MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARIES' CHU AND LOCKE VISITS TO CHINA,

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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARIES' CHU AND LOCKE VISITS TO CHINA,
U.S. POLICY, DALAI LAMA

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1. SECRETARIES' CHU AND LOCKE VISITS TO CHINA

"The two U.S. Secretaries: visit to China under a 'green cloak'"

The independent Chinese weekly business newspaper distributed in
major cities throughout China, Economic Observer (Jingji Guanchabao)
(07/20): "The main agenda of Secretary Locke's visit to China was
cooperation on new energy. His intension of using the technology in
market exchanges was very obvious. Secretary Chu expressed earlier
that the U.S. Government will impose a "carbon tariff" on the
governments that have not yet implemented the mandatory measures of
reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The carbon tariff will openly
and directly take China and other developing countries' wealth and
put it into the treasury of developed countries, all in the name of
environmental protection.

An officer from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce says that the
approval of the American Clean Energy and Security Act will disturb
the international trade orders and bring a trade war. The analysts
think that the purposes of the two Secretaries' visits to China are
to sell American products, especially its advanced clean energy
technologies, by utilizing their good relations in China. Lin
Boqiang, head to the China Centre for Energy Economics Research in
Xiamen University, agrees with this view. He explains that, after
all, China is the biggest market for the application of clean
energy. But Lin says that America should put their focus on
providing China with more technologies and capital assistance rather
than purely "selling their technologies". Lin points out that
developing countries faced many problems in their development
process, including environmental and income disparity issues,
therefore, they may make their own choices in the area of energy
consumption.

China sets itself against the approval of the "carbon tariff" Act.
Chinese spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Yao Jian, expressed
on July 15, that the "carbon tariff" policy is against the basic
rules of WTO and the tendency of trade protectionism lies behind
this Act under the cover of environment and energy issues, which may
result in serial trade revenge. It is bad for the recovery of global
economy."


2. U.S. POLICY

"Don't let space be full of the smell of gunpowder"

The official Communist Party international news publication Global
Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(07/20): " Although the 'Apollo mission to the
moon' has gained praise, it is a cold war product and it stems from
the need to control the world. The military is the origin of the
science of space exploration. After the Apollo Mission, America's
space plans had more clear targets. After the Cold War, America's
absolute advantages in space exploration increased its ambitions in
taking its hegemony into space. According to the American way of
thinking, in the 21 century, the one who controls space can control
the world.
If America had put its strong advantages in scientific technologies
into solving the problems that the entire world is facing, such as
sea water desalination and global warming, it would have gained
tremendous achievements. However, unfortunately, like all the
hegemonic countries in history, the U.S. wouldn't make this choice.
America is developing large scale space weapons, which strengthen
the military space competition among global power countries and
seriously threatens the peaceful usage of space resources. It can
be forecast that, with more countries being involved in space
resource exploration, there will be more voices against space
hegemony and militarization. The international society will more
urgently call for a mechanism that can effectively prevent space
militarization."


3. DALAI LAMA

"Indian media claims that Obama is interested in meeting the Dalai
Lama"

The official Communist Party international news publication Global
Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(07/20): "Meeting with the Dalai Lama is a
conventional method used by western politicians to put pressure on
China and to interfere in the internal issues of the Chinese.
According to the Times of India, the Obama administration is in
contact with the Dalai to prepare for a meeting during the Dalai's
U.S. visit between September and October. Chinese experts respond
that the U.S. and China have had good bilateral relations since
Obama took office. If Obama really steps on this "red line" [meet
with Dalai], it will inevitably lead to tensions between the U.S.

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and China. Whether Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama is a widely
controversial topic in the U.S. Some analysts say that Obama is
seeking China's support to combat the global financial crisis. Obama
doesn't want to aggravate Beijing. However, during the past 10
years, the U.S. has offended China on the issues of Dalai Lama many
times.

Professor Yin Hong from Renmin University told Global Times that
President Obama was in contact with the Dalai during his election.
The two sides have exchanged support for each other via letters.
Besides, there are anti-China pressures in the U.S. It is very
likely that Obama will meet with the Dalai, but the location of
their meeting may not be in the White House. Yin continues that
when the Dalai met with the German Premiere and French President, it
brought tension to their bilateral relationship with China. If
Obama doesn't learn from Germany and France's experiences, bilateral
ties between the U.S. and China will be tense for at least two
months. Hang Liping, from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,
says that Obama may wait until he finishes his Asian trip this
November. Obama is not willing to see China's cold back at the APEC
meeting in Singapore this November."


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