Word: wu
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Wu expelled." the words flashed across presidential aide Mike McCurry's pager on Thursday afternoon as he was on his way to the funeral of one of the U.S. diplomats killed in Bosnia two weeks ago. At the chapel, McCurry sought out Anthony Lake, the National Security Adviser, and showed him the message. Lake raised his eyebrows, pleased and surprised...
...June 19, Harry Wu, the human-rights activist who spent 19 years in Chinese prisons and is now an American citizen, had been arrested by the Chinese on charges of espionage, and he came to symbolize the increasingly strained relationship between China and the U.S. The Clinton Administration knew that after a four-hour trial on Wednesday, Wu was sentenced to a jail term of 15 years and expulsion from the country, but his sudden departure startled just about everyone, including Peter Tarnoff, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs who was heading to Beijing with Wu high...
...Chinese government will do almost anything to keep such information secret. Last month Wu was detained after trying to cross into China with his U.S. passport at a remote customs post on the Kazakhstan border. Chinese authorities waited until July 8 to announce his arrest on charges that will include disclosing "state secrets" to "foreign organizations," a crime that could carry the death penalty. Howell, who was returned to Kazakhstan after being detained with Wu for a few days, says he didn't resent the guards. "Harry kept saying, 'They're just doing their job. They're not bad people...
...Wu is caught in the middle as the world's sole superpower and the world's most populous country snipe at each other. The list of recent incidents is considerable. Congress has introduced resolutions condemning China's "acts of aggression" in territorial disputes over the Spratly Islands. A CIA report last May said China might deserve sanctions because it sold ballistic-missile components to Iran and Pakistan. The U.S. is holding up China's application for membership in the World Trade Organization. And the U.S. recognition last week of Vietnam, China's neighbor and frequent enemy, fuels Beijing's fears...
...professor at the College of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. Testifying before Congress last week, Henry Kissinger, the advance man for President Nixon's opening to China, said, "Sino-American relations are in free fall." For a good indication of how far they will fall, watch what happens to Harry Wu...