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                          Friday, December 18, 1992

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1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................. 25
2. Yeltsin in Beijing for "New Era" in Sino-Russia Ties ................. 78
3. Japan Cautions China on Russian Arms Imports ......................... 17
4. China, U.S. Open Trade Talks in Beijing .............................. 42
5. What's in Today's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #90 (cm9212c) ..................... 23
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1. News Brief (3 Items) ................................................. 25
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[JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWSWIRE, 12/17/1992] BEIJING -- Chen Xitong replaced Li Xi-
ming as Beijing Party chief on Thursday, a local party spokesman said. The
new 54-member party committee was elected at the end of the 7th Beijing Par-
ty Congress which ran from December 13 to 17.

Li Qiyan, Beijing's deputy party secretary, is likely to succeed Chen, as
Beijing major, Chinese sources say. (Forwarded by: Liu Jian)
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[Business Week, 12/21/1992] -- Hongkong Governor Patten answered questions
from BUSINESS WEEK. He said: "I'm not sure that they [China] want to make me
a lame duck. I'm keen on cooperation. I do think that Hong Kong wants a mod-
est increase in its ability to shape its future. It's not part of some great,
elaborate plot of threat to the mainland." In answering "Are you going to
back off on your reform proposals?", Patten said: "It would be difficult. I
am wholly open-minded about other proposals which seem better or more accep-
table. However, we will have to make a decision soon."
(Forwarded by: Charles Mok)
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[AP-DJ, 12/16/1992] -- China's largest commercial aircraft facility, Air-
craft Maintenance and Engineering Corp (AMECO), 60% owned by Air China and
40% held by Lufthansa German Airlines, has announced plans to construct a
training school and other auxiliary facilities, its general manager said
Wednesday. In a telephone interview from Beijing, Werner Hupe said the ex-
pansion program is in response to growing demand from Air China for addi-
tional aircraft repair and upkeep. Other commercial airlines also have
interest in using the Beijing facility, he said. (Forwarded by: Liu Jian)

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2. Yeltsin in Beijing for "New Era" in Sino-Russia Ties ................. 78
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Forwarded by: Tina Maria Tong <skn1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> and Others
Source: AP, AFP, UPI, JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWSWIRE, 12/17/1992

BEIJING -- China and Russia pledged Thursday to forge closer ties at the
start of Boris Yeltsin's three-day visit which he termed a historic moment
in bilateral relations. Yang Shangkun, during a 40-minute meeting with
Yeltsin at the Great Hall of the People, said "Your visit will open up a new
era in relations between our two countries." Yeltsin painted a similarly
bright picture for future Russo-Chinese ties after three decades of
hostility and mutual mistrust.

"During my stay, some 20 documents will be signed by officials from both
sides, opening a new era in bilateral ties," Yeltsin said. "We must open a
new era in bilateral relations to put an end to years of stagnation. The
total absence of cooperation between two great peoples who share a common
border of 4,000 kilometers is abnormal. We must in particular develop trade
in our mutual interest," he added.

The centerpiece document is a joint declaration on the basic principles
which was initiated by the two countries' foreign ministers in Moscow last
month. Russian sources say the document includes a clause committing both
sides to opposing hegemonism and global power politics. China and Russia
appear to want to send a strong message to Washington that the U.S. should
not assume it is the world's only superpower and global policeman.

Moscow and Beijing will also pledge to oppose nuclear proliferation in the
joint declaration and agree to conduct bilateral relations according to the
five principles of peaceful coexistence, sources say.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Sergei Yastrdzemski told a press briefing
that Yang called Russia's Taiwan policy "wise." Yastrdzemski also shed light
on some of the other agreements that Chinese and Russian officials will sign
Friday.

Chief among these is an agreement whereby Russia will help build two
1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors at a site to be determined by the Chinese
authorities, he said. They will be VBR-type reactors, not the ill-fated
Chernobyl model, he said. He confirmed reports that China will provide
Russia with commodity credits worth a total of 300 million yuan. Sources
say this will take the form of two credits including one which Moscow will
use to purchase Chinese grain.

Moscow and Beijing have clearly decided to bury past differences and nig-
gling border disputes as they strive to forge an economic partnership to
their mutual advantage.

Yeltsin has been accused by domestic critics of putting all his eggs in a
pro-Western basket and ignoring Russia's giant neighbor to the East.
Analysts view this China trip as an opportunity for Yeltsin to broaden
Moscow's foreign policy horizons and expand on his plans to form an
Asia-Pacific forum to coordinate regional affairs.

Chinese officials privately denounce Yeltsin as the man who destroyed
communism in the Soviet Union, but grudgingly acknowledge the overriding
importance of economic ties.

Military ties are also a priority but Yastrdzemski said the two sides will
not sign any agreements on arms sales or military cooperation. Russia's
cash-strapped military industrial complex is expected to forge a close re-
lationship with its Chinese counterpart to help modernize Soviet-built
munitions plants from the 1950s and help convert factories to civilian use.

Yeltsin, who paid a visit to China's Great Wall some 50 kilometers north of
the capital Thursday afternoon, attended an evening banquet hosted by Yang.

On Friday morning, the Russian president will lay a wreath in Tiananmen
Square at China's memorial to revolutionary martyrs before holding summit
talks with Premier Li Peng and Communist Party General Secretary Jiang
Zemin.

Yeltsin will rejoin Yang later on Friday to sign the joint declaration on
the basic principles for bilateral relations.

On Saturday, Yeltsin and his entourage will fly to the southern city of
Shenzhen, a showcase special economic zone for China's capitalist-style
reform program.

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3. Japan Cautions China on Russian Arms Imports ......................... 17
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Forwarded by: Liu Jian
Source: JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWSWIRE, 12/17/1992

TOKYO -- Japan urged China Thursday to exercise moderation when purchasing
arms from Russia.

"It is said that China is buying a large volume of weapons (from Russia).
We hope that Beijing will keep within a certain limit and exercise modera-
tion," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono told a regularly scheduled news
conference. Kono declined to define what limit Japan considers reasonable,
but said, "at the current stage we are not concerned."

Kono's comments come as Russian President Boris Yeltsin arrived in Beijing
for a three-day visit during which arms sales and military cooperation are
expected to be discussed.

Kono said he hoped Yeltsin's visit would contribute to improved Sino-Russian
ties.

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4. China, U.S. Open Trade Talks in Beijing .............................. 42
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Forwarded by: Tina Maria Tong <skn1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> and Others
Source: BBC, UPI, AP-DJ, 12/17/1992

BEIJING -- A senior trade official said Monday that the resurrection of the
Sino-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, or JCCT, will indicate an
official restoration of the bilateral trade relations.

The JCCT, a bilateral group jointly headed by the Chinese trade minister and
US commerce secretary, had convened about once a year during the 1983-88.

Barbara Franklin and Li Lanqing exchanged opinions on such problems as MFN
treatment, market opening, trade promotion, and the environment for invest-
ments, Xinhua News Agency said.

Li told Franklin at the meeting that China's imports from the U.S. are
steadily increasing, Xinhua reported. Franklin in reply called for the
buildup of economic relations between the two countries on the basis of the
principle of reciprocity.

Commerce Department officials said they were encouraged by the three hours
of talks. "We think the Chinese are serious about opening their market,"
said a U.S. official. "[Boeing] Deals like this will send a powerful mes-
sage" on China's willingness to ease its trade surplus with the U.S,"
Franklin said at a luncheon speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in
Beijing. She acknowledged, however, that "we do have obstacles and some
problems to overcome."

In the JCCT meetings, Li Lanqing vowed Beijing would hold to and improve
on the accords, especially the "market access" agreement, officials said.
Li specifically pledged his government would adhere "to the letter" of the
agreement in the pace of reducing quotas on U.S. imports.

But the Chinese also asked that the U.S. government free the pending sale
of a U.S.-made supercomputer to China. The deal has been held up by U.S.
intelligence reports suggesting China has sold missiles with nuclear capa-
bilities to Pakistan. U.S. officials also "explained the sensitivities on
the American side" over renewing China's MFN trade status. Members of
congress have demanded MFN be conditioned on improvements in China's human
rights and other policies.

But at the luncheon, Franklin cited the U.S. trade deficit with China, as
"probably" more important to the MFN dispute than human rights.

Sources close to the JCCT said that a contract on AT&T's Changchun project
will be signed while the meeting is on. According to the contract, AT&T will
sell 27,000 computer-controlled switchboards at a cost of four million US
dollars to Changchun, capital city of the north-east Jilin Province.

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5. What's in Today's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #90 (cm9212c) ..................... 23
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From: CND Hua Xia Wen Zhai Editorial Board < cnd-cm@sdsc.edu >

                             Hua Xia Wen Zhai
                          (CND Chinese Magazine)
                                Issue #90
                             December 18, 1992

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1. Headline News of the Week.......................................Dai Lixin
2. The Divine Land: Cars Owned by Stars..........................Yang Jufang
3. Society: Money out of Gun.............................Zhu Weiguo & Xu Yan
4. Law and Justice: Black Market
5. Random Thoughts: The Feeling of "the Central Plains"..........Su Xiaokang
6. Poems: Road.......................................................Shao Pu
   Peaceful Ocean, the Moving Sheep under the Sunshine of March...Xie Xiaoze
7. God's Blessed Ones: The Lives of the University Students.........Liu Yida
8. "We" (Wo Men): Politics against Antipolitics, or Vice Versa..Gong Xiaoxia
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