FREE CHINA - Vol. XXIV No. 14 - April 10, 1983 - ROC praises U.S. decision on Hu Na

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April 10, 1983 issue of FREE CHINA reports the Republic of China’s enthusiastic reaction to a U.S. decision granting asylum to Hu Na, a 19-year-old tennis star from central China. It highlights praise from human-rights and Olympic-related Chinese-Taipei groups, including remarks by government and committee officials. The text also discusses policy views on U.S.-China Communist relations and broader strategic interests, alongside a separate news item about new passenger air routes to Europe.

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ROC praises U.S.decision on Hu Na

Moscow,Peking have parallel interests

Passenger air routeto Europe opened

FREE CHIM VOL.XXIV No.14 TAPEI,TAIWAN,REPUBLIC OF CHINA April 10,1983 # ROC praises U.S.decision on Hu Na States showed itself o be a countryupholding principles." The Republic of China reacted withenthusiasm to the US.government decision to grant asylum to Mis Hu Na,the19-year-old tennis star from Szechwan incentral China. Praise also ame from the ChineseAssociation for Human Rights and theChinese-Taipei Olympic Committe. "I feel very happy for ber,"said Dr.James C.Y.Soong,government spokesmanand director general of the GovernmentInformation Office.Dr.Soong believedthat the US.decision“will provide enor-mous spiritual encouragement to all of thepeople on the mainland of China whoyearn for freedom and democracy." Vice Chairman of the Olympic Com-mittee,Peter Chang,expressed the wishthat Hu Na will continue playing tennisand become one of the world's top players. Particularly happy about Hu Na'striumph is the Szechwan Association inTaipei.“We are proud of her andwill inviteher to visit here,"a spokesman said. He lauded the US.government's effortto adhere to its principle in the face ofChinese Communist pressure. According to the Free China ReliefAssociation,donations have already reach-ed USS2,000 and the money will betransferred to the Hu Na Scholarship Fundin San Francisco. Wang Chao-yuan,spokesman for theMinistry of Foreign Affairs,said,"In gran-ting Hu Na political asylum,the United # Moscow,Peking have parallel interests The Chinese Communist regime hasparallel strategic interests"only withSoviet Russia.Its link with the UnitedStates is merely a “marriage of conve-nience"that may be broken off at any time,according to Dr.James C.Y.Soong,government spokesman and directorgeneral of the Government Information have a free hand to play the “US.card”against the Soviet Communists.At othertimes and in other areas where the ChineseCommunists are not threatened,they donot object to Sovietexpansionism and evenjoin hands with the Soviet Union to opposethe United States.Examples are to befound in Poland,the Middle East andLatin America.On March 7.US.Am-bassador to the United_Nations JeaneKirkpatrick told the US.Congress that theChinese Communists had voted the sameas the United States in 20 percent of thevotes,while the nonaligned bloc voted thesame as the US 22 percent of the time.This indicates that the Chinese Com-munists have“parallel strategic interests”only with the Soviet Union and that theirlink with the U.S.is based on transient in-terests. Dr.Soong was reported to theCentral Standing Committee of theKuomintang on GIO's international infor-mation programs.He said that some peoplewith ulterior motives are disseminatingthree erroneous views to the US.masScommunications media.They attempt tobuild up the Chinese Communists andsabotage the Republic of China's tradi-tional friendship and cooperation with theUnited States. The GIO director general said hewould set the record straight with thefollowing points: Second,with regard to the assertionthat the so-called "Taiwan problem"is theobstacle to improvement of relationsbetween the United States and the ChineseCommunist regime,Dr.Soong pointed outthat in fact the differences between the twoare multifaceted and that the conflictsbetween the two cover almost every possi-ble aspect.The so-called "Taiwan problem"is merely one link in the conflict of interestUnited States.He pointed out that in at-tempting to improve relations with theChinese Communist regime,the UnitedStates will inevitably encounter a wideassortment of difficulties.This was pointed First,the view of "parallel strategic interests"was raised by Henry Kissinger andAlexander Haig in pushing their policy ofwooing the Chinese Communist regime.The deeds of the Chinese Communistshave long shown that they stress their“common interests”with the United Statesonly when Russian influence moves intoareas adjacent to the Chinese mainlandand the mounting tension threatens theChinese Communist regime

FAQs

Who received U.S. asylum, and how did the Republic of China respond?

The U.S. granted asylum to Mis Hu Na, a 19-year-old tennis star. The Republic of China reacted with enthusiasm, portraying the decision as supportive of freedom and democracy.

What did officials say about the impact of the U.S. decision?

Government spokesman Dr. James C.Y. Soong said the decision would offer enormous spiritual encouragement to people on the mainland who yearn for freedom and democracy.

What other major update appears in this issue besides the Hu Na news?

The issue also announces that direct passenger service between Taiwan and Europe was inaugurated in early April by KLM, including the planned trade mission and expected purchases.

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