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09BEIJING148
2009-01-16 09:39:00
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Embassy Beijing
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MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DEPLOMACY

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DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EAP/CM, EAP/PA, EAP/PD, C
HQ PACOM FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR (J007)
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TAGS: OPRC KMDR CH

SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DEPLOMACY

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UNCLAS BEIJING 000148

DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EAP/CM, EAP/PA, EAP/PD, C
HQ PACOM FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR (J007)
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR CH

SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DEPLOMACY

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1. U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS

a. "To create a space for new win-win"

The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(01/16):
"The U.S. -China economic and trade relationship has been developing
over the last 30 years. The relationship's growth has exceeded the
most optimistic estimation from before the establishment of
diplomatic relations. A mutually beneficial, bilateral, economic and
trade relationship has created the real economic interests of the
two countries. The economic and trade relationship provides a strong
motivation for the continued development of the U.S. - China
relationship. The differing developmental phases of the U.S. and
China have given a strong supplementary nature to the two countries'
industrial structures. The U.S.-China economic and trade
relationship has developed away from a mutually beneficial
relationship into a mutually dependent relationship. The
international financial crisis has greatly influenced China's
exports. The U.S. and China are both large markets for each other.
In the current financial crisis, the two should make a larger effort
to promote their economic and trade relations. What's more, the two
should create spaces for new win-win situations for the sake of the
global economic recovery."

b. "An American official wants China to publicize their nuclear
secrets"

The official Communist Party international news publication Global
Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/16): "The chief consultant for Asia
Affairs to President Bush and the Director of East Asia Affairs on
the National Security Committee, has recently claimed that China is
disguising their position on nuclear weapons and urges China to
publicize their nuclear secrets. Chinese experts believe that this
notion is baseless and that the U.S. should not bring a request like
this to China because it is a nuclear power. The U.S. clearly knows
that China holds vastly less nuclear strength than the U.S. This
move is aimed at enlarging the U.S.' own military deterrence. The
U.S. has created an imbalance in the nuclear politics between the
U.S. and China, like the Taiwan issue, and now tried to make
imbalance on military issues as well. It is baseless to say that the
U.S. encountered China's sudden military activities because of the
non-transparency of Chinese military. A military's transparency has
no relation with maintaining its nuclear striking capability. It has
always been the intention of the U.S. to detect China's nuclear
secrets."


2. U.S. DIPLOMACY

"'Smart power' diplomacy will change the U.S."

The official Communist Party international news publication Global
Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/16): "The phrase 'Smart power' has become
a hot phrase in the U.S. because Hillary mentioned it 13 times
during her Senate hearing. The largest issue with U.S. diplomatic
measures is that it is either too hard or too soft. This idea,
'smart power', has a strategic meaning. It is an extension of the
general U.S. diplomatic strategy and emphasizes that terrorism is
not the only major threat to the U.S. 'Smart power' has become a new
strategy that scholar, think tank, congressmen and Generals are
enthusiastic about. 'Smart power' strategy advocates providing
global benefits to the international society. Obama and Hillary have
been deeply influenced by the idea of 'smart power' in their
policy-making. China should educate itself on this concept so that
it can predict the development and direction of the U.S.' strategy
and the U.S.-China relationship. China should keep vigilant,
considering that 'smart power' will put the U.S.-Japan alliance into
the same position as the U.S.-Japan relationship. Trilateral
relations of the U.S., Japan and China are likely to become more and
more frequent."

RANDT