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CHINA EXECUTES TWO FOR SMUGGLING COMPUTERS, PAGERS

December 6, 1998 Web posted at: 6:17 a.m. EDT (0617 GMT)

BEIJING, China (AP) -- In the midst of a sweeping crackdown on illegal imports, China said Sunday that it has executed a computer executive and an office worker for smuggling computers, pagers and other electronic goods into the country.

The deaths come as China carries out a campaign to enforce trade barriers that shield its industries from foreign competition in an attempt to quash a multibillion-dollar market for illegally imported products.

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