(C) DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC WHA ACTIVITIES

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTO DOMINGO 003929

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/08/2015
TAGS: EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM
SUBJECT: (C) DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC WHA ACTIVITIES

REF: SECSTATE 143649

Classified By: CHARGE Michael A. Meigs. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) Taiwan's ambassador to the Dominican Republic John
Feng welcomes informal contact and has readily commented to
us upon various visits of PRC officials during the first year
of the Fernandez administration. This cordial arrangement
works well for us and we see no need to make it more formal.


2. (C) The PRC has an active commercial office in Santo
Domingo, headed by Cai Weiquen, who has a relatively high
profile in social and business circles. We expect that the
PRC will continue to send visitors periodically and that the
Fernandez administration will receive them -- without making
any promises about switching diplomatic recognition, at least
in the medium term.
MEIGS