41.   US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urged Chinese leaders Monday to release jailed dissidents but acknowleged that progress on that front will take time.

42.   US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urged Chinese leaders Monday to release jailed dissidents but acknowledged that progress on that front will take time.

43.   Vietnam on Friday accused a US human rights activist of provocation by attempting to visit the country to present an award to a jailed Vietnamese dissident.

44.   Nowhere did the resolution identify a jailed dissident by name, nor does it describe particular instances of human rights abuses.

45.   That meeting would have allowed the American president to intervene personally on behalf of jailed Chinese dissidents Wei Jingsheng and Chen Ziming, according to Osnos.

46.   The families of jailed dissidents in Shanghai are highlighting their plight ahead of a scheduled meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and US Secretary of State Warren Christopher.