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Issue ID: 95/04/11  19:00 GMT                Compiled by Thubten (Sam) Samdup
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Contents
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1.   Former Soldiers to be Given Permanent Posts in Tibet (TIN)
2.   Nepal seeks better trade, tourism ties with China (Reuter)
3.   Chinese parliament chief arrives in Japan (Reuter)
4.   Beijing women's conference - what is gender? (Reuter)
5.   China seeks to placate India over ties with Pakistan, Burma (AFP)
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5.   China seeks to placate  India  over ties with Pakistan, Burma
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BEIJING, April 8, 1995 (AFP) --    China sought Saturday to reassure  India
over Beijing's growing military ties with Pakistan and Burma, following
expressions of deep concern in New Delhi.

   A foreign ministry spokesman said China had "taken note" of  India's
apprehension -- voiced in an annual defence ministry report -- over China's
military modernisation as well its closer relations with Islamabad and
Rangoon.

   However, "in China's view there does not exist any threat from one side to
the other," the spokesman said, pointing out that that the Indian report had
also stressed the recent warming of Sino-Indian ties following
ground-breaking
talks on their disputed border area.

   The Indian report had said that New Delhi needed to beef up defence
preparations in view of the growing militarism in the three neighbouring
countries, which have common borders with  India  on the east, north and
west.

    India  had specifically mentioned China's continued nuclear testing, the
sale of missile technology to Pakistan and Beijing's involvement in strategic
infrastructural work in Burma.

    India  and China, which boast the largest standing armies in Asia, fought
a brief border war in 1962.

   Regional concerns over China's military modernisation were heightened last
month when China announced it was boosting its military budget to 63 billion
yuan (7.5 billion dollars) -- compared to 52.04 billion yuan last year.

   Western experts estimate the actual figure for military spending could be
three times as much, pointing to the Chineese army's profitable corporate
empire.