China/Sanctions

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>Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 09:33:59
>To: azappia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>From: Amanda Zappia <azappia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: China/Sanctions
>Bcc: Free Burma Coalition
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>>Free Burma Coalition, Australia
>Working for the NCGUB, FTUB, ABC and the Burma Office, Sydney
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>>FEER: CHINESE MORE FLEXIBLE TOWARD BURMESE EXILES -- RESULT OF SANCTIONS?
>>May 8, 1997
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>>Chinese intelligence officials have begun to take a closer interest in the
>>activities of anti-Rangoon Burmese exiles in Yunnan.  Until a few months
>>ago, the Chinese tolerated the dissidents' presence in several southern
>>border towns, but maintained links only with pro-government Burmese in the
>>province.  
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>>Now, local officers in Yunnan frequently meet the dissident exiles to ask
them their opinions.  While no one is suggesting an official shift in
Beijing's Burma policy, some circles in China now evidently prefer to keep
their options open.  
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>>One reason could be increasing uncertainty about the future of the ruling
junta in Rangoon, which has been slapped with sanctions by Washington.  It
is also possible that with the death of patriarch Deng Xiaoping, Chinese
officials are considering different opinions in a number of fields.  
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>>Either way, Beijing's approach to Burma's internal problems has definitely
become more flexible, sources in Yunnan assert.
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