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Washington was mildly encouraged two months ago when President Jiang Zemin told a visiting U.S. congressional delegation that China would "make an effort" to deal with American concerns on human rights. But, as the monitors of Asia Watch reported last month, "political repression is increasing, not decreasing, and it extends to virtually every province in China." Unofficial political and religious activity is illegal, and thousands are in prison for vaguely defined "counterrevolutionary" crimes like subverting the government or splitting the motherland. Detainees are held in prolonged isolation, and many are mistreated or tortured to force confessions...
...Clinton welcomed Asian heads of state in down-home style. The plaid-shirted president was eager to give a casual, friendly air to this summit--an event which, nevertheless, crackled with symbolism for the future. While most of the attendees humored Clinton by dressing down, China's President Jiang Zemin was a notable exception: He chose to remain in his business suit...
...sourest notes of the conclave were probably struck during closed-door meetings between Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin. The two met for one hour in what was later described as a "vivid and animated" discussion. Among other things, Clinton requested progress on human rights for dissidents and Tibetans and an end to Chinese sales of missile technology to nations like Pakistan and Iran. Without "overall significant progress" on human rights, Clinton has promised he will not renew China's most-favored-natio n trading status next spring. The discussion grew so vigorous that at one point, according...
...that reason, Bill Clinton and his advisers regarded his talks with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Seattle last week as the most important of the summit with 15 Asian and Pacific leaders. Their hour-plus session was the highest-level contact between the U.S. and China since the massacre of pro- democracy demonstrators in Beijing in 1989. Though it was essentially a getting-to-know-you meeting and made no progress on bilateral issues, Clinton said afterward that he and Jiang "agreed on the need to work on improving our relationship...
...JIANG ZEMIN...