MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, INTERNET SUPERVISION, WTO

UNCLAS BEIJING 001728 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 PREL ECON SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, INTERNET SUPERVISION, WTO -------------- Editorial Quotes -------------- ¶1. North Korea "U.S. wants to use China to put sanctions on North Korea" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/24): "The two-day U.S. China Deputy Defense Minister level talks started yesterday in Beijing. Such talks between the two countries have been frozen for about 18 months. North Korea's recent moves near China and the U.S. destroyer following North Korean ships have aroused much thought around the world. The Pentagon also released the news that the U.S. hopes to gain China's cooperation in taking sanctions against North Korea. Chinese experts say the U.S. and China have interests in common on the North Korean nuclear issue but China is not a U.S. ally, nor the assistant to the United States. China should abide by its own principals, not doing inappropriate things. This is the U.S.-China military exchanges for the first time since President Obama took office. The world's focus is how the U.S. will persuade China. However, the U.S. doesn't have much in hand to successfully persuade China. A Chinese expert commented that the U.S. always wants China to lead while it just steps aside and watches. It is not fair for China. The U.S. intends to alienate China and North Korea in order to decrease the cost of reaching U.S.-North Korean conciliation." ¶2. INTERNET SUPVERSITION a. "Don't abuse internet freedom; that is the best protection" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/24): "After the Google incident, internet freedom has become a hot topic. China is not radical on internet supervision compared to its neighbor South Korea. South Korea uses the real name system while China does not. The internet is still at an early state and is relatively order-less. The western media's criticism of internet supervision measures by the Chinese government has political goals. It is consistent with their attitude towards China on many issues. The U.S. media is concerned over the Google incident not because of internet freedom, but the economic loss of the Google company. This in fact shows the Chinese internet is very attractive to western companies. Freedom on the internet is not easy; not abusively using it is the best protection for freedom." b. "Cops bust online firm selling live pornography" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (06/24): "Zhongshang, Guangdong: claimed to have arrested 37 people during raids on several hideouts of an underground Internet firm which specialized in online pornography. According to an official, the company hired a "number of 20-something women as typists" who were lured with offers of an extra buck to indulge in cyber sex with paying clients. China's criminal law has no clear article on the punishment of naked chatting and online porn performances as the law had taken effect far before the illegal phenomena cropped up," said Jin Delu (a local lawyer in Guangzhou)." ¶3. WTO "U.S. and Europe want to sue China in the WTO" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/24): "The U.S. Trade Representative announced at a press conference that the U.S. will join the EU in a suit against China at the WTO because China collects an export tariff and has an export quota on more than 20 kinds of raw materials. Analysts indicate that it demonstrates the phenomenon of an intensified global trade competition. Chinese experts said that it is totally unacceptable that the U.S. and EU have launched such a suit against China. China has the right to manage the exports of limited resources. In this way, the U.S. will never come down to the earth. Many times when the U.S. and China conflict in the WTO, the U.S. only gains what it wants temporarily; later their gain turns out to be only a paper victory. Suing China over limited strategic medals will start a chain reaction. China could also countersue the U.S. on their many prohibitions against exploring oil reserves. China's move to limit the export of these limited resources is environmentally beneficial. This type of dispute will bring a negative influence to China's foreign trade." PICCUTA