From: gaojeng@durras.anu.edu.au (J. Gao)
Subject: CND 28-7-92 TUE
Summary: CND
Keywords: CND
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date: 28 Jul 92 07:10:40 GMT

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                             (News Global)

                         Tuesday, July 28, 1992

[Editor's Note: for Barcelona Olympics news, please read CND Oplympics
                Special issue dated July 27, 1992]


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1. News Brief (2 Items).................................................16
2. Bush's China Policy Under Fire.......................................33
3. Bao Tong Expected to Appeal Over Nine-year Term......................55
4. China: Vice-premier Zhu to Replace Li Peng...........................44
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1. News Brief (2 Items).................................................16
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[AP-DJ, 7/26] BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Peng assured  visiting  Indian
Defense  Minister  Sharad  Pawar  on  Sunday that their 30-year-old border
dispute could be settled peacefully.  "As long as both sides  have  common
desire, the issue will be settled on equal ground through friendly consul-
tations," the official  Xinhua  News  Agency  paraphrased  Li  as  saying.
Pawar, the first Indian defense minister to come to China, said both sides
have offered 'sincere and constructive proposals' in those  talks,  Xinhua
reported. (From: Huijie)
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[PRNewswire, 7/27] On Tuesday, July 28, at Cobo Center, Mr. Gan Ziyu, vice
chairman (ministerial level), State Planning Commission, People's Republic
of China, will address The Economic Club of Detroit.  Gan has come to  De-
troit  as  the  head of a large delegation from China, whose purpose is to
conclude agreements with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler to purchase au-
tomotive vehicles and components. (From: Jian Liu)

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2. Bush's China Policy Under Fire.......................................33
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From:    Zhen Gu <june@bu-pub.bu.edu>
Source:  Boston Herald, 7/25/92

In an editorial, "Boston Herald" attacks President  Bush's  China  policy,
ironically calling Bush the "Sunshine President," with the implicit conno-
tation of Bush's diplomatic inaction hidden under the name of vacation.

The Boston Herald editorial (07/25) takes Bush's foreign policy, supposed-
ly  his  strong point hardly questioned by the press, to task. In a speech
typical of Bush's political rhetorics on foreign policy, Bush is quoted as
saying,  "Because of our leadership, dark corners of the globe now bask in
the sunshine of freedom."  The  editorial  point-flatly  questions  Bush's
boast: "That must have been an allusion to the President's foreign- policy
expertise, allegedly his strong suit. But what evidence  backs  up  Bush's
claim?   To  which  dark  corners  of the globe did our Sunshine President
bring the light of freedom?"

The newspaper then cites China as the primary example of Bush's failure in
leadership on foreign policy: In China, a billion people still bleed under
the Communist whip. When millions of Chinese took to the streets in a  bid
for  democracy,  the  Sunshine President kept mum. Only the Tiananmen kil-
lings did he speak out --- for Most Favored Nation status and business  as
usual.

After citing other evidences, the editorial concludes, relentlessly  ques-
tioning  Bush's foreign policy credentials: "If this is foreign policy ex-
pertise, what would foreign policy naivete be  like?   If  these  are  the
fruits of leadership, what would be the fruits of timidity?" The editorial
ends up calling Bush's diplomatic "successes" as  complete  failures:  "if
this  what  the  Sunshine President considers his successes, what must his
failures like?"

With his landslide loss in polls over to his presidential  opponent  Clin-
ton,  the democrats' hopeful, on domestic issues, President Bush's foreign
policy, his handling of China in particular, has increasingly  become  ex-
posed to the fire of intense criticism.

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3. Bao Tong Expected to Appeal Over Nine-year Term......................55
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From:    A CND Reader
Source:  South China Morning Post, 7/23/92
By:      John Kohut and Daniel Kwan

Reformist official Bao Tong is expected to appeal against  a  Beijing  In-
termediary  Court  verdict  sentencing  him  to a nine-year prison term on
charges of leaking state secrets and counter-revolutionary incitement dur-
ing the 1989 pro-democracy protests.

And in breaking its silence yesterday, the official media reported for the
first  time  on  Bao's political trial and changed the allegations the au-
thorities have  made  against  the  59-year-old  senior  party  cadre.   A
dispatch  by  the  New China News Agency last night said Bao was sentenced
for "leaking state secrets, inciting riots and opposing and sabotaging the
implementation of the state laws and decrees during the political riots in
1989 in Beijing".

But Bao's daughter, Ms Bao Jian, who attended the sentencing  on  Tuesday,
said  the  charges  against  her  father  were  leaking  state secrets and
"counter-revolutionary  propaganda and incitement".  She  added  that  Bao
would only have to serve seven years of the nine-year term.

The NCNA report said taking into account the time Bao had already  served,
his prison term will end on May 27, 1996.

It also said Bao would be delivered the official verdict in five days  and
be allowed to appeal in 10 days.

It was not clear why the authorities had changed the charges although  the
penalty remained the same.

Bao's family and lawyers have not been allowed to contact  him  since  the
verdict was handed down on Tuesday.

"We think he will certainly appeal," Ms Bao Jian said.

She said there was little hope that her father would be released  or  have
his  sentence  reduced. But an appeal "would express our attitude, that we
don't acknowledge (the justification of) this," she said.

Mr Bao Pu, Bao's son who is studying in the United States but has kept  in
constant  contact with his family, said his father would submit the appeal
application at the end of the 10-day period.

"I understand that the two lawyers are working on the appeal  right  now,"
said Mr Bao Pu.

According to him, his father was "healthy, clear-minded and articulate" in
court.

"I was told that he (Bao Tong) was in good  spirits  ...  and  during  his
detention,  he  practises  taijiquan (a traditional Chinese shadow boxing)
every day to keep fit," said Mr Bao.

"But we still don't know the exact condition of his health because my fam-
ily is still not allowed to see him," he added.

Bao was believed to have suffered a drop in his white blood cell count  in
recent months.

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4. China: Vice-premier Zhu to Replace Li Peng...........................44
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From:    A CND Reader
Source:  Business Times, 7/22/92
By:      Walton Morais

SINGAPORE - Top Chinese Communist Party leaders  have  agreed  that  Vice-
Premier  Zhu  Rongji  will  be  promoted to premier replacing Li Peng, the
Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday.

They also agreed that General Secretary Jiang Zemin will hold his post and
Premier Li Peng will become president, the Tokyo-based daily said.  Polit-
ical analysts in Hongkong  and  Beijing,  when  contacted  by  BT(Business
Times), however, cautioned that the report could still be only speculation
at this point.  They said a clearer picture would  emerge  closer  to  the
party  congress  later this year.  "Up to this moment, it is only specula-
tion (that Mr Zhu will replace Mr Li)," said Mr Lau  Yui-siu,  the  deputy
chief  editor  of Contemporary, a China-watching magazine in Hongkong. "We
will probably know the results later this month after the  Beidaihe  meet-
ing"  which  lay  the groundwork for the forthcoming Communist Party's Na-
tional Congress.

Mr Lau said the appointment of the 63-year-old Mr Zhu, a  protege  of  pa-
triarch  Deng  Xiaoping  and a former mayor of Shanghai, will be good news
for both economic reformists and China's provincial governments.

But a Beijing-based analyst played down the significance of any change  in
the  leadership structure, arguing that China's reform march was a collec-
tive decision - deemed necessary and supported by both the party  and  the
powerful military. "The alternative is bankruptcy," the analyst told BT.

The Yomiuri quoted sources in Beijing as saying the new lineup matches the
intentions of Mr Deng. The paper said Mr Zhu will be promoted from Central
Committee alternate member to Politburo member at a plenary session of the
Communist  Party  and  then  to  standing committee member at the National
Congress.  Of the six standing committee members, Mr Jiang, Li Peng,  Qiao
Shi  and Li Ruihuan will retain their posts. Hardliners Yao Yilin and Song
Ping will retire. Vice-Premier Tian Jiyuin will assume the post  of  vice-
chairman  of  the  National People's Congress, it said. Yang Shangkun will
step down as president but take charge of the party's  yet  to  be  formed
central  advisory  group.   The  changes  will be formally approved at the
party's National Congress in autumn and at the National People's  Congress
next  spring,  the  paper  said. The press in Hongkong has long speculated
about Mr Zhu's ascendancy in the party hierarchy.

Mr Lau in Hongkong said Mr Zhu's recent appointment as head of the Econom-
ic  and Trade Office has enhanced his power base. That office, set up last
month, is the most important organ in the government, overseeing such  key
sectors  as state enterprises, joint ventures, stock companies and foreign
trade.

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