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OUR TELNO 1345 : FAC IN CHINA : CHINESE MILITARY SERVICE
FURTHER TO TUR BASIC LAW DRAFTERS WU JIANFAN AND XU CHONGDE COMMENTED PUBLICLY ON THE QUESTION OF MILITARY SERVICE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH COMMERCIAL RADIO ON 6 MAY.
2. COMMENTING ON A QUESTION REGARDING THE DIFFERENCES IN OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN MAINLAND CHINESE AND SAR RESIDENTS XU QUOTED MILITARY SERVICE AS AN EXAMPLE. MAINLANDERS WERE SUBJECT TO MILITARY SERVICE WHEREAS SAR RESIDENTS WERE NOT. WHEN ASKED WHY THIS WAS NOT CLEARLY STATED IN THE BL WU SAID THEY HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL SIMILAR SUGGESTI- ONS WHICH WERE BEING STUDIED. WU ADDED THAT SAR RESIDENTS NEEDED ONLY TO ABIDE BY SAR LAWS AND THAT THE SAR WOULD NOT LEGISLATE FOR
MILITARY SERVICE.
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