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Created
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07BEIJING7226
2007-11-27 00:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SARKOZY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIJING 007226
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/26/2027
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH FR GM JA UK
SUBJECT: BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SARKOZY
VISIT, CHINA-JAPAN TALKS AT ASEAN, DALAI LAMA, JOURNALISTS'
RIGHTS, UK PM BROWN VISIT
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Dan Piccuta. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
Summary
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIJING 007226
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/26/2027
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH FR GM JA UK
SUBJECT: BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SARKOZY
VISIT, CHINA-JAPAN TALKS AT ASEAN, DALAI LAMA, JOURNALISTS'
RIGHTS, UK PM BROWN VISIT
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Dan Piccuta. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
Summary
--------------
1. (C) At the November 23 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission
gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that
French President Nicholas Sarkozy will discuss with Chinese
leaders the sale of two third-generation European Pressurized
Reactor (EPR) nuclear reactors, an investment protection
agreement, a product safety agreement and global financial
imbalances during his November 25-27 visit. Japanese
Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto said Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
raised the East China Sea talks with Premier Wen Jiabao on
the sidelines of the recent ASEAN Summit in Singapore.
Miyamoto said China's new ambassador to Japan, Cui Tiankai,
raised the recent visit of the Dalai Lama during his first
meeting with PM Fukuda. Fukuda told Cui that "the best
foreign policy on the Dalai Lama would be for China not to
speak about him so much." German Ambassador Michael Schaefer
said Germany's bilateral relationship with China has been
"systematically sidelined" by the PRC because of Chancellor
Angela Merkel's recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. Head of
the Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games Liu Qi
told visiting UK Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell that China
"would not turn back the clock" on journalists' rights after
the Games. End Summary.
Participants
--------------
2. (C) French Ambassador Herve Ladsous hosted Japanese
Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto, German Ambassador Dr. Michael
Schaefer, UK Ambassador William Ehrman and the DCM November
23 for the bi-weekly G-5 gathering of Beijing-based Chiefs of
Mission.
French President Sarkozy's Visit to Beijing
--------------
3. (C) French Ambassador Herve Ladsous said President
Sarkozy's first state visit to China will be "exceptional."
Sarkozy is scheduled for small private dinners with both
President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao in addition to his
formal meetings on November 26. He will also have a state
lunch with National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo.
Sarkozy is expected to raise the sale of two third-generation
EPR nuclear reactors, commercial contracts that will possibly
include airplane sales, an investment protection agreement
and a product safety agreement. Sarkozy will tell the PRC
that it must tackle global issues such as imbalances in world
finance, trade and major currencies, said Ladsous. Sarkozy
will call for more "harmonious" management of sovereign
wealth funds. The French hope for a statement on climate
change, though Ladsous reported that any statement would be
general rather than specific, because the Chinese "cannot be
moved" on the point.
4. (C) Seven Cabinet members including the Ministers of
Finance, State, Justice and the Secretaries of State for
Environment and Foreign Trade are accompanying President
Sarkozy, along with approximately eighty journalists and
seventy businesspeople including representatives from the
European Aeronautical Defense and Space Company (EADS),
Allstrom and Areva. Sarkozy is scheduled to give speeches at
Tsinghua University on the environment and at an event
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co-sponsored by the French Chamber of Commerce that matches
two hundred French and six hundred Chinese companies for
introductions and networking. Sarkozy will visit Olympic
sites in Beijing and meet the new Communist Party Secretary
in Shanghai before returning to Paris on November 27.
Japanese Receive "Special" Treatment at ASEAN Summit
-------------- --------------
5. (C) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Premier Wen
Jiabao met for thirty minutes and had an hour-long lunch on
the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Singapore. Japanese
Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto said that Fukuda was accorded
"special" treatment and voiced concerns regarding a "need for
progress" on the East China Sea oil exploration issue. Wen
discussed President Hu's planned trip to Japan in the spring
of 2008.
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Dalai Lama Causes Tensions for Japan, Germany
--------------
6. (C) China's new Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai raised the
recent visit to Japan of the Dalai Lama during Cui's initial
meeting with PM Fukuda. Ambassador Miyamoto said PM Fukuda
pushed back, saying that "the best foreign policy on the
Dalai Lama would be for China not to speak about him so
much." German Ambassador Michael Schaefer said Germany's
bilateral relationship with China had been "systematically
sidelined" by the PRC because of Chancellor Angela Merkel's
recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. Schaefer said China had
postponed its strategic political dialogue with Germany and a
visit by German Minister of Finance Peer Steinbrueck.
No PRC Reaction to Taiwan Presidential Candidates' Visits
-------------- --------------
7. (C) Ambassador Miyamoto said that there has been no PRC
reaction to Taiwan KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's
visit to Japan, or to that of DPP candidate Frank Hsieh,
which is scheduled for December.
UK Olympics Minister Presses on Journalists' Rights
-------------- --------------
8. (C) During a recent visit to Beijing, UK Olympics Minister
Tessa Jowell pressed Beijing Communist Party Secretary and
Head of the Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games
Liu Qi on whether or not the new "relaxed" policies on
journalists would continue after the conclusion of the Games,
UK Ambassador William Ehrman said. Liu did not give an
official response, but said informally that China "would not
turn back the clock" on journalists after the Games.
Gordon Brown's Mid-January Visit Coming Together
-------------- ---
9. (C) Ambassador Ehrman reported that plans for UK Prime
Minister Gordon Brown's January 2008 visit to China are
"shaping up." Themes for the visit will include trade and
investment, education, basic sciences cooperation and
development, especially sustainable development. Ehrman
hopes the trip will include visits to Beijing International
Airport's yet-to-be-completed Terminal 3, designed by UK
architect Norman Foster, and the National Stadium and
National Aquatic Center Olympic venues in which UK engineers
have participated. Brown will also travel to Shanghai, where
he will meet the new Communist Party Secretary and be
introduced to plans for the 2010 World Exposition.
RANDT
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/26/2027
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH FR GM JA UK
SUBJECT: BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SARKOZY
VISIT, CHINA-JAPAN TALKS AT ASEAN, DALAI LAMA, JOURNALISTS'
RIGHTS, UK PM BROWN VISIT
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Dan Piccuta. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
Summary
--------------
1. (C) At the November 23 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission
gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that
French President Nicholas Sarkozy will discuss with Chinese
leaders the sale of two third-generation European Pressurized
Reactor (EPR) nuclear reactors, an investment protection
agreement, a product safety agreement and global financial
imbalances during his November 25-27 visit. Japanese
Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto said Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
raised the East China Sea talks with Premier Wen Jiabao on
the sidelines of the recent ASEAN Summit in Singapore.
Miyamoto said China's new ambassador to Japan, Cui Tiankai,
raised the recent visit of the Dalai Lama during his first
meeting with PM Fukuda. Fukuda told Cui that "the best
foreign policy on the Dalai Lama would be for China not to
speak about him so much." German Ambassador Michael Schaefer
said Germany's bilateral relationship with China has been
"systematically sidelined" by the PRC because of Chancellor
Angela Merkel's recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. Head of
the Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games Liu Qi
told visiting UK Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell that China
"would not turn back the clock" on journalists' rights after
the Games. End Summary.
Participants
--------------
2. (C) French Ambassador Herve Ladsous hosted Japanese
Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto, German Ambassador Dr. Michael
Schaefer, UK Ambassador William Ehrman and the DCM November
23 for the bi-weekly G-5 gathering of Beijing-based Chiefs of
Mission.
French President Sarkozy's Visit to Beijing
--------------
3. (C) French Ambassador Herve Ladsous said President
Sarkozy's first state visit to China will be "exceptional."
Sarkozy is scheduled for small private dinners with both
President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao in addition to his
formal meetings on November 26. He will also have a state
lunch with National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo.
Sarkozy is expected to raise the sale of two third-generation
EPR nuclear reactors, commercial contracts that will possibly
include airplane sales, an investment protection agreement
and a product safety agreement. Sarkozy will tell the PRC
that it must tackle global issues such as imbalances in world
finance, trade and major currencies, said Ladsous. Sarkozy
will call for more "harmonious" management of sovereign
wealth funds. The French hope for a statement on climate
change, though Ladsous reported that any statement would be
general rather than specific, because the Chinese "cannot be
moved" on the point.
4. (C) Seven Cabinet members including the Ministers of
Finance, State, Justice and the Secretaries of State for
Environment and Foreign Trade are accompanying President
Sarkozy, along with approximately eighty journalists and
seventy businesspeople including representatives from the
European Aeronautical Defense and Space Company (EADS),
Allstrom and Areva. Sarkozy is scheduled to give speeches at
Tsinghua University on the environment and at an event
SIPDIS
co-sponsored by the French Chamber of Commerce that matches
two hundred French and six hundred Chinese companies for
introductions and networking. Sarkozy will visit Olympic
sites in Beijing and meet the new Communist Party Secretary
in Shanghai before returning to Paris on November 27.
Japanese Receive "Special" Treatment at ASEAN Summit
-------------- --------------
5. (C) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Premier Wen
Jiabao met for thirty minutes and had an hour-long lunch on
the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Singapore. Japanese
Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto said that Fukuda was accorded
"special" treatment and voiced concerns regarding a "need for
progress" on the East China Sea oil exploration issue. Wen
discussed President Hu's planned trip to Japan in the spring
of 2008.
BEIJING 00007226 002 OF 002
Dalai Lama Causes Tensions for Japan, Germany
--------------
6. (C) China's new Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai raised the
recent visit to Japan of the Dalai Lama during Cui's initial
meeting with PM Fukuda. Ambassador Miyamoto said PM Fukuda
pushed back, saying that "the best foreign policy on the
Dalai Lama would be for China not to speak about him so
much." German Ambassador Michael Schaefer said Germany's
bilateral relationship with China had been "systematically
sidelined" by the PRC because of Chancellor Angela Merkel's
recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. Schaefer said China had
postponed its strategic political dialogue with Germany and a
visit by German Minister of Finance Peer Steinbrueck.
No PRC Reaction to Taiwan Presidential Candidates' Visits
-------------- --------------
7. (C) Ambassador Miyamoto said that there has been no PRC
reaction to Taiwan KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's
visit to Japan, or to that of DPP candidate Frank Hsieh,
which is scheduled for December.
UK Olympics Minister Presses on Journalists' Rights
-------------- --------------
8. (C) During a recent visit to Beijing, UK Olympics Minister
Tessa Jowell pressed Beijing Communist Party Secretary and
Head of the Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games
Liu Qi on whether or not the new "relaxed" policies on
journalists would continue after the conclusion of the Games,
UK Ambassador William Ehrman said. Liu did not give an
official response, but said informally that China "would not
turn back the clock" on journalists after the Games.
Gordon Brown's Mid-January Visit Coming Together
-------------- ---
9. (C) Ambassador Ehrman reported that plans for UK Prime
Minister Gordon Brown's January 2008 visit to China are
"shaping up." Themes for the visit will include trade and
investment, education, basic sciences cooperation and
development, especially sustainable development. Ehrman
hopes the trip will include visits to Beijing International
Airport's yet-to-be-completed Terminal 3, designed by UK
architect Norman Foster, and the National Stadium and
National Aquatic Center Olympic venues in which UK engineers
have participated. Brown will also travel to Shanghai, where
he will meet the new Communist Party Secretary and be
introduced to plans for the 2010 World Exposition.
RANDT