Political Quotes

“Mr. speaker, we are ready to face the question of granting or not granting MFN to China. Let me just express disappointment for the business community in Beijing--that is, the American business community--the way they treated Secretary Christopher. I would have hoped they would have said to Secretary Christopher, ``Although there may be differences in whether you grant MFN or not grant MFN, Mr. Secretary, we share your goal for human rights, and we stand with you.'' The business community did not do that. I want to express concern. I want my colleagues to see the latest report in the National Journal about China, and I want to read it to you: [From the National Journal, Mar. 5, 1994] New Charges About China The coming debate over China's most-favored-nation trading status could be complicated by new allegations of brutality in China's corrections system. Zhang Guei-Xing, a Hong Kong- based business executive and holder of an American green card, was recently released after spending 30 months in a detention center in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou in Henan Province. He charges that during his stay, 200 inmates were executed and that some body parts were sold to transplant clinics in Japan and Hong Kong. The allegations are being investigated by the American government. Body parts, before they killed the men, they took their corneas and they took their kidneys for sale of the body parts.…”