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VOL.44 N0.11 MARCH 15, 2001
NO.IO (N. AMERICAN EDITION)
WEEKLY WATCH 4-6
4 CPPCC Economy on Focus Members
4 CPN Session
4 Acis Condemned
4 and Jiaeg Nepali Mt~ls President
nabuC Guesls
4 Second eztgnaY Bridge River
detelpmoC
4 Shocked China yb Taliban's
noitcurt;,.eD or Statues Buddhist
5 to Visit Vice-Premier notgnihsaW
5 The 368 m~'.rgmP
5 weN Appoinled Ministers
5 Ancient sbmoT Found
5 Show Protection Environmental
6 Abroad Study Students Helps Center
6 Chitin North Sweep Winds Dusty
6 Cau~d Gong Fahm Deaths of I(,66,1
Ties That Bind: The problems of bigamy, domestic violence and divorce
elpoeP
6 Surges Investment have become the focal points of the Draft Revision of the Marriage Law
6 weN Fitter lnternet erawtfoS that was published on January 15, Sparking great concern from the pub-
6 weN Customs at System Inspection lic, the revision aims at promoting the establishment of a healthy, orderly
PEOPLE & POINTS 7 and civilized marriage and family system, p,12
GLOBAL OBSERVER 8-11
8 Relations Special U.S.-British
Teenagers' Studying Abroad Rouses Debates: The number of Chinese
deweiveR
9 Dispute Causes Sale Fuel Nuclear students going abroad has been growing at an annual rate of 20 percent
10 East Middle Powell's :ruoT in recent years. People in various walks of life hold different attitudes
Scouting and Probing [
toward this phenomenon, p.27
11 Briefings News Ministry Foreign
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12 weN egairraM waL skrapS nrecnoC
14 Revision of t.aw: the Marriage
Talks Insider An tm~'lA the yeK Issues
16 Evolulion of Marriage the waL
16 neT d:isrevortnoC Issues
V IEWPOI NT t 8-20
18 China eht dna :OTW seitinun:tppO
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N~TJ_0j~ L A ISSUES 21-26
2t China deR Flags orejaP
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SL~ Chinese ecnarusnI Markel sesimorP
Bright SlCepsorP
FORUM 27.28
Children Should LeG Their
Abroad? Education
TRAVEL 29
B U~;INE~S_~ ~rRADE 3031
GULTU_RE 32
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CPPCC members ........... 4i " -- i !
focus on economy.
Members of the Ninlh
National Committee of the
Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference .
(CPPCC) focused primarily
on economic issues during
,~=b _~
CPPCC annual meeting
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held March 3-12 in Beijing.
The CPPCC N:uional
r i r]
Committee received 127
proposals for this session,
60 of which concern
China's economic develop-
meat. accounting for 47.2
percent of the total, Qi
Huaiyuan, spokesman of ..~
State the walking to leaders .murtsor
north. Roque on the same day.
Acts condemned,
Showing lain satisfaction
China has sIrongly con-
with the current state of
NPC session. Deputies demned the acts of "q'aiwan
relations belween lhe two
to the Fourth Session "1o the independence" advocales,
nations. Jiang expressed
Ninth National People's who on March 2 glorified
confidence in the develop-
Congress (NPC). held Japanese rule in Taiwan.
meal of the ties in the
March 5-15 in Beijing, con- An official with the future.
centrated on deliber:~tion of Association lot Relalions
the draft of the lOth Five- Across the Taiwan Straits
Second Yangtze
YearP lan (2001-05). the said the book titled Taiw, n
River bridge com-
major blueprint to guide the Discoume. written by
pleted. The 21.2-kin-long
Japanese author Yoshinori
country's economic and
cable bridge across the
Kobayashi, has raised the
sc~cial development over the Yangtze Rivet has been
of the Chairman Li Ruihuan, next five years. indignationo f all Chinese completed seven months
Committee, National CPPCC people, especially Taiwan
sediserp the meeting. over Other issues on the con) patriot s. ahead of schedule and will
agenda include: hearing and be open to traffic at the end
the Fourth Session of the discussing a report on the of March.
NinthC PPCC National implcmenlalion of the 2000 President Jiang The cable bridge actual-
Commit;ee. said at a press nationale conomic and meets Nepali and ly consists of two bridges,
briefing March 2. social development plan Cuban guests. with an expressway across
"'Devclopment of cen- Maintenance of good rela- Bagua Island in the Yangtze
and a draft plan for national
tral and west China. rural tions with Nepal is a matter River connecting the two.
economic and social devel-
work and agriculture, opment in 2001: hearing, of Chinese policy, Chinese The southernmost of the
supervision of the financial President Jiang Zcmin said two bridges, with a span of
examining and approving a
system, and growth of the while meeting with visiting 628 meters, is the longest in
non-Stale economy and lbe report on the implementa- King Birendra Bir Bikranl China and the third longest
high-tech industry are tion of the central and krcal Shah Dev of Nepal on in the world.
among lh~ topics of great- budgets for 2000 and the March 1.
esl concern to the CPPCC:" ¢entnd and local budgets Jiang stressed that this
Qi explained. for 2(X) : 1 hearing ,'rod policy should guide devel- China shocked by
Taliban's destruc-
Another issue at the examining a reporl on the opment of bilateral rela-
tion of Buddhist
meeting is a proposal to work of the NPC Standing lions between China and
statues. A leading offi-
divert water from lhe Committee: and examining Nepal,
cial of the Buddhist
YangtzeR iver Valley in an amendment to lhe Law Jiang also held talks
Association of China
south China lo solve water on Chinese-Foreign Con- with visitinCgu ban Foreign
expressed shock and sorrow
shortage problems in the tructual Joint Ventures. Minister Felipe Perez
4 GNII.IEB REVIEW H2{RAM .51 10}12
WEEKLY WATCH
on March 3 about the The 863 Program, initi- dnuof at a construction site GNIJIEB WEIVER
• alleged decision of the ated at the suggestion of ni downtown Ch:mgsha.
Taliban regime in ft)ur Chinese scientists and capital of Hunan Province.
a s~,s .:lkccW dehsilbuP ecniS 8591
Afghanistan to destroy approved by the late Experts estimated that
Buddhist statues in Chinese leader Dang the tombs cover an area of Publlshe¢" & Edftor-b't-Ch(,el
Bamiyan. Xiaoping, aims at making 13.8 hectares and mus! Lin ~ i
The official said that breakthroughs in science have been constructed from A~4x:|~e EdllotMn-Chle~
Wang Guozhen
Buddhism is an important and technology. the Warring States period Marmglng E'tfl~m*
component of world cul- (475-221 BC) to the li Hallo
ture, and ils relics are trea- New ministers Western and Eastern Jin Ae.eiat~nl Managing Editoli
Pan $huangqm. Bin, YclD Li Ror'~.x~
sures behmging to the peo- appointed. China's top Dynasties (265-420), Up to
ne,~, ior Advieom
ple of the whole world. legislature appointed two now, 35 of the tombs have Fmdenck dw~a,D Ed~td~,
"'Chinese Buddhist cir- nfinisters on February 28. been excavated. D<kn~ C. y3HrhcbaM
cles are concerned about Li Rougrong became minis- "'The grave ground con- ~nior Edltom
Shao Halming, Wang Yan)uan
this decision, which deeply tar in charge of the State tains cultural relics unique
Senior Wdlere
offends the feelings of Econ'omic and Trade to the southern areas of ZhotJ Oingc/nang, Qin Wahl4
Buddhists. We urge the Commission. replacing Chu. one of the vassal Staff Writers
Taliban to halt this destruc- Sheng Huaren. Xu states during the Warring Dang lianrnei, R~n Xian~g,
Wwun Gaowa. Zhou Xinh~.
tive act immediately," the Guanhua became minister States period:" said Zhang Ding Zhitao, "~n Mlng
official said in his appeal. of science anti technology. Dabing, an associate Staff Reporters
replacing Zhu Lilan. researcher at the Hunan Wang ZI~. Zha~g Zhil~ng,
Tang ,i~knm,LY Fang Jlng
Vice-Premier to visit The appuintments were Provincial Institute of Photo Editor~
Washington. Chinese made al the 20th Meeting Cultural Relics and ~P Oawei. Jmng Xiac~ng
Vice-Premier Qian Qichen of the NPC Standing Archaeoh)gy. ngis-eD & layout
Xu Hushen9, Hou line=
will visit the United States Committee. The standing
At1
March 18-24 al the invita- committee also appointed Environmental pro- Zhu Sh~i~
tion of the U.S. Zhu Lilan as a vice*chair- tection show. The We~ -~ot~ertn
Government, Foreign woman of the Education. Seventh China International Li Nlng
Ministry spokesman Zhu Science. Culture and Health Environmental Protection Edl~rial LIu ~raYDirector
Bangzao announced in Commilleeo f the NPC, and Exhibition will be held
Editorial 0perali¢~$
Beijing on March 4. Ye Rutang. as a vice-chair- June 12-15 this year at the Shl 1(~s.OB
m.'m of the Environmental China International Ge~I Manager
The 863 Program. and Resources Protection Exhibition Center in Ya tj;.n Yaqian
Chinese Presidenl Ji;mg Committee of the NPC, Beijing. Chang Yualin FinanCe
Zemin celebrated the 15th Organized by the State Pr~u¢llo~
anniversary of China's 863 Ancient tombs Environmental Prolectkm U uohzm'rehZ
High-Tech Program by vis- found. A largeg roup of Administration and the CirculMic,n
Gulzhen Z.hang
iling an exhibition of its tombs dating back more China Ass,~ciation of
Human R S=e Ou t~w::lsI
achieven'tents on March I. than 2,000 years have been Environmental Protection Zhang X)aoh
AdverllSernent
Yang OlUjU
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Industry, the exhibition is PLACES IN THIS ISSUE
expected to draw more than
600 enterprises across the
country and IL~ enterprises
from overseas.
Featuring environmen-
tally friendly products in
the fields of manufacturing,
infommtion technology,
energy, packaging and eco-
logical conservation, the
exhibition will showcase
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the environmental protec-
tion industry's cutting-edge i Beijing (p4. p30. p31) t 1 ~ ~'~ ~ ' Ilia..-" ./! 1
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knowledge and technology. Shandung (p30)
/
i Shanghai (p32) ,~.~,
Center helps stu. I Hunan (p5)
)Sar( \ I
dents study abroad. I Guangdong
The China Center for I Yunnan (p32) ] ]
International Education ~'. Sichuan (p31 ) -'
Exchange. an organization I /
that provides services for
Chinese students planning
to study in foreign coun-
tries, was officially estab- Meteorologists attrib- Handling of Cults. The software contains
lished on February 26 in uted this type of weather to different versions for use in
Beijing. the frequent movemen! of households, sch~mls,
Investment surges.
The organization, spon- cold air over the region and Interact cafes and institu-
Domestic residents opened
sored by the China increased dryness dne to tions. Analysts said it will
342.000 B-share accounts,
Educational Association of rising spring temperatures, ensure a safe and orderly
154,(Y00 at the Shanghai
International Exchange, making it easier for surface lnternet information envi-
Stock Exchange and 61,400
mainly provides service and soil to blow away. ronment and keep teenagers
at the Shenzhen Stock
information lbr those who
Exchange. on February 26- away from harmful con-
want to study overseas at
Falun Gong caused 27. tents.
their own expenses.
deaths of 1,660 peo-
The new accounts mean
ple. Before the Chinese that China's B-share mar- New inspection sys-
Dusty winds sweep Government banned the
kets have 600,000 investors. tem at customs, The
north China. Strong Falun Gong cult in July
The B-share market was Guangzhou Customs Office
dusty winds blew through 1999, more than 136 practi-
originally reserv~ for for- in Guangdong Province ini-
vast regions of north China tioners had committed sui-
eigners, Securities broker- tiated an electronic inspec-
on March 3 and the follow- cide at the instigation of Li
ages began to accept tion system on February 27.
ing few days. Hongzhi's claim that they
domestic B-share investors The system is expected to
Few people ventured could "'go to heaven" or
from February 26. make it easier for lc>cal law
onto the streets on March 3 achieve "real perfection"
enforcement agencies.
in Beijing, and most of by doing so.
those who did wore gauze Since the ban, another New internet filter including customs and
masks. 103 have been seduced into software. The Ministry commodities inspection
offices, to supervise imports
Some parts of the killing themselves. Some of Public Security issued
XinjianUgy gur others have died by refi~s- Interact filter software and exports and keep busi-
Autonomous Region and ing medical treatment, and named "'Web Police I~0" I ness illo rder in the
the Inner Mongolia many have killed their fam- nationwide on February 26. province.
Autonomous Region were ily members before com- The software, the first of its The system should be
hit by sandstorms, and the mitting suicide, according kind in China, can block particularly useful in help-
strutig winds even sent to Liu Jing, an official with out harmful lnternet infor- ing the fight against smug-
tloating dust over some the State Council Office for mation containing pornog- gling, tariff cheating and
areas of east China the Prevention and raphy and violence. cheating on tax refunds, i
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PEOPLE & POINTS
REMROF POT YTIRUCES LAICIFFO
STIAWA LAIRT ROF EGUH SEBIRB
Li Jizhou, former vice-minister of
public security, has been expelled from
the Communist Party of China and dis-
charged from public employment. He is
now awaiting trial for his role in the most
serious Xiamen smuggling case ever
reported in the country.
Investigations disclosed that Li
received huge bribes during 1994-97 from
mastermind Lai Changxing and others
involved in the Xiamen smuggling case.
In return, at Lai's request Li interfered
when police and border security authori-
ties began investigations into oil tankers
used by the smugglers.
Between 1994 and [995, Li and his
mistress received huge sums of money
from smuggling suspect Liang Yaohua. Li
was paid for helping Liang to register a
company and set up a duty-free ware-
house. Li is accused of hampering the
/.'
investigations into Liang during that peri-
od.
, I , I ' ,,/,' ,,
g (l"~ "~ re belicve the time has come to establish a ~1 ~( r'~. urop e has benefited a lot from the promotion
~ forum in Asia to bring people with differ- of the European Union and North America
v v ent backgrounds, different experiences has set up a free trade area. Asia, however,
and different knowledge together to exchange views on with half of the world's population, lacks a cc~mmon
issues related to the future of Asia" organiT.ation to boost the economic and tradet ies among
TREBOR HAWKE countries. The newly founded Boa() Forum for Asia will
N~rmAeurs tralian Prime Minister and endeavor to boost regional economic exchanges and trade
one of the three initiators of the Boao to a new stage.'"
Forum for Asia AJIT SINGH
Tempora O' Secretarr-General of the Boao
m( r"r'the u.s. has outsmarted itself with ils country
Forum for Asia and former SecretaO'-
|rep~rts on human rights praclices, tsn t the
General of ASEAN
~improvement in 1.3 billion people's lives
strong evidence of China's progress in protecting human
rights?W e hope the United States can give up this prac- Bf ~ ales of a large number of weapons to Taiwan
tice of turning things upside down and really act like a will not only undermine the security of China
greacto untry one day." bul will also threaten the security of the Asia-
ZHU MUZHI Pacific region:'
Honorar)., President of China Society fi~r ZHANG QIYUE
Human Rights Studies Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
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reiterated that a tough containment
hsitirB-.S.U Special snoitaleR
policy will be maintained against Iraq
and indicated that if Iraq is discovered
to be developing wea~ms of mass
deweiveR
destruction or threatens its neighbors.
the United States and Britain will ek~,'t
appropriate action.
Finally, Bush and Blair issued a
joint statement, indicating their sup-
port for the establishment of a
European rapid response force, but
thai the force will regard NATO as the
foundation of Liens-Atlantic security.
The stamment 'also touched on African
issues and European-U.S. trade dis-
putes,
The two leaders held their meeting
one week after U.S. ~uld British war-
planes had ~x)mbed Baghdad, This
was a good'time for them to renew
their cominoll dialogue, but analysis
shows that Britain and the United
States actually achieved thorough con-
sensus only on Iraq, while on other
issues both sides showed caution or
even maintained differences.
Regarding the NMD issue, Britain
Blair. Tony off Prime British Minister Bush seeing George W. President U.S, is the only U.S. Western ally that tends
to support it. But during the visit,
Blair said only that he understood it
by Ren Min stood together in very hard times and and suggested the necessity of having
O Britain is America's most resolute adequate discussions with other allies
n the evening of Fehrnary friend and most intimate ally. Blair rather than explicitly expressing his
22, British Prime Minister said Britain and the United States support.
Tony Blair flew to share eontnlon values, history and it is clear that European countde.,;
Washington to pay an interests and that bilater',d relations mean to reduce their reliance on the
infonrtal two-day visit to the United will be maintained and strengthened United States by establishing a rapid
States. He was the first European in the future, with Britain acting as a response force independent of NATO.
leader to meet President George W. bridge linking Europe with the United On this issue, Blair obviously stands
Bush since Bush took office. States. on the side of the European countries.
On the morning of February 23. Regarding the National Missile He only promised Washington that
Blair first met with U,S. Vice- Defense system (NMD). Bush said he European countries will never do any-
President Dick Cheney. They held a is confident that he can dispel the thing to weaken NATO. Although
one-hour talk described as "very misgivings of U.S. allies and persuade Bush expressed support for the estab-
friendly;' Then Blair left to meet them to support it. He also claimed lishment of the European rapid
President Bush at Camp David, the that he and Blair had reached ctmsen- response force, he appointed John
famous U.S. presidential resort where sus regarding the prevention of what Robert Bolton as vice-secretary of
Bush war spending the weekend. The Bush described as a real threat in the state in charge of arms control and
two. leaders held talks dudng lunch. 2[st century. Blair said he understood international security. Iti s well-known
While meeting reporters, the two U.S. intentions in developing NMD, that BoRon strongly opposes the
leaders tried to create a casual and but it is necessary to have adequate establishment of a European force
friendly atmosphere. Bush and Blair discussion regarding this controversial beyond the control of NATO and the
stood in front of a flaming fireplace, plan. Blair indicated he is willing to be United StaLeS.
the' former wearing a black leather a mediator between the United States After World War II, the +'special
jacket and the latter a deep-colored and its European allies and said he relationship" has almost become a
rotmd-collared sweater. Bush said that believed a solution will be worked out. shibboleth for U.S. and British lead-
the United States and Britain have On the Iraq issue, the two leaders ers. But with the change in their
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