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CND-Global, August 9, 1996 (GL96-116)
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(Global News, No. GL96-116)
Friday, August 9, 1996
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1. Headline News (2 Items) .............................................. 38
2. News Brief (10 Items) ................................................ 43
3. News from Taiwan (8 Items) ........................................... 32
4. What's in August 9th's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #280 (cm9608b) ............... 27
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1. Headline News (2 Items) .............................................. 38
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(1) Beijing Reaffirmed No-First-Use Policy on Nuclear Weapon
(2) "Neutral Flag" to Fly on Mainland and Taiwan Ships between Taiwan
and Hong Kong after July 1997
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(1) Beijing Reaffirmed No-First-Use Policy on Nuclear Weapon
[CND, 08/06/96] A Beijing Foreign Ministry spokesman told Taipei's official
Central News Agency (CNA) that the U.S. magazine Newsweek's report on
Beijing's top arms negotiator SHA Zukang's remarks was inaccurate, AFP
reported. "We have not changed our policy ... and what [Sha] said about
no-first-use to any area actually answered [Newsweek's] question on
Beijing's nuclear arms policy toward Taiwan," the spokesman was quoted as
saying.
Taipei's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) reacted frostily to a Newsweek
report, calling Sha's remarks highly "inappropriate" and "chilling."
Last Sunday's edition of Newsweek included the following alleged statement
by SHA Zukang: "Taiwan was a province of China, not a state. So the policy
of no-first-use (of neuclear weapons) does not apply." (Yuan LIU, Daluo JIA)
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(2) "Neutral Flag" to Fly on Mainland and Taiwan Ships between Taiwan and
Hong Kong after July 1997
[CND, 08/07/96] Mainland China and Taiwan have basically agreed that a
neutral flag would fly on their ships when sailing between Hong Kong and
Taiwan after Hong Kong is returned to China in 1997, JEN reported quoting
Taiwan's Transport Minister Tsai Chao-yang. Currently Taiwan vessels to
Hong Kong fly the Kuomintang's flag, a white sun in a blue sky against a
crimson background, which Mainland China will not allow after July 1, 1997.
In return, Taiwan said it would not allow any vessels from Hong Kong to
enter Taiwan ports if they fly the Chinese national flag. Taiwan's carrier
China Airlines had replaced the flag emblem with a stylized plum blossom on
its aircraft. (Shiji SHEN, Daluo JIA)
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2. News Brief (10 Items) ................................................ 43
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Contributors: Feng ZHANG, Bing WEN, Daluo JIA, Liedong ZHENG
Sources: Associated Press, Agence France Presse, Christian Science Monitor,
Japan Economic Newswire, Reuters
- China and the U.S. are very close to reach an agreement on the text
of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the details of which may
be unveiled on Friday.
- The Washington Post reported that the U.S. had decided to issue a
transit visa to LIEN Chan, the vice president of Taiwan, despite the
strong protest from Beijing.
- Taiwanese fishermen said they may ask Beijing for protection if Taipei
does not safeguard their fishing rights in the disputed Diayu islands.
- The People's Daily criticized the recent reaffirmation of U.S. security
pacts with Australia and Japan, blaming the U.S for its continuing the
Cold War policy against China.
- Beijing on Tuesday accused the U.S. of trying to control the United
Nations by attempting to manipulate the re-election of U.N. Secretary-
General.
- The Chinese delegation walked out of a folk festival in Oloron,
southwest France, to protest the display of national flags by Taiwanese
dancers.
- China is going to promote the use of traditional medicines abroad,
especially those for treating cancer, AIDS, and cardiovascular
diseases.
- Police uncovered and confiscated 5,000 cases of fake banknotes with
face values of some 100 million yuan (US$12 million) last year, Public
Security Ministry officials said.
- Taiwanese investment soared in the first quarter with a focus shifting
from labor-intensive projects to those dependent on capital and
technology, South China Morning Post reported.
- China will build the first fibre-optic cable, estimated at 30,000 KM
in total length, to link Tibet with the rest of the country.
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3. News from Taiwan (8 Items) ........................................... 32
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Source: The China News (08/05/96 - 08/07/96)
Contributor: Chang-Jiu Chen
* Taiwan and Japan have reached an agreement allowing Taiwan boats to fish
near the Tiaoyutai islands, in an effort to diffuse tensions over the
disputed island group, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
* TOKYO -- The Japanese Maritime Safety Agency has tentatively decided to
shelve the approval to a license application by a right-wing group for a
lighthouse it erected on an isle of the disputed Tiaoyutai islands in
mid-July, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.
* Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Shi Hwei-yow said that it is
unlikely that there will be an improvement in Taipei-Beijing ties in the
near future.
* Taiwan Minister of Foreign Affairs John Chang said the government in
Taipei will always take into account the stability of cross-strait ties in
its effort to expand international relations.
* Several heavyweights from the DPP have received invitations from the U.S.
to attend its national convention scheduled for Aug 26.
* North Korea plans to set up a representative office in Taiwan by the end
of the year, a local newspaper said.
* Over 100 experts on water resources and hydropower from both Taiwan and
Mainland met to discuss the possibility of importing water from Fujian
province to Kinmen and Matsu.
* Taiwan had the world's highest death rate caused by accidents in 1995, the
Department of Health said -- a total of 12,983 people died in accidents
last year, equivalent to 61.1 deaths out of every 100,000 people on the
island.
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4. What's in August 9th's Hua Xia Wen Zhai #280 (cm9608b) ............... 27
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>From: Hua Xia Wen Zhai Editorial Board <cnd-cm@cnd.org>
Hua Xia Wen Zhai
(CND Chinese Magazine)
Issue #280
August 9, 1996
ISSN 1021-8602
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Table of Contents (cm9608b)
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1. Headline News of the Week (7.30-8.9) ............................... CND
2. A Glimpse of China: Hongkong - a Colony and a Post-colony.. GUO Shaotang
3. Opinions: The Meaning of the "Long March" .................... LANG Juxu
4. Life Overseas: On Germany's Xenophobia ........................... WU Le
5. People: QIAN Zhongshu
6. Prose: A Kind of Feeling .................................... HE Jianjun
7. Variety: Tea, or Tea Ritual
8. Information Exchange: Visa Application for Foreign Students
9. "Wo Men" (One of Us): The Story of a Production Team
10. Expat's Column: Sebastian and Yattie ....................... WANG Ruiyun
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