HR 2785 · 102th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Radio Free China Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-06-26· Sponsored by Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-12]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: See H.R.2212.(1991-11-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Considers China to have met certain internationally recognized human rights and other objectives with respect to the extension of certain trade benefits and the implementation of scientific and cultural exchanges with the United States when it: (1) accounts for and releases prisoners (including student leader Wang Dan, human-rights advocate Ron Wanding, and intellectuals Wang Tuntao and Chen Ziming) who have been detained and imprisoned as a result of their nonviolent expression of political beliefs in Tiananmen Square on June 3, 1989; (2) permits access to the places of detention (including the provinces of Qinghai and Xinjiang) for political dissidents; (3) ensures freedom from torture and from inhumane conditions in such places; (4) ends prohibitions on peaceful assembly and demonstrations imposed after June 3, 1989; and (5) releases specified political prisoners. Considers, in addition, such objectives to have been met only when China makes significant progress in: (1) reversing the pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights (including in Tibet); (2) permitting foreigners, including human rights organizations access to individuals imprisoned in China…

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