From: gaojeng@durras.anu.edu.au (J. Gao)
Subject: CND-Global, Sun, September 13, 1992
Summary: CND
Keywords: CND
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date: 13 Sep 92 08:15:17 GMT

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                              (News Global)

                        Sunday, September 13, 1992

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1. News Brief (3 Items) .................................................40
2. China Brushes off U.S. Move to Allow Satellite Exports ...............20
3. Taiwan Reported to Delay French Jet Purchase Because of U.S. Pressure 57
4. Hong Kong Governor to Go to London to Confer on Speech ...............25
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1. News Brief (3 Items) .................................................40
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[AP-DJ, 9/11/92] BEIJING -- China and Russia on Friday signed a bilateral
copyright trade agreement aimed at allaying international concerns over
China's trade practices, official media reported. The "Copyright Trade
Cooperation Protocol" is the first such agreement between China and a
foreign country since China drafted a new copyright law in June, the
state-run Xinhua News Agency said. According to the protocol, China and
Russia will "adopt active measures to protect the lawful interests and
copyrights of the other sides' authors," Xinhua said. The agreement
represents China's latest step in trying to match international trade
standards and strengthen protection of property rights. China and the U.S.
were on the brink of a trade war in January before Beijing agreed to join
the Universal Copyright Convention and the Berne Convention. The two
conventions establish global rules for protection of intellectual property
rights. The Beijing government also agreed to stiffen its protection of
computer software, sound recording, farm chemical products and
pharmaceuticals. The Chinese want to gain entry into the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade, which promotes free market ideals. China has been
trying to gain membership since 1986, but Western nations have demanded
more evidence of Chinese market reforms. (From: Jian Liu)
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[WALL STREET JOURNAL, 9/11/92] SINGAPORE -- French bank Societe Generale
said it received approval to open a second branch in Guangzhou in southern
China. The branch, to be operating by year's end, is authorized to carry
out businesses in currencies other than the local currency, which is
prohibited to foreign banks by Chinese authorities. The bank said it is
currently represented in China with a branch serving Guangzhou and the
special economic zone of Shenzen, three representative offices in Beijing,
Shanghai and Wuhan, and a Shanghai subsidiary. (From: Jian Liu)
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[UPI, 9/11/92] BEIJING -- At least 45 people died and 29 others sustained
injury in a gas explosion that  ripped  through a coal mine in southern
China's Jiangxi Province, the state-run China News Service reported Friday.
Authorities  called  the  blast  which occurred earlier this week at the
Huagushan coal mine in Jiangxi the province's most-serious mine accident in
recent years. China  News Service reported a spark made by an electrician
repairing a switch  on  a  drilling  machine  touched  off the blast,
igniting mine-gas exhaust. (From: Zhao Hua)

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2. China Brushes off U.S. Move to Allow Satellite Exports ...............20
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From: Jian Liu
Source: AP-DJ, 9/12/92

BEIJING -- In another sign of Beijing's anger over disputes with the
United States, the Foreign Ministry on Saturday brushed off President Bush's
decision to waive restrictions on satellite exports to China.

The satellite restrictions were among sanctions the United States imposed to
protest the Chinese army's crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy
movement in June 1989.

In a statement carried by the official Xinhua News Agency, an unidentified
Foreign Ministry spokesman said waiving the restrictions on satellite exports
was "something that the U.S. government should have done long ago."

The U.S. announcement came as relations between the United States and China
face severe strains following Bush's decision to authorize the sale of 150
F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, Beijing's adversary since the Communists came to
power in 1949.

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3. Taiwan Reported to Delay French Jet Purchase Because of U.S. Pressure 57
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From: A CND Reader
Source: UPI, 9/11/92

PARIS -- Partly because of U.S. pressure, Taiwan is delaying a decision on
whether to buy 60 French-made jet fighters, defense sources in Taiwan said
Friday.

Sources said Taiwan's defense ministry had requested a two-week delay
in order to iron out some technical matters relating to the sale, but
also admitted U.S. pressure to cancel the deal played a factor in the
decision.

France this week approved selling Taiwan 60 2000-5 Mirage jets for
$2.6 billion, despite objections from Taipei's archenemy, communist
China.

Paris approved the deal one week after President Bush OK'd selling
Taiwan up to 150 U.S.-built F-16 fighters for $6 billion, also against
Chinese wishes.

But while Taiwan has built its existing air force on U.S. technology,
Taipei has recently said it wanted to diversify its arms purchases.

However, a U.S. State Department spokesman Wednesday said the Bush
administration felt the F-16's would adequately meet Taiwan's defense
needs. Washington reportedly fears a Taiwanese acquisition of Mirages in
addition to F-16's could set off an Asian arms race.

Friday, French officials and Dassault Aviation, which makes the
Mirage, both declined to comment on reports of a delay in the sale.

And although the French government has already decided to approve
the deal, Industry Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn said a formal
announcement would not be made until Taiwan and Dassault sign a
commercial accord.

Dassault, which is in serious financial difficulty and has been
unable to sell a single plane overseas since 1988, has been counting on
the sale to stay alive.

Strauss-Kahn said the French government did not consider the deal
"an act of aggression against the People's Republic of China," despite
Beijing's strong pressure on Paris to cancel the sale.

Officials in Paris said that in addition to pulling Dassault out of
deep crisis, the sale would allow French industry to take advantage of
Taiwan's plans to modernize its infrastructure, at a cost of $310
billion.

In particular, Paris hopes to win a $20 billion contract to build a
high-speed train in the island nation, as well as a 1000-megawatt
nuclear-power plant.

Diplomatic sources also said France is disappointed with its level of
trade with China. Paris registered a $10 billion trade deficit with
Beijing last year, and China's communist government has delayed final
agreement on purchase of some French-made civilian aircraft to protest
the Mirage deal.

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4. Hong Kong Governor to Go to London to Confer on Speech ...............25
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From: Jian Liu
Source: AP-DJ, 9/11/92

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten will make a quick trip
to London next week to discuss a crucial policy speech which newspapers
speculated Saturday is too sensitive to be reviewed over normal
communication channels.

The policy speech, Patten's first since he became governor in July, will
address the colonial government's future plans for Hong Kong before it
reverts to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.

Patten will leave Hong Kong on Monday and return on Wednesday. He will
deliver his speech before the lawmaking Legislative Council on Oct. 7.

The government said Patten will meet Prime Minister John Major, Foreign
Secretary Douglas Hurd and other senior ministers.

"The prime minister is extremely interested in securing the stability and
prosperity of Hong Kong,' Patten told reporters on Friday. "I want to go back
before I finalize my speech and set out for him exactly what my views were.'

Patten, a former Conservative Party chairman, has repeatedly declined to
disclose specific proposals he will make in his speech.

But government officials believe he will deal with the future of Hong Kong's
electoral system and differences between Britain and China over the financing
of a new airport and related projects that will cost 177 billion Hong Kong
dollars

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