Reuter BEIJING-The government said Monday that it will begin a crackdown on compact disc piracy during the Chinese New Year festival that kicks off Jan. 31, addressing a concern of the United States that has threatened to unleash a trade war. A senior U.S. trade official said in Hong Kong that a new Chinese…
Reuter BEIJING-Chinese President Jiang Zemin used Monday’s visit by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to rebuke Washington for interfering in internal Chinese affairs concerning Taiwan and Tibet. But Jiang, who is also Communist Party leader, also praised unspecified “important and positive progress” in bilateral ties over the past year, the Xinhua news agency…