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of the remaining cases that we have raised with Chinese officials, passports have subsequently been issued.
Several released dissidents, including Tiananmen hunger striker Gao Xin and former Arizona State student Yang Wei, have been allowed to leave the country.
Chinese authorities have undertaken to stop the export to
the U.S. of products made in Chinese prisons. We will continue to monitor this situation closely, but it appears that the Chinese government is taking increasingly specific steps to enforce their prohibition on export of these products.
In response to concerns expressed by Administration officials and Members of Congress, the Chinese have provided useful new information on the status of persons reported detained for religious activities.
Economic reforms have resumed, in some cases matching or exceeding levels reached before 1989. Some limited political reforms, in important but relatively noncontroversial areas such as the personnel system, have continued. An Administrative Procedure Law that became effective in October 1990 for the first time enables Chinese citizens to sue abusive officials.
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There are indications that further progress may be in the offing. We are continuing to press the Chinese government to release ali remaining detainees, to commute the sentences of those nonviolent dissidents already convicted, and to allow the departure of the remaining relatives of overseas dissidents who wish to leave. are hopeful that a combination of dialogue and specifically targeted pressure will lead to further movement on these and other remaining issues of concern. And in the longer term, we are confident that the momentum toward greater freedom and democratization in China, built up during the decade of reforms and dramatically reflected in the 1989 demonstrations, will prove irreversible.