[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT

  (Mr. RYUN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN. Mr. Speaker, in 1992, Candidate Bill Clinton denounced 
President George Bush for ``coddling tyrants.'' This week he will 
welcome Chinese President Jiang Zemin with a 21-gun salute and State 
dinner, something no American President has done for a Communist leader 
since the Tiananmen Square massacre. Since China's Communist army 
opened fire on unarmed democracy demonstrators in 1989, America has 
been outraged at China's flagrant abuse of human rights.
  In addition to human rights abuses, China poses a serious threat to 
peace. The Chinese Government is modernizing its navy and its air force 
to expand their offensive capability and extend their reach. Although 
China signed a nuclear nonproliferation treaty, it continues to 
transfer arms and nuclear technology to Iran and Pakistan. President 
Clinton has indicated that he will certify to Congress that China has 
halted all exports of nuclear technology, something that the Reagan and 
Bush administrations refused to do.
  Mr. Speaker, it is high time that the United States Government 
establish a policy for dealing with the government of China. It is not 
time to throw State dinners and to deliver 21-gun salutes.

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