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"We determined some time ago that it was not a good idea to link human
rights and trade."
--- Madeline Albright on US policy towards China
U.S. House Marks Tiananmen Amid U.S.-China Tension
WASHINGTON, May 26, 1999 -- (Reuters) With U.S.-China tensions at new
heights, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to
commemorate the 10th anniversary of Beijing's bloody Tiananmen Square
crackdown and condemn China's human rights abuses.
On the same day that a congressional report accused Beijing of extensive
espionage at U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories, the House approved a
non-binding resolution seeking an official Chinese inquiry into the army's
June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen and a
reevaluation of its official verdict in the case.
"We call on the Chinese government to show respect for human rights," said
Representative Frank Wolf, a Virginia Republican and co-sponsor of the
resolution. "I am convinced the Chinese government cannot last much longer."
The 418-0 vote came as the release of a lengthy report on China's alleged
efforts to steal U.S. nuclear and technological secrets cast a pall over
U.S.-China relations, already strained by the NATO bombing of the Chinese
Embassy in Belgrade this month and the resulting anti-American protests in
Beijing.
Lawmakers said the incidents provided a perfect opportunity for Congress and
the Clinton administration to reevaluate the U.S. relationship with Beijing,
particularly with the annual debate on renewing China's trade status looming
this summer.
"We shall not rest until China becomes a free and open and democratic
society," said California Representative Tom Lantos, a Democrat. "The
Chinese people deserve no less."
In Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman criticized the resolution
on Tuesday and accused U.S. lawmakers of vilifying China and "wantonly
distorting" facts about the Tiananmen crackdown.
"By making irresponsible remarks on China's internal affairs, they have
fully revealed their anti-China political face," spokesman Zhu Bangzao told
reporters.
Hundreds and possibly thousands of people were killed in 1989 when Chinese
troops crushed a month-long series of demonstrations in Tiananmen for
greater freedoms and attacking government corruption.
The congressional resolution asks China to establish an investigating
committee to look into the massacre and to order prosecutors to open formal
investigations designed to bring those responsible to justice.
It also calls on Beijing to release dissidents from prison, compensate the
families of those killed in the crackdown and allow Chinese exiles to return
home.
Chinese officials in Beijing have refused to reassess the action, saying the
decision to use military force against unarmed demonstrators was correct and
the conclusion would never be changed.
In recent weeks, dozens of dissidents known to be organizing activities to
mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown have been arrested, drawing
protests from pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong, the United States and
around the world.
"The human rights situation in China has not improved," said Representative
Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat and a prime sponsor of the resolution,
which she said was "not about economics, not about politics, but about
remembering." ((c) 1999 Reuters)
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