[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 57 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 57

    Expressing the policy of Congress regarding the state visit of 
        President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 27, 1997

    Mr. Mack (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Nickles, and Mr. Craig) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the policy of Congress regarding the state visit of 
        President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China.

Whereas at the invitation of President Clinton, President Jiang Zemin of the 
        People's Republic of China is beginning a state visit to the United 
        States which will culminate in a summit meeting with President Clinton 
        on October 29, 1997;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China, as detailed in 
        successive annual reports on human rights by the Department of State, 
        routinely, systematically, and massively violates the human rights of 
        its citizens, including but not limited to freedom of speech, assembly, 
        worship, and peaceful political dissent;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China routinely, 
        systematically, and massively restricts the ability of religious 
        adherents, including Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, and others, to 
        practice outside of state-approved religious organizations, and detains 
        worshipers and clergy who participate in religious services conducted 
        outside state-approved religious organizations, as well as those who 
        refuse to register with the authorities as required;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China routinely, 
        systematically, and massively continues to commit widespread human 
        rights abuses in Tibet, including instances of death in detention, 
        torture, arbitrary arrest, detention without public trial, long 
        detention of Tibetan nationalists for peacefully expressing their 
        religious and political views, and intensified controls on religion and 
        on freedom of speech and the press, particularly for ethnic Tibetans;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China routinely, 
        systematically, and massively engages in reprehensible, brutal, and 
        coercive family planning practices, including forced abortion and forced 
        sterilization, resulting in widespread infanticide, particularly of 
        female infants;
Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China systematically engages 
        in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and advanced 
        ballistic missile technology;
Whereas the regional and bilateral national security relationships of the United 
        States and the current level of United States military forces in east 
        Asia and the western Pacific region are integral to the maintenance of 
        peace and security in the Asian Pacific region;
Whereas the People's Republic of China employs mercantilist and protectionist 
        trade practices, including the imposition of tariffs and nontariff 
        barriers with respect to United States imports to that country, which 
        result in a market distortion between the United States and the People's 
        Republic of China; and
Whereas there are credible and specific reports that the Government of the 
        People's Republic of China has been involved in calculated efforts to 
        subvert the American political process, and that persons believed to 
        have information about such efforts have fled to the People's Republic 
        of China to avoid cooperating with official inquiries into these 
        efforts: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) declares that it is the policy of the United States 
        with respect to the People's Republic of China--
                    (A) to encourage freedom and democracy in the 
                People's Republic of China and to deter the Government 
                of the People's Republic of China from engaging in 
                activities that are contrary to the national security 
                interests of the United States and the peace and 
                security of the Asian Pacific region;
                    (B) to encourage the Government of the People's 
                Republic of China to make progress towards improving 
                overall human rights conditions in China and Tibet, 
                including taking concrete steps to assure freedom of 
                speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of association 
                in compliance with international standards on human 
                rights;
                    (C) to encourage the Government of the People's 
                Republic of China to channel its emerging power and 
                influence along paths that are conducive to peace, 
                stability, and development in the Asian Pacific region; 
                and
                    (D) to support integration of the People's Republic 
                of China into the community of nations;
            (2) urges President Clinton to communicate the policy of 
        the United States, in the strongest possible terms, to 
        President Jiang during their summit meeting and to demand that 
        the People's Republic of China immediately--
                    (A) cease persecuting Chinese Christians, as well 
                as members of other religious faiths, and release all 
                persons incarcerated because of religious beliefs, or 
                democracy-related activities, in particular Wei 
                Jingsheng and Wang Dan;
                    (B) cease coercive population control practices, 
                including forced abortion, forced sterilization, and 
                infanticide;
                    (C) cease efforts to subvert the American political 
                process and return to the United States persons 
                involved in such efforts;
                    (D) cease nonreciprocal tariff and nontariff 
                barriers relating to United States imports to the 
                People's Republic of China;
                    (E) cease resistance to transparency in its trade 
                practices;
                    (F) cease exports to the United States of products 
                made with prison labor;
                    (G) cease activities leading to proliferation of 
                weapons of mass destruction and advanced ballistic 
                missile technology (such as C-801 and C-802 cruise 
                missiles); and
                    (H) cease evasion of United States export controls 
                and other laws; and
            (3) reaffirms the policy promulgated in the Taiwan 
        Relations Act (Public Law 96-8) and insists that the Taiwan 
        Relations Act be fully implemented by the President.
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