> > For those of you interested in the latest from National Public Radio. > > > TO: All public radio stations > > Today s public radio coverage of the details surrounding the US > Navy spy plane includes this morning s Bob Edwards interview with > James Lilley, former Ambassador to China under the first Bush > administration and now a scholar with the conservative American > Enterprise think tank out of DC, a BBC report heard late last > night featuring the opinions of an advisor to the US House > Committee on Foreign Relations, and in the pipeline for this > afternoon s ATC, Vicky O Hara will give an overview of Chinese-US > relations and then a look at the current Chinese > political situation by NPR s Beijing correspondent Rob Gifford. > Daniel Schorr provides commentary. > > World Radio Network is gathering reports from news organizations > outside of the United States which broaden the perspective on what > has been described by President Bush as having the "potential of > undermining our hopes for a fruitful and productive relationship > between our two countries." Chinese President Jiang Zemin has > asked that the United States do something favorable to the > smooth development of China-U.S. relations, rather than make > remarks that confuse right and wrong and are harmful to the > relations. > > Following is a sample of some of the stories currently coming in, > which will be advanced by the time of the overnight broadcast, > which begins at midnight ET. Tonight s WRN from NPR will also > include the latest evening news reports from NHK Radio Japan and > Radio Taipei International. > > ABC Radio Australia s "Asia Pacific Report": China is giving > every indication that it s preparing for a protracted battle > over who s to blame and what s to happen next Diplomats in > Beijing are saying the spy plane issue bears all the hallmarks of > the fallout that followed the bombing of the Chinese embassy in > Belgrade nearly two years ago. > > Radio Netherlands' correspondent reports on what the US can do > to get it's crew members back....threatening trade relations or > perhaps influencing the Olympic committee's decision on whether > or not to hold the 2008 games in China. The report also reflects > on whether or not the recent Bush administration positions on > international affairs such as the Kyoto accord and the Mideast > conflict will have a negative effect in his attempts to rally > international support for the US position. > > Radio France Internationale talks to the editor at China's daily > newspaper in Beijing who says that the Chinese government is very > angry with the US handling of the matter...demonstrators in Hong > Kong and emails across China are pushing for an apology. > > > Those interested in hearing how the Chinese are presenting the > story to their own people can listen to China Radio International > on-line at 2100-2130ET at > <http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/>http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/, click > Live Streams, then choose WRN1 English North American Service. > > World Radio Network from NPR is fed on the NPR News Channel > (A66.5) beginning at midnightET 5amET leading into Morning > Edition. The service is offered free of charge to all NPR member > stations for the remainder of this week (4/4/01, midnightET - > 4/8/01, 7amET). Stations in non-ET time zones are allowed to > tape-delay the broadcast to suit your schedule. If you want to > take only a portion of the broadcast, be advised that the stream > is designed to run in discreet hours, or as a full service > throughout the night. > > If you are not yet signed on to WRN from NPR, but would like to > carry any portion of the broadcast this week, please contact your > NPR representative at 1.800.329.5380, or WRN s N. American > Representative, Sue Schardt at SchardtMEDIA, 617.436.9024 > > > ++ END DACS ++ > > > > SchardtMEDIA > 11 Rockmere Street > Boston, MA 02125 > p: 617.436.9024 > f: 617.288.5262 > N. American Representative, World Radio Network > <http://www.listenerchoice.com>http://www.listenerchoice.com