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June 2003 - China Special Weapons News

  • CHINA / HONG KONG VOA 29 Jun 2003 -- China's prime minister says a new trade deal with Hong Kong should help the territory's struggling economy. His comments come as the city's residents grow increasingly concerned about their freedoms.
  • HONG KONG/SECURITY VOA 28 Jun 2003 -- A Hong Kong official says the government will make no more concessions on its proposed anti-subversion law. The law has prompted a hunger strike and plans for mass protest by local citizens, who fear the law will threaten the territory's liberties.
  • No More Concessions On Hong Kong Anti-Subversion Law, says Official VOA News 28 Jun 2003 -- A Hong Kong official says the government will make no more concessions on its proposed anti-subversion law. The law has prompted a hunger strike and plans for mass protest by local citizens, who fear the law will threaten the territory's liberties.
  • Resolution Warns That Hong Kong's Basic Freedoms Are in Danger Washington File 27 Jun 2003 -- House of Representatives approved by a 426-1 margin a resolution June 26 that calls on the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to withdraw their proposal implementing Article 23 of the Basic Law governing Hong Kong because it would reduce the basic human freedoms of the territory's residents.
  • House Resolution Condemns Chinese Detention of Yang Jianli Washington File 27 Jun 2003 -- The House of Representatives approved a resolution June 25 cautioning the Chinese government that it risks damaging U.S.-China relations by continuing to imprison Yang Jianli and other resident aliens and U.S. citizens, and by violating the human rights of those detained.
  • India's PM Ends Groundbreaking Visit to China VOA News 27 Jun 2003 -- India's Prime Minister is leaving China after a groundbreaking visit aimed at improving trade and ending a long-standing border dispute that flared into war back in the 1960's.
  • CHINA-INDIA BORDER VOA 27 Jun 2003 -- India's Prime Minister is leaving China after a groundbreaking visit aimed at improving trade and ending a long-standing border dispute that flared into war back in the 1960's.
  • CHINA INDIA VOA 26 Jun 2003 -- India's prime minister is urging computer companies in China and India to work together to boost prosperity in both nations. The Indian leader is wrapping up a visit to China that has seen the two countries build greater trade ties.
  • CHINA BANK FRAUD VOA 26 Jun 2003 -- Government auditors reportedly have found massive fraud involving two of China banks, and dozens of cases are being referred to prosecutors. There could be more scandals uncovered as China cleans up its troubled banking sector.
  • Beijing condemns push for referendum China Daily 26 Jun 2003 -- Although the referendum, at least on face value, is non-political and plays no part in cross-Straits relations, it is widely believed that the pro-independence DPP is taking advantage of the plan to pave the way for a referendum on whether to seek formal independence from China.
  • Beijing opposes contact between US, Taiwan China Daily 25 Jun 2003 -- China reiterated Tuesday that it opposes any form of official contact between the United States and Taiwan authorities, Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said at a press conference.
  • SARS RECOVERY VOA 25 Jun 2003 -- Beijing is celebrating its removal from the World Health Organization list of places with new infections of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Taiwan is hoping to be dropped from the W-H-O SARS list on Thursday. But while East Asia's SARS crisis appears to be near an end, the region's economies remain in bad health.
  • Vajpayee Visit to Beijing Helps Improve Ties, say Officials VOA News 24 Jun 2003 -- Officials from India and China say agreements signed during the Indian prime minister's visit to Beijing are helping build a better relationship between the Asian giants.
  • CHINA / MEDIA CONTROL VOA 24 Jun 2003 -- China's government has moved to tighten controls over the country's media, shutting down a newspaper and banning media discussion of several sensitive topics. The crackdown comes after Beijing's promises of greater openness during the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
  • BEIJING SARS VOA 24 Jun 2003 -- The World Health Organization says efforts to control Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome are working and SARS no longer makes it dangerous to travel to Beijing. But a Chinese health official says the struggle against SARS is not over.
  • WHO Lifts SARS Travel Advisory on Beijing VOA News 24 Jun 2003 -- The World Health Organization says efforts to control Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome are working and SARS no longer makes it dangerous to travel to Beijing. But a Chinese health official says the struggle against SARS is not over.
  • WHO Removes Beijing From SARS Travel Advisory List VOA News 24 Jun 2003 -- The World Health Organization says it has lifted a travelers' advisory for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in China's capital.
  • Vajpayee: India, China in New Relationship VOA News 24 Jun 2003 -- India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee says the relationship between long-time rivals China and India has been transformed, and they are addressing their differences with fresh momentum.
  • INDIA CHINA VOA 24 Jun 2003 -- Officials from India and China say agreements signed during the Indian prime minister's visit to Beijing are helping build a better relationship between the Asian giants.
  • JAPAN-CHINA ISLANDS VOA 23 Jun 2003 -- Japan's Coast Guard has intercepted a group of Chinese protesters aboard a fishing boat near a disputed group of islands. It was the latest encounter between Japan and China in a territorial dispute that dates back more than a century.
  • CHINA / MIGRANT RULES VOA 23 Jun 2003 -- China has announced a ban on torture, extortion and beatings in holding centers used to detain illegal migrant workers. The government hopes the move will end abuses in a system designed to prevent rural migrants from flooding China's cities.
  • INDIA / CHINA VOA 23 Jun 2003 -- China and India hope to boost their fast-growing economic ties as India's prime minister visits Beijing for the first time in a decade. Chinese officials say the two sides should put aside difficult border disputes and focus on building prosperity and political ties.
  • India, China Aim to Boost Economic Ties VOA News 23 Jun 2003 -- China and India hope to boost their fast-growing economic ties as India's prime minister visits Beijing for the first time in a decade. Chinese officials say the two sides should put aside difficult border disputes and focus on building prosperity and political ties.
  • China Bans Torture of Illegal Migrants VOA News 23 Jun 2003 -- China has announced a ban on torture, extortion and beatings in holding centers used to detain illegal migrant workers. The government hopes the move will end abuses in a system designed to prevent rural migrants from flooding China's cities.
  • Indian PM Set for China Visit Amid Warming Ties VOA News 22 Jun 2003 -- India's prime minister travels to China Sunday for the first visit by an Indian leader in a decade. The visit comes amid warming ties between the Asian giants.
  • India's PM Arrives in China VOA News 22 Jun 2003 -- Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee arrived in Beijing Sunday to begin talks on building trust and economic ties.
  • INDIA / CHINA SCENESETTER VOA 22 Jun 2003 -- India's prime minister travels to China today (Sunday) for the first visit by an Indian leader in a decade. The visit comes amid warming ties between the Asian giants.
  • Encephalitis Outbreak Kills 18 in Southern China VOA News 20 Jun 2003 -- An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in southern China has infected more than 200 people, killing 18 of them. The wave of infection is hitting Guangdong, the Chinese province that spawned the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus, and is prompting deep concern in neighboring areas.
  • CHINA / ENCEPHALITIS VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in southern China has infected more than 200 people, killing 18 of them. The wave of infection is hitting Guangdong, the Chinese province that spawned the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus, and is prompting deep concern in neighboring areas.
  • CHINA / IRAN / W-M-D VOA 19 Jun 2003 -- China says the dispute over Iran's nuclear programs should be solved in a "pragmatic and prudent" fashion. The comments follow President Bush's declaration that the world "will not tolerate" a nuclear-armed Iran.
  • CHINA / ANTIQUITIES THEFT VOA 19 Jun 2003 -- China has arrested a museum official for stealing some of the precious antiquities he was supposed to be guarding. It is the biggest such theft reported in half a century of Communist rule.
  • CHINA / SARS RIVALRY VOA 18 Jun 2003 -- Senior Chinese disease control experts say rivalry and bickering among scientists and government officials delayed China's response to the deadly SARS outbreak and cost lives. China's Center for Disease Control says SARS exposed serious problems in the country's medical system.
  • Korea, China, Japan to Tackle NK Issue Korea-net 17 Jun 2003 -- Foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will discuss the North Korean nuclear issue and other matters of regional importance at their meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tuesday.
  • China Denies Policy Change on North Korea Refugees VOA 17 Jun 2003 -- China has denied it is changing its policy on repatriating North Korean refugees, as suggested by the top U.N. refugee official.
  • CHINA / NOKOR MIGRANTS VOA 17 Jun 2003 -- China has denied it is changing its policy on repatriating North Korean refugees - as suggested by the top U-N refugee official.
  • Central Asia: Some In Region Worried About Growing Chinese Power RFE/L 16 Jun 2003 -- Over the past decade, Beijing has developed friendly relations with Central Asian neighbors Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, cooperating on a range of political, economic, and security issues. But many Central Asians continue to see China as a potential threat to the region.
  • TIBET/CHINA VOA 13 Jun 2003 -- The Tibetan government-in-exile says it is greatly encouraged by recent contacts with China's newly installed leadership.
  • China Cautions Others in Dealing With North Korea VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- China has urged the United States and other countries to exercise caution when dealing with North Korea, so that the crisis over its nuclear development does not worsen.
  • China Urges Restraint on Korean Peninsula VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- China is urging the United States, Australia and other countries to avoid actions that could raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The Foreign Ministry comment follows reports that some nations are discussing ways to stop the export of North Korean weapons of mass destruction.
  • CHINA / TIBET VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- China's Foreign Ministry is indicating there has been a slight thaw in the frosty relations between Beijing and Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The comments follow a rare unofficial visit by high-ranking Tibetan exiles.
  • CHINA / SARS / AIDS VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- China has given a great deal of attention to its efforts against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS -- which has been the Chinese government's apparent top public health priority in recent weeks. At the same time, though, critics charge that comparatively little attention has been paid to AIDS, which is a much bigger and more deadly problem in China.
  • CHINA NORTH KOREA VOA 12 Jun 2003 -- China is urging the United States, Australia and other countries to avoid actions that could raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The Foreign Ministry comment follows reports that some nations are discussing ways to stop the export of North Korean weapons of mass destruction.
  • EDITORIAL: CHINA SHOULD FREE YANG JIANLI VOA 11 Jun 2003 -- Despite a ruling of the United Nations, the Chinese government is detaining Yang Jianli [yahng jahn-lee], a Chinese citizen with permanent U.S. resident status. Mr. Yang was arrested in April 2002, after he returned to China using another person's passport. Chinese officials had repeatedly refused to renew Mr. Yang's own passport.
  • CHINA/YANG BIN TRIAL VOA 11 Jun 2003 -- China's second-richest man went on trial Wednesday, facing corruption charges that could send him to prison for many years.
  • CHINA CORRUPTION VOA 11 Jun 2003 -- A financial scandal in Shanghai is being felt across China, with Hong Kong business managers and a prominent banker implicated. The case comes as the country's leaders struggle to control corruption.
  • Five-Way Talks on NK Nukes Due Next Month Korea-net 11 Jun 2003 -- Five-way talks comprising South Korea, North Korea, the United States, Japan and China to discuss the lengthy impasse over North Korea's nuclear weapons program will be held next month at the earliest, according to diplomatic sources on Tuesday (June 10).
  • Cox Praises U.N. Determination on Detained Chinese Citizen Washington File 06 Jun 2003 -- Representative Christopher Cox (Republican from California) issued a press release June 4 praising the United Nations (U.N.) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for determining that China has violated the rights of Dr. Yang Jianli, a Chinese citizen of China and U.S. resident, by detaining him in prison for more than a year without access to his family or a lawyer.
  • BEIJING FALUN GONG VOA 06 Jun 2003 -- China has jailed 180 members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement for spreading rumors about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
  • CHINA / U-S ARREST VOA 05 Jun 2003 -- China is defending its detention of a U-S-based pro-democracy activist for more than a year without charges. The United Nations and the U-S Congress are criticizing China on the issue.
  • CONGRESS / CHINA RIGHTS VOA 04 Jun 2003 -- Members of Congress have sharply criticized China over the continued detention of Yang Jianli, a noted dissident and scholar, arrested by Chinese authorities more than a year ago. A United Nations working group has said Dr. Yang's detention is a violation of human rights principles.
  • DALAI LAMA / CHINA VOA 04 Jun 2003 -- The Dalai Lama says he is encouraged by talks between Chinese officials and his Tibetan government in exile. The Tibetan spiritual leader made the remark during a visit to Copenhagen
  • EDITORIAL: CHINESE ACTIVISTS SENTENCED VOA 04 Jun 2003 -- A Beijing court has handed down long prison sentences to four Chinese men who organized political discussions and posted essays on the Internet. Xu Wei [shoe way] and Jin Haike [jeen high-kueh] were reportedly given ten-year terms, and Yang Zili [yahng zueh-lee] and Zhang Honghai [zhahng hong-high] got eight years. The four men, twenty-six to thirty-two years' old, were first jailed in March 2001, after they formed the New Youth Study Group. The group held small meetings on the campus of Beijing University to discuss political reform in China.
  • CHINA / TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY VOA 04 Jun 2003 -- In China, relatives of those killed in the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in and around Tiananmen Square are again asking Beijing for justice. Today marks the 14th anniversary of the bloodshed that froze political reform in China.
  • CHINA TYCOON VOA 04 Jun 2003 -- A leading business tycoon and one of China's richest men is being investigated for financial irregularities and is under house arrest. The arrest is one of several in what appears to be a series of shady bank dealings.
  • SARS ASIA VOA 04 Jun 2003 -- A high-ranking Chinese health official says there is no reason to doubt China's figures on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, despite questions raised Tuesday by the World Health Organization.
  • CHINA / JUNE FOURTH VOA 03 Jun 2003 -- Exiled Chinese dissidents say there is still no political freedom in their home country, 14 years after government tanks brutally crushed a pro-democracy demonstration in Beijing on June Fourth, 1989.
  • W-H-O /SARS / CHINA VOA 03 Jun 2003 -- The World Health Organization says it has doubts concerning the number of new cases of SARS being reported by China, particularly in the capital Beijing. The health agency says the figures being cited by Chinese authorities appear to be suspiciously low.
  • CHINA/DISSIDENT VOA 03 Jun 2003 -- Lawyers for a Chinese journalist who was convicted of online subversion say he is staging a hunger strike. The case is attracting attention from human-rights groups
  • CHINA / INTERNET VOA 02 Jun 2003 -- Analysts say China offers a test case of the power of the Internet to promote economic development, or provoke harsh restrictions if officials see it as a threat to stability. Scholars who met in Los Angeles say China is shaping the Internet, and is being shaped by it.
  • SARS / CHINA HEALTH CARE VOA 02 Jun 2003 -- Health experts say the SARS crisis that has sickened thousands of people in China and killed hundreds reveals deep flaws in the country's medical system. Rural areas suffer the most - they are home to most of China's people - but few of its hospitals and doctors.
  • BUSH / CHINA VOA 01 Jun 2003 -- President Bush has invited Chinese President Hu Jintao to visit Washington later this year or early next year. Mr. Bush extended the invitation when the two leaders met on the sidelines of the G-8 economic summit in Evian, France.
  • CHINA/THREE GORGES VOA 01 Jun 2003 -- With much fanfare from the Chinese government, the gates of the Three Gorges Dam have shut in central China to create a massive reservoir. However, there are widespread concerns about the environmental and social fallout from the world's biggest hydroelectric project.
  • HONG KONG PROTEST VOA 01 Jun 2003 -- Hundreds of Hong Kong residents marched to commemorate a failed Chinese democracy movement, and to protest new legislation they fear will curtail the city's freedoms. The government says the anti-subversion laws should be introduced to protect national integrity.



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