Session #102 · 1991–93

Speech #1020169740

Beijing has given only limited information concerning the hundreds of political prisoners jailed after the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights. Richard Schifter. has recently stated that the Foreign Ministry makes a commitment on human rights and that someone else reneges on it. Secretary Baker was promised by Chinese leaders in November that they would grant visas to about 20 dissidents. but only 2 have been permitted to leave. Secretary Baker was assured that China would stop exporting prison made goods to the United States but in the same month of that assurance the Chinese were caught shipping diesel engines made with prison labor. Mr.
Keywords matched
visas

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
GUS YATRON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
1992-06-02
Speech ID
1020169740
Paragraph
#0
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