CHINA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS BEIJING 048961 S/CT FOR REAP/COLLINS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER CH SUBJECT: CHINA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: STATE 245276 ¶1. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED REFTEL FOLLOW: ¶A. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DURING THE PAST YEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF BOMBINGS AND OTHER ATTACKS AGAINST CHINESE GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES IN XINJIANG. ¶B. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY EXTRADITIONS OR ATTEMPTED EXTRADITIONS OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS BY THE PRC DURING THE PAST YEAR. ¶C. THE UNITED STATES 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, AND FREQUENTLY REITERATED, 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. ¶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. HALLFORD