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To: FaultLine who wrote (20)	9/16/2001 9:45:37 AM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

China clearly hopes to be counted among the good guys. This is not going to help: Chinese expelled for 'applauding' attacks WASHINGTON, Sept 15: The United States has expelled a group of visiting Chinese journalists, some of whom allegedly applauded at this week's terrorist strikes in New York and Washington, State Department officials said on Saturday. "On Sept 14, we curtailed the visit of a group from China under the International Visitor Program," the official said. "Under the current circumstances, it was decided not to continue the tour." The official declined to elaborate on the circumstances of the group's expulsion, but others confirmed there had been reports that some of the journalists had applauded and cheered when they saw television footage of hijacked planes slamming into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It was not immediately clear where the alleged incident occured, but the group, which was being hosted by the New York-based Institute of International Education, had been scheduled to visit that city this week, the official said. The 14 journalists from various local television stations around China, were on a 28-day study tour funded by the State Department's International Visitor Program which brings foreign professionals to the United States to meet their US colleagues. The official said the status of all other similar tours now underway were being reviewed "on a case-by-case basis." The 40-year-old International Visitor Program has brought more than 186 current and former heads of state and more than 1,500 senior foreign government officials to the United States.-AFP dawn.com