[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: August 5, 1994]
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MFN ENSURES CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE 
                       PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, one of the most inhumane, immoral things 
that this Congress could possibly do would be to deny most-favored-
nation trading status to the People's Republic of China. Every shred of 
evidence that we have seen over the past several years has demonstrated 
that the human rights situation in China has improved. Why? Because of 
U.S. investment and exposure to Western values.
  Now just a couple of weeks ago, Mr. Speaker, reports came out that 
80,000,000 people were killed during the Mao era. That report has just 
come out. It came out today because in a closed society, Mr. Speaker, 
years ago this information did not get out to the West, and, if one 
listens to the statements of some of the most prominent Chinese 
dissidents, like Yang Zhao who said, ``MFN status helps our economic 
reforms, and in the long run that will help improve human rights,'' we 
must renew most-favored-nation trading status for the People's Republic 
of China so we can ensure improvement in the area of human rights.

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