WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF (March 16-31, 1989)

摘要

The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed, by a.92 to 0 vote, Representative Dick Cheney as defence secretary on March 17. On March 18, the US space shuttle "Discovery" landed in California, completing a flight of nearly five days that covered about three million kilometres. The Second Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress opened on March 20 in Beijing. Chinese Premier Li Peng