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DATE: MONDAY, March 7, 1994                   TAG: 9403070075
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BEIJING                                LENGTH: Short

CHINA ARRESTS ANOTHER PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST

Authorities detained a top student leader from the 1989 pro-democracy movement in a continuing crackdown on dissent before Secretary of State Warren Christopher's visit, sources said Sunday.

Police have rounded up at least nine dissidents in Beijing and Shanghai since Wednesday. The latest was Zhai Weimin, who served a 3 1/2-year sentence for his pro-democracy activity in the Tiananmen Square movement. He was arrested Sunday, said Wang Dan, another top student leader from 1989.

The latest arrests have "cast a pall" over Christopher's visit, said John Shattuck, the top U.S. official for human rights, who was in China last week for what he called "intensive, serious discussions with the Chinese government."

Some of the arrests occurred during Shattuck's visit.

- Associated Press

by CNB