S. HRG. 101-1125 SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS: ONE YEAR AFTER THE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 6, 1990 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations 34-979 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1991 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office CONTENTS Page 54 57 China: Detention Without Trial, Ill-Treatment of Detainees and Policy Shoot- Forbidden Freedoms- Beijing's Control of Religion in Tibet, (by International 521 Forced Labor in the People's Republic of China, (by Law Library of Congress). Government Resolutions and International Documents on Tibet, (excerpts)....... Hong Kong: Denial of Democracy and Human Rights, (by Martin Lee, Chair- 429 Merciless Repression-Human Rights in Tibet, (an Asia Watch report). National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, statement of. People's Republic of China: Torture and Ill-Treatment in Detention of Tibet- (III) SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS: ONE YEAR AFTER THE MASSACRE AT TIANANMEN SQUARE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1990 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:35 p.m. in room SD-419, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Alan Cranston (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Cranston, Biden, Sarbanes, and Simon, Senator CRANSTON. The hearing will please come to order. Today the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs is investigating the current state of Sino-American relations one year after the Tiananmen Square massacre. Foremost among the range of issues being considered today is the fundamental issue of human rights. Clearly, the record of the People's Republic of China on human rights remains abominable. Even the President refers to steps taken by the Chinese as "modest" and states that they are "far from adequate". Lifting marshal law in Beijing and in Tibet appear to be only pro forma measures with extensive police and military controls remaining in place. The Chinese continue to support the genocidal Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, even increasing their military supplies according to the administration. Additionally, reports continue of the sale of missiles and other sensitive technologies to the Middle East. Ironically, it is at this low point in our relations that President Bush has decided to renew most favored nation status to China, but in so doing the President acknowledges that he is basing his decision not "on the steps the Chinese have taken so far." The President hopes the continued favored trade will lead to more reforms. Surely, the intent of the Chinese leaders in their days of rage last June was to snuff out political reform while using the fruits of the people's labor to maintain their control. I oppose the granting of most favored nation status to China. We must use the same set of standards for China that we do for any other country. The right to emigrate is a legal requirement for granting most favored nation status. We have made human rights a cornerstone of our foreign policy, restricting business and benefits to totalitarian regimes. The President declares he will not finalize a trade package with the Soviets until a more liberal emigration law is passed, although |