//(4) The Government of the People's Republic of China. continues to use army and police forces to intimidate and
ss the Tibetan people who nonviolently seek political and igious freedom. \\
// (5) The Government of the People's Republic of China continues to engage in unfair trade practices against the United States by raising tariffs, employing taxes as a surcharge on tariffs, using discriminatory customs rates, imposing import quotas and other quantitative restrictions, barring the importation of some items, using licensing and testing requirements to limit imports, and falsifying country of origin documentation to transship textiles and other items to the United States through Hong Kong and third countries.\\
// (6) Although the Government of the People's Republic of China has pledged to adhere to the guidelines and parameters of the Missile Technology Control Regime, there are continuing reports of Chinese transfers of missile technology controlled by such regime to the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.\\
// (7) The Government of the People's Republic of China continues to unjustly restrict and imprison religious leaders who do not adhere to the dogma and control of state-sponsored religious organizations. \\
//(8) It is the policy and practice of the Government of the People's Republic of China's Communist Party to control all trade unions and suppress and harass members of the independent labor union movement. \\
//(9) The Government of the People's Republic of China continues to harass and restrict the activities of accredited journalists and restrict broadcasts by the Voice of America. \\
// (b) POLICY.--It is the sense of the Congress that--\\
// (1) with respect to the actions of the People's Republic of China in the areas of human rights, weapons proliferation, and unfair trade practices the President should take such actions as necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act, including but not limited to--\\
// (A) directing the United States Trade Representative to investigate and take necessary and appropriate action pursuant to section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the continuing unfair trade practices of the People's Republic of China which are determined to be discriminatory, and which unreasonably restrict United States commerce; and\\
// (B) encouraging members of the Missile Technology Control Regime and other countries as appropriate, to develop a common policy concerning the People's Republic of China's transfer of missile technology to other countries; \\
// (2) the sanctions being applied against the People's Republic of China on the date of the enactment of this Act should be continued and strictly enforced; and\\
// (3) the President should direct the Secretary of Commerce to consult with leaders of American businesses who have significant trade or investments in the People's Republic of China, to encourage them to adopt a code of conduct which--\\
// (A) follows basic internationally recognized human rights principles,\\
// (B) seeks to ensure that the employment of Chinese citizens is not discriminatory in terms of sex, ethnic origin, or political belief,\\
// (C) does not knowingly use prison labor, \\ // (D) recognizes workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively, and\\
// (E) discourages mandatory political indoctrination on
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