINCE.
// SUN INTERPRETER ACT //
NOT LONG AGO, THE U-S CONGRESS PASSED A RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SO-CALLED TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT --
WHICH CONSTITUTES A GRAVE VIOLATION OF THE THREE JOINT
COMMUNIQUES BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES, AND FLAGRANT
INTERFERENCE IN CHINA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
// END ACT //
THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT -- WHICH WASHINGTON PUT IN PLACE AFTER
IT SWITCHED DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION FROM TAIPEI TO BEIJING --IS
INTENDED TO ENSURE THE ISLAND'S SECURITY AGAINST ANY OUTSIDE
THREATS BY ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE IT WITH
DEFENSIVE MILITARY EQUIPMENT. (SIGNED)
NEB/HO/FC
15-Apr-99 6:41 AM EDT (1041 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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