CHINA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS BEIJING 051121 S/CT FOR REAP E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PTER CH SUBJECT: CHINA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: STATE 286744 ¶1. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED REFTEL FOLLOW: ¶A. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DURING THE PAST YEAR. ONE REPORTED SIGNIFICANT ACT OF BLOODSHED DURING THE PAST YEAR OCCURED IN BEIJING IN SEPTEMBER, WHEN A LONE CHINESE MILITARY OFFICER WENT ON A SHOOTING RAMPAGE, WOUNDING OR KILLING SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING A FOREIGN DIPLOMAT AND FAMILY MEMBERS. HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS PEOPLE WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED, THE ACT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT CAUSED BY ONE INDIVIDUAL, AND NOT AN ACT OF TERRORISM. THERE HAS NO RELATED PROSECUTION IN THE CASE, BECAUSE THE GUNMAN HAS KILLED IN A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE. ¶B. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY EXTRADITIONS OR ATTEMPTED EXTRADITIONS OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS BY THE PRC DURING THE PAST YEAR. ¶C. THE U.S. DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY WITH THE PRC, BUT IN THE PAST CHINA HAS 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 PRC GOVERNMENT IS OPPOSED TO ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM, AND DOES NOT SUPPORT OR HARBOR TERRORISTS. ¶E. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF PRC PARTICIPATION IN MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS. ¶F. THE PRC PUBLICLY OPPOSES TERRORISM. THE EMBASSY HAS NO RECORD OF PRC SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. THERE IS A PLO MISSION IN BEIJING. ¶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 PRC'S ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR. BOY