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 CIS NO: L 97-S521-93
 TITLE: Human Rights Abuses in China: U.S. Visa Policy and Other Possible
     Responses.
 SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+34 p.
 DATE: June 18, 1997
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 105-1             SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.HRG.105-125
 ITEM NO: 1042-A; 1042-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.105-125

 Committee Serial No. J-105-26. Hearing before the Subcom on Immigration to
 consider S. 810, the China Sanctions and Human Rights Advancement Act, to
 establish measures to respond to human rights abuses in the People's
 Republic of China.
 Includes provisions to:
 a. Prohibit the issuance of visas to Chinese officials involved in
     religious repression.
 b. Require additional training for U.S. asylum officers to improve their
     ability to recognize evidence of religious persecution.
 c. Require the U.S. to vote against multilateral development bank loans to
     China, and restrict U.S. aid to international family planning
     organizations and multilateral development banks which provide
     assistance to China.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China human rights abuses, immigration measures and
     foreign aid restrictions estab
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON IMMIGRATION.
     SENATE; CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (Human rights abuses, immigration
     measures and foreign aid restrictions estab); FOREIGN.RELATIONS;
     PASSPORTS AND VISAS (China govt officials US visa issuance
     prohibition); RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; REFUGEES; BANKS AND BANKING;
     INTERNATIONAL.AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL.FINANCE; FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE;
     CHINA SANCTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT; HUMAN RIGHTS;
     LOANS; FAMILY PLANNING
 BILLS: 105 S.810

 97-S521-93 TESTIMONY NO: 1         June 18, 1997 p. 5-34
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WU XUECAN (former Editor, People's Daily)
     LILLEY, JAMES R. (former U.S. Ambassador to China)
     KUMAR, T. (Advocacy Director, Asia and Pacific Programs, Amnesty
        International U.S.A)
     HOLMES, KIM R. (Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy and
        Defense Studies, Heritage Foundation)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Perspectives on human rights abuses in the
     People's Republic of China; views on U.S. policy toward China; issues
     relating to S. 810.
 CONTENT NOTATION: China human rights abuses, immigration measures and
     foreign aid restrictions estab
 DESCRIPTORS: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL U.S.A.