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February 2003 - China Special Weapons News

  • CHINA / N-P-C SCENESETTER VOA 28 Feb 2003 -- China's parliament, the National People's Congress, convenes next week to finalize a sweeping leadership transition that began last November. Chinese President Jiang Zemin and other top Communist Party officials will be replaced by a new generation of politicians, who face tough challenges such as widespread unemployment, China's growing gap between rich and poor, and a mountain of bad debts.
  • CHINA/DISSIDENT VOA 28 Feb 2003 -- A Chinese court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of U-S-based democracy activist Wang Bingzhang. The ruling ends the appeals process for Mr. Wang, but it is possible he will not have to serve his entire term.
  • RUSSIA/CHINA NOKOR/IRAQ VOA 27 Feb 2003 -- Russia and China are urging the United States to start direct talks with North Korea to solve the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. North Korea and Iraq top the agenda during Thursday's top-level talks in Beijing between the two countries.
  • CHINA / TERRORISM VOA 26 Feb 2003 -- Exile groups from a predominantly Muslim area of China say the Beijing government is using the international war on terrorism as an excuse to wipe out the ethnic Uighur minority. Some Uighurs accuse China of tearing down their neighborhoods in Chinese cities.
  • HONG KONG SUBVERSION LAW VOA 26 Feb 2003 -- Two protesters disrupted Hong Kong's legislature as lawmakers prepared to discuss a controversial anti-subversion law.
  • CHINA CASTRO VOA 26 Feb 2003 -- Cuban President Fidel Castro is in Beijing for talks about Iraq, trade with China, and other issues.
  • Powell Invites Chinese Vice President Hu to New York Washington File 24 Feb 2003 -- Following is a transcript of remarks made between Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao and Secretary of State Colin Powell at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing February 24
  • CHINA/POWELL VOA 24 Feb 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell presented Washington's point of view on the world's two major crises, North Korea and Iraq, in conversations with China's leaders on Monday. Mr. Powell gave no indication that Beijing had changed its views significantly on either question.
  • CHINA / QUAKE VOA 24 Feb 2003 -- A devastating earthquake has struck northwestern China - killing at least 242 people and injuring more than a thousand others. Rescue crews and soldiers are searching for survivors.
  • POWELL CHINA VOA 23 Feb 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell is in Beijing, hoping to persuade Chinese officials to push North Korea harder to give up its nuclear ambitions. Mr. Powell is also seeking Chinese support on the Iraq vote in the U-N Security Council which is expected to meet in the next few weeks on the second resolution to disarm Iraq.
  • POWELL-ASIA VOA 20 Feb 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell interrupts intensive diplomacy on the Iraq later today (Eds: Friday) as he begins a five-day mission to Asia where the focus will be on North Korea and its recent nuclear moves. He'll visit Japan and then China and complete the trip by representing the United States at the inauguration of incoming South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun.
  • Text: U.S. Official Urges Balanced Approach to PRC-Taiwan Differences Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- Taiwan must focus on both careful self-defense planning and continued dialogue with the People's Republic of China (PRC) in order to reduce tensions across the Taiwan Strait, says Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Randall Schriver.
  • Text: Powell To Visit Korea, Japan and China February 21-25 Washington File 19 Feb 2003 -- Following is the text of a February 19 State Department press release concerning Secretary of State Colin Powell's planned trip to Asia, February 21-25
  • POWELL / ASIA VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell flies to Asia later this week for a three-nation trip ending with a stop in Seoul for the February 25th inauguration of incoming South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun. His talks in Japan, China and South Korea will be dominated by the North Korean nuclear issue.
  • CHINA/JAPAN ASLYLUM SEEKERS VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- Japan's government has not decided the fate of four North Korean refugees who walked into a Japanese school Tuesday in Beijing asking for asylum in Japan. Tokyo is apparently concerned that granting asylum might spark a flood of North Korean refugees.
  • CHINA ROCHE DRUG VOA 18 Feb 2003 -- Media reports say China is investigating a Swiss pharmaceutical company on suspicion of exploiting the panic over a mysterious illness in southern China. The company allegedly promoted one of its medicines improperly.
  • CHINA / NOKOR REFUGEES VOA 18 Feb 2003 -- Four North Koreans took refuge in a Japanese school in Beijing Tuesday. It appears to be the latest effort by desperate North Korean refugees to reach South Korea.
  • U-S / CHINA TRADE VOA 17 Feb 2003 -- U-S Trade Representative Robert Zoellick says China has done a good job of implementing World Trade Organization agreements since becoming a member 14 months ago. But Washington's top trade official is pushing Beijing to move faster to give U-S farmers and other exporters the market access they were promised.
  • U-S / CHINA TRADE VOA 17 Feb 2003 -- U-S Trade Representative Robert Zoellick says China has done a good job of implementing World Trade Organization agreements since becoming a member 14 months ago. But Washington's top trade official is pushing Beijing to move faster to give U-S farmers and other exporters the market access they were promised.
  • Zoellick to Begin Four-Day Trip to China February 17 Washington File 14 Feb 2003 -- United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Zoellick will visit China February 17-20 to discuss the impact of that country's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to a February 14 news release from the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
  • CHINA/UNEMPLOYMENT VOA 12 Feb 2003 -- Chinese state media are warning that unemployment is likely to exceed government target rates for this year. Labor unrest fueled by widespread worker lay-offs is a major concern for China's leaders.
  • CHINA CATHOLIC ARREST VOA 12 Feb 2003 -- A religious rights organization says China has detained a Roman Catholic priest for holding illegal services. Rights activists say China already has many priests and bishops from the banned church in custody or house arrest.
  • CHINA VIRUS VOA 12 Feb 2003 -- A virus in southern China has caused several deaths and led to panic buying of medicine. Health officials are hunting for the cause of the outbreak.
  • U-S/CHINA/TRIAL VOA 10 Feb 2003 -- The United States is expressing deep concern over the case of a U-S-based Chinese dissident, Wang Bingzhang, given a life prison term Monday by a Chinese court on charges of terrorism and spying for Taiwan.
  • CHINA DISSIDENT VOA 10 Feb 2003 -- A Chinese court has sentenced an American-based Chinese dissident to life in prison on spying and terrorism charges.



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