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LATTER'S CASE, THE REFUSAL TO ALLOW HER MOTHER AND DAUGHTER TO LEAVE WAS LIKELY TO PROVE MORE IMPORTANT THAN REFUSING HER PERMISSION TO RETURN TO CHINA). THERE WERE UP TO TWO DOZEN OTHERS WHO HAD INFORMALLY BEEN TOLD NOT TO COME BACK. WHILE THIS WAS UNSATISFACTORY, STATE ADDED THAT IT WAS A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT ON PAST CHINESE BEHAVIOUR (IE. EXPULSION RATHER THAN IMPRISONMENT).
5. ON THE OLYMPICS, STATE SAID THEY WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY DID ANYTHING MORE. THEY RECOGNISED THE RISK OF THE IOC COMING TO RESENT THEIR EFFORTS. THEY HAD SENT COPIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS TO THE U.S. MEMBER OF THE IOC TO USE AS SHE DETERMINED. IN PUBLIC, THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE AGREED WITH THE IOC PRESIDENT CHIS STATEMENT IN SYDNEY) THAT HUMAN RIGHTS SHOULD BE A FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE VENUE (IN FACT A RATHER SIGNIFICANT, AND ACKNOWLEDGED, DISTORTION OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID).
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HKD
PUSD
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