CBS Evening News - 1995-10-24
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[0:02] President of China amid tensions over
[0:04] human rights [music]
[0:05] and Taiwan. The crash of a commuter
[0:07] plane brings new demands for disclosure
[0:09] [music] of pilot safety records. And a
[0:12] human ear growing on the back of a
[0:14] mouse. Tonight, how it happened and what
[0:17] it [music] may mean for the future of
[0:19] medicine.
[0:23] >> This is the [music] CBS Evening News
[0:26] with Dan Rather.
[0:28] [music]
[0:28] >> Good evening. Dan is on assignment
[0:30] tonight. I'm Paula Aison. Braced by
[0:33] yesterday's bear hugs and belly laughs
[0:35] with Boris Yeltson, President Clinton
[0:37] today set out to walk a diplomatic
[0:39] tightroppe with the president of China.
[0:42] The mood was tense as they met in New
[0:44] York. But the two sides agreed that the
[0:46] meeting itself was important.
[0:48] Correspondent Rita Braver has our
[0:50] report.
[0:54] Posing for formal pictures with Chinese
[0:56] President Jang Zamin, President Clinton
[0:58] tried to brush aside questions about
[1:00] conflict between the US and China.
[1:02] >> These are two great countries that have
[1:04] real interest in maintaining
[1:07] constructive dialogue with each other
[1:10] and wherever possible a partnership.
[1:11] >> But everything about this session at New
[1:13] York's Lincoln Center seemed to
[1:15] underscore the strained relations
[1:17] between the two countries. China wanted
[1:19] a full state visit in Washington, but
[1:21] the US granted only a short meeting in
[1:23] New York. It was supposed to happen at
[1:26] the public library, but the Chinese
[1:28] objected to an exhibit that included a
[1:30] section on the Chinese government
[1:32] crushing the 1989 Tianaan Square
[1:34] uprising. China is hugely resentful of
[1:37] US complaints a