From: gaojeng@durras.anu.edu.au (J. Gao)
Subject: China News Digest (Global), Sat, 10/3/1992
Summary: CND
Keywords: CND
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date:  3 Oct 92 05:41:05 GMT

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                              (News Global)

                       Saturday, October 3, 1992


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1. News Brief (3 Items) .................................................30
2. Hong Kong Tanker Attacked by Men Dressed in Chinese Navy Uniform .....26
3. Japanese Government: Emperor Akihito to Visit China on Oct. 23 .......26
4. U.S. Presidential Candidate Clinton Blasts Bush's China Policy .......62
5. China, India Agree to Conduct Joint Naval Exercise ...................36
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1. News Brief (3 Items) .................................................30
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[JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWSWIRE, 10/02/92] HONG KONG -- The number of people here 
afflicted with AIDS rose by two to 68 by the end of August, the Department 
of Health announced Friday. An additional six people including two females 
tested positive in August for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, bringing 
the total number of HIV-positive cases in the territory to 310, the 
announcement said. At present, 43 people have died of AIDS in Hong Kong, 
including two people in August, according to the report. It added that 15 
other people are receiving guidance or treatment or have left the 
British-administered territory. (From Huijie)
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[WALL STREET JOURNAL, 10/02/92] HONG KONG -- Jardine Fleming Holdings Ltd., 
a merchant bank and fund-management group, said it opened an office in 
Shanghai, its first in China. The group, a venture of conglomerate Jardine 
Matheson Holdings Ltd. and Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd., has 19 other Asian
offices in 15 countries. Jardine Fleming manages a Hong Kong unit trust 
that raised $22 million (U.S.) in May as well as a closed-end fund listed 
on the New York Stock Exchange that raised $101 million in June.
(From Huijie)
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[WALL STREET JOURNAL, 10/2/92] HONG KONG -- Kentucky Fried Chicken 
International, a unit of PepsiCo Inc., said it opened three more 
restaurants in China, bringing its number of Chinese operations to 10. The 
group, which opened its first Chinese outlet in 1987, said two of the new 
outlets are in Shanghai and one is along a section of the Great Wall near
Beijing. Sam Su, the group's general manager for China, reiterated plans to 
expand further, with several more outlets expected to open by year's end.
(From Liu Jian)

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2. Hong Kong Tanker Attacked by Men Dressed in Chinese Navy Uniform .....26
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From: Liu Jian
Source: AP-DJ, 10/1/92

HONG KONG -- A group of armed Chinese dressed in military uniforms tossed 
explosives and fired automatic rifles at a Hong Kong-managed oil tanker in 
the South China Sea, but the vessel fled, government-owned Radio Hong Kong
reported Thursday. 

The station quoted William Codrington, of World-Wide Shipping Agency Ltd.,
as saying that the tanker 'World Bridge' was attacked early Thursday about 
120 miles off the Philippine island of Luzon. 

No one at the agency could be reached for comment. 

Codrington said a 50-foot speedboat carrying 15 heavily armed men in life
jackets threw explosives and large Chinese firecrackers in an attempt to 
board the ship. Codrington said the men, who spoke Mandarin Chinese, 
appeared to be posing as members of the Chinese navy. 

When the tanker ignored the pirates and continued its course, several men
fired what appeared to be high-powered automatic weapons. Several shots hit
the tanker but no other damage was reported, he said. 

The attack follows a series of 'boat-nappings' by Chinese security personnel
in the South China Sea. Hong Kong shipping officials say more than 20 ships
have been seized by Chinese police en route to Vietnam since the summer. 

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3. Japanese Government: Emperor Akihito to Visit China on Oct. 23 .......26
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From: Huijie
Source: JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWSWIRE, 10/02/92

TOKYO -- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will leave on October 23 for 
a six-day visit to China, accompanied by an entourage led by Foreign
Minister Michio Watanabe, the government announced Friday.

Emperor Akihito will be the first Japanese monarch ever to visit China in
the centuries-old relationship between the two countries.

The imperial couple will fly into Beijing on October 23.  After a two-night
stay in Beijing, the emperor and empress will go to the ancient capital of
Xian for a two-night stay and visit Shanghai on October 27.  The couple will
return to Tokyo on October 28.

The 20-member official entourage will include Shoichi Fujimori, grand
steward of the imperial household, and Satoru Yamamoto, grand chamberlain 
to the emperor.

Hideo Kagami, a former ambassador to the United Nations and currently a
Foreign Ministry adviser, will serve as the party's spokesman to 
non-Japanese journalists, officials said.

In addition to the entourage, a separate group of 14 officials will also
accompany the emperor and empress to care for the couple, the officials
said.

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4. U.S. Presidential Candidate Clinton Blasts Bush's China Policy .......62
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From: Huijie
Source: JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWSWIRE, 10/02/92

WASHINGTON -- Democrat presidential candidate Bill Clinton on Thursday 
attacked President George Bush's China policy, accusing his Republican 
opponent of pampering "dictators" in Beijing and undermining China's 
democracy movement.

Clinton said that if elected he would use "our relationship and influence"
to promote "a peaceful transition to democracy and the spread of free 
markets" in China.

Speaking before a foreign policy forum in Wisconsin, Clinton also expressed
support for setting up a U.S. government-funded radio service to counter
"despotisms" in China and elsewhere in Asia.

Clinton, who has a solid lead in opinion polls over Bush, used the address
to the Institute of World Affairs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to define his own
foreign policy goals, particularly on issues of human rights and democracy.

"There is no more striking example of Mr. Bush's indifference to democracy
than his policy toward China," Clinton said.

Clinton's speech came shortly after the Senate failed, by a 59 to 40 vote,
to override Bush's veto on a legislation that would tie the renewal of 
China's most-favored-nation trade status with the United States on 
improvement in human rights and other issues.

Clinton praised the U.S. lawmakers who tried, in vain, to override the 
veto, saying they believe "we have a right" to ask China to "observe basic 
human rights."

Setting up a broadcast service in Asia, Clinton said, will bring "news and
information to the despotisms that remain in Asia, in China, Vietnam, Laos,
North Korea, and Burma (Myanmar)."

A private citizens' group is lobbying Congress to set up a government-funded
broadcast service in Asia patterned after two U.S. government-backed radio
stations in Europe which proponents have credited for spurring the democratic
movement in Eastern Europe.

Officials in the Bush administration have objected to the project, describing
it as "provocative."

Bush's opposition is "further evidence that he still thinks it's more
important to talk to dictators than to their oppressed subjects," Clinton
said.

While insisting that he does not want to isolate China, Clinton blasted the
Chinese leadership for selling missiles and nuclear technology "to Middle 
East dictators who threaten us and our friends."

He also charged that the Chinese leadership "still arrest and hold in
prisons" leaders of the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing.

In another swipe at Bush's China policy, Clinton ridiculed Bush for sending
key aides to China following the military crackdown on the pro-democracy
movement, saying Bush's "secret emissaries" were in China "to raise a toast
to those who crushed" the movement.

"I do believe our nation has a higher purpose than to coddle dictators and
stand aside from the global movement toward democracy," Clinton said.

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5. China, India Agree to Conduct Joint Naval Exercise ...................36
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From: Liu Jian 
Source: JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWSWIRE, 10/1/92

BEIJING -- China and India have agreed to conduct a joint naval exercise in
the Indian Ocean later this year, diplomatic sources said Thursday.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry, however, has not confirmed the information.

If the exercise went ahead, it would be China's first joint military drill
with a foreign country since one with the former Soviet Union and North Korea
in 1957, just after the 1950-1953 Korean War, the sources said.

They said the Chinese-Indian joint exercise was proposed at a meeting
between Indian and Chinese Defense Ministers Sharad Pawar and Qin Jiwei in
Beijing in late July, and both sides reached an agreement on following
diplomatic negotiations.

The diplomatic sources, however, said the drill may be just symbolic because
China's participation is likely to involve only one vessel.  They said the
drill's purpose is to improve bilateral relations soured by lingering border
disputes.

One source said the exercise may be conducted at the end of the year,
pointing out that bad sea conditions are expected in the selected area before
then.  Another said the Chinese vessel is expected to call at an Indian port
after the exercise.

It would be the first time for a Chinese naval vessel to visit India, the
source said.

The Indian Navy conducted a small joint military exercise with the United
States in July.

Military experts said Vietnam may feel threatened by the Chinese-Indian
joint exercise because of its dispute with China over sovereignty of the
Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea.

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