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...Democrats had chosen what they believed was a winning issue: they were determined to override the President's veto of a bill that would have allowed 40,000 Chinese students to remain in the U.S. rather than face possible persecution in their homeland in the wake of the June massacre of pro- democracy demonstrators. Last November, after that legislation passed both houses of Congress without dissent, Bush blocked it. He argued that he could extend the students' visas on his own authority but would not sign legislation that could anger China's rulers...
Zhao expressed concern that the veto would also encourage the Chinese government to continue what he termed its "intimidation" of pro-democracy activists and "harassment" of the families of those students...
Even though the U.S. Senate last week upheld President Bush's veto of a bill allowing Chinese students to prolong their stays in this country, many of the students here say they are not overly concerned that they will be deported...
Instead, since Bush has promised them the same protection through exeuctive action, they are more worried about the message Bush is sending to China. Specifically, they are apprehensive about the long-term implications Bush's veto will have on China's struggling pro-democracy movement...
When Bush first vetoed the bill in November, organizations representing the interests of more than 40,000 Chinese nationals studying in the United States launched extensive lobbying efforts in Congress, in the hope that both the House and Senate would override the President's veto...