DATE=5/20/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249594
TITLE=CHINA / U-S (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=STEPHANIE HO
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: CHINA IS LASHING OUT AT AMERICAN ALLEGATIONS BEIJING
STOLE U-S NUCLEAR SECRETS AND MADE ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO U-S
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. V-O-A'S STEPHANIE HO REPORTS THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT SAYS THE U-S ACCUSATIONS HAVE BEEN INTENSIFIED TO
DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE NATO BOMBING OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN
BELGRADE.
TEXT: IN RECENT MONTHS, CHINA HAS COME UNDER FIRE IN WASHINGTON
FOR TWO THINGS -- ALLEGED THEFT OF U-S NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECRETS
AND ALLEGED ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
BOTH ISSUES HAVE RECENTLY RESURFACED -- AS ETHNIC CHINESE
DEMOCRAT CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS GO ON TRIAL IN THE UNITED STATES FOR
MAKING ILLEGAL DONATIONS AND THE U-S CONGRESS REVIEWS ACCUSATIONS
CHINA STOLE U-S NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY.
AT A REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING THURSDAY, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY
SPOKESMAN ZHU BANGZAO -- SPEAKING THROUGH AN INTERPRETER --
DENIED THESE ACCUSATIONS.
// ZHU / INTERPRETER ACTUALITY //
SOME PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES CLING STUBBORNLY TO COLD-WAR
MENTALITY AND TRY EVERY POSSIBLE MEANS TO CREATE RUMORS
SLANDERING THAT CHINA HAS STOLEN THE U-S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
TECHNOLOGY.
// END ACTUALITY //
HE ADDED THAT CHARGES OF CHINA'S INVOLVEMENT IN MAKING CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE A FABRICATION.
MR. ZHU SAID THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE UNFOUNDED COUNTERCHARGES THAT
WERE INTENSIFIED AFTER NATO MISSILES STRUCK THE CHINESE EMBASSY
IN BELGRADE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
// ZHU / INTERPRETER ACTUALITY //
THEY ARE TOTALLY DRIVEN BY SOME ULTERIOR MOTIVES, FOR THE REAL
PURPOSE OF INCITING A CHINA THREAT THEORY AND ANTI-CHINA
SENTIMENT, AND SHIFTING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION FROM THE EMBASSY
BOMBING CASE.
// END ACTUALITY //
THE NATO MISSILE ATTACK ON THE CHINESE EMBASSY KILLED THREE
PEOPLE AND SPARKED FOUR DAYS OF HUGE AND SOMETIMES-VIOLENT
PROTESTS IN BEIJING. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS NATO TO BE
DOMINATED BY THE UNITED STATES. (SIGNED)
NEB / HO / WD
20-May-99 6:15 AM EDT (1015 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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