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09BEIJING995
2009-04-15 09:06:00
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Embassy Beijing
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MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, DPRK

Tags:  OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON 
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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 PREL ECON

SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, DPRK

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UNCLAS BEIJING 000995

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: CHINA POLICY, DPRK

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1. CHINA POLICY

"China's [effort] to improve their human rights is not a show for
the west" The official Communist Party international news
publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (04/15): "Human rights
related issues always touch a sensitive nerve in communications
between China and western countries. The newly released human rights
action plan brings both praise and criticism. As one of the
important measures to speak on global influences, western countries
like to judge China's human rights. But Chinese people will no
longer be angry with this criticism, because they are becoming more
confident and are seeing clarity on the issues related to human
rights. China is confident that the aim of improving these rights is
for the interest of the Chinese people and not to simply show-off to
the west. It is common sense that there is a need to improve China's
human rights because China is developing and there are the needs of
the Chinese people.

It is undeniable that the west's criticism is used as a force for
China's development. However, during the development process, China
is finding out that it has its own situation and the Chinese people
have their own concerns and interests, such as income, healthcare,
housing, and employment. Only when we solve these problems, can
China's human rights status improve. China has obviously improved in
promoting their citizen's human rights throughout its development
process. In the future, their human rights will continue to be
improved and developed. China needs more understanding and tolerance
from the world, especially when it comes to viewing China's human
rights issues from the perspective of Chinese history and social
development. China will promote their people's human rights in their
own way. The determinations of the benefit to its people won't be
changed because of external influences."


2. DPRK

"Care toward Nuke issue" The official English-language newspaper
China Daily (04/15): "This is an excerpt of an article in the Global
Times on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. The Korean Peninsula
nuclear issue has recently become tense again, with the United
Nations Security Council releasing an announcement on April 13 over
the recent rocket launch by the DPRK. The stance taken by various
parties are extremely different and the requests of each party are
just too much in Chinese eyes. So China should find a way to break
the deadlock. The most important concern is to clearly tell the
U.S., Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) of China's own attitudes
toward this issue.

China should tell the parties that any attempts to overthrow the
current regime of the DPRK should be abandoned for it has no power
to threaten the safety of the U.S. and Japan. The two countries and
the ROK (Republic of Korea) should show their sincerity in improving
relations with the DPRK. If the DPRK does not listen to the advice
of neighboring countries and sticks to its provocative actions, it
will pay a high price for its choice. The U.S., Japan, ROK and DPRK
should all respect China's stance because it tries to protect and
balance the interest of all parties. If the U.S., Japan and the ROK
do not listen to the advice of China, they will suffer more than
China; if they finally force the DPRK to become a nuclear country,
China will not be the first country to be affected by it.

On the other hand, the world will no longer tolerate the DPRK's dash
down the nuclear path. China will be sad because it is implicated in
this issue, but the saddest one will be the DPRK itself. It will
end up being the deserted orphan of the world. China has never been
selfish on this issue and has never opposed any talks between the
DPRK and other parties. China is willing to help the DPRK recover
its economy, but China will not be its protector. A step beyond
China's basic stance could be disastrous for the Korean Peninsula,
and all parties should give the issue careful consideration."

Weinstein