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4 M," viiRpecyve g3a^:t3D^^ China's president, Jiang Zemin, toured the United States and visited with President Bil! Clinton — marking a new era in relations between the United States and China. ' ^ 2!!emin came to An^erica to boost his image as a and as a global leader interested in education gy- Officially, Zemin said the intention of his visit was td strengthen Chma-U.S. relations, despite tense concerning Taiwan, trade and human rights violations, ~ Both Chinese and American officials stressed the value j^imply holding such meetings, "The visit achieved the goal of enhancing new tinder standing, broadening common ground, developing coopera Hon and building a future together, thus bringing China-U.S relations into a new historical stage of deveiopment>" Zemin said. Zemin's eight day visit also sparked protests from^ Capital Hill to Los Angeles. China's questionable record^ concerning human rights violations has been one issue] barring American support for China's entry into th World Trade Organization, Source: The New York Times (November 3,1997) Orin KpteCd^ided to Join upcoming peace talks with :: I;--;: A delegation from North Korea agreed to join the talks ^er dropping th^ demand for negotiations of Hie imme- d^fe Wi|h(&awaf of the 37,000 American troops in tiie a'bteakthrough in Hie Clinton ^dni^:teaffon*s effoite to draw North Korea out of its iplomatlc isojlation and calm tensions on the Korean Anti-,ftsi^,hat3a at university of _.^,sept^ .focnia An incident of hate e-mail rocked the campus of University of California at Irvine in early November. A surveillance video caught Richard Machado e-mailing pO Asian-American students the following message: "As you can see, I hate Asians, including you, I will hunt all of you down and kill you. I personally will make it my life career to find and kill one of you personally," the alleged message stated. Machado is being prosecuted, which raises the question as to how far freedom of speech can take affect in cyber space. "If you threaten somebody's life in a way that a typical listener will think Uiat is serious, that's constitutionally unprotected," said Eugene Volokh, a professor for UCLA's ^lool of Law. But in court papers, Machado's attorney argued that the ^federal law being used to prosecute his client was in effect criminalizing e-mail and free speech. Source: CNN interactive (November 9,1997) w|iy North Korea dropped its demands, l&dals ki Washington speculated that the country's gov ernment Wt a heed to hiove forward to move forward or risk loslccchg intemational aid to help ease hunger caused by floods and drought AdmlnlstraHdn officials said they expected the talks to rqqeed slowly, hampered by North Korea's suspicions ■and South Korea's financial turmoil and approaching resld^Hal elections. The tMks, between the United States, North Korea, ttuHl Korea and China, will begin on Dec. 9. Source: The New York Times (November 22,1997) actibti The last time Wei Jingsheng was released from prison was in 1993. He was released, able to visit his family, but tiben sent back to a Chinese Jail. This time, Chinese officials denied they would release a dissident as a goodwill gesture to President BiE Clinton, But in the end, they indeed freed Jingsheng two weeks ter China's president, Jiang Zemin, returned from a pro- ducHve state visit to Washington. Jingsheng's release highlights the fact that China confin es to use prisoners as instrument of policy even as it seeks major role on the world stage, officials said. "I would imagine this is Jiang JZemin's thank you present [to the Clinton administration for giving him fuE a ceremo- tol visit to Washington," said Munro, Hong Kong director p Human Rights Watch, I Although Jingsheng expressed his happiness concerning jthe end of his pEght as a poUtical prisoner, he also was dis- jfcouraged at being sent to the United States to Eve — away ~mhis famEy. “ ^ Source: The Washington Post . „ (November 16,
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