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To: Worswick who wrote (2465)	3/2/1998 11:32:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

It looks like Mexico. Worswick: Where have you been lately?? Here is a news item about Indonesian economic situation. yahoo.com India- Have you been following the elections there ? The elections are over now the votes are being counted. It looks like another 'hung' parliament with BJP leading the pack from anywhere between 210- 255 seats,depending on which poll you go by. The political maneuvering has already started by BJP,Congress and United Front to get the additional allies necessary to form the government. Most likely BJP will succeed from what I can tell.

To: Worswick who wrote (2465)	3/2/1998 3:14:00 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

China accuses U.S. of trying to overthrow Communist Party 9.43 a.m. ET (1444 GMT) March 2, 1998 BEIJING (AP) - In a scathing response to a U.S. government report on human rights in China, a government-backed academic group accused Washington today of looking for excuses to overthrow the Chinese Communist Party. The China Society for Human Rights Studies, in a lengthy commentary carried by the official Xinhua News Agency, denied that China mistreated dissidents, religious activists and ethnic minorities. "The real purpose of the writers of the report is to ... support a handful of anti-government elements in China in disrupting China's stability and eventually overthrowing China's legitimate government,'' the commentary said. The Jan. 30 evaluation by the State Department was more positive than in recent years and noted greater tolerance for dissent, but China has reacted angrily. The document was criticized last month by a government spokesman and scholars at a seminar on the report. China has continued to detain and question domestic critics it sees as challenging Communist Party rule. In recent years, the government has attempted to destroy separatist movements inspired partly by Buddhist and Islamic groups in Tibet and Xinjiang. In some areas, churches that are not registered with the government have been closed. The commentary issued today accused the United States of hypocrisy, noting that it has its own problems of racial and sex discrimination, and accused the U.S. government of playing "power politics.'' "The judgment of the writer of the report on China's human rights is not based on facts but on intrinsic political bias,'' it said. Also today, a human rights group said a dissident in central China had sent an open letter to China's legislature, which opens its annual session this week, calling for sweeping political reforms. Wang Bing of Anyang in Henan province called for an end to the Communist Party's special leadership status and an end to military involvement in politics, according to the Hong Kong-based Information Center of Human Rights and Democratic Movement in China. Democracy campaigners have sent a stream of petitions and open letters to the legislature in the past month. Dissidents frequently send appeals to the legislature just before its annual session, which usually lasts for about two weeks in March. Police in recent days have arrested at least two dissidents and interrogated others.