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To: MileHigh who wrote (42669)	9/28/1999 1:19:00 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 152472

China news....Ot..........S H A N G H A I, China, Sept. 27 ? President Jiang Zemin defended China?s human rights record today in a combative speech to world business leaders and renewed threats to retake Taiwan by force. Jiang?s tone was odd, given that his audience came to Shanghai to hear an endorsement of China?s economic reforms. He made no mention of the nation?s effort to join the World Trade Organization and rejuvenate sluggish state industry and debt-burdened banks. Jiang touched briefly on commerce, promising ?good terms and ... a better environment? for foreign investors, but offered no new initiatives for companies struggling to make a profit in China. Defends Human Rights Record Much of his 20-minute address was devoted to defending China?s human rights record and insisting that economic development had to come before all else. ?We oppose any efforts by any country to impose its own social system and ideology on another country,? he said. Jiang received polite but unenthusiastic applause from an audience that included Time-Warner Inc. chairman Gerald Levin, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and Time-Warner vice chairman Ted Turner. The gathering at Shanghai?s riverside international convention center, organized by Time-Warner?s Fortune magazine, included 58 chairmen or chief executives of Fortune 500 firms and dozens of Chinese and foreign corporate leaders. Condolences and Threats Jiang reaffirmed official condolences for losses in Taiwan?s earthquake last week, but repeated Beijing?s insistence on retaking control of the island?by force if necessary. The sides split amid civil war in 1949. ?We will not undertake to renounce the use of force precisely for the purpose of bringing about a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan question,? he said. Moments earlier, he said China posed no threat to anyone, a typical argument used to try to assuage concerns about Beijing?s rise. He underscored China?s need for a peaceful environment to concentrate on economic development, but also resorted to Cold War rhetoric at times. It was unclear for whom Jiang?s comments were intended. But with the 50th anniversary of communist rule coming on Friday, nationalist rhetoric is at a premium.