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Work on several existing military equipment and technology projects has been suspended indefinitely.

We have stopped the transfer of military or dual-use equipment or technology to Chinese military and security services.

The U.S. sought to postpone all multilateral development bank loans tó China from June 1989 to January 1990. Since then, we have supported only those loans that serve the Basic human needs of the Chinese people.

We have suspended grants, loans and insurance guarantees to China under the Trade and Development Program and ORIC.

We have worked through COCOM to suspend planned liberalization of export controls to China.

Engagement in dialogue

Through the few high-level visits that have been authorized, and through regular diplomatic channels, we have engaged the Chinese government in an unprecedented continuing dialogue on a wide range of human rights issues.

The Scowcroft-Fagleburger missions of July and December 1989 were devoted primarily to laying out our human rights concerns and suggesting steps the Chinese could take to address them.

During Chinese Foreign Minister Qian's visit to Washington in November 1990, President Bush and Secretary Baker reiterated the need for progress on human rights, and stressed that human rights is a cornerstone of American foreign policy.

Assistant Secretary Schifter visited China in December 1990, the first time our top human rights official has done so. In sixteen hours of intense discussions with senior Chinese officials, he spelled out in detail our human rights concerns in a wide range of areas including accounting of detainees, release of political prisoners, denial of due process and fair and open trials, treatment of prisoners, divergence of Chinese law from international standards, respect for freedom of religion, abusive implementation of family planning regulations, and human rights problems in - Tibat. He delivered a list of 151 representative cases of

reported political incarceration, and asked Chinese authorities to clarify the status of the cases and release those whose imprisonment violated international norms. suggested changes in Chinese laws and judicial processes that would bring them into conformity with international standards.

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