Moscow Mandarin 050700 Program Summary

This document is a program summary from the Moscow International Service in Mandarin, dated December 5, 1990. It provides a list of highlights covering various political, social, and economic developments within the Soviet Union. The topics include the concerns of German descendants in the USSR, parliamentary leadership in the Georgian SSR, the formation of a trade union by energy and electricity workers in the RSFSR, and the establishment of a special economic zone in Leningrad. The summary also notes an investigation by the KGB into an assassination attempt on Gorbachev on October 7. Among the miscellaneous news items, the report mentions a crash involving Tartars from the south of Crimea, a floating dock arriving in Vladivostok, and a brief mention of a UFO sighting in a named city. Additionally, the report covers the adoption of a draft rural program by the RSFSR congress, trade negotiations between a company in Shandong and Soviet companies in Khabarovsk, and a report on Soviet-Afghan relations. The document concludes with a mention of an IZVESTIYA report regarding Vietnamese authorities tightening control over the smuggling of industrial products and cultural relics.