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 CIS NO: 96-H461-73
 TITLE: China MFN: Human Rights Consequences.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+164 p.
 DATE: June 18, 1996
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 104-2             SUDOC: Y4.IN8/16:C44/11
 ITEM NO: 1017-A-01; 1017-B-01

 Hearing before the Subcom on International Operations and Human Rights to
 evaluate the human rights consequences of extending most-favored-nation
 (MFN) treatment for products imported from the People's Republic of China
 (PRC), in light of PRC human rights violations.
   Supplementary material (p. 61-164) includes witnesses' written
 statements, submitted statements, and an article.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China most-favored-nation status extension impact on
     human rights, review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON INTERNATIONAL
     OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. HOUSE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
     (Most-favored-nation status extension impact on human rights, review);
     MOST-FAVORED-NATION PRINCIPLE; FOREIGN.TRADE; HUMAN RIGHTS

 96-H461-73 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Congressional Testimony
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WOLF, FRANK R. ((Rep, R-Va), p. 6-10)
     PELOSI, NANCY ((Rep, D-Calif), p. 10-26)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Opposition to PRC MFN status extension in light
     of human rights concerns.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China most-favored-nation status extension impact on
     human rights, review

 96-H461-73 TESTIMONY NO: 2         June 18, 1996 p. 27-48, 69-116
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     SCHULZ, WILLIAM F. (Executive Director, Amnesty International USA)
     SHEA, NINA H. (Director, Puebla Program on Religious Freedom, Freedom
        House)
     FEINERMAN, JAMES V. (Law Professor, Georgetown University)
     JENDRZEJCZYK, MICHAEL (D.C. Director, Human Rights Watch/Asia)
     GYARI, LODI G. (President, International Campaign for Tibet)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Concerns regarding PRC human rights conditions,
     with recommendations; overview of religious repression of Christian
     minority in PRC; opposing views on human rights impact of extending PRC
     MFN status; negative assessment of human rights conditions in Tibet.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China most-favored-nation status extension impact on
     human rights, review
 DESCRIPTORS: CHRISTIANITY; RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; MINORITY GROUPS; TIBET;
     AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA; FREEDOM HOUSE; HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/ASIA;
     INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET

 96-H461-73 TESTIMONY NO: 3         June 18, 1996 p. 49-59, 117-156
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WU, HONGDA HARRY (Executive Director, Laogai Research Foundation)
     ZHENG, YI (Researcher and Writer, Princeton China Initiative)
     ZHOU, WEI ZHENG (former Physician, Zhanjiang Medical Institute)
     QIAN, XIAO JIANG (former Physician, Oncological Department, Anhui
        Medical University Hospital)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Concerns regarding use of public executions in
     PRC (related materials, p. 123-145); personal experiences with PRC
     executions, including use of executed prisoners organs in transplant
     surgery.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China most-favored-nation status extension impact on
     human rights, review
 DESCRIPTORS: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; PRISONS; MEDICAL.TRANSPLANTS; LAOGAI
     RESEARCH FOUNDATION