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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: Hong Kong paper ... Donation allegations "putting Sino-US
ties at risk" (fwd)
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>
>This came out of the Hong Kong Daily Standard this morning. Looks like
>they don't like where Fred is digging...
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Donation allegations `putting Sino-US ties at risk'
>
>CHINA has flatly denied trying to influence US elections, saying critics
>who accuse it of making secret campaign donations
>risk damaging Sino-US relations.
>
>Foreign Ministry spokesman Tang Guoqiang, speaking at a weekly news
>briefing, said the uproar in Washington over claims
>that China funnelled money to American candidates was motivated by
>domestic US politics.
>
>``Some people in the US _ out of domestic political needs _ are, out of
>thin air once again, slandering China with accusations
>that it is involved in the so-called political donations,'' Mr Tang
>said.
>
>``This is completely groundless. We hope they respect the facts . . .
>and stop their mistakes. Don't do this again and damage
>the two countries' relations.''
>
>Fred Thompson, who chairs a Senate committee looking into fundraising
>abuses during the 1996 presidential and
>congressional races, claimed on Tuesday to have evidence of a ``Chinese
>plan to subvert our election process''.
>
>Mr Thompson did not make public evidence to support his claim, while
>other members of the committee said they were not
>ready to take claims that far.
>
>Mr Tang did not respond specifically to Mr Thompson's allegations, but
>said China had no interest in meddling in domestic
>politics of other countries.
>
>``The Chinese government consistently opposes one country's interference
>in another country's internal affairs,'' he said.
>
>``The Chinese government won't and hasn't wanted to interfere in other
>countries' internal affairs in any way, because our
>national system doesn't allow this kind of thing.''
>
>Earlier, President Bill Clinton reiterated he had no knowledge of any
>attempts by China to influence US policy through
>campaign funds, but said such allegations would be of ``serious
>concern'' if they were true.
>
>The hearings of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee opened on
>Tuesday with startling remarks by Mr Thompson that
>``high-level Chinese government officials crafted a plan to increase
>China's influence over the US political process''.
>
>Beijing has bitterly denied the charges, but the Federal Bureau of
>Investigation has reportedly uncovered evidence that China
>approached five US senators in an attempt to buy influence.
>
>Officials at the Chinese embassy in Washington are also alleged to have
>raised huge sums for Mr Clinton's Democratic party
>during the 1996 elections.
>
>But the president pointed out that even if China made such an effort, it
>was ineffectual as it never reached him.
>
>``Since I don't know (about it), it can't, in any way and shouldn't,
>affect the policy,'' he said.
>
>Mr Clinton repeated his call for ``the most vigorous possible
>investigation'' into the charges.
>
>``And when we have the facts, we will act in an appropriate fashion,''
>he said. - Agencies
>
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