BOB ABERNETHY: China's President Jiang Zemin arrives in the U.S. Sunday, the first state visit of a Chinese leader since 1989's Tiananmen Square massacre. Jiang hopes to discuss expanding U.S.-Chinese relations, but as correspondent Paul Miller reports, he will be dogged by questions about human rights and religious freedom.
PAUL MILLER: Religious and human rights groups are organizing protests and briefing congressional staff members about what one official calls Jiang Zemin's "terrible Ts," the Tiananmen Square massacre and the occupation of Tibet. Jiang is also criticized for his government's lack of another T -- tolerance when it comes to religion. Although a recent Human Rights Watch Asia report says violence against unsanctioned religious groups has declined slightly.Mr. WILLIAM SCHULZ (Amnesty International, USA): I don't think that any slight decline is significant when you have an overall system in which Christians are required to register, in which Tibetan monks and nuns are regularly tortured, in which Muslims in Xinjiang province are not allowed to practice their faith.
Ms. NINA SHEA (Freedom House): I think that these are clear signals from China that it's slamming the door on our human rights dialogue, that there is in fact no dialogue, it's a human rights monologue coming from the United States.
