On the recordSeptember 12, 2000
The pending amendment, simply said, directs the President to certify that China has met a series of human rights conditions prior to granting PNTR to Communist China. The conditions set forth in this amendment are straightforward. The President would be required to certify formally and officially that China has, among other items: No. 1, dismantled its system of reeducation through labor; No. 2, has opened up all areas of China for U.N. human rights agencies; No. 3, has accounted for and released political and religious prisoners; and, No. 4, has provided human rights groups with unhindered access to religious leaders. So what this amendment really does is to remind Communist China, and all the rest of the world, that we Americans stand for something-- something other than for profits, for example.
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