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With the opening of the annual session of China's top
legislature, some students from the US Capital City High School in
Kansas had a list of questions for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,
questions they hoped to ask through CRI.
Some of these questions concern the March meetings of the
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference, such as how China's political system, the
NPC and CPPCC, work towards the good of the people of China and if
the NPC and CPPCC are the mechanisms by which China guarantees due
process and protection for all.
Understanding China is becoming increasingly important because
the country is playing an ever greater role in the international
political arena. A 16-year-old student hopes the Chinese premier
can expound on China's rise to world prominence in the areas of
economy and space.
Ever since the September 11 attacks, issues of national security
have been of great concern for Americans. The American students
want to compare the US response to terrorism with that of China.
The students ask questions such as "how do you deal with terrorists
in China? Is it legal to carry guns in China? What is the
punishment for getting caught with a gun in China?"
Another 16-year-old student asks the premier why the crime rate
in China is so much lower than in the United States.
In terms of international issues, the US students are most
interested in China' bilateral relations with Russia and North
Korea, both of which attended the just concluded second round of
six-party talks in Beijing on the Korean Peninsula Nuclear
Issue.
Two students ask "how are China's relations with Russia
different from 30 to 50 years ago" and "are relations with Russia
better than they were 30 to 40 years ago?"
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old would like to know how the Chinese
premier feels about North Korea's nuclear development, whereas
another student wants to know whether China is in fear of North
Korea's nuclear abilities.
As the bird flu outbreak in Asia is not yet under control, a
16-year-old asks the Chinese premier whether he is scared about
Bird Flu and what he is doing about it.
Some children hope the premier can tell them his impression of
US President George W. Bush and former Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein.
Other children are curious about the Chinese premier's private
life, inquiring about the premier's favorite food, favorite animal
and favorite sport.?
(CRI online March 7, 2004)
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