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                              (News Global)

                       Sunday, September 6, 1992

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1. News Brief (4 Items) ................................................ 31
2. US Official: US-China Relations in for "Rough Patch" .................32
3. Japanese Prime Minister Half Understands China's Human Rights Policy .13
4. Vietnam Protests Chinese Offshore Oil Exploration ....................33
5. Shenzhen Seeking to Take on Free-Trade City Status ...................24
6. China Tightens Patent Law, Moves It Closer to International Standard .27
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1. News Brief (4 Items) ................................................ 31
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[AP-DJ, 9/04/92] BEIJING -- Chinese Finance Minister Wang Bingqian, who had
come under increasing pressure for the country's widening budget deficits,
has resigned, official media reported Friday. The state-run Xinhua News
Agency gave no reason why Wang, 67 years old, resigned after 11 years as
China's top budgetary official. Xinhua said Wang's replacement was Liu
Zhongli, a 57-year-old deputy secretary general of the State Council,
China's cabinet. It was unclear whether Wang resigned voluntarily. But
because he is relatively young for a Chinese official, he may have been
asked to step aside so that others can implement difficult reforms to
streamline the moribund state industries and move toward a market-style
economy. (From: Huijie)
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[Central Daily, Taiwan] According to Taiwan's Zhong Yang Ribao, Li Tieyin
said that a goal of monthly salary of 1000 yuan has been set for university
professors in China. Currently a ten-year experienced university professor's
salary is less than 300 yuan/month. Also the Chinese government will no
longer send government supported students to foreign countries.  Instead it
encourages self-supported students to study abroad, and attracts them to
come back and serve China. (From: XU Gang in Japan)
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[Wall Street Journal, 9/04/92] SEOUL -- In an effort to expand trade with
China  following the recent establishment of diplomatic relations, South
Korea's Samsung General Trading Co., the trading arm of Samsung Group, said
it will open two more branches in China. The Shanghai branch will focus on
textiles and other light industries as well as machinery. The branch in
Guangzhou will deal with chemicals, electronics and textiles.
(From: Huijie)
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[DJ, 9/04/92] STOCKHOLM -- Ericsson (ERICY) has signed an agreement to
create a joint venture in China with the Nanjing Radio Factory. In a press
release Ericsson said it will manufacture radio base stations for the
analog TACS mobile cellular system in China. The company said it will hold
the stock majority in the new joint venture company, and have operational
responsibility. Deliveries are scheduled to begin at the end of 1993.
(From: Huijie)

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2. US Official: US-China Relations in for "Rough Patch" .................32
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From: Huijie
Source: AP-DJ, 9/04/92

WASHINGTON -(AP-DJ)--Acting U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger
predicted Friday that relations with China were in for a "rough patch" as a
result of U.S. President Bush's decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan.

But Eagleburger also said the decision was unlikely to lead to a breakdown
in relations between Beijing and Washington, already frayed by China's alleged
human rights abuses and its growing trade surplus with the United States.

"They have too much riding on the relationship with us in economic and
political terms" to risk a rupture, Eagleburger said on the Cable News
Network.

Congress is scheduled to debate within the next few weeks a proposed bill
linking trade benefits for China with its human rights performance and arm
sales to Third World countries.

The United States is China's biggest export market, and it is estimated that
China will reap a 15 billion dollars surplus from its U.S. trade this year.

"What we have to expect is that there's going to be a rough patch,"
Eagleburger said. "At the same time, it's a relationship we have to continue
to try and manage" because China is too big and important a country to shun or
ignore, he added.

The United States wants to send Assistant Secretary of State William Clark
to Beijing next week to explain its decision. But, said Eagleburger, China has
not yet responded to the proposed trip or said whether it would accept Clark.

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3. Japanese Prime Minister Half Understands China's Human Rights Policy .13
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From: Gang Xu, Japan
Source: Translated from Asahi Shimbun, 9/04/92

Asked about American's concerns of the Japanese government's attitude
towards the human rights suppression in China, Japanese prime minister
Kiichi Miyazawa expressed his half understanding of the Chinese government's
policy. "The Chinese would say, 'the paramount human right is to live. In
terms of food to eat, cloths to wear, and houses to live, China has solved a
problem for the first time that had existed for thousands of years. And this
is human rights respect second to nothing.' I think this (what they say) is
half true," Miyazawa said.

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4. Vietnam Protests Chinese Offshore Oil Exploration ....................33
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From: Jian Liu
Source: AP-DJ, 9/05/92

BANGKOK -(AP-DJ)--Vietnam has demanded that China immediately withdraw all
oil exploration ships from an offshore area both nations claim, the official
Voice of Vietnam radio said Saturday.

Vietnam also put China on notice that it will protect ships seeking passage
through the disputed waters, in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of northern
Vietnam, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said in a dispatch monitored in
Bangkok.

Vietnam on Friday delivered a note to the Chinese ambassador in Hanoi, Zhang
Dewei, demanding that China "withdraw immediately all the deployed ships" in
the area, the Voice of Vietnam reported.

The day before, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Khoan delivered a
similar protest expressing "deep concern" over news reports that a Chinese oil
exploration ship, the Nam Hai-6, was en route to the area.

The Vietnam Maritime Transport Department Friday issued an order for "all
units concerned ... to take all appropriate measures to ensure safety" for
ships operating in the disputed area, the Vietnam News Agency reported. The
department also said it would hold China responsible for the safety of
Vietnamese and other ships transiting the area.

The dispatch said the area where the Chinese exploration ship was headed was
only 128 kilometers from the Vietnamese port of Ba Lat, and sits on a domestic
and international sea lane between Haiphong and Quang Ninh.

The news agency said the Chinese moves violate an agreement at a summit last
year to refrain from doing anything to complicate border disputes while talks
are pending.

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5. Shenzhen Seeking to Take on Free-Trade City Status ...................24
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From: Jian Liu
Source: AP-DJ, 9/03/92

HONG KONG -(AP-DJ)--Shenzhen, the mainland boomtown bordering this British
colony, is planning to extend the free-trade status of its tiny Shatoujiao
zone to cover the entire city, according to an official report.

No timing for the move was specified in the story, which appeared in the
English-language China Daily.

The special status would enable goods brought into the areas for export
production to be exempted from import tariffs.

After more than five years of planning, the Shatoujiao area, a fifth of a
square kilometer, was opened last month. The area is seeking to lure high-tech
industry, warehousing, transport and real-estate development.

More than 110 companies have been approved to open in the zone, 40 of which
are to begin operations this year.

Shenzhen vice mayor Zhu Yuening was quoted as saying the two special areas
are steps toward extending the free-trade rules over the entire city.

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6. China Tightens Patent Law, Moves It Closer to International Standard .27
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From: Huijie
Source: AP-DJ, 9/04/92

BEIJING -(AP-DJ)--Chinese officials on Friday toughened the country's patent
law to provide better protection of goods, the state-run Xinhua News Agency
reported.

According to Xinhua, the amendment "expands the range of patent protection
and extends the duration of protection ... (to) draw the patent protection of
China closer to the international standard."

The report didn't mention any specific changes. But several reports carried
by state-run media in July, when the amendment was first drafted, said the
protection period of patents would be extended from 15 years to 20 years for
inventions. The reports also said the patent law would cover pharmaceuticals,
foodstuffs, drinks and other products involving chemical processing.

The amendement was passed by the Standing Committee of China's National
People's Congress, the rubber-stamp legislature that follows the dictates of
the Communist leadership. The committee, which meets between annual sessions
of the full legislature, concluded a weeklong session Friday.

The changes are likely to be welcomed by U.S. trade negotiators who have
been at odds with their Chinese counterparts for months over various
intellectual property, copyright and trade issues.

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