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<text id=90TT1287>
<title>
May 21, 1990: World Notes:China
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
May 21, 1990 John Sununu:Bush's Bad Cop
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 44
World Notes
CHINA
It's All in The Timing
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<body>
<p> A few weeks before Congress is scheduled to debate renewal
of China's most-favored-nation status, Beijing last week
announced the release of 211 dissidents, jailed since last
June's crackdown in Tiananmen Square. Congressional leaders,
however, said they were unlikely to be swayed by the move.
Senator Richard Lugar warned that there was "very considerable
sentiment" to deny China the MFN status it has held since 1980.
The impact of the prisoner release was also diluted by
allegations from Xu Lin, a Chinese embassy official who defected
two weeks ago. According to Xu, Beijing has been
systematically harassing its expatriate students, warning them
of jeopardy to their families and careers if they participate
in antigovernment activities.
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</body>
</article>
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