Published by: World Tibet Network News, Thursday, July 11,1996

TIME International

July 8, 1996 Volume 148, No. 2

The Sino-German rift over BEIJING'S TIBET POLICY set off a global debate about doing business with countries that violate human rights

BERLINER ZEITUNG, GERMANY: "The link between Mammon and morality -- and this is certain -- cannot be maintained in the long run... Politics is politics and business is business."

LE MONDE, FRANCE: "Sovereignty cannot be an excuse for exercising repressive state power. This is what Westerners have been trying to explain, without success up to now, to the Beijing government."

WALL STREET JOURNAL, U.S.: "In a world in which pictures, ideas and events can be instantly transmitted into living rooms, political leaders and businessmen will have to recognize that the standards of accountability have broadened."

THE TIMES, BRITAIN: "Beijing has done itself no favors... Worldwide, every incident like this encourages business to look at other, more predictable, emerging markets."