DATE=12/17/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243217
TITLE=CHINA / IRAQ (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=STEPHANIE HO
DATELINE=BEIJING
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: CHINA CONTINUES ITS SHARP CRITICISM OF U-S AIR STRIKES ON
IRAQ. AS VOA'S STEPHANIE HO REPORTS FROM BEIJING, THE OFFICIAL
PEOPLE'S DAILY NEWSPAPER FRIDAY CALLED THE ATTACKS, "A DANGEROUS
PRECEDENT."
TEXT: A COMMENTARY IN CHINA'S MAIN NEWSPAPER, THE PEOPLE'S
DAILY, BLASTS THE U-S AIR STRIKES.
IN THE WORDS OF THE CHINESE PAPER, THE UNILATERAL MOVE BY THE
UNITED STATES HAS SET A DANGEROUS AND ODIOUS PRECEDENT. THE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY SAYS THE MILITARY ACTION
SHOCKED THE ENTIRE WORLD.
THE NEWSPAPER ASSERTS THE ATTACK WAS BASED ON A FLAWED REPORT BY
UNITED NATIONS CHIEF ARMS INSPECTOR, RICHARD BUTLER. IT SAYS THE
UNSCOM REPORT PROVIDED AN EXCUSE FOR THE UNITED STATES TO ACT
WITHOUT A LEGAL BASIS.
REACTING WITH UNCHARACTERISTIC SPEED, CHINA STROOGLY CONDEMNED
THE U-S STRIKES SHORTLY AFTER THEY BEGAN ON THURSDAY. CHINESE
PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN SENT A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT CLINTON URGING
AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE MILITARY OPERATION. (SIGNED)
NEB/HO/FC/WFR
17-Dec-98 10:24 PM EST (0324 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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