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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 57

Expressing the policy of Congress regarding the state visit of President

Jiang Zemin of the People’s Republic of China.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 27, 1997

Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. NICKLES, and Mr. CRAIG) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the policy of Congress regarding the state visit

of President Jiang Zemin of the People’s Republic of China.

Whereas at the invitation of President Clinton, President

Jiang Zemin of the People’s Republic of China is beginning a state visit to the United States which will culminate in a summit meeting with President Clinton on

October 29, 1997;

Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China,

as detailed in successive annual reports on human rights

by the Department of State, routinely, systematically,

and massively violates the human rights of its citizens,

including but not limited to freedom of speech, assembly,

worship, and peaceful political dissent;
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Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China

routinely, systematically, and massively restricts the ability of religious adherents, including Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, and others, to practice outside of stateapproved religious organizations, and detains worshipers

and clergy who participate in religious services conducted

outside state-approved religious organizations, as well as

those who refuse to register with the authorities as required;

Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China

routinely, systematically, and massively continues to commit widespread human rights abuses in Tibet, including

instances of death in detention, torture, arbitrary arrest,

detention without public trial, long detention of Tibetan

nationalists for peacefully expressing their religious and

political views, and intensified controls on religion and on

freedom of speech and the press, particularly for ethnic

Tibetans;

Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China

routinely, systematically, and massively engages in reprehensible, brutal, and coercive family planning practices,

including forced abortion and forced sterilization, resulting in widespread infanticide, particularly of female infants;

Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China

systematically engages in the proliferation of weapons of

mass destruction and advanced ballistic missile technology;

Whereas the regional and bilateral national security relationships of the United States and the current level of United

States military forces in east Asia and the western Pa-
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cific region are integral to the maintenance of peace and

security in the Asian Pacific region;

Whereas the People’s Republic of China employs mercantilist

and protectionist trade practices, including the imposition

of tariffs and nontariff barriers with respect to United

States imports to that country, which result in a market

distortion between the United States and the People’s

Republic of China; and

Whereas there are credible and specific reports that the Government of the People’s Republic of China has been involved in calculated efforts to subvert the American political process, and that persons believed to have information about such efforts have fled to the People’s Republic

of China to avoid cooperating with official inquiries into

these efforts: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives

2 concurring), That Congress—

3 (1) declares that it is the policy of the United

4 States with respect to the People’s Republic of

5 China—

6 (A) to encourage freedom and democracy

7 in the People’s Republic of China and to deter

8 the Government of the People’s Republic of

9 China from engaging in activities that are con10 trary to the national security interests of the

11 United States and the peace and security of the

12 Asian Pacific region;
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1 (B) to encourage the Government of the

2 People’s Republic of China to make progress to3 wards improving overall human rights condi4 tions in China and Tibet, including taking con5 crete steps to assure freedom of speech, free6 dom of religion, and freedom of association in

7 compliance with international standards on

8 human rights;

9 (C) to encourage the Government of the

10 People’s Republic of China to channel its

11 emerging power and influence along paths that

12 are conducive to peace, stability, and develop13 ment in the Asian Pacific region; and

14 (D) to support integration of the People’s

15 Republic of China into the community of na16 tions;

17 (2) urges President Clinton to communicate the

18 policy of the United States, in the strongest possible

19 terms, to President Jiang during their summit meet20 ing and to demand that the People’s Republic of

21 China immediately—

22 (A) cease persecuting Chinese Christians,

23 as well as members of other religious faiths,

24 and release all persons incarcerated because of
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1 religious beliefs, or democracy-related activities,

2 in particular Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan;

3 (B) cease coercive population control prac4 tices, including forced abortion, forced steriliza5 tion, and infanticide;

6 (C) cease efforts to subvert the American

7 political process and return to the United

8 States persons involved in such efforts;

9 (D) cease nonreciprocal tariff and nontariff

10 barriers relating to United States imports to

11 the People’s Republic of China;

12 (E) cease resistance to transparency in its

13 trade practices;

14 (F) cease exports to the United States of

15 products made with prison labor;

16 (G) cease activities leading to proliferation

17 of weapons of mass destruction and advanced

18 ballistic missile technology (such as C–801 and

19 C–802 cruise missiles); and

20 (H) cease evasion of United States export

21 controls and other laws; and

22 (3) reaffirms the policy promulgated in the Tai23 wan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8) and insists
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1 that the Taiwan Relations Act be fully implemented

2 by the President.

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