CHINA/USA: A CHINESE ACTIVIST WOULD LIKE PRESIDENT CLINTON TO MEET DISSIDENTS DURING HIS VISIT TO CHINA

Record ID: 988399

  • Title: CHINA/USA: A CHINESE ACTIVIST WOULD LIKE PRESIDENT CLINTON TO MEET DISSIDENTS DURING HIS VISIT TO CHINA
  • Date: 20th June 1998
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JUNE 20, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV/SV VETERAN ACTIVIST XU WENLI WALKING OUTSIDE/ ENTERING ROOM AND SITTING DOWN (2 SHOTS) 0.17 2. CU XU SAYING, "I HOPE THAT MR CLINTON WILL MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF CHINA'S DISSIDENTS WHEN HE VISITS CHINA. BECAUSE THEY [CHINA'S DISSIDENTS] HAVE FAITH IN ME, I WAS ASKED TO BE SUCH REPRESENTATIVE, SO I HOPE THAT HE WILL MEET ME DURING HIS VISIT" (MANDARIN) 0.43 3. SV CUTAWAY/ XU TALKING 0.50 4. CU XU SAYING, "TO PUT IT MORE SIMPLY, IF DISSIDENTS IN CHINA ARE NOT AFRAID THEMSELVES, SO WHY ON EARTH SHOULD CLINTON BE SCARED?" (MANDARIN) 1.03 BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - 1979) (RTV FILE - ACCESS - ALL) 5. SLV PEOPLE READING POSTERS PLASTERED ON "DEMOCRACY WALL" IN BEIJING 1.07 6. SV MAN DRESSED IN MAO SUIT WALKING BY 1.09 7. SV MAN PASTING POSTER WITH CHARACTERS ON WALL 1.20 8. CU PILE OF NEWSPAPERS AND POSTERS ON THE GROUND 1.22 9. CU PEOPLE WATCHING/ POSTER BEING PUT UP (2 SHOTS) 1.31 BEIJING (JUNE 20, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 10. CU XU SAYING, "IF CHINA DOESN'T BECOME A FREE DEMOCRACY, THEN IT POSES A POTENTIAL THREAT TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AND EVEN THE WHOLE WORLD. UNDER A ONE-PARTY SYSTEM, SOME THINGS COULD HAPPEN NOBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE." (MANDARIN) 1.52 11. SV XU TALKING 1.57 12. SLV XU WALKING OUTSIDE 2.04 (FILE) (ATV - NO ACCESS HONG KONG) 13. SCU WANG DAN WITH HIS PARENTS DURING HIS TEMPORARY RELEASE IN 1994 2.07 14. CU WANG DAN 2.15 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA (POOL) (FILE - APRIL 19, 1998) 15. SLV EXTERIOR OF HENRY FORD HOSPITAL 2.21 16. SV WANG DAN BEING EXAMINED BY DOCTORS AFTER HIS RELEASE 2.33 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA/ DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA
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  • Country: USA
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