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DIFFERENT STATISTICS REGARDING THE BALANCE OF TRADE. IF THE US REDUCED RESTRICTIONS ON THE EXPORT OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS, US EXPORTS TO CHINA WOULD INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY.
REUNIFICATION WITH TAIWAN
5. JIANG REITERATED CHINA'S POSITION ON THE PROCESS OF REUNIFICATION WITH TAIWAN. CHINA ADVOCATED REUNIFICATION BY PEACEFUL MEANS BUT WOULD NOT ABJURE THE USE OF FORCE, WHICH MIGHT PROVE NECESSARY TO RESIST FOREIGN INTERFERENCE.
THE CHINESE ECONOMY
6.
JIANG STRUCK A NOTE OF QUALIFIED OPTIMISM. THERE WERE NOTEWORTHY PROBLEMS, STEMMING FROM THE NEED TO TRANSFORM THE OPERATING MECHANISMS OF THE PLANNED ECONOMY INTO THOSE OF THE FREE MARKET. THESE COULD BEST BE OVERCOME BY THE RESOLUTE ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICY OF REFORM AND OPENING-UP.
COMMENT
7. A CHARACTERISTICALLY ANODYNE TOUR-D'HORIZON BY JIANG, IN A TONE PRESUMABLY INTENDED TO SIGNAL WILLINGNESS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION WHILE RETAINING ESTABLISHED FOOTHOLDS. IT IS STRIKING HOW MUCH DOMESTIC COVERAGE CHINESE LEADERS ARE WILLING TO GIVE TO THEIR PRESENT ALMOST FAWNING APPROACH TO THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TIME-LAG BETWEEN THE INTERVIEW AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE ARTICLE WAS DUE TO THE PLANNED TIMING OF THE INTERVIEW'S APPEARANCE IN THE US.
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