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Reports that a transcript of conversations between Chinese leaders pertaining to the governmental suppression of democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989 will be published. Way that the transcript became available to publishers in the West; Details on the political figures the thoughts of whom are featured in the book which is entitled 'The Tiananmen Papers: The Chinese Leadership's Decision to Use Force Against Their Own People'; Experts who believe that the documents are authentic.

Presents world news briefs as of June 1, 2000. How China polices the Internet; The difficulty journalist Dan Murphy faced from the military when travelling without walking papers into the Kamu Valley in Irian Jaya; The reading habits of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Reports on the strained relations between the United States and China as of February 25, 2000 due to China's white paper statements against Taiwan.

Features the exhibition titled `Fly to Freedom: The Art of the Golden Venture Refugees,' at Philadelphia's Samuel S. Fleischer Museum in Pennsylvania. Artwork produced by Chinese illegal immigrants seeking political asylum in the United States; Paper sculptures; Making of freedom birds.