CHINA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS BEIJING 045951 S/CT FOR REAP E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PTER CH SUBJECT: CHINA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: STATE 317207 ¶1. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED PARA 5 REFTEL FOLLOW: ¶A. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. THERE WERE PRESS REPORTS OF AT LEAST TWO BOMBINGS IN XINJIANG PROVINCE IN THE CITIES OF KASHGAR AND URUMQI, RESPECTIVELY, DURING MID-SUMMER 1993. ¶B. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY EXTRADITIONS OR ATTEMPTED EXTRADITIONS OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT DURING THE PAST YEAR. ¶C. THE U.S. DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY WITH CHINA. CHINA HAS IN THE PAST TRANSFERRED CRIMINALS TO COUNTRIES WITH WHICH IT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY. ¶D. RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION: THE CHINESE OFFICIAL POSITION IS THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS OPPOSED TO ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM AND DOES NOT SUPPORT OR HARBOR TERRORISTS. ¶E. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS. ¶F. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY OPPOSES TERRORISM. THE EMBASSY HAS NO RECORD OF CHINESE SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. ¶G. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHINESE STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR A TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM ISSUE. ¶H. THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE CHINESE ATTITUDE TOWARDS TERRORISM OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR. ROY