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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN15	BRUNEI: RELUCTANT TO LEAD IMT, AND CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Poloff on 15 January met with Haji Mulok Haji Jamat, the Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific Affairs in the Political I section of the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Mulok told Poloff that Brunei plans to only supply monitors to the International Monitor [...]	2009-01-27 07:26:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER BX

09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN165	BRUNEI H1N1 CASES GROW DRAMATICALLY [...] (SBU) Brunei's confirmed H1N1 case load grows dramatically each day. Total confirmed cases have surpassed 270. To date there has been one death attributed to H1N1, but the young patient had numerous pre-existing health conditions. Over 850 close contact persons have been quarantined, including [...]	2009-07-13 07:51:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL PINR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN166	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF U.S. - RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 07:57:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BX RU
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN172	BRUNEI'S REACTION TO 2009 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 04:42:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KWMN PGOV PHUM BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN178	BRUNEI MOVES TO MITIGATION [...] (SBU) Brunei's Ministry of Health (MoH) announced plans to move from containment of the H1N1 virus to mitigation. As noted in reftels, this announcement has been expected. Concerns have been raised that the MoH's public health campaign and statements made by senior department officials are no [...]	2009-07-23 08:00:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL PINR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN189	BRUNEI PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Per Reftel, Charg, in coordination with Australian High Commissioner, sent invitation letter to Dato Eusoff Agaki, Deputy Minister, Prime Minister's Office encouraging Brunei's participation in the Regional Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) workshop to be held in Sydney. Working clos [...]	2009-08-11 09:01:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP XB XV XC XD BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN204	WIPING OUT MUSIC PIRACY IN BRUNEI [...] (SBU) Following in the footsteps of Microsoft, Recording Industry Malaysia (RIM) recently announced their permanent presence in Brunei. They addressed the lack of right holder's physical presence often cited by the Government of Brunei (GOB) as a deterrent in their efforts to put an end to ramp [...]	2009-08-28 02:06:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV USTR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN205	SENATOR BILL NELSON WELL RECEIVED VISIT TO BRUNEI [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson's well received visit to Brunei focused on numerous key USG policy goals and objectives. During wide ranging meetings with the Sultan of Brunei, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II, Pehin Lim Jock Seng, the Senator received assurances that Brunei res [...]	2009-08-28 03:29:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BX PINR
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN256	BRUNEI'S ONLY POLITICAL PARTY WELCOMES U.S. ELECTION LAW [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 02:51:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN262	BRUNEI'S STILL REVIEWING POSITION ON GLADSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Florence Chong, Director, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Ms. Chong noted Brunei is still developing its position on the Gladstone Report. Ms. Chong provided Brunei's UN delegation with U.S. positions, as noted i [...]	2009-11-04 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN263	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Florence Chong, Director, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Particular emphasis was placed on cooperation with U.S. on human rights issues, OIC defamation of religion resolution, and improving UN voting coincidence. [...]	2009-11-04 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UN BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN269	DEBRIEF OF BRUNEI OFFICIALS - REGIONAL PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) On November 5, 2009, in coordination with the Australian High Commission, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Regional Security Officer (RSO) met with Government of Brunei (GoB) officials who attended the Regional PSI workshop held on September 15-17 2009 in Sydney, Australia (Reftel). GoB [...]	2009-11-12 08:57:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PARM PREL KNNP XB XV XC XD BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN31	BRUNEI STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 08:38:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ICJ KVIR AORC BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN59	BRUNEI-MALAYSIA TERRITORIAL SETTLEMENT OVERSHADOWED BY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 07:54:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM ECON BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN71	AMBASSADOR TODD HOLDS WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Todd met with Brunei Deputy Foreign Minister, Pehin Lim Jock Seng, on March 19th at Pehin Lim's request. Ambassador Todd pressed USG concerns regarding religious freedom, especially at private religious schools. Pehin Lim Jock expressed surprised and consternation that this iss [...]	2009-03-27 07:57:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL KIPR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN96	BRUNEI CONCERNED BUT NOT SURPRISED BY 2009 SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Per Reftel A, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) McIntyre delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Permanent Secretary Dato Lim Jock Hoi and Vincent Kong, Director, Trade Division regarding the results of the Special 301 review for Brunei. (NOTE: DCM was required to [...]	2009-04-28 08:22:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN99	MGSF01: Brunei's response to H1N1 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 05:08:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL PINR BX
09BANGKOK1004	THAI PRIME MINISTER ABHISIT AIMS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador recommended to a top MFA official on April 21 that the RTG lift the state of emergency (SOE) in Bangkok as soon as possible. RTG officials tell us that they understand our view and are eager to rescind the SOE, but they are concerned about a continuing possibility of destab [...]	2009-04-21 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK1028	LAO HMONG: THAIS OPEN INFORMAL DIALOGUE ON NONG [...] (C) On April 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited representatives from the four countries that have received UNHCR referrals of the 158 recognized refugees detained for over two years in the Nong Khai Immigration Detention Center - the U.S. (70 referrals),Australia (47),Canada (16) [...]	2009-04-24 05:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH LA
09BANGKOK1034	THAI PRIME MINISTER LIFTS STATE OF EMERGENCY, [...] (C) The RTG at mid-day April 24 rescinded the state of emergency that had existed in Bangkok since April 12. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, meeting with Charge and visiting civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, said he hoped that Secretary Clinton would be able to sign an instrument for U.S [...]	2009-04-24 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK1053	Local Broadcast Media Comes Under Fire During Songkran [...] (SBU) Summary: Local broadcast media was attacked from both sides of the political spectrum for its coverage of the recent anti-government protests in Thailand. Pro-Thaksin sympathizers heavily criticized local television stations for their allegedly one-sided coverage of the violent events th [...]	2009-04-29 05:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
09BANGKOK1059	THAKSIN'S REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC [...] (C) In the run-up to mid-April riots in Bangkok, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra used increasingly incendiary rhetoric. Although Thaksin has subsequently asserted he supports only peaceful measures, his public call for a "revolution" and for the supremacy of "the people" over sometim [...]	2009-04-29 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1060	MGSF01: Good Initial A/H1N1 Response in Thailand [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has cautioned its public to avoid travel to parts of the U.S. and Mexico. In Thailand there have been no reported cases of A/H1N1 in humans or swine, but Ministry of Public Health officials, with CDC advice, are meeting daily as part of a robust p [...]	2009-04-29 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1088	UNESCAP 65TH COMMISSION SESSION DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) held its 65th annual session at its headquarters in Bangkok on April 23-29. A recurrent topic of discussion was the current global economic downturn and the meeting's ministerial segment provi [...]	2009-05-01 05:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR IR CH INCB KS JA PK RS XB TH
09BANGKOK1090	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the Export Control Academy, Athens, GA, April 13-24. Program Assistant attended an ASEAN Export Control Workshop co-hosted by Thailand and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),Apr. 27-29. DOE's Todd Perry conducted follow-on meetings [...]	2009-05-01 06:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
09BANGKOK1101	CROWD CONTROL DURING RECENT PROTESTS IN THAILAND [...] (C) The Thai Army, rather than the police, played the leading role in quelling angry demonstrations in Bangkok April 12-14. The Thai government's decision to rely on the Army may have stemmed from several factors, including the political views of leading Army and police officers, as well as l [...]	2009-05-01 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KJUS KDEM ASEC MOPS TH
09BANGKOK1102	MGSF01: No Thai H1N1, ASEAN Flu Summit May 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There remain no reported cases of A/H1N1 in humans or swine in Thailand. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) will host May 7-8 a ministerial summit of ASEAN health ministers, to include Japanese, Chinese and South Korean representation. Thailand has continued its cautionary advisory [...]	2009-05-01 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1122	MGSF01: No Thai H1N1; ASEAN Flu Summit May 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There remain no reported cases of A/H1N1 in humans or swine in Thailand. Control measures at the airports are in effect. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) will host May 7-8 a ministerial summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) + 3 (Japan, China, South Korea) heal [...]	2009-05-06 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1132	RECOMMENDATION TO PRUDENTIALLY REVOKE THAI EX-PM [...] (C) Post recommends that the Department prudentially revoke former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's U.S. non-immigrant visas. This recommendation is based on our belief that Thaksin has possibly committed a crime involving moral turpitude. The RTG has two arrest warrants outstanding for T [...]	2009-05-07 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV PINR TH
09BANGKOK114	NEW "THAI PRIDE" PARTY (PHUMJAI THAI) BECOMES [...] (SBU) As legislators from dissolved political parties develop new party affiliations, it appears a faction of former People's Power Party legislators will comprise the second-largest coalition partner of the Democrat Party. This faction, loyal to Buriram politician Newin Chidchob, is at the c [...]	2009-01-15 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1146	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (U) Please see requests for further information in paras 2 and 3. GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) In a joint demarche on May 5 with the embassies of Australia, Japan, and Russia, we delivered reftel talking points on th [...]	2009-05-11 02:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PGOV PINR PREL ASR TH
09BANGKOK1150	THAILAND NAMES NEW TRADE REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai Cabinet approved May 6 the appointment of former Democrat Party parliamentarian Kiat Sittheeamorn as the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) new trade representative, a position resurrected from the Thaksin years. At a higher rank than former Prime Minister Thaksin's trade re [...]	2009-05-11 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PINR TH
09BANGKOK1157	LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT OF THE POLITICAL IMPASSE: [...] (C) As was the case in 2008 during the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) extended occupation of Government House, there are a variety of possible options for the Thai political elite to pursue in negotiating its way out of the current political impasse: constitutional amendments; amnesty f [...]	2009-05-12 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1158	MGSF01: ASEAN+3 Flu Ministerial May 7-8 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 8 Health Ministers from ASEAN + 3 (including China, Japan and South Korea) gathered in Bangkok for a "Special Meeting on Influenza A(H1N1);" a senior officials meeting took place on May 7. The resulting Joint Ministerial Statement asserted that a pandemic was imminent, th [...]	2009-05-12 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1167	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LOCAL OFFICIALS' VIEWS OF THE [...] (C) Summary: A range of provincial government and security officials gave us differing views about the security situation in the deep south, the state of the Malay Muslim insurgency, and possible government countermeasures during a mid-March trip to southern Thailand. A Narathiwat vice govern [...]	2009-05-14 02:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1188	THAI FM KASIT SENDS LETTER TO BURMESE FM ON ASSK; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya told Ambassador on May 12 that he would engage the Burmese government on Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) situation, on behalf of both Thailand and ASEAN. Kasit's personal aide told us late May 14 that Kasit had signed a letter to the Burm [...]	2009-05-14 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1190	THAI MFA NOT SUSPICIOUS OF GROWING CHINESE POWER [...] (C) Summary. According to the Thai MFA Director of Chinese Affairs, Thailand agreed that increased transparency of Chinese military intentions would help regional stability, but Thailand had no reason to be concerned with growing Chinese military power and accepted as natural China's growing [...]	2009-05-14 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PM PREL TH CH
09BANGKOK1195	DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: THAI DEPLOYMENT APPROVED BUT [...] (C) Summary and Recommendation: The Thai Peace Operations Center has confirmed a May 7 media report that the Thai Cabinet had given formal approval for Thai troops to join UNAMID. Despite the approval, preparations by the Thai military remain held back by Sudanese government refusal to approv [...]	2009-05-15 08:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR TH SU
09BANGKOK1200	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POLITICS AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) A leading associate of former Prime Minister Thaksin told the Ambassador in mid-May that pro-Thaksin supporters had poorly served their interests by engaging in violent riots in mid-April; a second associate reiterated his earlier assertion that the redshirt movement was now "way beyond Th [...]	2009-05-15 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1201	THAILAND: RESPONSE TO ASSK'S ARREST [...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit held a press conference May 15 to express concern over Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) situation, to call on the Burmese government not to extend her detention, and to ask the Burmese authorities to clarify the situation about the Amcit swimmer who visited ASSK's compound. [...]	2009-05-15 10:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1202	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Ministry of Commerce NR Automotive Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration Number: 0105550128261 Registration Date: December 12, 2007 Status: Company Limited Executive: Supat Chansilp Capital Registration: 1,000,000 Baht Location: 1729 Soi Lat Phrao 94 (Panjamit [...]	2009-05-15 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK1203	THAI GOVERNMENT (UNSUCCESSFULLY) RAIDS NOTORIOUS PIRATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6 a government-led enforcement team raided one of Thailand's most notorious markets for pirated and counterfeit goods, the Patpong night market in central Bangkok. A team of nearly 100 government officers, largely from the military's internal security units, rather than t [...]	2009-05-15 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK1217	THAILAND RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON CUBA REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand does not have significant economic or political interests in Cuba. Nevertheless, we provide information on Thai-Cuban ties below, as requested reftel. End summary. 2. (C) Response: (a) - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advanceme [...]	2009-05-19 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU TH
09BANGKOK124	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ALLEGES TORTURE IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Amnesty International (AI) released a report entitled "Thailand: Torture in the Southern Counter-Insurgency" on January 13. The report cited 34 accounts of alleged torture in the four southernmost provinces, including four cases that resulted in the death of the detainee. The report claim [...]	2009-01-16 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK125	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW PM ABHISIT'S PLAN FOR [...] (C) In a press conference for the Foreign Correspondents, Club of Thailand on January 14, Prime Minister Abhisit said resolution of the conflict in southern Thailand was among his government's top policy priorities. He said his government would restore the rule of law in all of Thailand, incl [...]	2009-01-16 10:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1265	THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: PAD PROTEST GROUP [...] (SBU) The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) behind the "yellowshirt" protests in 2008 has resolved to form a political party, name and leader as yet uncertain. Deputy Agriculture Minister Chartchai Pookyaporn, under pressure from his Phumjai Thai party, resigned from the cabinet on May 26 [...]	2009-05-26 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1266	TRAVELS ALONG THE MEKHONG: THAKSIN,S AURA [...] (C) Contacts along the border with Laos in northeastern Thailand told us prior to the mid-April Songkran riots that rural voters had begun to shift their focus beyond the personal draw of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to issues that affected their local communities. Despite the app [...]	2009-05-26 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1275	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: MILITARY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. A May 21 phone conversation between Thai Army Commander General Anupong Paochinda and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen underscored efforts to preclude further clashes between the militaries of the two countries. The Director of the Thai Army's Foreign Liaison Division called talk [...]	2009-05-27 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK1293	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA DVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) The Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) conducted an Export Control Assssment in Vietnam May 4-11. Advisor and embassy officials met with port, naval and marine police officials in Cambodia May 7-8. Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted the second phase of a Tracker [...]	2009-05-28 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTT MNUC PARM PREL CBTH VN
09BANGKOK1296	GAO LEARNS OF JADE ACT'S IMPACT IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: A Government Accountability Office (GAO) team visited Bangkok and Chantaburi May 12-15 to investigate the implementation and impact on Thailand of the U.S. Tom Lantos Block the Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts Act (JADE Act). Private gem dealers claim the JADE Act, which bans [...]	2009-06-01 04:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM TH
09BANGKOK1319	Thai Government Fights Rising Unemployment [...] (SBU) Summary: Not surprisingly, the global economic recession has caused the number of unemployed Thais to increase. The official unemployment rate in Thailand of about 2 percent is deceptively low because of very liberal definitions of what it means to be employed, and even then estimates a [...]	2009-06-02 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK1320	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TAK BAI DEATHS - NO ONE [...] (C) The Songkhla Provincial Court on May 29 ruled that security forces were not responsible for the deaths of 78 Malay Muslim Thais who died after security forces put down a demonstration at the Tak Bai police headquarters in 2004. The court decided that officers were merely performing their d [...]	2009-06-02 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1359	MGSF01: WHO and GPO Thailand developing vaccines [...] SUMMARY. Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has been working with World Health Organization to develop its vaccine production capabilities for both seasonal and pandemic influenzas. The technology utilized will be through a sub-license from the American pharmaceutical comp [...]	2009-06-04 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1360	THAI FM PRESSES CASE AGAINST BURMA AT ASEAN-EU [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of ASEAN Affairs Director Suchart Liengsaengthong on June 2 provided us with a readout of the ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) on May 27-28 in Phnom Penh (ref A). Suchart highlighted for us the efforts of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya to add [...]	2009-06-04 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1376	Thai Government Plans Migrant Worker Amnesty [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand will soon implement an "amnesty" plan to register illegal migrants from Burma, Laos, and Cambodia who are employed in certain sectors of the Thai economy: fishing, fisheries-related work, construction, farming and livestock, and domestic work. While details of the plan [...]	2009-06-09 00:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK1382	THAI ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S. [...] (U) In response to ref A, post has compiled a list of energy partnerships between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and the USG or entities in the U.S. private sector. USAID partnerships ------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID RDMA) oversees the Envir [...]	2009-06-09 07:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ENRG APECO TH
09BANGKOK1388	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWELVE KILLED IN MOSQUE ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: In one of the most lethal recent acts of violence, gunmen on June 8 entered a mosque during evening prayers in Cho Airong District of Narathiwat province (bordering Malaysia) and killed 12 people. The killings follow a surge in violence that appears to have resulted from the May [...]	2009-06-09 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK139	THAI GOVERNMENT REACTS QUICKLY TO CRITICISM OF [...] (SBU) In a January 19th meeting with local human rights activities, Royal Thai government (RTG) Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva responded to international press criticism of treatment of Rohingyas "boat people" entering Thai territory. Recent press reports by the South China Morning Post and [...]	2009-01-20 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK140	THAI COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIAN TO THREE YEARS FOR [...] (C) The Thai Criminal Court sentenced Australian author Harry Nicolaides January 19 to three years imprisonment for the criminal offense of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, related to remarks in his 2005 novel Verisimilitude. Nicolaides had remained imprisoned without bail since bein [...]	2009-01-20 10:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1401	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FOREIGN VIEWS OF THAI [...] (C) The brutal June 8 attack by unknown perpetrators on a mosque in Narathiwat province (reftel) may set back efforts to ameliorate the conflict in southern Thailand. Over the past weeks, various foreign observers privately expressed divergent views about the likelihood and possible modalities [...]	2009-06-10 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PINS TH MY
09BANGKOK141	BANGKOK PROPOSAL: 2009 AG-BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Bangkok requests $5439 in funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs' agricultural biotechnology outreach funds for FY2009. EEB's funding would support a speaker for a workshop, to be co-funded by USDA and USPTO, entitled Biotechnology and Risk Asses [...]	2009-01-20 10:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP SENV TH
09BANGKOK1415	ASEAN SYG SURIN DISCUSSES ASSK TRIAL AND OTHER [...] (C) Embassy Rangoon Charge d'Affaires Dinger met in Bangkok with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan June 10. Surin sees the ASEAN Charter as already building political will in the region. He praised ASEAN Ministers for spending an hour at the recent ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) in [...]	2009-06-12 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK1428	Thai Immigration Makes Arrests in Labor Trafficking Case [...] (SBU) On May 17, the Thai Immigration Police (raided a small garland-making factory (located in a home) in Samut Sakhon, rescuing nineteen Laotian girls and young women, ages 12-20, who the police consider victims of human trafficking. The Immigration police arrested the two factory owners, M [...]	2009-06-15 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK147	EMBASSY BANGKOK COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 08:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP TH
09BANGKOK1485	ENGAGEMENT ON LAO HMONG ISSUE YIELDS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Ravic Huso, met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations Deputy Director General Ittiporn Boonpracong, and Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Border Division Chief LTG Niphat Thonglek on June 11 and 12 to discuss the ongoing cu [...]	2009-06-19 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF TH LA
09BANGKOK1487	THAI MFA DEMARCHE ON UNESCO/AMCIT VISIT TO PREAH [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA's American Affairs Acting Director General Apirath Vienravi called in then Charge June 18 for to express grave concern over a team of UNESCO representatives, including an Amcit, which crossed through Thai territory without permission or visas in April, en route to the Preah [...]	2009-06-19 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCUL TH
09BANGKOK1491	PRO-THAKSIN CANDIDATE WINS BELLWETHER HOUSE [...] (C) A pro-Thaksin candidate trounced the representative of coalition member Phumjai Thai party in a June 21 House of Representatives by-election in the upper northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon. The election was widely seen as a test of the influence of both former Prime Minister Thaksin an [...]	2009-06-22 07:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1500	THAILAND TO ENFORCE UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador stressed to MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul the importance of Thailand fully implementing UNSCR 1874 during a June 22 meeting. The RTG would implement the resolution, and relevant Thai agencies had already met to discuss the resolution and determine legal [...]	2009-06-23 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KN TH
09BANGKOK151	THAILAND: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Gregory Hicks),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for [...]	2009-01-21 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH
09BANGKOK1541	THAKSIN SUPPORTER WINS BY-ELECTION; "REDSHIRTS" [...] (C) The Puea Thai (opposition) party won a by-election for a House of Representatives seat in the northeastern province of Sisaket on June 28. Garnering 124,327 votes, Surachart Charnpradit defeated Sakulthip Angkasakullkiat, from the Chart Thai Pattana party (a member of the governing coalit [...]	2009-06-29 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK1547	THAI INVESTMENT SPENDING STIMULUS PACKAGE: 12 BILLION NOW, [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 22, the Thai government cleared a hurdle when a key element of its overarching plan to stimulate the Thai economy in light of the global economic crisis was approved. The Thai Parliament passed an emergency decree allowing the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to borrow appr [...]	2009-06-30 00:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK1568	THAILAND STUDYING ASEAN-U.S. TIFA WORK PLAN PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel talking points June 29 to Mr. Noppadon Sarawasi, Deputy Director-General, Department of Trade Negotiations, of the Thai Ministry of Commerce. Mr. Sarawasi will attend the July 14 ASEAN-U.S. Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM) on behalf of the Royal Thai Gov [...]	2009-07-01 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ETRD TH
09BANGKOK1569	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: TENSIONS INCREASE, [...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia in regard to their border dispute have increased recently after the Thai Cabinet decided to renew its objection to the World Heritage Committee's (WHC) listing of the Preah Vihear temple, based on a unilateral Cambodian submission in 2008, in [...]	2009-07-01 10:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK1574	THAI FINANCE MINISTER ON AMERICAN BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij, the Ambassador raised concerns about less than fair and transparent treatment U.S. business receives from the Ministry's Customs Department. The Ambassador also raised the Megaports Initiative, encouraging the Thai go [...]	2009-07-02 10:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK163	NEW PM TACKLES THAILAND'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thailand's fourth quarter economic figures show an "economy in crisis," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva told numerous local and foreign audiences over the last several weeks during a non-stop schedule of speeches to woo the country with his cabinet's economic stimulus plans. "Ma [...]	2009-01-22 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR PGOV TH
09BANGKOK164	PUSHING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, THAI PM LIGHTS FIRE [...] (C) Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered top police officers to accelerate investigations into unsolved high-profile crimes during a closed-door meeting on January 21. Abhisit flagged several Thaksin-era cases, including the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaipaijit and th [...]	2009-01-22 11:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK165	THAILAND'S HANDLING OF ROHINGYA "BOAT PEOPLE" OFF [...] (C) Summary: Thai military officials and villagers along Thailand's southern Andaman Sea coast described push-back actions of ethnic Rohingya to RefCoord January 22, but maintained that Thai civil defense volunteers and fishing boats, not Thai military officials, had been involved. UNHCR rep [...]	2009-01-22 12:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH
09BANGKOK1651	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended the annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 1-4. Advisor and Program Assistant visited Thai border crossings with Cambodia, June 17-19. Advisor briefed Cambodian officials on proposed EXBS program, June 23. Officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the [...]	2009-07-10 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB ID
09BANGKOK1653	PROBLEMS FOR THAI FOREIGN MINISTER KASIT - [...] (C) Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is again under scrutiny for his role in the late 2008 protests which shut down Bangkok's airports for eight days. On July 1 Royal Thai Police quietly issued a summons to Kasit and several dozen other leading People's Alliance for Democracy figures for [...]	2009-07-10 11:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1685	Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 Draws More Than 800 Experts to [...] SUMMARY: To help confront the urgent challenge of scaling up clean energy solutions for Asia while mitigating climate change, the US Agency for International Development's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other donors to orga [...]	2009-07-14 07:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO
09BANGKOK1695	MEGAPORTS REGIONAL WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first Megaports Initiative Regional Workshop was held in Bangkok, Thailand May 12-15, 2009. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Customs, and Port Authority of Thailand co-hosted the event with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Embassy. The workshop [...]	2009-07-15 02:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHLS EWWT ETTC PARM PREL TH
09BANGKOK1720	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Summary. General Casey, your meeting with Thai Army Commander General Anupong will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests and emphasize our support for important areas of our mil-mil relationship. Our military relationship provide [...]	2009-07-16 23:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1817	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RED-SHIRT LEADERS [...] (C) The Ambassador on July 17, as part of an on-going embassy effort, met with a group of core United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) red-shirt activists to encourage domestic political dialogue, assess their plans surrounding the July ASEAN and ARF meetings in Phuket, and to as [...]	2009-07-29 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1823	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES [...] (U) P. Wang Burapa Firearms Limited Partnership (PWB) was subject to ref B Blue Lantern investigation in January 2009. The firm's details and facility remain the same. The shop has obtained a special gun quota from Police for items for resale to police officers nationwide under a "Weapon Proc [...]	2009-07-29 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK1956	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Wisconsin Project staff conducted proliferator database training in Bangkok, July 14-16. Advisor conducted EXBS program coordination meetings in Jakarta, July 16-17. U.S. Coast Guard conducted Port Security training at Bangkok and Laem Chabang ports, July 20-31. Advisor escorted a deleg [...]	2009-08-10 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK1966	H1N1 Vaccine development in Thailand [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) is moving ahead with its program to produce H1N1 vaccines later this year. H1N1 continues to make headline news with the country's first prenatal infection, 81 deaths, over 10,000 cases and as many as 500,000 suspected cas [...]	2009-08-11 01:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1980	SOUTHERN THAILAND: ENDURING VIOLENCE AND THE WAY [...] (C) The conflict in Thailand's Deep South, which entered a new, more violent phase in January 2004, has ground on for five and a half years, cost some 3500 lives, and has no end in sight. At its core, the conflict is about identity, sovereign control, justice, and the Royal Thai Government,s [...]	2009-08-12 06:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
09BANGKOK1998	NEXT STEPS ON THE VIKTOR BOUT EXTRADITION CASE IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. The disappointing August 11 Thai Lower Court ruling against the extradition of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, and its dubious legal reasoning, requires a multi-pronged effort to seek a successful reversal during the appeals process. The lead judge's foray into foreign [...]	2009-08-13 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PTER KCRM TH RS CO
09BANGKOK2003	THAILAND ISSUES ASEAN CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. Thailand issued an ASEAN Chairman's statement on August 11 reiterating the call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) as well as all other political prisoners, with the goal of allowing them to participate in the 2010 general elections and paving the way for nati [...]	2009-08-13 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH BM
09BANGKOK2009	ABHISIT,S SIX MONTH CHECK-UP: STAYIN ALIVE, [...] (C) Defying the longevity projections of seasoned Thai political handicappers everywhere, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva recently marked the six-month point in his tenure by mounting a public defense of his administration's record to date. Abhisit expressed optimism that his government had [...]	2009-08-14 08:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2032	LABOR LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT RIGHTS AND LESS WORK DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor leaders from the Eastern Seaboard area believe that companies may be using the economic downturn to undermine labor union rights. They also complained to visiting Econoffs of a lack of enforcement of existing labor protection laws and Thailand's unwillingness so far to rat [...]	2009-08-17 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD TH
09BANGKOK2034	RED SHIRTS PEACEFULLY PETITION THE KING [...] (C) On August 17, more than 20,000 "red-shirt" sympathizers of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra assembled in a park adjacent to the Grand Palace to show support for a massive signature gathering petition campaign seeking royal amnesty for Thaksin (Ref A). Despite wide spread concerns [...]	2009-08-17 11:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2041	PRM PDAS WITTEN OPENS DOOR ON LAO HMONG IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. During a busy July 28-August 1 visit to Thailand, PRM PDAS Samuel Witten met with senior Royal Thai Government (RTG) civilian and military officials on the Lao Hmong issue, and toured the two sites in Thailand where a total of almost 5,000 Lao Hmong are being held. Witten push [...]	2009-08-18 06:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK2045	SENATOR WEBB FOCUSES ON BURMA WITH PM AND FM; [...] (C) Summary. During the course of August 17 meetings with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Foreign Minister Kasit Pirmoya, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) shared the details of his recent visit to Burma and outlined his thoughts on breaking the impasse with the regime. Both Kasit and Vejjajiva not [...]	2009-08-18 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH BM RS
09BANGKOK2046	Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...]	2009-08-18 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH
09BANGKOK209	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI FM KASIT'S [...] (U) Summary: A January 26 visit to Cambodia by Thai FM Kasit Piromya produced positive statements by both sides regarding the ongoing border dispute centered on territory around the Preah Vihear temple. Kasit met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong; press reports [...]	2009-01-27 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2096	SOUTHERN THAILAND: THE HDC DIALOGUE RESUMES [...] (S) In a late July meeting, HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) representative Michael Vatikiotis briefed us on RTG efforts to revive the HDC brokered dialogue between the Thai government and insurgents in southern Thailand. In subsequent meetings with CG in Chang Mai, Mark Tamthai, Dir [...]	2009-08-21 04:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2109	LAO HMONG AT PETCHABUN: RECENT MOVEMENTS INCLUDE [...] (SBU) In an unusual early morning repatriation on August 18, 45 Lao Hmong men, women and children resident in the Petchabun camp were returned to Laos. Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) personnel involved in the movement told RefCoord that all departed voluntarily. The NGO Catholic Organization [...]	2009-08-21 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TH LA
09BANGKOK2149	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MIDDAY BOMB ATTACK IN [...] (S) Summary: A car bomb exploded August 25 in front of a restaurant in the deep southern province of Narathiwat, injuring over 40 people; no one was killed, however. The incident bears many of the hallmarks of an insurgent style attack, though mid-day bombings are still rare for an insurgency [...]	2009-08-26 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH

09BANGKOK2150	Thai Economy Improves in Second Quarter (For Most) [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Second quarter economic data released August 24 by the Thai Government showed an improved economic situation in Thailand. Gross domestic (GDP) was down 4.9 percent when compared to the same period in 2008, but improved 2.3 percent over the first quarter of this year [...]	2009-08-26 11:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB TH
09BANGKOK2175	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Krungthai Firearms, Ltd. was listed. Registration No. 0103510012517 Registered Date: September 13, 1967 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 750,000 baht Partners: Amornthep Sajathep, with an investment of 500,000 baht, and Saova [...]	2009-08-27 10:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK2180	THE RED-SHIRTS ARE COMING....AGAIN [...] (C) Despite King Bhumibol's August 21 appeal for national unity (REF A),the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," continued preparations for a planned August 30 demonstration. In response, on August 25 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's [...]	2009-08-28 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2181	STAFFDEL BLANK INFORMATION FOR THAILAND (SEP 3-6) [...] Post welcomes Jonah Blank from September 3 to September 6, 2009. 2. Hotel reservations for September 3-4 have been made at: -- Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is USD 145 (taxes and American breakfast included) and is within [...]	2009-08-28 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH
09BANGKOK2182	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. During meetings with the Thai Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Bank of Thailand, Ambassador Philip Goldberg and delegation stressed the importance of full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1874 and 1718. Thai Foreign Ministry officials reiterated [...]	2009-08-28 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC TH KN
09BANGKOK2185	Reforming Thai Customs: First Steps Taken [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, threats of ludicrously high customs penalties against very prominent American, European, and Japanese companies appear to have back-fired against the Customs officials who stood to profit handsomely. After strong advocacy by this Embassy and others, including [...]	2009-08-28 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2186	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI ARMY ASSESSES [...] (C) Thai and Cambodian press reports over the past week indicated that Cambodia would reduce the number of troops in the Preah Vihear area after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen August 22 announced a troop reduction, possibly by much as fifty percent. Hun Sen's announcement preceded a visit by [...]	2009-08-28 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2187	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI ARMY ASSESSES [...] (C) Thai and Cambodian press reports over the past week indicated that Cambodia would reduce the number of troops in the Preah Vihear area after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen August 22 announced a troop reduction, possibly by much as fifty percent. Hun Sen's announcement preceded a visit by [...]	2009-08-28 11:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2195	COUP RUMORS REAPPEAR BUT EVEN REDS DOUBT THEM [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Despite renewed rumors of potential military intervention in the political conflict, spread as far as we can tell by anti-government red-shirt sources, Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda appears resolute in his stance in keeping the Army [...]	2009-08-31 09:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2207	THAILAND: DEMOCRAT PARTY PREVAILS IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) According to unofficial results reported in the Thai media, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's governing Democrat party won a resounding victory in an August 30 House of Representatives by-election in the southern province of Surat Thani. Democrat candidate Thani Thaugsuban -- Deputy PM [...]	2009-08-31 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2226	SOUTHERN THAILAND: CONFLICT, CONFLICTING GOALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Issues of identity, language, violence against teachers, and quality of instruction are some of the key challenges facing the educational environment and its impact on life in southern Thailand, according to academic, government, and NGO interlocutors we engaged in southern Thai [...]	2009-09-02 10:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK225	THAI PARLIAMENT OFFERS ASSENT FOR UPCOMING ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: After several months of delays, the Thai parliament on January 27 approved 41 ASEAN-related draft agreements, as required by the 2007 Thai Constitution, but sent two agreements to a specially-established scrutiny committee before final approval. The votes allow the RTG to sign [...]	2009-01-28 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2260	PRIVY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PALACE OFFICIAL QUASH [...] (C) Summary: Privy Council Members and a palace official publicly and privately September 2-3 have dampened speculation about the potential for any pardon or "deal" for fugitive former PM Thaksin Shinawatra. The Thai media widely reported the September 2 comments of Privy Councilor Ampol Sena [...]	2009-09-04 08:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2286	EXECUTIONS RESUME IN THAILAND AFTER SIX YEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 24, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) executed two Thai drug traffickers by lethal injection after their request for a King's pardon was rejected; these were the first executions in Thailand since 2003. The overall Thai reaction was a shrug; there remains high societal [...]	2009-09-09 04:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK2289	THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT,S [...] (C) Above and beyond the challenges associated with steering Thailand out of the economic morass, PM Abhisit continues to grapple with a seemingly endless litany of political problems both inside and outside his party, including in-fighting with Deputy PM Suthep. Questions about possible elec [...]	2009-09-09 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2306	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor escorted a delegation of Thai officials on an International Visitors Program to Washington, D.C., August 3-5. Vietnam Program Assistant escorted Vietnamese officials on a visit to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters and training facilities, August 3-7. Advisor observed nuclear and radi [...]	2009-09-10 08:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
09BANGKOK2307	SOUTHERN THAILAND: NOT ALL VIOLENCE INSURGENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The violence in Thailand's Deep South cannot exclusively be attributed to the insurgency, according to a range of academic, government, and NGO contacts we engaged on an August 16-19 trip to Thailand's southern three provinces. Other key factors behind incidents of violence/mur [...]	2009-09-10 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2320	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CUSTOMS CONCERNS WITH DEPUTY FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "I will work personally to address these customs problems," Deputy Finance Minister Pradit Phataraprasit told the Ambassador in a meeting on September 8. Pradit, a coalition member of the Abhisit Administration, is the face of the government's new reform plan to address at least [...]	2009-09-11 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK233	ROHINGYA BOAT PEOPLE: THAI GOVERNMENT MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 29th, UNHCR Regional Representative Raymond Hall met with FM Kasit in a meeting Hall described to us as "positive overall." The encounter, heavily covered by local media, was the first direct meeting by UNHCR with Thai officials on the Rohingyas issue. After hearing [...]	2009-01-29 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM KTIP SMIG TH BM
09BANGKOK2342	"KILL THE CHICKEN TO WARN THE MONKEY": NEW LESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Thai judiciary sentenced red political activist Daranee "Da Torpedo" Charnchoengsilpakul to 18 years in prison August 28 for lese majeste offenses committed in a series of speeches at red-shirt rallies in June-July 2008. The handling of the case demonstrated both the sensitivi [...]	2009-09-15 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK2343	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TH
09BANGKOK2355	THAI REACTION (GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS) TO DOL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A senior Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) representative negatively reacted September 10 to reftel talking points regarding the release of the Department of Labor's (DOL) list of goods believed to be produced by forced labor or child labor (mandated by the Trafficking Vi [...]	2009-09-16 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PREL KTIP TH
09BANGKOK2369	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: WEEKEND PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Yellow-shirt supporters plan a September 19 protest in the vicinity of Preah Vihear temple to demand that Cambodia civilians vacate the disputed territory adjacent to the temple. The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) claims that the Thai government has surrendered sovereignty [...]	2009-09-17 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK237	THAILAND CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] This report provides information as requested by the Department of Labor to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are implementing their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as required unde [...]	2009-01-30 02:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK2386	THAILAND: RED SHIRTS PREPARE TO MARCH ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," will gather at Sanam Luang on Saturday, September 19 to mark the third anniversary of the coup that ousted fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. UDD leaders claim an estimated 50-60,000 [...]	2009-09-18 08:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2387	"CAUSE I'M THE TAX MAN": PROPOSED EXCISE TAX CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies have long complained about the burden of Thailand's excise taxes, which are particularly high on automobiles, gasoline, beer, wine, and distilled spirits. In recent weeks, several U.S. companies have approached the Mission seeking our advocacy efforts with regards [...]	2009-09-18 09:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2401	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT ON UNGA, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador met PM Abhisit Vejajjiva at Government House September 18 to review a wide range of issues likely to arise during Abhisit's upcoming September 21-26 trip to NY and Pittsburgh for the UN General Assembly, the G20 Summit, and a Thai "business roadshow" outreac [...]	2009-09-21 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2402	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) On September 18, the Ambassador met with Yongyuth Wichait, the leader of the opposition Puea Thai Party, to sound him out on a number of issues of importance to the opposition. Former Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama joined the meeting as well. Yongyuth expressed confidence in Puea Thai [...]	2009-09-21 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2405	THAILAND'S MARCHING SEASON: BRAWL NEAR BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: September 19 proved to be a day of dueling political rallies in Thailand. The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka "the red-shirt" supporters of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, gathered in Bangkok to mark the third anniversary of the mil [...]	2009-09-21 11:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2455	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Niphon Promphan, Secretary-General for Prime Minister Abhisit and a trusted advisor of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, on September 24. Niphon expressed exasperation with the prolonged political stalemate and what he characterized as a degradation of Thai politica [...]	2009-09-28 05:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2459	THAILAND: CHARTER CHANGE ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY [...] (U) Summary: On September 24, the joint parliament whips resolved to draft legislation to amend six articles of the 2007 Constitution. The whips will meet again on October 1 to determine the modalities of presenting and approving the proposed amendments, which touch on how MPs and Senators are [...]	2009-09-28 06:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2464	THAILAND: PREVIEWING THE RESULTS OF THE BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Charge previewed the results of our Burma policy review to MFA East Asian Director General Kittiphong na Ranong September 28, per reftel. Kittiphong probed U.S. thinking on how we planned to handle incremental next steps, expressed both doubt that the regime would take the first [...]	2009-09-28 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH
09BANGKOK248	OHCHR BANGKOK REGIONAL OFFICE FAVORS PROMOTION OF [...] (C) In response to reftel, we queried employees of NGOs, diplomatic missions, and the legal community for an assessment of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Bangkok, the regional office for Southeast Asia. Many viewed OHCHR as focused on the promotion of human ri [...]	2009-01-30 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2489	THAILAND: PREAH VIHEAR IN PLAY AGAIN AS BOTH A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The swirl of issues around the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border once again garnered headlines as both a domestic issue and irritant in Thai-Cambodian relations, as it did in mid-2008. The Thai National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) voted on September 29 t [...]	2009-09-30 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK250	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) conducted Boarding Officer Courses at Laem Chabang and Bangkok ports, Jan. 12-23. Advisor conducted consultations in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6-8. The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue was shipped from the UK and is due to arrive in Vietnam on Feb. [...]	2009-02-02 00:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB
09BANGKOK2510	THAILAND: COURT SENTENCES THREE IN LOTTERY CASE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Thai Supreme Court on September 30 handed down suspended jail terms to three officials from the Thaksin administration for their role in a lottery scheme deemed illegal, though they were not convicted on separate charges of financial corruption/benefitting from the lottery. Th [...]	2009-10-01 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2540	WHERE ARE THEY NOW? TWO THAI MUSLIMS CONVICTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Two ethnic Malay Muslim Thai nationals sentenced to life in prison in Cambodian court in 2003 after being convicted of providing material support to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) returned quietly to Thailand in July following negotiations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh. Both men are livi [...]	2009-10-05 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2551	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH AGRICULTURE MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador called on Theera Wongsamut, the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, on October 2 to describe the objectives of a forthcoming seminar focusing on biotechnology and risk communications. The Ambassador also encouraged the Ministry's Department of Livestock Develo [...]	2009-10-06 05:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK2569	LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN: TENSIONS FLARE IN CAMP, [...] (SBU) On October 6 at approximately 7:30 pm local (Bangkok) time, a small group of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) soldiers in the military-run camp for Lao Hmong in Petchabun fired their weapons in the air to disperse a crowd. Employees of an NGO in the camp described hearing (but not witnes [...]	2009-10-07 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK2587	THAILAND'S LOWER NORTHEAST: A LOOK AT NEWIN [...] (C) Newin Chidchob, godfather of government coalition partner Phumjai Thai, has had a good year by almost any measure. His father is Parliament Speaker; his party holds a disproportionate number of cabinet jobs compared to its 32 MPs; Phumjai Thai aspires to increase its share of MP seats in [...]	2009-10-09 00:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2588	THAI POLICY TOWARDS BURMA: THAI OFFICIALS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thai officials, academics, and activists debated Thailand's position, role, and policy vis-a-vis its problematic western neighbor Burma at Chulalongkorn University's Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) October 6. The speakers covered the wide array of issu [...]	2009-10-09 00:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK2595	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Anti-Corruption and Integrity Awareness Workshop in Thailand, Sep. 14-15. Advisor conducted meetings with post and Vietnamese officials in Hanoi and a visit to Lao Cai border crossing, Sep. 21-25. Advisor met with officials from Thailand's [...]	2009-10-09 09:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB CH
09BANGKOK2597	ENVIRONMENTALISTS VERSUS INDUSTRIALISTS: THE MAP TA PHUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 29, a Thai administrative court issued an injunction to halt 76 new industrial projects -- valued at $10 billion -- at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand's much vaunted Eastern Seaboard Industrial Development Zone over allegations that the government faile [...]	2009-10-09 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV PREL TH
09BANGKOK26	PLOTTER CONVICTED IN 2004 KILLING OF THAI [...] (C) The Criminal Court sentenced provincial lawyer Thanu Hinkaew to death on December 31 for allegedly orchestrating the 2004 killing of environmental activist Charoen Wataksorn; the court also acquitted two co-defendants due to lack of evidence. Thanu remained in court custody, pending an ap [...]	2009-01-07 07:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK2606	THAILAND: KING BHUMIBOL HOSPITALIZATION UPDATE [...] (S) Summary: As King Bhumibol's hospitalization pushes close to four weeks, elements of why he was hospitalized and why it has lasted so long have become clearer, even as it seems that he has recovered physically. It appears likely that issues related to his Parkinson's led to the initial ho [...]	2009-10-13 05:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK263	SCENESETTER FOR SENIOR MILITARY VISITORS TO [...] (C) Summary. Coming visits by component commanders, and other senior leaders of various U.S. military commands will afford a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai government, to promoting a continued strong bilateral relations [...]	2009-02-02 08:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2655	Bangkok Airport Receives Good Marks Despite Remaining [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conducted an assessment of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK) at the end of September. TSA noted that Airports of Thailand (AoT) has made noticeable progress with security measures in the past [...]	2009-10-16 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR KHLS TH
09BANGKOK2656	THAI STOCK MARKET MOVES ON RUMORS OF KING'S HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As widely reported in the local and international press, rumors of the King Bhumibol's ill health drove the Thai stock market into a frenzy for two straight days this week. Combined losses over the two days amounted nearly $13 billion, but the market was able to recover some of t [...]	2009-10-16 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK2657	ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER RALLY: RED SHIRTS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) plan to rally October 17 to protest a perceived delay in processing the petition for a royal pardon for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Ref E). Unlike previous protests, UDD leaders expect most partic [...]	2009-10-16 10:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2682	CHINA SPARKS HYDRO DEBATE AT MEKONG RIVER COMMISSION [...] (SBU)SUMMARY. The unprecedented active participation of Chinese officials breathed life into the Mekong River Commission's previously tame annual stakeholders meeting in Chiang Rai on October 15-16. Government and NGO representatives engaged in a lively debate with the Chinese, who presented t [...]	2009-10-20 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR CH ECON
09BANGKOK2723	LET,S PLAY TWO: THAILAND HOSTS ASEAN+6 SUMMIT [...] (C) Thailand successfully hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit, as well as the follow-on ASEAN 3 and East Asian Summits, October 23-25. The meetings took place without incident and represented a face saving victory of sorts for a government still struggling to distance itself from the stain associate [...]	2009-10-26 11:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2742	AMBASSADOR WEIGHS IN ON DOW CHEMICAL PROJECT SUSPENSION [...] (U) Summary: As reported ref B, the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has been ordered by Thailand's Central Administrative Court to halt construction in the Map Ta Phut industrial zone, where U.S. firms Dow Chemical and Chevron have multi-billion dollar projects underway. IEAT h [...]	2009-10-28 07:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV PREL TH
09BANGKOK2746	THAILAND: THAKSIN'S LATEST MOVES SET THE TABLE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 00:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2767	TRAIN ACCIDENT REVEALS UNION WOES AND MAY LEAD TO RAIL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Seven people were killed when an overnight Bangkok-bound express train derailed earlier this month. Citing the train crash as an example of the poor state of trains in Thailand, unionized railway workers in the deep South suspended local services, claiming that their [...]	2009-10-29 09:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD TH
09BANGKOK2777	Major Outcomes of the Coral Triangle Initiative Senior [...] The "Coral Triangle" includes the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea. This 5.7 million square km area of ocean and islands has the highest marine biodiversity on earth. It provides livelihood for 120 million people and food for many more. The ar [...]	2009-10-30 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH
09BANGKOK2791	THAILAND: TWO NETIZENS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Police (RTP) arrested two Thai citizens November 1 for allegedly contributing to the panic that triggered the Thai stock market to plunge in mid-October (Ref A). RTP personnel detained Teeranun Wipuchanin and Katha Pajariyapong on suspicion of violating Thailand' [...]	2009-11-02 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL DRL TH
09BANGKOK2808	THAILAND LIKELY TO ABSTAIN OR SUPPORT U.N. [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel Goldstone report points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations official Chonvipat Changtrakul November 4, urging Thailand to oppose a U.N. General Assembly resolution or other efforts to pressure the Security Council on the matter [...]	2009-11-05 00:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL TH
09BANGKOK2817	GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS OF MIGRANT WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: In July of this year, the Thai government began implementing an amnesty program for illegal migrant workers in Thailand. Employed migrants from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma may apply for temporary work permits and must have their nationality verified by their government. Those wh [...]	2009-11-05 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK2821	GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS OF MIGRANT WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: In July of this year, the Thai government began implementing an amnesty program for illegal migrant workers in Thailand. Employed migrants from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma may apply for temporary work permits and must have their nationality verified by their government. Those wh [...]	2009-11-05 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK283	THAILAND'S SOUTHERN INSURGENCY: ABHISIT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: The Abhisit government reopened the secret channel of discussions with representatives of southern insurgents facilitated by the Henri Dunant Centre (HDC) in late January, HDC Southeast Asian representative Michael Vatikiotis told PolCouns February 3. Vatikiotis said that Thai FM [...]	2009-02-03 10:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2849	THAILAND-CAMBODIA SPAT: RTG RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST HUN SEN'S NAMING OF THAKSIN AS ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: The Royal Thai Government recalled its Ambassador to Cambodia late November 5 and announced a review of all diplomatic engagement in protest of Cambodian PM Hun Sen's naming of fugitive Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser. The decision, which led to a dramatic spike in [...]	2009-11-06 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2851	THAI FM KASIT AND DAS MARCIEL REVIEW BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. During a November 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel reviewed objectives for U.S. Burma policy as well as developments from the November 3-4 visit to Burma led by EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell. DAS Marciel and FM Kas [...]	2009-11-06 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF MASS TH BM
09BANGKOK2867	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN REPORTEDLY TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a move certain to inflame bilateral tensions, fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly will visit Phnom Penh November 12 to address the Cambodia Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Thai government has repeatedly stated that it will ask Cambodia to extradit [...]	2009-11-09 10:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2868	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor met with officials from Thai Customs and the Ministry of Commerce to discuss proposed activities for FY10. Advisor also transferred remaining radiation pagers to Customs. Hanoi Program Assistant coordinated FY10 proposals for Vietnam. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted WMD Boarding O [...]	2009-11-09 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB SN JP
09BANGKOK2874	THAILAND CONFIRMS NO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) Poloff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Latin America Division official Trit Kiriratnikom November 11 regarding updated information on the Thai-Cuban relationship. Trit explained that there had been no major developments in the Thai-Cuban relationship in the past six months, s [...]	2009-11-10 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU TH
09BANGKOK2887	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: EXTRADITION REQUEST REJECTED, [...] (C) Summary: Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly criticized the current Abhisit administration for encouraging false patriotism during a November 12 address in Phnom Penh to Cambodian business leaders and government officials in his role economic advisor to Hun Se [...]	2009-11-12 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2903	THAILAND: UPPER NORTHEAST - THIS IS THAKSIN COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra remains very popular in Thailand's upper northeastern provinces, a recent traverse of three provinces along the Mekong River revealed. Contacts consistently asserted that the majority of eligible voters still support Puea Thai a [...]	2009-11-13 12:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2905	THAILAND: FIREWORKS AT FIRST YELLOW-SHIRT RALLY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The People's Alliance for Democracy,s (PAD) first yellow-shirt rally in almost a year attracted approximately 20,000 well-behaved supporters in Bangkok late November 15 to the old PAD themes of defending the monarchy against fugitive former PM Thaksin and denouncing the actions of [...]	2009-11-16 09:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK291	STAFFDEL LUSE, THAI OFFICIALS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 12 discussion with Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Keith Luse, who was in Thailand to explore alleged trafficking issues, Thai forensic science expert Porntip Rojanasunan claimed that ten thousand unidentified bodies turn up in Tha [...]	2009-02-04 04:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP PREL PHUM PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2929	THAILAND: NO CHANGE IN APPROACH TO [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns engaged Acting PermSec Chitriya Pimthong, the highest ranking MFA official in country November 18, on U.S. priorities for upcoming country human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea (ref A; Thai positions previously reported in Ref B). Referencing Thai FM Ka [...]	2009-11-18 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2930	THAILAND: ON MIDDLE EAST UNGA RESOLUTIONS, THREE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 10:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA TH
09BANGKOK2931	THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT GOVT HAS [...] (C) Following a politically disastrous fortnight for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Puea Thai political party (REF B),current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is riding a wave of newfound popularity and enjoying the fruits of Thaksin's missteps. However, Abhisit recognizes [...]	2009-11-18 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2955	SOUTHERN THAILAND: A VIOLENT WEEK, EVEN BY [...] (U) Summary: It has been an active week on the southern Thai front. On November 16 and 17, there were two separate school bus shootings in Pattani. On November 17, a prolonged standoff and gunfight took place between government security forces and insurgents, ending in the death of six insurg [...]	2009-11-19 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2962	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR AND FM KASIT DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya called Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on short notice late November 19, primarily to discuss Cambodia and Thaksin. Kasit began the meeting expressing "profound thanks" for the President and Secretary's effective re-engagement in Asia this y [...]	2009-11-20 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2967	THAILAND: CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE INSIDE THE [...] (S) Introduction and Comment: With King Bhumibol significantly weakened by a variety of ailments that have kept him hospitalized for two months (refs A-B),realization that the end of his 62-year reign may be drawing near has heightened speculation and rumors about what might come next for the [...]	2009-11-23 05:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2969	MODERNIZING THAI CUSTOMS ONE STEP AT A TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly appointed Director General of the Thai Customs Department, Dr. Somchai Sujjapongse, explained to us on November 11 that the government would modernize and reform Customs in three phases. The first would be a limited package to modify the penalty structure and would also [...]	2009-11-23 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2975	GTIP Grant Monitoring: Asian Research Center for Migration [...] (SBU) Summary: The Asian Research Center for Migration (AR CM) is proceeding with the study of labor brokerage firms that send Thai citizens to work abroad. While its research plan has altered significantly, including travel to alternate destinations with an increased number of staff, project [...]	2009-11-24 03:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB TH
09BANGKOK2984	FOCUSED ON SPECIAL 301: ALONGKORN PROMOTES THAILAND'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 9, Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot and new Director General of Intellectual Property Pajchima Tanasanti emphasized to emboffs, visiting USTR official Rachel Bae and State Department IP official JoEllen Urban that the Abhisit Administration re [...]	2009-11-24 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK2985	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Raja Firearms Partnership, Ltd. was listed. Registration No. 0103508008460 Registered Date: October 12, 1965 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 5,000,000 baht Partners: Vijay Sachdev, with an investment of 2,200,000 baht and Ku [...]	2009-11-24 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK2986	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Bona fides of Mata Firearms: Registration No.: 0103518007989 Registration Date: May 26, 1975 Status: Limited partnership Capital Registration: 350,000 baht Partners: Aporn Muanthae, with an investment of 40,000 baht; Sanit Dejchaiyan, with an investment of 10,000 baht; Warachot Muanthae, [...]	2009-11-24 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK2987	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF SUWIT [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, International Electronics & Defence Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105522008368 Registered Date: April 25, 1979 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 2,000,000 baht Partners: Suwit Khandhawit and Rojana Khandha [...]	2009-11-24 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK2990	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF WITHAN [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Siam Aviation Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105515008722 Registered Date: December 6, 1972 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 4,000,000 baht Partners: Withan Makarabhirom, Wara Makarabhirom, Worathan Makara [...]	2009-11-24 10:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK3006	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL NORTH AND [...] (C) General North and Brigadier General Crowe, Embassy Bangkok welcomes your visit to Thailand during the celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday. Your visit signals the United States' appreciation for the long-standing bilateral relationship, which has facilitated shared bene [...]	2009-11-25 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK3007	Thai Economy Continues to Improve [...] Summary: Third quarter economic data shows continuing improvement in the Thai economy. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 1.3 percent from the second quarter. Nevertheless, GDP was still down 2.8 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008. Improvements were attributed to the government's [...]	2009-11-25 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB TH
09BANGKOK3009	THAILAND: THAKSIN PULLS THE PLUG ON NEXT BIG RED [...] (SBU) Summary: Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra used separate November 24 phone-ins to urge leaders of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," and the opposition Puea Thai party to stand down from a planned multi-day rally scheduled to [...]	2009-11-25 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3015	THAILAND: ABHISIT CANCELS CHIANG MAI TRIP IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Bowing to concerns about his security in the wake of local red-shirt threats to "cremate" him (ref A),Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on November 26 announced that he would not travel to the northern city of Chiang Mai as previously planned for a November 29 meeting with business [...]	2009-11-27 07:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3046	Thai Beef Up Implementation of Anti-Human Trafficking Law [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) officials detailed for Emboffs on November 20 continuing efforts by the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to combat human trafficking (TIP). Officials described various prevention and victim protection activities, includi [...]	2009-12-02 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB TH
09BANGKOK3066	RUSSIA LOOKS TO REINVIGORATE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Thai-Russia bilateral relationship blossomed earlier this decade after years of stagnation during the Cold War but has had little forward momentum since then, despite a November 27 visit to Bangkok by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sobyanin and Thai pledges that the Prime Minister a [...]	2009-12-04 08:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU TH
09BANGKOK3067	THAILAND: RED-SHIRTS SET THEIR SIGHTS ON DECEMBER [...] (C) Just one-week after abruptly cancelling their promised November 28-December 1 "showdown" rally out of alleged deference to the King's birthday celebration (REF A),the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," announced that they would hol [...]	2009-12-04 08:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK3072	FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...]	2009-12-04 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH
09BANGKOK3075	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor presented a briefing on the EXBS Program to Thai, Philippines and Indonesian officials during DTRA's WMD Interdiction Workshop at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),Bangkok, Nov. 2-6. Advisor visited DEA's Airport Interdiction Program facility in Chiang Mai, Thailan [...]	2009-12-04 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB JP
09BANGKOK3104	SOUTHERN THAILAND: INSURGENTS WELCOME MALAYSIAN PM [...] (U) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Rajak's joint visit with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to southern Thailand on December 9, ostensibly to promote Malaysia's support for peaceful resolution to the unrest in the border provinces, was marred by multiple insurgent attacks elsewhe [...]	2009-12-09 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY
09BANGKOK3115	THAILAND: RED CONSTITUTION DAY RALLY PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary: The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") rallied at the Democracy Monument in downtown Bangkok December 10 to mark Thailand's Constitution Day holiday. The gathering, which at its peak included over 20,000 people, was peaceful and largely free fr [...]	2009-12-11 08:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3117	LOWER MEKONG NATIONS ENGAGE CHINA, TACKLE HYDROPOWER [...] (U) Summary: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) continues to mature as engagement with China expands. Member states Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam met at the MRC's 16th Council that included a meeting with the MRC Donor Consultative Group in Thailand November 26-28. Donors announced $66 [...]	2009-12-11 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ENRG EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3129	THAILAND: THAI AUTHORITIES SEIZE PLANE WITH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Thai Immigration and Customs Police seized a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport late on December 11. Thai officials leaked information about the action to the Thai media late December 12, crediting the U.S. for providing information leadi [...]	2009-12-14 08:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ETTC KOMC MARR PINR PREL TH KN
09BANGKOK3145	THAILAND: A KEY, IF SOMETIMES RELUCTANT, PARTNER [...] (C) Introduction: Thailand is one of our closest partners on refugee affairs, having hosted perhaps the largest number of long-term refugees in the world over the past four decades. Over the past thirty-five years, some half-million refugees have moved through Thailand to resettle in third countrie [...]	2009-12-15 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK3174	AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES MELANNE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer's December 4-7 visit to Thailand energized RTG and NGO interlocutors on women's issues and highlighted the invaluable role USG initiatives play in promoting women's empowerment in Thailand. During the first leg of her trip in t [...]	2009-12-17 03:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KPAO TH
09BANGKOK3177	THAILAND: OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO PROPOSED CHILD LABOR LISTS [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently provided a copy of Thailand's official comments in response to the Department of Labor's request for public comments on the List of Products Requiring Federal Contractor Certification as to Forced/Indentured Child Labor Pursuant to Executive Order 13126. [...]	2009-12-17 08:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD PREL KTIP TH
09BANGKOK3188	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN RETURNS TO CAMBODIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra December 13 returned to Phnom Penh to take credit for the by-all-accounts orchestrated release of Siwarak Chutipong, a Thai engineer who had been imprisoned for reportedly sharing flight details for Thaksin's November visit to Cambodia [...]	2009-12-17 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK3223	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Export Control Experts Meeting in Hanoi, Dec. 8-10. Thai officials impounded an aircraft carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea on Dec. 11. Thai officials attended International Border Interdiction Train [...]	2009-12-22 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN

09BANGKOK3234	THAI PUBLIC OPINION SWINGS IN FAVOR OF DPRK [...] (C) Public commentary regarding the Thai government's December 11 seizure of a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport has turned markedly positive after some initial media coverage and statements from the political opposition that questioned the interdict [...]	2009-12-23 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL TH KN
09BANGKOK324	THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: JOINT BORDER [...] (C) Summary. The Thai and Cambodian Joint Border Commission met February 3-4 in Bangkok for friendly talks but was unable to make substantive progress in resolving their border dispute. The two sides could not agree on the official name for the temple at the heart of the border dispute and fo [...]	2009-02-06 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK3248	THAILAND FORCIBLY RETURN PETCHABUN HMONG TO LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government December 28 began forcibly returning Lao Hmong at Petchabun back to Laos in an operation anticipated to result in the return of all 4,351 Hmong from the Huay Nam Khao camp by the end of the day. There were no public or NGO reports of significant resistance or [...]	2009-12-28 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK325	THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE ARRESTS AND ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Legal action in the courts and against websites on grounds of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, have seemingly increased under the new Democrat-led coalition government, with both the Justice Minister and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister having stated pub [...]	2009-02-06 10:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK3256	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Itthiporn Import Company, Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105528040905 Registered Date: November 25, 1985 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 100,000,000 baht Partners: Chirachai Techa-itthiporn, Saman Techa-itthipo [...]	2009-12-29 06:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK3272	AMERICAN IPR OWNERS DISCUSS CONCERNS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Earlier this month, the Ambassador met with a group of key American intellectual property rights owners to discuss their take on the current intellectual property milieu in Thailand. The Ambassador emphasized that, with high-level Thai government interest in intellectual property [...]	2009-12-30 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH
09BANGKOK364	HOPING FOR JUSTICE: FOLLOWING UP ON CASES [...] (C) There has been some movement in three of the four "cold cases" highlighted by PM Abhisit in January as priorities for resolution to restore a sense of accountability: the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai; the 2003 murder of a witness in a possible tax evasion case by former PM T [...]	2009-02-12 07:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK379	NEW THAI GOVERNMENT MAKES RIGHT MOVES ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva has instructed his Cabinet to do whatever it takes to improve Thailand's intellectual property rights (IPR) record and to do so immediately. The last few weeks have been filled with high level government meetings, involving the Prime Minister hims [...]	2009-02-13 07:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV TH
09BANGKOK384	Additional Thai Government Measures to Stimulate the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government has approved additional measures to stimulate economic growth in the face of the mounting global economic crisis. They focus on off-shore borrowing to finance job-creating projects and guarantee business lending (USD 2 billion),and a stand-by credit facilit [...]	2009-02-13 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
09BANGKOK394	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S CHRISTOPHER [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP A/S Hill and Special Assistant Kim for their February 22-24 visit. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Grand Hyatt Erawan, 494 Rajadamri Road, confirmation number is 22935280. Tel: (66-2) 254-1234 Fax: (66-2) 254-6308 [...]	2009-02-17 09:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT PREL TH
09BANGKOK396	THAI SECURITY FORCES RAID OFFICE OF OUTSPOKEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Military and police officers raided and searched the Pattani office of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP),a Thai NGO that advocates for the human rights of Malay Muslims in southern Thailand and is harshly critical of security force efforts to combat the insurgency i [...]	2009-02-17 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK418	THAILAND CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS FOCUS ON ADAPTATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although not a major emitter of greenhouse gases, Thailand has a strong policy on both mitigating and adapting to climate change. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) and donor experts foresee possible severe effects from increased flooding, drought and rising sea levels which could t [...]	2009-02-18 11:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH
09BANGKOK458	THAI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: DEMONSTRATION, [...] (SBU) Anti-government "redshirt" protesters plan a large rally at Government House on February 24. Opposition legislators unsuccessfully floated the idea of a "national reconciliation" bill that would provide amnesty to disenfranchised politicians. Opposition figures continue to file complai [...]	2009-02-23 10:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM TH
09BANGKOK464	Embassy Nomination for FSN Economic Training (PE220): [...] In response to reftel, Post would like nominate Cheanchom Thongjen for the FSN Economic Training Course (PE220) scheduled for April 6 - 17, 2009. We strongly believe Ms. Thongjen would benefit greatly from the course in question, which would also be enhanced through her participation. A. [...]	2009-02-24 07:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI ECON AMGT AFSN ETRD TH
09BANGKOK499	THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 08:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
09BANGKOK504	CIVIL SOCIETY ASSESSMENT OF POST-NARGIS RELIEF AID [...] (SBU) Taking advantage of the proximity of the ASEAN Summit, civil society groups unveiled the first independent assessment of Cyclone Nargis relief efforts at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) on February 27 and called for the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to be [...]	2009-02-27 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK505	ASEAN SUMMIT SHOWDOWN: SECGEN SURIN CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The runup to the February 27-March 1 ASEAN Summit in Thailand has provided a fascinating window in the evolving nature of the ASEAN community, including efforts by some to give voice to ASEAN civil society and life to the ASEAN Charter, contrasted by efforts by others [...]	2009-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN TH
09BANGKOK517	ASEAN SUMMIT MAKES HEADWAY ON FLESHING OUT PROMISE [...] (SBU) Summary: The delayed 14th annual Summit meeting of ASEAN leaders took place February 27 - March 1 between the seaside towns of Cha Am and Hua Hin. The primary focus was promoting the promise the new ASEAN Charter holds for creating a peoples-centered community by 2015 based on three pil [...]	2009-03-02 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEAN ECON EFIN TH
09BANGKOK520	THAI MFA PERMSEC RAISES LESE MAJESTE WITH [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasadki Futrakul February 28 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Cha-am/Hua Hin regarding U.S.-bilateral relations and ASEAN issues ( [...]	2009-03-03 03:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS TH
09BANGKOK527	THAI MFA PERMSEC POSITIVE ABOUT U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel discussed a wide range of issues with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul on the margins of the ASEAN Summit on February 28. Virasakdi touched upon [...]	2009-03-03 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF TH
09BANGKOK528	CHINESE ASEAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON CLINTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel met with Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Xue Hanqin, discussing a wide range of ASEAN issues February 28. Xue expressed China's positive impression of Secretary of State Clinton,s visit to Jakarta. She al [...]	2009-03-03 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CH
09BANGKOK529	SPECIAL 301 FOR THAILAND: PRIORITY WATCH LIST WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Political turmoil throughout 2008 effectively prevented any significant policy shifts in respect for intellectual property rights (IPR). On the enforcement level, government efforts continued as they have in recent years with thousands of low-level raids and arrests, lackluster [...]	2009-03-03 10:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
09BANGKOK534	THAILAND FOR ASEAN -- INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, we believe there are four issues that Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjaviva, speaking on behalf of ASEAN, may raise at the G-20 Summit. (Note: For information regarding how the financial crisis has affected Thailand specifically, and how the Royal Thai Government ( [...]	2009-03-04 01:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEAN ECON EFIN TH
09BANGKOK593	THAI GOVERNMENT SAYS NO TO AUTO AND TOURISM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cabinet recently rejected proposed "bailouts" of the auto and tourism industries, two of the most visible sectors hardest hit by the economic crisis. Both assistance proposals involved tax or excise cuts, along with other measures. Royal Thai Government officials say that [...]	2009-03-09 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
09BANGKOK595	PROTECTING THE ROHINGYA BOAT PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary and Recommendation: We have repeatedly raised Ref A,s points with Thai officials from the PM down to provincial security personnel, as well as with wider public audiences. Such pressure reversed the temporary maritime push-back policies in place in December and early January. T [...]	2009-03-09 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK610	THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE DEBATE ENTERS PUBLIC [...] (C) Issues associated with implementation of the lese majeste (offense to the monarchy) provisions of the Thai Criminal Code continue to generate headlines and controversy. The police Crime Suppression Division (CSD) arrested Executive Director Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Prachatai.com, an onli [...]	2009-03-10 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK612	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and Program Assistant visited border crossing points in northeast Thailand Feb. 4-12. Advisor discussed plans for an anti-corruption workshop with the Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue arrived in Vietnam. The U.S [...]	2009-03-10 12:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK618	THAI SOUTHERN UPDATE: GRISLY INCIDENTS, INTRIGUING [...] (S) Events in southern Thailand since January, particularly a recent spate of beheadings, bombings, and shootings, have caused some speculation in the Thai press and among south watchers that the nature of the insurgency may be changing, but we do not believe there have been any fundamental c [...]	2009-03-11 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK635	THAI OPPOSITION'S IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Representatives from the pro-Thaksin Puea Thai opposition party on March 11 submitted to the Senate a complaint requesting Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's impeachment. The complaint condemns the manner in which Abhisit ascended to the premiership, and it associates him with minor inc [...]	2009-03-12 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
09BANGKOK636	FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF DISAPPEARED THAI HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) March 12 is the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of noted human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaichit, widely presumed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the Thai police in 2004. The Working Group for Justice and Peace (WGJP),headed by Angkhana Neelaphaichit, Somchai's widow, co [...]	2009-03-12 11:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK650	ENGAGING THAI OFFICIALS ON LAO HMONG AND BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador John and U.S. Ambassador to Laos Ravic Huso met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul March 4 on the disposition of Lao Hmong currently in custody in Thailand; Ambassador Huso separately met Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) [...]	2009-03-16 03:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PREF PINS TH LA
09BANGKOK672	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, P. Wang Burapa Firearms, Ltd. was listed: Registration No. 0103511019183 Registered Date: December 11, 1968 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 210,000 baht Partners: Amporn Kohphet with an investment of 170,000 baht, Phatcharav [...]	2009-03-17 10:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK701	Thai Government and Courts Side with Environmentalists Over [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise verdict with potentially wide-ranging implications, an Administrative Court in the industrialized province of Rayong ruled March 3 that the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate and its environs should be declared a pollution control area, requiring enforcement of yet-to-b [...]	2009-03-19 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH
09BANGKOK711	CHANTABURI ARTISANS LAMENT THE LOSS OF THE BURMESE RUBY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tens of thousands of Thai artisans and traders have lost employment in what used to be their premier craft: the cutting and polishing of world-class Burmese rubies. The double whammy of the U.S. JADE Act and the global economic recession has thrown the industry into disarray. [...]	2009-03-20 07:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL TH
09BANGKOK72	EMBASSY ADVOCACY HELPS SETTLE FORD'S PROLONGED LABOR [...] (SBU) Ford Motor Company and Mazda's Thailand joint venture, the Auto Alliance Thailand (AAT),was shut down by a labor stoppage as a result of employee contract negotiations breaking down in late November, 2008. In addition to the work stoppage at the plant in Rayong province, protesting empl [...]	2009-01-12 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV TH
09BANGKOK721	THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: CHANGES AROUND THE EDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya conducts the first high-ranking civilian visit to Burma March 22-23 since the Democrat-led government entered office in December, Thailand's official Burma policy has shown signs of adjustment from the rhetoric and principles which had [...]	2009-03-23 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH
09BANGKOK755	THAI GOVERNMENT OPPONENTS RALLY AT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Over 20,000 anti-government "redshirt" protestors rallied at the Government House compound in Bangkok on March 26 with the intention of remaining at least several days. Thousands of police officers and soldiers were on hand to ensure the demonstration remained peaceful, as the organizers h [...]	2009-03-26 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK78	THAI SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RECENT COURT RULINGS ON [...] (C) A Thai civilian court recently ruled that a local Muslim leader from southern Thailand suspected of being an insurgent facilitator died while in Army custody in March 2008, but the court failed to assign responsibility for the death; the case appears headed for further proceedings in a mil [...]	2009-01-12 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK79	THAILAND'S GOVERNING COALITION GAINS MODESTLY IN [...] (SBU) Thailand held January 11 by-elections for 29 vacant constituency-based seats in the House of Representatives. Preliminary results show that the current governing coalition parties won 20 of the 29 seats, modestly increasing its majority in the House but not significantly changing the bal [...]	2009-01-12 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
09BANGKOK790	RED ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS CONTINUE, THAKSIN [...] (C) Anti-government "redshirt" protests continue outside of the Government House compound in Bangkok. Addressing the demonstrators by video link the nights of March 27-28, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra accused two leading Privy Councilors of directing the 2006 coup. The Privy Counc [...]	2009-03-30 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK813	RED RALLIES CONTINUE, CALL FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Anti-government "redshirt" demonstrators continued to protest at the Government House compound March 31, seemingly settling in for long stay. While numbers shrink during the day, they increase during evening rallies built around former PM Thaksin's phone-ins, and the core protestors vow to [...]	2009-03-31 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK815	THAI FM KASIT'S BURMA VISIT MARCH 22-23 - THAI MFA [...] (C) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya visited Burma on March 22-23, meeting with Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein and Foreign Minister Nyan Win to discuss a wide range of Thai-Burmese bilateral issues (ref A). MFA Burma deskoff Jirusaya Birananda, notetaker for both meetings, gave [...]	2009-03-31 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH
09BANGKOK818	Updates on Cases of Labor Abuse in Thailand [...] (SBU) Summary: To follow-up on the Anoma, Prapha Navee, and Ranya Paew human trafficking-related labor abuse cases in Thailand (refs a and b),Embassy officials contacted a number of government and non-government officials over the past few weeks. Criminal prosecutions against suspects arrest [...]	2009-03-31 23:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK822	ENGAGING THE THAI ON THE LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Having tolerated a decade-long Lao Hmong encampment at Wat Tham Krabok prior to resettlement to the U.S. in 2004-2005, which the Royal Thai Government thought would close the book on Indochina legacy issues, Thai authorities seem determined to handle more recent arriva [...]	2009-04-01 03:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK862	REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES HELP EXPLAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic and social climates in the Northeastern and upper South regions in Thailand differ in important ways that may help explain their opposing political loyalties. Villages in the Northeast tend to struggle economically, export large numbers of working-age adults, and w [...]	2009-04-03 04:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB SCUL TH
09BANGKOK867	THAI ACCOUNT OF APRIL 3 THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Thai military and civilian sources claim the early morning exchange of gunfire between Thai and Cambodian forces April 3 in a disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple grew out of an April 2 incident in which a Thai soldier lost a leg to a newly laid landmine on a path normally p [...]	2009-04-03 08:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK893	THAILAND: LARGE-SCALE RED MARCH PLANNED FOR APRIL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The red-shirts' self-proclaimed "D-Day" rally set for April 8 may bring upwards of 100,000 opponents of the current Thai government into the streets of Bangkok, though privately one key red leader acknowledges the crowd map not top 50,000. The red-shirts' stated demand [...]	2009-04-07 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK895	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an assessment for expansion of the Tracker licensing system in Vietnam, Mar. 2-6. CTP conducted an Interagency Relations and Infrastructure Workshop in Hanoi, Mar. 17-19. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a maritime security assessment in Vietna [...]	2009-04-07 23:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK905	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce Phongs Firearms Ltd. Part. was listed: Registration No. 0103512001105 Registered Date: January 22, 1969 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 150,000 Baht Name: Phongs Firearms Ltd. Part. Partners: Phiraphol Bupparumnee with an inv [...]	2009-04-08 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK906	THAILAND: STILL DRAFTING OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO [...] (C) We spoke to MFA Peace, Security and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Pattarat Hongtong April 8 to underscore reftel U.S. response to North Korea's missile launch and the President's statement, which we had shared with FM Kasit's personal aide and the Director of the North American Divi [...]	2009-04-08 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN TH
09BANGKOK907	THAILAND PROTEST UPDATE: LARGE RED RALLY IN [...] (C) Summary: The red-shirt's self-proclaimed "D-Day" rally dominated Bangkok April 8, with crowds growing to 70,000 by late afternoon, expected to peak in the evening, and to carry over into April 9. As of COB, there has been no violence reported. However, Royal Thai Government (RTG) official [...]	2009-04-08 10:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK931	RURAL "SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY" VILLAGES OFFER ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Thailand's emergence in recent years as a major trading economy in Asia, the King's encouragement of a self-reliant "sufficiency economy" has attracted support in the countryside. Government programs support village recycling and low-carbon impact agricultural practice [...]	2009-04-09 05:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAGR ECON TH
09BANGKOK933	THAILAND'S DEFAMATION LAW -- A TOOL OFTEN USED TO [...] (SBU) Thailand's criminal defamation law continues to be used by individuals to lash out at political opponents and civil society critics and indirectly hamper free speech, but with varying results in the courts. A rash of recent cases reflects ongoing use by politicians of criminal defamation [...]	2009-04-09 07:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH
09BANGKOK934	SUDANESE INTRANSIGENCE HOLDING UP THAI PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Recent meetings regarding the planned Thai contingent to UNAMID with the Peace Operations Center and the J3 office at the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters have illustrated several obstacles to prompt deployment due to Sudanese intransigence. Continued refusal by the Sudanese [...]	2009-04-09 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO TH SU
09BANGKOK951	THAILAND PROTEST UPDATE APRIL 10: REDSHIRTS SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The center of gravity of anti-government red-shirt protests shifted from Bangkok to Pattaya April 10, aiming to disrupt the April 10-12 ASEAN Summits. The numbers of protesters in Bangkok continued to drop ahead of the traditional Thai New Year holiday, although ongoing taxi b [...]	2009-04-10 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH
09BANGKOK953	AMBASSADOR AND UK COUNTERPART CALL ON PM ABHISIT [...] Summary: (C) The Ambassador and the UK Ambassador paid a joint call on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva April 14 to discuss the violent protests of the past three days in Pattaya and Bangkok. The Prime Minister stated that order largely had been restored in Bangkok, and United Front of Democr [...]	2009-04-14 07:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK965	(C)THAILAND NON-COMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) DCM delivered ref. A talking points to Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor Tarisa Watanagase on April 16. Tarisa acts as the Thai Government's representative on the Board of Governors of the IMF. Tarisa stated she could not confirm when or if Thailand would vote on Kosovo's bid for IMF and Wo [...]	2009-04-16 07:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV TH
09BANGKOK974	BANGKOK CALM, SOME REDSHIRT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Bangkok is calm after the April 12-14 confrontations between soldiers and protestors supportive of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). Some leading UDD figures remain detained by police, while others remain at large. Some Thais predict UDD protests may eventually r [...]	2009-04-16 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK982	LEADING ANTI-THAKSIN ACTIVIST SONDHI SHOT IN [...] (SBU) Unidentified gunmen shot a leading "yellowshirt" political activist in Bangkok in the early morning hours of April 17. As of mid-day, the victim, Sondhi Limthongkul, was recovering from surgery. Sondhi previously led protests against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra but maintai [...]	2009-04-17 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH
09BANGKOK983	THAI PM ABHISIT BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON RECENT [...] (C) On April 16, the Ambassador attended a briefing by PM Abhisit for the diplomatic corps on events surrounding the demonstrations over the past week, including the cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Pattaya on April 11, the subsequent violent protest in Bangkok, and his government's successf [...]	2009-04-17 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGUI103	FRAUD SUMMARY - BANGUI [...] (U) This is Embassy Bangui's response to State 074840, regarding general conditions fraud, and consular fraud issues in the Central African Republic. Country Conditions 2. (U) The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country of 4.5 million people, ranked among the least developed c [...]	2009-05-26 11:07:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CT
09BANGUI114	RECENT VIOLENCE AGGRAVATES SIMMERING TENSIONS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Increased instability and violence in the northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR) is not waiting on the rains. As the summer downpours will make the unpaved roads of the Vakaga, Bamingui-Bangoran, and the Haute Kotto prefectures impassable between July and November, Post [...]	2009-06-08 17:58:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI118	THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With an abundance of arable land, rainfall, a plethora of minerals and wildlife and a low population, the Central African Republic (CAR) should be a wealthy nation. However, despite this potential, most of its population lives in increasing poverty. Male life expectancy declines [...]	2009-06-16 19:40:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI123	EMBASSY BANGUI'S REACTION TO THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has reviewed the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report (APR) of the Central African Republic and takes exception to much of the document. Post has seen little real progress or commitment on the part of Central African Republic's governmen [...]	2009-06-26 12:20:00	Embassy Bangui	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT
09BANGUI124	REBELS OF OPPORTUNITY: DDR UNLIKELY TO SOLVE THE ILLS OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, 2009, the Central African Republic's (CAR) newest rebel leader gave an interview to a local newspaper, declaring his intention to adhere to the Demobilization (DDR) process. The former spokesman of Abakar Sabone's Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (M [...]	2009-06-26 14:25:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI152	PESSIMISM STILL THE ORDER OF THE DAY FOR NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2009, Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) was attacked for the second time in a month as Kara tribe gunmen and the Goula tribe and Central African Military (FACA) defenders of the town battled for supremacy. This follows a similar attack on Birao on June 6 (BANGUI 1 [...]	2009-07-07 17:19:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI155	NDELE REMAINS THE LOCUS OF THE THREATS TO THE CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ndele, Central African Republic (CAR) remains the locus of a serious threat to Central African political stability. While the Northeast and west maintain their violent potential, the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP)goes into the rainy season increasingly politica [...]	2009-07-08 11:49:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI157	CATCH 22 ON DISARMAMENT - WHY DDR IS NOT LIKELY TO WORK IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The international community and the government of the Central African Republic (CARG) have attached much importance to Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) as the solution to the Central African Republic's (CAR) long running conflict. This would appear logical - d [...]	2009-07-13 12:18:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI168	FY-10 AFRICA REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] (U) AMEMBASSY Bangui is pleased to nominate a sole woman manager of the private radio station NDEKE LUKA, Ms. Sylvie Benguere Panika as candidate for subject program. Her biodata is as follows: 2. (U) Name: BENGUERE PANIKA, Sylvie Jacqueline 3. (U) Sex: Female 4. (U) DOB: Decemb [...]	2009-07-24 12:07:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OIIP SCUL CT
09BANGUI181	CONTROVERSIAL ELECTORAL CODE SIGNED INTO LAW, FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 3, 2009, the controversial and much delayed Central African electoral code was signed into law by President Francois Bozize. Written as a consensus document after the Inclusive Political Dialogue (DPI) of December 2008, the law has since been reviewed by the Government, [...]	2009-08-11 16:29:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI183	CARG HARASSMENT OF OPPOSITION PARTY INCREASING BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 17, 2009, the Ambassador received an email from Martin Ziguele, former Prime Minister and 2010 presidential candidate (Ref A),outlining a meeting in which Ziguele alleges that the Prime Minister and two other prominent member's of President Bozize's cabinet accused him [...]	2009-08-17 17:25:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI186	AUTHORITY VOID IN EASTERN CAR DRAGGING IN NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The east of the Central African Republic (CAR) has long been home to a mix of Central African, Sudanese and Chadian pastoralists who have existed more or less out of the purview of their respective capitals. Recently, however, it has become an area overrun by poachers, brigands a [...]	2009-08-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT SU UG
09BANGUI190	WFP FEARS FAMINE IN NORTHEAST CAR, PROBLEM MAY BE MORE WIDE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 14:59:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI191	BANGUI RESPONSE TO STATE 087508 - STATE OF CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fundamentally, the solution to the LRA incursion into the Central African Republic (CAR) does not lie on the Central African side. The humanitarian community, already overstretched by the enormous demands in the rest of the CAR is trying to respond to the relatively small (but gr [...]	2009-08-28 20:07:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MOPS CG UG SU CT
09BANGUI195	ETHNIC VIOLENCE INCREASINGLY LIKELY IN NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of our best sources of information on events in the provinces of Bamingui-Bangoran and Vakaga has been a Burkina Faso-born U.S. citizen who has been the director of a medical NGO in the CAR. His organization has clinics spread across the area and his reporting and observation [...]	2009-09-08 15:27:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT
09BANGUI196	CAR: STARVING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite massive natural wealth that should provide a comfortable standard of living for its 4.3 million inhabitants, the CAR continues to struggle with extreme poverty, malnutrition, rampant banditry and several festering insurgencies. Our key goals of promoting a stable and pr [...]	2009-09-08 15:27:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI207	MALNUTRITION IN WESTERN CAR ALARMING, BUT NOT A CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diamond-rich southwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) is currently suffering from a wave of malnutrition brought on by a lack of nutritional education, the aftereffects of regional insecurity, the global drop in the price of diamonds, and most fundamentally, the gover [...]	2009-09-30 17:19:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI21	NEW REPORTS OF VIOLENT CLASHES IN NORTH-CENTRAL CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the last two months, Post has been following the movements of a group of armed men who attacked various villages in the north-central provinces of the Central African Republic (CAR). These attacks were initially dismissed by commentators in Bangui as being merely unimportan [...]	2009-02-10 19:46:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI212	MINURCAT PERFORMING WELL, BUT VIOLENCE IN NE CAR NEEDS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8th, 2009, the United Nations Mission in Chad and the CAR (MINURCAT) hosted an Ambassadorial level (attended by POLOFF) trip to Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) as an informational session ahead of the October 21 Security Council meeting on the Mission's role. Th [...]	2009-10-09 15:03:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI219	UNDP AND REBELS FRUSTRATED WITH CARG FOOT-DRAGGING ON DDR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) campaign in the Central African Republic (CAR),launched in August 2009 with much fanfare, has slowed considerably in pace causing frustration in increasingly impatient rebels. The government's (CARG) lack of will, and spe [...]	2009-10-17 11:42:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI22	LEADER OF A FAILED STATE: HOW BOZIZE MAINTAINS POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Bozize took power in the Central African Republic on March 15, 2003 overthrowing Felix-Ange Patasse. It was his second attempt at that coup, but may have been only the last in a long series of extra-legal attempts to gain power. This message describes how Bozize, ofte [...]	2009-02-14 03:54:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
09BANGUI235	CAR: PRESIDENT BOZIZE DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF USAID ROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USD 2.75 million USAID funded roads rehabilitation project set to launch on October 26, 2009 was delayed by President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Francois Bozize due to a perceived lack of government participation in the project. Despite fully informing the governm [...]	2009-10-30 11:56:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CT
09BANGUI237	GROWING CHINESE INFLUENCE IN THE CAR EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A growing Sino-Central African (CAR) relationship is becoming increasingly evident in the CAR. President Bozize recently concluded his second state visit to China and sent another trade delegation back to Beijing shortly thereafter. Last week, the Chinese Ambassador laid the cor [...]	2009-11-04 16:01:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI246	SUMMARY OF ENGAGEMENT PLANS WITH THE CENTRAL AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has been in close and productive contact with US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Strategy, Plans and Programs Engagement Division over the course of 2009 in an effort to formulate an engagement plan for the Central African Military (FACA). After a visit by AFRICOM's des [...]	2009-11-09 17:31:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI247	RESPONSE TO STATE 114736 - WFP NEEDS FOR SOUTHEAST CAR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (See paragraph 4). 2. (U) The World Food Program (WFP) in the Central African Republic (CAR) needs additional funding to provide food and other assorted commodities for 20,000 unexpected internally displaced people (IDP) and refugees stemming from [...]	2009-11-09 17:39:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT
09BANGUI256	FORMER PRESIDENT PATASSE CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Ange-Felix Patasse called on the Ambassador on Monday, November 16, 2009. In the course of an hour and half long visit Patasse affirmed his friendship with the United States, blamed the French for his downfall, and stressed h [...]	2009-11-23 16:51:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI257	ZIGUELE CLAIMS THAT CARG IS UNDERMINING ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, Ambassador and DCM met with Martin Ziguele, leading opposition figure in the Central African Republic, to discuss the return of former president Ange-Felix Patasse and the upcoming elections. Ziguele, formerly Patasse's Prime Minister and current rival in the el [...]	2009-11-27 12:29:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI272	MINURCAT SRSG SPELLS OUT CONTINUED SECURITY THREATS IN NE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, 2009, Victor Angelo [PROTECT SOURCE], the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT) met with the Ambassador. At the former's request, the Ambassador gave the SRSG an upd [...]	2009-12-21 13:43:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT
09BANGUI273	CPJP MOTIVATIONS FOR ATTACK ON NDELE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 26 attack by the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP) on Ndele in the northern Central African Republic (CAR) reignited a conflict largely dormant since the start of the rainy season (Ref A). The counter attack by the Central African Army (FACA) on Decem [...]	2009-12-22 12:38:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT
09BANGUI274	FLEEING VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN CONGO, NEW REFUGEES APPEAR IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new flow of refugees into the remote southwestern prefecture of the Lobaye in the Central African Republic (CAR) is the latest in a series of humanitarian tragedies to hit the country this year. The latest census conducted on 14 December 2009 by a joint assessment mission compos [...]	2009-12-29 08:49:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT
09BANGUI45	REBELS ATTACK KABO AND BATANGAFO IN NORTHWESTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the early morning of Saturday, 21 February, elements from the FDPC (Democratic Front of the Central African People),a group that had signed a peace treaty with the Central African Government in 2008 attacked the towns of Batangafo and Kabo in Northwestern CAR and then departe [...]	2009-02-23 16:35:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI46	TRIP REPORT FROM VISIT TO NDELE, SOKOUMBA AND NGARBA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 10:34:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI47	THE BANGUI SPRING HAS COME TO AN END [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 began on a note of unprecedented optimism; the formal peace accords with all major rebel groups and the completion of another "Political Dialogue" made it possible to imagine that real progress might be possible. To be sure, all was not perfect; the government of national u [...]	2009-02-24 16:24:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI50	DISASTER DECLARATION: CAR DISPLACED PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 19:04:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CT ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09BANGUI54	CAR: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2009 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 12:32:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CT
09BANGUI60	RIOTS IN BANGUI: TENSIONS BOIL OVER AFTER THE MURDER OF A [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of March 5, 2009 a large riot broke out in the Miskine neighborhood of Bangui. The protesters were reacting to the severe assault on a police officer and respected member of the community by three members of the Presidential Guard. From approximately 7pm until [...]	2009-03-06 13:53:00	Embassy Bangui	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI64	BOZIZE'S SUPPORT FOR BASHIR: THE CAR PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) CAR president Francois Bozize's public demonstration of support for Sudanese president Bashir (reftel) is easy to understand in the context of good neighborliness and African solidarity, but other factors may be at play. Bozize fears, with some reason, that he may also be under investiga [...]	2009-03-12 14:34:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CT SU
09BANGUI68	CAR ELECTIONS OF 2010: A SNEAK PEAK AT THE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next elections in the CAR are scheduled for May 2010. This report seeks to identify the potential candidates. President Francois Bozize is the frontrunner and is likely to win the election, fairly or not, but there are other credible candidates and popular discontent is suc [...]	2009-03-20 13:13:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI78	STREET BATTLE BETWEEN FULANI AND LOCAL MERCHANTS LEAVES AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 6:30 AM on April 12, 2009, a group of Fulani herders attacked Muslim traders at the cattle market (Marche du Betail) twelve kilometers from the center of Bangui. Details are still unclear, but there are at least seventeen dead. The violence was not directed at U.S. citizens a [...]	2009-04-14 16:12:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI80	A STATE OF DECAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From all corners of Central African society and the international community, there is a creeping sense that the Bozize government is increasingly feeble and may not last out the year. Post stresses that it has no/no solid evidence of any credible external or internal threat and [...]	2009-04-14 16:54:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT

09BANGUI83	EXTORTION,WITH A RECEIPT: ROADWAY INSECURITY CRIPPLING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 27, 2009 a motorcycle belonging to an NGO working out of Birao in northeast Central African Republic (CAR) was stolen from its riders. What followed was an almost farcical tale of armed theft and extortion that is sadly typical of the state of lawlessness in most of the [...]	2009-04-20 14:29:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI85	AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL TO KAGA BANDORO RESTRICTED BY CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Thursday, March 26, 2009, Ambassador and visiting AFRICOM officer departed Bangui, bound for the town of Kaga Bandoro to visit the various Central African and international organizations working in the region. Kaga Bandoro sits on one of the fault lines of conflict in the CAR [...]	2009-04-21 13:29:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANJUL114	GUINEA-BISSAU AMBASSADOR TO THE GAMBIA CALLS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 07:58:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR GA
09BANJUL18	THE GAMBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, Embassy Banjul presents its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Gambian government publicly espouses a liberal, open economic environment and free-market pricing, with a [...]	2009-01-22 17:59:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR
09BANJUL285	FRAUD SUMMARY - BANJUL, MAR - AUG 2009 [...] Embassy Banjul submits the following fraud report covering March through August 2009. Post notes, however, that Conoff arrived only in July 2009 and is just becoming familiar with consular work in The Gambia. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: The Gambia, the smallest country on the mainland of Afric [...]	2009-09-23 15:01:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GA
09BANJUL332	DEMARCHE: ADDITIONAL TROOPS FOR AMISOM [...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director Shen Yinyin called PolOffs to the MFA November 16 to raise concerns about references to Taiwan in a technical assistance report the U.S. delegation distributed during the meeting of the Kimberly Process in Namibia. Noting that she [...]	2009-11-05 15:37:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PINS PREL
09BANJUL68	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador had a 2 hour meeting with President Jammeh on a wide range of issues, including the current state of bilateral relations, drug trafficking in the region, future assistance for The Gambia and the inquiry by Senator Durbin on the case of missing journalist Chief Manneh. Jammeh [...]	2009-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR GA
09BANJUL79	OPPOSITION LEADER CHARGED WITH SPYING AND SEDITION [...] (C) On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, opposition politician and former presidential candidate Mr. Halifa Sallah appeared in court charged with spying, acting with seditious intent and leading a procession without a police permit. Sallah was arrested March 8 and is likely to remain in detention bec [...]	2009-03-13 12:33:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GA
09BANJUL90	OPPOSITION POLITICIAN RELEASED UNCONDITIONALLY [...] On March 19, 2009, prominent Gambian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Halifa Sallah was released unconditionally after 11 days of detention for reporting on and protesting an ongoing campaign apparently supported by the government to rid the country of "witches" (reftel). T [...]	2009-03-24 11:45:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GA
09BANJUL96	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Guinea-Bissau Ambassador to the Gambia Munira Ribeiro following assassination of the President and Military Chief of Staff in Bissau. Ambassador Ribeiro expressed little hope for a quick resolution to the current crisis in Guinea-Bissau. Meanwhile, Embassy s [...]	2009-03-30 16:31:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09BANJUL98	THE GAMBIA SEEKS AIRCRAFT TO LAUNCH NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 15:57:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAIR ETRD EXIM PGOV GA
09BARCELONA12	USS MT. WHITNEY: CITY AUTHORITIES, POLICE RUN FOR COVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CG met with a city council member and Director of the Guardia Urbana to express USG disappointment with police actions January 22 towards crewmen aboard the USS Mt. Whitney. CG told Barcelona authorities that quick communication either directly with the Commanding Officer of th [...]	2009-02-05 15:35:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV SP
09BARCELONA32	ANDORRA: FRENCH PRESSURE LEADS ANDORRA TO REDUCE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andorran Cap de Govern (Prime Minister-equivalent) Albert Pintat announced he was stepping down as the leader of his party amid accusations by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that the Andorran Government had failed to sufficiently modify the country's bank laws on transparenc [...]	2009-03-16 11:44:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD OECD PGOV PREL SP AN
09BARCELONA40	REGIONAL PRESIDENT WEIGHS FIRING TOP SECURITY ADVISORS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Scores were injured - many of them police and journalists - March 18 after the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan regional police) broke up a student protest at the University of Barcelona. An investigation is underway to determine how and why the incident turned violent. The student [...]	2009-03-26 12:17:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC SP
09BASRAH13	CRACKS APPEAR IN STATE OF LAW COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Divisions are appearing within the State of Law coalition just weeks after the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) projected its overwhelming victory in Basra's provincial election (reftel). According to REO contacts, the seemingly solid "Maliki" bloc suffers from inter [...]	2009-03-12 16:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BASRAH14	BASRAH INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHALLENGES U.S. TO INVEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) representatives Haider Ali Fadhel and Ihsan Abdul-Jabar Isamaael touted Basra Province's investment prospects and progress during a March 8 visit to the Basra Regional Embassy Office (REO). Haider plugged Basra Province's strategic location, inf [...]	2009-03-20 15:28:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EWWT EPET ETRD IZ IR SY KU JO TU UK
09BASRAH16	BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB [...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...]	2009-04-03 13:09:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE
09BASRAH18	BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 10:58:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ
09BASRAH19	BASRA EXECUTIVES ELECTED ACCORDING TO MALIKI'S PLAN [...] (C) Summary: The Basra Provincial Council (PC) elected new leadership on the evening of April 15. Although disagreements within the State of Law coalition over its gubernatorial nominee prevented an agreement during the PC's opening session, coalition members eventually agreed to follow a no [...]	2009-04-21 17:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BASRAH2	MAJOR GENERAL AZIZ CONFIDENT ABOUT SECURITY BUT ACKNOWLEDGES [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the REO Director at Iraqi Army 14th Division Headquarters, Major General Abd al-Aziz al-Dalmi expressed confidence in his security plans for election day but acknowledged the likelihood of some violence, including political assassinations and a brief period of politic [...]	2009-01-25 14:27:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC IZ IR
09BASRAH21	BASRAH: NEW TWIST IN IRAN-BASED HOUSING PROJECT [...] (C) Basrah Investment Commission (BIC) advisor Ihsan Abdul-Jabar told REO that, contrary to widely held assumptions, the BIC has not submitted to Baghdad for approval a proposal for a USD 1 billion Iran-based Karman Company housing and development project in Basrah. In strictest confidence, I [...]	2009-04-26 14:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ IR
09BASRAH28	BASRA SECURITY FORCE LEADERS CAUTION US MILITARY TO KEEP LOW [...] (C) Summary: Basra Operations Commander Major General Mohammed Jawad Huwaidi complained to the PRT about the increased visibility of U.S. troops in the province. The General's grievances were echoed by his deputy and the Iraqi Army (IA) 14th Division commander, who were also present. Mohamm [...]	2009-05-31 13:36:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINS ASEC IZ
09BASRAH3	ELECTORAL OFFICE DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON FAILED REGION INITIATIVE [...] (C/REL MNFI) Summary: REO met with Basra Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Hazim Jodah on January 20. Jodah declared the failure of the federal region initiative and blamed Basra Governor Mohammed Wa'eli for its demise. Commenting on the elections, Jodah assessed the local security [...]	2009-01-25 14:40:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BASRAH34	PRT ENGAGES BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. On June 3, PRT Basra met for the first time with the new Provincial Council as a group. PRT acting team leader delivered short remarks to remind Iraqis that U.S. military withdrawal does not mean U.S. withdrawal, and that the U.S. civilian presence will endure so long as the bila [...]	2009-06-14 13:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ PGOV
09BASRAH36	BASRAH: SHELL STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FLARED GAS PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with PRT EconOff, visiting Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz (Amcit, please protect) expressed optimism that Shell's multi-billion dollar South Gas Utilization Project would be approved within the next three months, although "there is stil [...]	2009-06-20 14:02:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH38	BASRA: LOCAL DISSATISFACTION GROWS IN FINAL RUN-UP TO FIRST [...] (C) Summary. In the run-up to the long-awaited and possibly historic late June-early July first round oil auctions, a growing opposition to the plan has emerged in Basra Province, where three giant oil fields are included in the first round, and state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) holds sway. [...]	2009-06-29 17:04:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH40	BASRA: OMS LEADER FEARS MILITARY KILLING WILL HURT EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. Senior OMS (Office of the Martyr al-Sadr) leader Sheikh Mohammed al-Furaji expressed concerns about the June 21 killing of Ahmed Rahman Jasim, a member of Jaysh al-Mahdi, who he claims had no ties to Iranian-backed militant groups. Though the military operation that resulted in t [...]	2009-07-06 08:40:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR PREL PTER IZ IR
09BASRAH41	BASRA: TWO AMERICAN FIRMS TO HELP BUILD MASSIVE "SPORTS [...] (U) Summary: According to local officials and media reports, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has selected two U.S. firms to design and provide engineering services for a massive new sports complex in Basra. The site is planned to be completed in preparation for the Basra-hosted 2013 Gulf Cup, an [...]	2009-07-06 13:03:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI ELAB KPAO SCUL IZ
09BASRAH43	ONE BAATHIST LEADER SEEKS "GREEN LIGHT" FROM USG TO RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Awad al-Abdan, General Secretary of the Movement for the Liberation of the South, briefed PRT officials July 15 on his recent meeting in Syria with senior-ranking officials from two factions of the Baath party command. Al-Abdan met with Ahmed Younis al-Ahmed, who reportedly expr [...]	2009-07-16 16:49:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL PINR PTER IZ SY IR
09BASRAH47	PRT BASRA: ROUND-UP OF RECENT POLITICAL MEETINGS [...] (U) This cable provides summaries of PRT meetings held since July 13 with various Iraqi officials. These meetings have not been the subject of front-channel reporting. Complete reports of all these meetings are available by email by contacting MalloryJL@state.gov with a request for specific [...]	2009-08-16 15:00:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI PHUM IZ IR
09BASRAH51	SHEIKHS WARN MALIKI TO STEER CLEAR OF ISCI [...] (C) Several well connected sources briefed us on recent conversations with Prime Minister Maliki concerning his coalition building efforts. They have counseled Maliki to avoid alliances with ISCI, suspecting that it is behind the recent increase in violence in Iraq. They have urged the Prime [...]	2009-09-17 09:07:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
09BASRAH52	BASRAH: THE PORT OF UMM QASR AND AN OVERVIEW OF IRAQ'S PORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The port of Umm Qasr, Iraq's only deepwater port, with significant U.S. assistance, has made major progress in its rehabilitation since 2003, following years of wars, damage and sanctions, and must continue to play a central role if Iraq's post-war economic recovery is to be sust [...]	2009-09-17 13:34:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EAID KSEC PREL PBTS ELTN IZ
09BASRAH53	BASRA JOURNALIST DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT, JOURNALISTIC [...] (C) Summary. Local journalist and close PRT contact Majed Al-Brekan (strictly protect) dismissed Prime Minister Maliki's recent visit to Basra, ostensibly undertaken to deal with water shortages, as "entirely political," and said that that "all his promises were just talk." On the challenges [...]	2009-09-24 06:52:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL KPAO KMDR PGOV IZ
09BASRAH54	BASRA: A GLUM SHELL WONDERS ABOUT NEXT STEPS ON (DELAYED?) [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent visit to Basra, Royal Dutch Shell representatives told PRT EconOff that local stakeholders expressed continued strong support for its flared-gas project. However, they also expressed frustration about Shell's apparent inability to finalize the deal with the GOI a [...]	2009-09-27 12:25:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV IZ
09BASRAH55	PRT BASRA'S EID AL-FITR CELEBRATION A SYMBOLIC MILESTONE [...] This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Basra PRT hosted an Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) event on September 23 for an estimated 130 guests from a broad swath of Basrawi society. The event took place at a new downtown Basra luxury hotel, significant itself, as it further demo [...]	2009-10-06 07:25:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ASEC EINV IZ
09BASRAH56	BASRA: BP CONFIDENT ABOUT RUMAILA OIL DEAL, PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. In an October 1 meeting with PRT Econoffs, BP Iraq Chief Operating Officer David Campbell (strictly protect) expressed confidence that BP and its China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) partner would soon finalize a contract with [...]	2009-10-16 12:36:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV IZ CH
09BASRAH59	(C) BASRA: SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Dheyaa Jaafar told Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team and visiting Embassy Baghdad officers that a "completely different point of view" existed at SOC compared to just a few months ago, and international oil companies (IOCs) are now welcom [...]	2009-11-05 12:58:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ELAB PGOV IZ IR
09BASRAH60	BASRA PROVINCE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER POST: NO PROOF OF LETHAL [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Operations, equipment and procedures at the Shalamsha port of entry (POE) at the Iraq-Iran border are under-financed and inadequate for appropriate cargo and passenger screening. The POE lacks clear lines of authority as [...]	2009-11-21 13:26:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	SMIG SNAR ECON PGOV ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL IR
09BASRAH61	IRANIAN SOFT POWER IN BASRA: EASY TO SEE; HARD TO GAUGE [...] (C) In examining the scope and depth of Iran's influence in Basra, a nuanced picture emerges. Based on information from Basrawi and international contacts, it appears that Iranian influence here is both overt and covert, direct and indirect, welcome and unwelcome. The most visible form of Iran [...]	2009-11-21 13:58:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SOCI KDEM IZ IR
09BASRAH64	BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...]	2009-12-29 08:17:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO
09BASRAH65	BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...]	2009-12-29 09:08:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO
09BASRAH67	IRAQI FISHERMEN HARASSED BY IRAN AND KUWAIT [...] (C) Iraqi fishermen are bearing the brunt of conflicting claims by Iraq and its neighbors to territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. Media reports and personal accounts by fishermen, PRT members, US Navy personnel in the region, and a British naval officer familiar with the situation confirm r [...]	2009-12-31 11:31:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EWWT ETRD PGOV EFIS PBTS IZ IR KU
09BASRAH7	BASRA PROVINCIAL ELECTION A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting with the REO, Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Hazim Jodah expressed satisfaction with his staff's performance during the election and noted that representatives from various political entities had expressed similar sentiments. He praised the [...]	2009-02-20 18:28:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BASRAH8	LOSING POLITICAL ENTITIES CRY FOUL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from 15 different political entities requested a ballot recount during a February 10 press conference in Basra. Among other complaints, the representatives asserted a discrepancy between the preliminary election results announced by the Independent High Electoral [...]	2009-02-22 11:21:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAU339	AZERBAIJAN: SCENESESTTER FOR GEN MCNABB'S BAKU [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 10:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AF TU AM AJ
09BEIJING10	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "To cautiously evaluate the future of U.S.-China relations" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/04): "Regarding certain historical lessons after the 10th and 20th Anniversaries, this year the government and the s [...]	2009-01-05 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1013	APRIL 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, HOLBROOKE VISIT, [...] Key points at the April 16 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of reports that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have been expelled from North Korea. -- Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke "exchanged views on issues of common interest [...]	2009-04-16 22:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM KNNP KWBG IAEA EFIN AMED CH KS KN
09BEIJING1014	CHINA/IPR: ECONOMIC DOWNTURN WEAKENING IPR [...] (SBU) China is facing increased difficulty in enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) and preventing "local protectionism" during the economic downturn, Chinese government officials at the Supreme People's Court (SPC) and Ministry of Commerce acknowledged to a recent U.S. government dele [...]	2009-04-17 02:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
09BEIJING1028	U.S. Firms Voice Concerns about China's Stimulus Packages [...] (SBU) Summary: A lack of transparency and "buy local" biases could thwart U.S. companies seeking to benefit from China's considerable stimulus package funding, according to representatives of major U.S. firms. Firms report that the plan has been used to support Chinese firms and create import [...]	2009-04-17 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH
09BEIJING103	JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET [...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...]	2009-01-13 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB
09BEIJING1044	MEDIA REACTION: ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S VISIT TO CHINA, [...] ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S VISIT TO CHINA a. "The U.S. fears China's anti-warship capabilities" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(04/20): "A former U.S. chief of naval operations once mentioned that China's research int [...]	2009-04-20 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1055	XINJIANG: NO EVIDENCE OBSERVED OF MEDIA-REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Despite rumors of arrests of underground or terrorism-related religious practitioners, the overall atmosphere in Xinjiang seemed more relaxed than on previous PolOff trips in advance of and just following the 2008 Olympics (Refs A and B),with no checkpoints and fewer propaganda p [...]	2009-04-21 06:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF CH
09BEIJING1058	China/Oil Reserves: Active Purchases, But Facilities [...] (SBU) Summary. Beijing is taking advantage of lower oil prices to build up its strategic petroleum reserves (SPR). The four existing SPR facilities - which hold the equivalent of about 25 days of imports - reportedly are now full, challenging China's ability to continue purchasing oil for re [...]	2009-04-21 06:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON SENV CH
09BEIJING1064	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing April 17, German Ambassador Michael Schaefer told the group that a Bundestag delegation had been able to hold a dinner meeting with Charter '08 writers and signers after the German Embassy informed the MFA and asked the Chinese government [...]	2009-04-21 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING1066	GLOBAL TIMES LAUNCHES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION, [...] (SBU) People's Daily President Zhang Yannong presided over the official launch of the Global Times English-language edition at an April 20 reception in Beijing. At the event, People's Daily and Global Times editors told us the new English- language publication would maintain the "patriotic" [...]	2009-04-21 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1094	APRIL 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Yasukuni Shrine, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 23 MFA press briefing: -- A "correct and proper handling" of historic issues is the bedrock of Sino-Japanese relations, and Japan should take appropriate steps to safeguard the relationship following Prime Minister Taro Aso's sending an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine. [...]	2009-04-23 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH JA FR KN KS
09BEIJING1096	FOREIGN MEDIA PRESSURED TO COMPLY WITH CODE OF [...] (C) The Chinese Government issued a new "code of conduct" for PRC staff working at foreign news bureaus on February 13, and although the code largely repeats existing prohibitions on independent news gathering by Chinese assistants, authorities are now enforcing these rules with increased vigo [...]	2009-04-23 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1097	CHINA'S HEALTHCARE REFORM/REBALANCING: [...] (SBU) Summary: China's blueprint for healthcare reform released on April 6 is being heavily promoted by the official media but will take years to implement and experts question whether it will address fundamental problems in China's healthcare system. The plan is unlikely to improve trust in [...]	2009-04-23 22:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING1107	MEDIA REACTION: AMERICAN NETWORK SECURITY, TAIWAN, U.S. [...] AMERICAN NETWORK SECURITY "American 'Network War Command Office' is set up to control the network power [and security of the U.S.]" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/24): "The Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administrat [...]	2009-04-24 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1110	MFA ARMS CONTROL DG ON IRAN AND SOUTH ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran remained suspicious of U.S. intentions, but the new approach by the United States and the E3-plus-3 was the best way forward on the nuclear issue, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Cheng Jingye told A/DCM April 24. China had engaged Tehran "at dif [...]	2009-04-24 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH PK AF
09BEIJING1135	MGSF01 H1N1 SWINE FLU OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 1 - NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of COB April 28 Beijing time, no cases of swine influenza (AH1N1) virus infection in humans or livestock had been reported by the local press or government authorities. As a precaution, the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQ [...]	2009-04-28 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1147	MEDIA REACTION: H1-N1, OBAMA'S 100 DAY, U.S.-CHINA [...] H1-N1 "H1-N1 approaches East Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/29): "The WHO has upgraded the emergency status of the H1-N1 virus to level 4, this adjustment has created tension in many countries. The U.S. has published its p [...]	2009-04-29 08:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1149	CHINA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER OCTG AND TIRES TRADE CASES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND EMIN KFPC CH
09BEIJING1162	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--U.S. DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 08:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CH
09BEIJING1165	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, OBAMA'S 100 DAYs [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. conducts hundreds of special investigations on China every year" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/30): These reports focus on the national security of the U.S. It is believed that the purpose of th [...]	2009-04-30 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1169	PRC SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS ON AFRICOM, SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China "shares African concerns" about U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)'s perceived "militarization" of U.S. policy in Africa, according to two Chinese scholars on Africa. Our contacts expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of prosecuting Somali pirates and urged the United St [...]	2009-04-30 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CG CH MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SO EINV
09BEIJING1170	APRIL 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, Visas, Japan, Visits [...] Key points at the April 30 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes that all parties involved can safeguard the Six-Party Talks. China and Japan are both willing to increase communication and coordination for peace and prosperity in East Asia and the world. -- Foreign reports that China is tigh [...]	2009-04-30 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH JA FR KN KS SP MX
09BEIJING1171	MGSF01 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 2 [...] (U) The World Health Organization (WHO) China Representative Hans Troedsson reported on April 28 that while an "unspecified number" of suspected H1N1 are cases currently being investigated in China, to date, there still are no confirmed cases of infection by the virus in humans or livestock. [...]	2009-04-30 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1173	EDITOR SUSPENDED FOR INTERVIEW PRAISING "UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Zhong Weizhi (protect),the editor-in-chief of China's only national-level "private" newspaper, The Economic Observer, was suspended for publishing an interview with a controversial historian, Zhong told PolOffs March 25. The historian in question, Sun Yat-sen University's Yuan Weishi, ha [...]	2009-04-30 10:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV KDEM CH
09BEIJING1174	BEIJING CONTACTS HAIL ECONOMIC"BREAKTHOUGH" AT [...] (C) Embassy contacts trumpeted the outcome of the April 25-26 PRC-Taiwan dialogue in Nanjing as a breakthrough for cross-strait economic cooperation. Two contacts noted that the rapid progress since the renewal of talks in June 2008 had "exceeded expectations." The Financial Cooperation Agre [...]	2009-04-30 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EFIN ETRD PREL TW CH
09BEIJING1176	XXXXXXXXXXXXDISCUSSES G-20, DPRK, [...] (C) Taiwan's participation as an observer at the upcoming May World Health Assembly (WHA) meetings demonstrated what could be achieved based on "one China, very broadly interpreted," XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX working lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires. XXXXXXXXXXXX said he would ask for approp [...]	2009-04-30 13:07:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL ECON EFIN PARM PHUM KUNR CH TW KN KS
09BEIJING1177	CHINA - STATE COUNCIL OPINION URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: China's State Council issued a seven-point "Opinion" April 10 on "Strengthening Management of Government Procurement" that is a binding administrative prescription with quasi-legal force (unofficial translation at Paragraph 7). Local media portray the new guidelines as targetin [...]	2009-05-03 22:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV WTRO PGOV CH
09BEIJING1179	NASA DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH CHINA NATIONAL SPACE [...] (SBU) On April 24, NASA Assistant Administrator (AA) for External Relations Michael O'Brien briefly met with Dr. SUN Laiyan Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to discuss upcoming NASA-CNSA bilateral expert group meetings on cooperation in earth and space science. [...]	2009-05-03 22:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING1197	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 4 [...] (U) As of COB on May 5 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF D). 2. (SBU) Two American citizens remain under quarantine. Two others who had crossed o [...]	2009-05-05 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1198	PRC/MEPP: FM YANG EXPOUNDS ON CHINA'S PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a five-day swing through the Middle East, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi laid out China's five-point plan for progress on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),according to an MFA official. He conveyed to the new Israeli government hopes expressed by Arab leaders that the M [...]	2009-05-05 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS SY EG IR
09BEIJING1199	MAY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FLU, QUARANTINES, VISA POLICY, [...] Key points at the May 5 MFA press briefing: -- China has taken "urgent and temporary" measures to "protect the safety of the animal husbandry industry and the people" from the threat of H1N1 Influenza. -- The spokesperson had no information about reports that four American citizens have be [...]	2009-05-05 22:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1206	INCREASED GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Aggressive censorship is making it more difficult to hold political discussions online, according to multiple bloggers and online activists. While contacts differed on whether the ongoing "anti-vulgarity" campaign was being employed as cover for the political tightening, all agreed that c [...]	2009-05-06 08:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL SOCI CH TW EINT
09BEIJING1209	REPORTS OVERSTATE CHINA'S AID TO ASEAN [...] (C) Summary. There is less to China's much-heralded April 12 announcement of a multi-billion dollar aid package to ASEAN than media reporting suggests, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry contact. For example, the $10 billion investment cooperation fund will only receive $1 billion in in [...]	2009-05-06 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PHUM TH BM CH
09BEIJING1210	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 5 [...] (U) As of COB on May 6 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF E). 2. (SBU) Two American citizens remain under quarantine. --A 38 year-old female has [...]	2009-05-06 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1211	PRC "OPPOSES" USNS VICTORIOUS PRESENCE IN CHINA'S [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang called the Charge to meet for coffee May 6 and during that meeting expressed "firm opposition" to the presence of the USNS Victorious in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. Referring to statemen [...]	2009-05-06 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PARM PM CH
09BEIJING1221	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, CHINA [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S. and China deal with naval confrontation in the Yellow Sea quietly" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/07): "Yesterday, the U.S. media reported the confrontation between the U.S. and China in the Y [...]	2009-05-07 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1224	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 6 - [...] (U) This cable corrects Beijing 1223. Please disregard Beijing 1223. AMERICANS IN QUARANTINE, QUARANTINE CHARGES, AND NOTIFICATION ----------------------- ------------------- ---------------- Â [...]	2009-05-07 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1227	MAY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU-OBAMA TELCON, USNS VICTORIOUS, [...] Key points at the May 7 MFA press briefing: -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed bilateral relations and had an "in-depth exchange of views" on H1N1 influenza, agreeing to cooperate in addressing the issue. The two leaders also discussed the Korean Peninsu [...]	2009-05-07 23:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1241	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 3 Sent [...] (U) As of COB on May 4 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF C). 2. (SBU) Post has become aware of four American citizens who are being or were recent [...]	2009-05-08 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1242	China's Qinghai Province Slow to Rebalance Economy and [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tibetan and other minority communities in rural Qinghai Province see only limited benefits from China's rural development efforts. Like much of rural China, weak local government capacity hinders Chinese Government development efforts throughout rural Qinghai. These problems are [...]	2009-05-08 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING1245	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 7 [...] (U) As of COB on May 8 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F). 2. (SBU) The 20-year old American citizen who had been in quarantine since May 2 was [...]	2009-05-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1247	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DPRK, GTMO [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing May 8, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that State Councilor Dai Bingguo told visiting former French President Chirac that the West would not gain from more sanctions on North Korea. Dai reportedly said that "the lever of economic d [...]	2009-05-08 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING1249	WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: CHINESE REPORTERS AND [...] (C) PRC journalists and bloggers lamented continued government restrictions on the media and the Internet at a May 3 Charge-hosted dinner, organized jointly by Embassy POL and PAS sections, to mark World Press Freedom Day. Our contacts, mostly outspoken journalists and bloggers in their earl [...]	2009-05-08 12:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV PREL KFLU CH JA
09BEIJING1264	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 8 - [...] (SBU) On May 11, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the first confirmed case of H1N1 on Mainland China. (NOTE: One confirmed case had previously been reported in Hong Kong on May 1(REF E) END NOTE). The 30 year-old male, a Chinese national, is a graduate student in St. Louis. He arri [...]	2009-05-11 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1272	EMBASSY PROTESTS TREATMENT OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following reports of detention and harassment of U.S. journalists attempting to report in Tibetan areas of western China, the Embassy has thrice protested to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In an April 17 meeting, PressOff asked the MFA to clarify rules governing foreig [...]	2009-05-12 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1274	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 9 [...] (SBU) As of COB May 12, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported one confirmed case of H1N1 on Mainland China, in Chengdu (REF A). One confirmed case had previously been reported in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F). STATUS OF AMCIT QUARANTINE CASES -------------------------------- 2. (SB [...]	2009-05-12 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1275	MAY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONTINENTAL SHELF, SRI LANKA, [...] Key points at the May 12 MFA press briefing: -- China has submitted information to the UN on the outer limits of its continental shelf. -- The work of Chinese companies in building a port in Sri Lanka is "a normal business action" and reports that it is otherwise are "distortions" and "gro [...]	2009-05-12 13:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH KN
09BEIJING1283	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 10 [...] (SBU) On May 13, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) posted a travel advisory about travel to the U.S. related to the H1N1 outbreak. Earlier in the day, MFA had notified Embassy Beijing of their intent to issue the travel advisory, noting that the advisory is not a travel warning, but rat [...]	2009-05-13 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1297	CHINA'S EXPORT DECLINE STABILIZING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's General Administration of Customs May 12 reported a 22.8 percent drop in China's overall foreign trade to $170.7 billion versus the prior year, the sixth straight monthly decline in China's overseas trade flows. While on a year-on-year basis exports dropped by 22.6 per [...]	2009-05-14 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EMIN CH
09BEIJING1298	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 11 [...] (SBU) As of COB May 14, there are two confirmed cases of H1N1 on Mainland China, one in Jinan City (Shandong Province) confirmed on May 13, and one in Chengdu confirmed on May 11 (REF A and C). There had been one confirmed case previously reported in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F),and Hong Kong c [...]	2009-05-14 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1299	MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY, [...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...]	2009-05-14 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX
09BEIJING1310	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, H1N1, U.S. POLICY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. radical voice offends China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/15): "Is it possible that the Chinese Intelligence Institute is better than the CIA? It must be the case because, yesterday the U.S. rel [...]	2009-05-15 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1311	China's Africa Aid Aims to Achieve [...] (SBU) Summary. China has a distinct approach to Africa development assistance and is open to exchanging views with the United States. Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) officials provided an overview to Emboffs of their African aid priorities, but skimped on budget and project details. They ack [...]	2009-05-15 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID EINV CH
09BEIJING1317	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 12 [...] (SBU) Mainland Chinese newspapers (both Chinese and English-language publications) have criticized U.S. government response to the H1N1 outbreak, blaming the "low-key approach" of the government and media for what it sees as ineffective prevention measures against the spread of the virus. The [...]	2009-05-15 10:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1333	LESSONS FOR S&ED - SWAGGER OVER SUBSTANCE AT 2ND [...] (C) China used the second High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) with the EU in Brussels May 7-8 to secure a vague commitment to &resist protectionism8 and take a dig at the United States and missed the chance to make substantive concessions on the numerous trade and investment barriers the EU rai [...]	2009-05-18 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH EU

09BEIJING1335	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 13 [...] (U) As of May 18, there are three confirmed cases of H1N1 on Mainland China. China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on May 16 the first confirmed case of infection of influenza A(H1N1)in Beijing Municipality. There are two other confirmed H1N1 cases on Mainland China (REF D and F). Hong K [...]	2009-05-18 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1336	XXXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) CDA spoke by phone with XXXXXXXXXXXXX to discuss recent pressure by the Chinese government to censor the company's Chinese website, accelerated perhaps by the approach of significant political anniversaries.XXXXXXXXXXXXX averred that the root of the problem was China's Politburo Standing Comm [...]	2009-05-18 23:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING1339	CHINA'S AUTO INDUSTRY ENJOYS RECORD SALES FOR FOURTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Record auto sales in April suggest that China's auto support plan is providing a significant boost to the industry. April auto sales data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show that 1.15 million vehicles were sold, the fourth straight month of [...]	2009-05-19 04:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND OTRA SENV CH
09BEIJING1347	MEDIA REACTION: A/H1N1, CHINESE SPY, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] A/H1N1 "The domestic increase of the A/H1N1 virus in Japan shocks neighboring countries" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/19): "Yesterday, Japan confirmed that the number of A/H1N1 cases in Japan has increased to 139. Both China [...]	2009-05-19 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1352	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 14 [...] (U) As of May 19, there are four confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China. China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that the suspected case in Guangzhou reported on May 18 has been confirmed as influenza A (H1N1) positive by China CDC (REF A). There are three other confirmed H [...]	2009-05-19 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1353	MAY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, BOC [...] Key points at the May 19 MFA press briefing: -- -- China "hoped the new U.S. Ambassador to China would play a positive role in promoting friendship between the two countries." -- China "welcomed the verdict" convicting two former Bank of China employees who "committed embezzlement and then [...]	2009-05-19 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR AS KN PK BR IN KS XG BM RS
09BEIJING1362	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 15 [...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on May 20 that the suspected case in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) was not/not influenza A (H1N1),but was seasonal influenza H3. As of May 20, there are four confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China (REF A, B, E and G). Hong [...]	2009-05-20 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1376	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, A/H1N1 [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Hacking military computers 'not a hack job'" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (05/21): "There is no way hackers - including those from China - can access top-secret data by penetrating the firewalls of military or government networks. The US milita [...]	2009-05-21 08:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1377	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 16 [...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) notified Embassy Beijing on May 21 that the Beijing Health Bureau reported its second confirmed case of influenza A (H1N1) on May 20. This is the fifth confirmed cases on Mainland China. Hong Kong also has three confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1). -- [...]	2009-05-21 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1378	"UNHAPPY CHINA": NATIONALISTIC RUBBISH OR CLARION [...] (C) The book "Unhappy China," a nationalistic rant against the United States and China's own supposedly West-worshipping elite, sold briskly in China following its release in March, but sales appear to have tapered off. China's official media have been largely critical of the book. Only a "sm [...]	2009-05-21 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CN
09BEIJING1379	MAY 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Ma Ying-jeou Stop-Over, [...] Key points at the May 21 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to oppose official exchanges between other countries and the Taiwan authorities in accordance with the one China principle, and that position is unchanged. -- A statement on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference posted on t [...]	2009-05-21 23:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH DA BM CB LA VM
09BEIJING1384	SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS A MIXED BAG OF TENSIONS, [...] (C) Chinese academic and Indian diplomatic contacts in recent meetings painted a mixed picture of Sino-Indian ties. Interlocutors cited historic tensions and present disagreements, but also noted that incremental progress had been made. Chinese scholars downplayed the "String of Pearls" strat [...]	2009-05-22 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA IN NP PK CH
09BEIJING1387	TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR [...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]	2009-05-22 12:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1389	PRC/SUDAN: MFA DG CALLS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for West Asia and North Africa Song Aiguo told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25 that China sought "comprehensive" ties with Sudan by developing links with authorities in the south but maintaining strong relations with Khartoum. Song urged the internati [...]	2009-05-25 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU
09BEIJING1390	TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR [...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]	2009-05-25 12:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1391	MEDIA REACTION: A (H1-N1),Geithner visit, [...] A (H1-N1) "America's loose disease control measures arouses global argument" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/22): Quite a number of H1N1 cases have been exported from America. Some developing countries, where there are few confi [...]	2009-05-26 01:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1396	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 17 [...] (U) As of May 26, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced twelve confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China. There are five confirmed cases in Beijing, and one case each in the following cities: Chengdu, Jinan City (Shandong Province),Guangzhou, Fuzhou (Fujian Province),[...]	2009-05-26 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1397	MAY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK Nuclear Test, Tiananmen [...] Key points at the May 26 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese government is "firmly opposed" to North Korea's nuclear test and "strongly urges" the DPRK to honor its commitments, stop moves that edge it closer to isolation, and return to the Six-Party Talks. -- Apologizing for the "political [...]	2009-05-26 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TT MY PK KN KS LT NP
09BEIJING1398	PRC/DPRK: CHINESE MFA ON UNSC RESOLUTION RE DPRK [...] (C) China wanted any UN Security Council resolution responding to the DPRK's May 25 nuclear test to be measured, be made in the interest of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and support the denuclearization of the Peninsula and the Six-Party Talks, MFA North American Affairs DG Zheng [...]	2009-05-26 13:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MOPS KN KS CH
09BEIJING1404	HUMAN TRAFFICKING MOVIE DIRECTOR TELLS STUDENTS TO [...] (C) A recent Embassy showing of "Blind Mountain," a PRC film depicting a young, college-educated Chinese woman who is trafficked for marriage to a poor farmer in rural Shaanxi Province, elicited strong reactions from a student audience. In a Q&A session afterward with the film's director Li Yan [...]	2009-05-27 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING142	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) On January 16, PolOffs conveyed to MFA the U.S. intention to request that the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee add four al-Qaeda associates detained or formerly detained in Iran to its list of individuals associated with the Taliban, al-Qaida and/or Usama Bin Laden ( [...]	2009-01-16 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK IR
09BEIJING1424	SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION ON COPENHAGEN WITH CHINA'S VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ENRG KHGH SENV
09BEIJING1429	CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH NPC VICE CHAIRMAN LU [...] (SBU) China "resolutely opposed" the latest North Korean nuclear test and wanted to work with the international community to push North Korea back to the Six Party Talks said National People's Congress Vice Chairman Lu Yongxiang in a meeting with Senator John Kerry on May 26. On climate chan [...]	2009-05-29 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS
09BEIJING1435	PRC/SUDAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY VP DISCUSSES SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare and free-flowing discussion with visiting Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration, the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) reported a "wait-and-see" attitude about Sudan's future but hoped to continue oil production regardless of the 2011 refer [...]	2009-06-01 00:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EPET SOCI KDEM CH SU
09BEIJING1446	SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH NPC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with CODEL Pelosi on May 27, National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo applauded the state of bilateral relations, encouraged greater exchanges between the Congress and the NPC, urged greater U.S.-China collaboration on energy and climate change and [...]	2009-06-02 05:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV
09BEIJING145	TAIWAN: HU JINTAO'S DECEMBER 31 SPEECH SETS MORE [...] (C) In his December 31 speech, President Hu Jintao established a more realistic, flexible and less urgent policy direction on Taiwan, according to Embassy contacts. The speech's purpose is to establish new "guiding principles" that elevate Hu's "Six Points" on Taiwan policy to the level of De [...]	2009-01-16 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING146	CHINA-AFGHANISTAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Afghan Embassy First Secretary Meerwais Nab told PolOffs January 14 that China and Afghanistan have good bilateral relations, but he noted Chinese concerns, including the presence of U.S. forces near the Sino-Afghan border, India's influence in Afghanistan, "elements" in Afghanistan assist [...]	2009-01-16 08:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER SNAR ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING1463	CHINA OBJECTS TO SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION, WANTS MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: China objects to its designation as a Priority Watch List (PWL) country in the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) 2009 Special 301 Report, Department of Treaty and Law Director General Li Ling of China's Ministry of Commerce told visiting USTR officials on May 27. She said that [...]	2009-06-02 09:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
09BEIJING1466	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 18 [...] (U) As of COB June 2, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 43 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 A/H1N1 influenza virus and one suspected case. Ten of those confirmed cases involve American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in e [...]	2009-06-02 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1467	BEIJING GEARS UP FOR JUNE 4 ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, China's security forces are warning well-known activists against protest activities and putting many under virtual house arrest. Despite tight Party control of Inte [...]	2009-06-02 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING1468	JUNE 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA RELATIONS, PSI, [...] Key points at the June 2 MFA press briefing: -- Asked about reports that China canceled official exchanges with North Korea, the spokesperson said that China and North Korea "always have normal people to people exchanges." -- Asked whether China and North Korea remained allies, Qin repeated [...]	2009-06-02 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS JP BR
09BEIJING149	REPORTED AZADEGAN DEAL NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED [...] (U) Citing Iranian media, official Chinese media outlets are reporting that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a USD 1.76 billion agreement allowing CNPC to develop the North Azadegan oil field. According to the reports, development [...]	2009-01-16 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
09BEIJING1490	PELOSI DELEGATION'S MEETING WITH CHINA'S NATIONAL PEOPLE'S [...] (U) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Representative Edward Markey (D - MA) on May 27 led a delegation that met with China's National People's Congress (NPC) Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee (EPRC). Please see paragraphs 13 and 14 for a list [...]	2009-06-04 07:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND ENRG CH
09BEIJING1494	TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY PASSES QUIETLY AMID HEAVY [...] (C) The 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators passed quietly in Beijing amid the tightest security witnessed in Tiananmen Square in years. As of 17:30 Beijing time, no unrest or large-scale demonstrations were observed by PolOffs posted at Tiananmen and [...]	2009-06-04 11:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING1495	JUNE 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TIANANMEN [...] Key points at the June 4 MFA press briefing: -- China calls Secretary Clinton's message on the twentieth anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre "groundless accusations" in contravention of the U.S.-China Joint Communiqus and international norms. China believes the Secreta [...]	2009-06-04 23:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV CH KN KS JP BR IN
09BEIJING150	CHINESE NEW YEAR TRAVEL RUSH BEGINS; PRESIDENT HU [...] (SBU) With China's Lunar New Year travel rush officially underway migrant workers, students and middle-class residents are queuing for hours to snatch up scarce train tickets. Severe ticket shortages, allegedly exacerbated by the hoarding and scalping of railway passes, led Chinese President [...]	2009-01-16 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH
09BEIJING1500	CONGRESSMEN KIRK AND LARSEN'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen met with Minister of Commerce Chen Deming May 31 under the auspices of a National Committee on U.S.- China Relations visit. Chen praised the legislators' work as Co-Chairs of the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group. Chen observed tha [...]	2009-06-05 04:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAGR ECON PREL MCAP WTRO CH AF
09BEIJING151	CHINA ANNOUNCES STEEL AND AUTO INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The State Council approved industrial support plans for the auto and steel sectors on January 14, the first two of ten industry focused plans to help those sectors hardest hit by the economic slowdown. The measures will support domestic demand, protect employment and promote en [...]	2009-01-16 11:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EMIN ECON SENV CH
09BEIJING1518	DIRECTOR OF STATE COUNCIL INFORMATION OFFICE MEETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives Mark Kirk (D-IL) and Rick Larsen (R-IL) met on June 1 with Wang Chen, Director of the State Council Information Office(SCIO),to discuss issues related to open access to information in China. The Congressmen specifically raised censorship of Voice of America (VO [...]	2009-06-05 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECON KIPR CH
09BEIJING152	CHINA CUTS GASOLINE AND DIESEL PRICES, AGAIN [...] (U) Official media reported on January 14 that China cut its benchmark retail gasoline and diesel prices by 2 percent and 3.2 percent respectively. This is the first cut since China's new pricing mechanism took effect at the beginning of 2009 (see Ref). This move follows the Government's Dece [...]	2009-01-16 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
09BEIJING1520	"ESCORT OF THE YOUTH FLOWERS" - CHINA SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on May 22 mandated that all computers sold in China, whether imported or manufactured domestically, be pre-installed with "Green Dam - Escort of the Youth Flowers" Internet filtering software effective July 1, 2009. [...]	2009-06-05 11:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING1522	Brazilian President Lula's Trip [...] (SBU) Summary. During President Lula's trip to China, Brazil and China reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen their relationship and finalized China Development Bank's (CDB) $10 billion loan to Petrobras. Details of the deal indicate that China will not acquire stakes in any Brazilian oil [...]	2009-06-08 01:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN EPET
09BEIJING1523	CONGRESSMEN KIRK AND LARSEN'S MEETING WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Recent economic trends in the U.S. are encouraging and there is no longer a "scare factor" for investors, China Investment Corporation (CIC) (China's sovereign wealth fund) President Guo told Representatives Kirk and Larsen May 31. CIC intends to increase its investments in the [...]	2009-06-08 02:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV CH
09BEIJING1531	S/P Slaughter's Talks with MFA, MOFCOM, NDRC, and Academics [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) VM He Yafei, State Department Policy Planning Director Anne-Marie Slaughter discussed the U.S. proposed agenda for the late July first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SnED),noting differences between the [...]	2009-06-08 07:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC ECON EFIN EAID MNUC PTER JP AF PK KS
09BEIJING1536	FRANCE-CHINA TENSION OVER DALAI LAMA, AFRICA ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor Josselin Kalifa and Financial Counselor Pierre Mongrue from the French Embassy in Beijing told Econoffs June 5 that Sino-French relations are on the mend following several months during which China gave France the cold shoulder as punishment for President Sarkozy's Dece [...]	2009-06-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD PHUM AU CH
09BEIJING1537	TIBET: FOUR MONKS SENTENCED TO LABOR CAMP AFTER [...] (S) Four Tibetan Buddhist monks have been sentenced to two years of reform through labor for their participation in a demonstration in Guinan, Qinghai Province, on February 25, according to a "living Buddha" at Guinan's Lucang Monastery. Two additional monks were still awaiting sentencing as [...]	2009-06-08 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KIFR CH
09BEIJING1538	COMPUTER INDUSTRY CONTEMPLATES RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met on June 8 with representatives of several trade associations to further discuss their reactions to the Chinese government's mandate that all computers sold in China after July 1 be preinstalled with "Green Dam" Internet filtering software (reftel). Those present el [...]	2009-06-08 12:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING1548	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 19 [...] (U) As of COB June 9, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 97 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. 27 of those confirmed cases involve American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in nine provinces and the municip [...]	2009-06-09 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1549	JUNE 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, NEW [...] Key points at the June 9 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped all parties would "proceed from the interests of denuclearization and strengthening peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula to avoid a deterioration of the situation. -- Asked directly whether the Treaty of Friendship, Coopera [...]	2009-06-09 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS BR GB RS LO
09BEIJING1556	China/Economic Rebalancing: New Growth [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's export-dependent growth model has served it well, but that model has now reached its limits, according to locally-based foreign economists. Domestic consumption could fuel future growth but it will take many years -- even decades -- to achieve the fundamental economic [...]	2009-06-10 07:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EDEV CH
09BEIJING1557	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, NORTH KOREA [...] U.S. DIPLOMACY "Smart Power, 3Ds, and soft diplomacy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (06/10): "After Obama took office, he successively visited the American States, Europe and the Middle East. In this way, he manifests an obvious difference between himself and [...]	2009-06-10 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1559	UPDATE ON CHINA'S INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) Post presents the following updates to the survey on China's immigration control and watchlist systems for terrorist screening. Responses are keyed to lettered subheadings in ref A. 2. (SBU) A: Immigration Databases and Traveler Information Collection: No updates to report. 3. (SBU) [...]	2009-06-10 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR CH
09BEIJING1578	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, GREEN DAM SOFTWARE, EASTERN [...] NORTH KOREA "U.S. stance on the North Korea issue gets tougher" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(06/11): "Secretary Clinton recently implied that the U.S. will take tough actions against North Korea. Analysts think the tougher stance by the U.S. is related to sub [...]	2009-06-11 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1579	JUNE 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CLIMATE CHANGE, GITMO [...] Key points at the June 11 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) should adopt a "responsible and balanced resolution" to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in the region. -- China had a "positive and responsible attitude" to [...]	2009-06-11 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1589	SCO: SECRETARIAT STAFF PREDICT NOT MUCH NEW AT [...] (C) Contrary to MFA official comments trumpeting the importance of the upcoming SCO summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, officials at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat in Beijing downplayed expectations for new developments at the summit in a meeting with PolOff June 12. T [...]	2009-06-12 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1592	Peru-China Free Trade Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary. During the late April visit to China by Peruvian Vice President Giampietri, China and Peru signed a comprehensive free trade agreement which covers goods, services and investment and is expected to go into effect by the end of this year. Giampietri also promoted Chinese investme [...]	2009-06-15 01:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN CH PE
09BEIJING1596	CHINESE HEALTH OFFICIAL: H1N1 QUARANTINES WILL [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: During a June 12 meeting Beijing Health and Human Services (HHS) Attache had with Director General REN Minghui (please protect),head of the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Department of International Cooperation, to discuss other areas of the bilateral health relationship, [...]	2009-06-15 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU KFLO KSAF KPAO AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL
09BEIJING1602	China/Economic Plans: Continued Reform Endorsed [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Beijing's 2009 economic planning document, in contrast to last year's version and some of the trends evident in China's recent economic support and stimulus plans, endorses liberalization and economic transformation. Financial reform continues. China's largest state-owned enter [...]	2009-06-15 23:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EIND EFIN EAGR ENRG EDEV SENV CH
09BEIJING1621	MEDIA REACTION: GUANTANAMO UYGHURS, NORTH KOREA, IRAN [...] GUANTANAMO UYGHURS "Eastern Turkistan prisoners want to open a restaurant in Bermuda" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/16): "Recently Western media organizations have reported on every move of the four East Turkistan Prisoners sen [...]	2009-06-16 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1626	JUNE 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: USS JOHN MCCAIN, KIM JONG-IL [...] Key points at the June 16 MFA press briefing: -- China had "taken note" of media reports regarding a June 11th collision between a Chinese submarine and a sonar array trailed by the destroyer USS John McCain. -- The spokesperson said China was "not aware of the relevant situation" when ask [...]	2009-06-16 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1627	JUNE 4 CONFERENCE ANGERS PARTY, SOME PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) An underground academic conference on the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen crackdown elicited a swift reaction by Chinese security agencies, according to key organizers of the meeting. Nineteen people, including prominent professors, journalists and activists participated in the May 10 forum, which [...]	2009-06-16 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING1631	CHINA -- 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On June 16, PolOff delivered ref A demarche, outlining the publication of the annual TIP report, to An Gang, Director of the MFA's North American and Oceanian Division. An told PolOff that China hoped that the United States would "stop releasing such annual reports." An informed PolOff that [...]	2009-06-17 03:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAM KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09BEIJING1634	CDA AND MFA ASIAN AFFAIRS ON DPRK [...] (C) In a June 16 luncheon in honor of visiting Hong Kong CG Joe Donovan hosted by the Charge, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX said that China liked a U.S. proposal described by Ambassador Bosworth here on June 5 to put all issues related to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula into a package for [...]	2009-06-17 06:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CH KN KS
09BEIJING1636	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 20 [...] (U) As of COB June 16, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 227 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Of the confirmed cases, 70 are American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in 15 provinces and the municipaliti [...]	2009-06-17 07:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING164	January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe, [...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...]	2009-01-20 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW
09BEIJING165	PRC SPECIAL ENVOY LAYS OUT POSITION ON GAZA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's Special Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process Ambassador Sun Bigan described for PolMinCouns January 20 the five principles that China believes are necessary for progress in the Middle East Peace Process in light of the current situation in Gaza. In addition to calling [...]	2009-01-20 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS
09BEIJING1660	PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER GREEN DAM UNLIKELY TO PROMPT [...] (C) After an initial wave of media criticism, the Communist Party Propaganda Department ordered news outlets to report positively on the government's decision to require that new computers be sold with pre-installed Internet filtering software. Following the order, official media, including th [...]	2009-06-18 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING1661	CHINA/RUSSIA: CHINESE SCHOLAR AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Despite China and Russia's public statements about the importance of their strategic partnership, neither country viewed its bilateral relationship as its top foreign policy priority, a Chinese expert on Russia told PolOff June 15. The scholar predicted that the Shanghai Cooperation Organi [...]	2009-06-18 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS
09BEIJING1662	PRC/IRAN: HU-AHMADINEJAD MEETING; ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official reported that President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the margins of the SCO Summit that Iran needed to show flexibility, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the United States, and help the international community oppose nuclear prol [...]	2009-06-18 14:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1663	JUNE 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SUB COLLISION, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the June 18 MFA press briefing: -- MFA Spokesman Qin Gang stated that China "respected the choice of the Iranian people" in recent elections. -- Despite controversy over the "Green Dam" internet filtering software China had a responsibility to protect Chinese youth from "bad [...]	2009-06-18 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EINT CH CN KN KS TX UZ IR IN
09BEIJING1677	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S. ECONOMICS, U.S.-CHINA MILITARY [...] IRAN "Five days in Tehran - The protests will have a hard time influencing Ahmadinejad" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(06/19): "If the protests expand further, Mousavi's support for the protests is not wise. It is a confronta [...]	2009-06-19 08:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1679	PRC/SOUTH PACIFIC: INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Chinese government interlocutors continued to stress the centrality of "non-interference" to China's foreign policy, a Fijian EmbOff told us a new package of Chinese economic assistance to Fiji announced earlier this year arrived just as western sanctions were proving probl [...]	2009-06-19 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING1680	PRC: AFGHAN FM SPANTA VISIT AFFIRMS POSITIVE [...] (C) Afghan FM Spanta's June 9-11 visit to China provided both sides an opportunity to affirm positive bilateral relations but produced no new bilateral economic or security initiatives, according to MFA and Afghan Embassy contacts. While China reiterated its commitment to assist in Afghanistan [...]	2009-06-19 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID EINV CH AF
09BEIJING1682	GREEN DAM INTERNET FILTERING SOFTWARE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese government has a legal obligation to protect children from inappropriate content on the web Ministry of Industry and Information Technology told EMIN June 19. Mandating the internet filtering software Green Dam be provided with every new computer sold in China is in [...]	2009-06-19 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING1693	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE COOPERATION, IRAN, CHINA'S INTERNET [...] CLIMATE COOPERATION "The trilateral climate meeting between China, the U.S. and Japan will begin in July and climate cooperation will be the key topic" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(06/22): "On June [...]	2009-06-22 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1698	PRC: SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) The United States "should not expect too much" from China in terms of high-profile advocacy of potentially controversial or unpopular strategies associated with the United States, particularly in Pakistan, Chinese academic contacts told the U.S. Embassy in recent weeks. They described PRC [...]	2009-06-22 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING1704	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, And U.S. POLICY [...] IRAN "Obama is conflicted concerning Iran" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/23): "Obama maintains restraint when stating his opinion concerning Iran. This restraint reflects that the Obama administration has a far different polit [...]	2009-06-23 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1705	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 21 [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) has scaled back its H1N1 reporting system. As of June 21, MOH now only requires daily case tallies from the Health Departments in the municipalities and provinces and no longer requires case-by-case reporting. MOH notification to Embassy Beijing now reflects [...]	2009-06-23 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1708	MALAY PM IN CHINA: COMMEMORATING 35 YEARS OF [...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's June 2-5 trip focused on the commemoration of 35 years of China-Malaysia relations and resulted in no new substantive initiatives, according to an MFA official and a Malaysian Embassy contact. Though the two sides touched lightly on extant disputes in [...]	2009-06-23 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR MY CH KS
09BEIJING1710	JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN [...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...]	2009-06-23 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW
09BEIJING1720	CHINA/G-20 Pittsburgh: Focus on IFI Reform and Aid, Not [...] (C) Summary: China would like to continue working with the United States in the lead-up to the Pittsburgh G-20 Leaders' Summit, and seek to avoid a perceived European desire to raise economic imbalances that would shine an unflattering light on China and the United States, according to China's [...]	2009-06-24 05:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN CH
09BEIJING174	CHINA: VISA DELAYS SET BACK WESTINGHOUSE PROJECT, THREATEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Westinghouse's execution of a multi-billion dollar contract to build nuclear power units in China -- a source of thousands of U.S. jobs -- continues to be hindered by visa processing delays, specifically the 9 weeks currently required for Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion ( [...]	2009-01-21 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA CH
09BEIJING1747	JAPANESE EMBOFFS ON ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Emboffs, described the June 7 China-Japan High-level Economic Dialogue (HLED) as making little progress on substantive matters but enjoying good atmospherics. The most recent meeting of Japanese, Korean, and Chinese negotiators to discuss a trilateral investment treaty w [...]	2009-06-25 06:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD CH JA KS PK
09BEIJING1757	JUNE 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GOOGLE, FISHERMEN IN INDONESIA, [...] Key points at the June 25 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that recently Google was spreading "lewd and vulgar content," and as an internet enterprise operating in China, Google should "earnestly" abide by Chinese law. All punitive measures take [...]	2009-06-25 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS EINT EPET ETRD BM CE
09BEIJING176	PROSPECTS FOR SINO-EU RELATIONS IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: The cancellation of the China-EU Summit, slated for December 1, was the culmination of a year of poor relations between China and France, according to European Embassy contacts. Since France ceded the rotating EU Presidency to the Czech Republic on January 1, however, China has [...]	2009-01-21 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ CH
09BEIJING1777	PRC: MAUNG AYE TOLD TO "ADVANCE DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT;" AUNG SAN SUU KYI NOT DISCUSSED [...] (C) SPDC Vice-Chairman Maung Aye did not discuss Aung San Suu Kyi with senior Chinese leadership during his June 15-20 visit to China, according to an MFA contact, focusing instead on strengthening bilateral ties. The Chinese urged Burma to advance its "domestic democratic development" and inc [...]	2009-06-29 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AGS BM CH ENRG ETRD PHUM PREL
09BEIJING1803	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR ON ELECTION'S TIANANMEN ECHOES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Chinese academic, Beijing was handling coverage of the contested Iranian elections carefully in light of potential comparisons by ordinary Chinese of the unrest to the leadership split that lead to the June 4 Tiananmen massacre. Our contact said that Beijin [...]	2009-06-30 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1804	JUNE 30 MFA PRESS BREIFING: ASEAN+3, FIVE PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the June 30 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China would continue to "play a constructive role" through the ASEAN+3 and Regional Security Forum and, given that the international security and economic situation was "changing ra [...]	2009-06-30 23:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW
09BEIJING1816	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 22 [...] (U) As of COB July 1, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 867 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Confirmed cases have been detected in 19 provinces and the municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Of [...]	2009-07-01 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1821	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT), [...] (C) During the first session of the 10th U.S.-PRC Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) held June 23-24 2009 in Beijing, both the U.S. and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegations affirmed that presidents of the two countries had charged them with improving the military-to-military relations [...]	2009-07-01 00:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1822	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DC), [...] (C) The U.S. policy of conducting surveillance in China's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) reflects a Cold War mentality and should be stopped, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegation maintained during the second session of Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) June 23, 2009. U.S. surveillance [...]	2009-07-01 00:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1827	2009 U.S.-PRC DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT) [...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff, stretched what was to be a sixty minute Small Group session with Ms. Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP),into ninety minutes, and focused his remarks on objecting to U.S. arms sales [...]	2009-07-01 01:20:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1835	2009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT), [...] (C) During U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks June 24, 2009, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) presented the U.S. perspective on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing the importance of China's role in the region. PRC military officials perceived [...]	2009-07-01 06:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS EAID IR AF PK
09BEIJING1838	JULY 2 MFA PRESS BREIFING: WU DAWEI, G-8, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the July 2 MFA press briefing: -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei began his visit to Russia, the United States, Japan and South Korea on July 2, and will "exchange views with relevant parties" on the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as issues relating to Northeast Asia. [...]	2009-07-01 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM ECIN CH JA KN KS ZI RS IT TW
09BEIJING1839	WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations [...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...]	2009-07-01 12:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN
09BEIJING1843	WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations [...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...]	2009-07-04 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN
09BEIJING1844	SCO SUMMIT: CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS [...] (C) Chinese and other Shanghai Organization (SCO) member countries' diplomats told us that the June 16 SCO summit in Yekaterinburg had served primarily as a forum for SCO members to demonstrate a sense of urgency in responding to the global financial crisis, eclipsing discussion about increasin [...]	2009-07-05 02:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1845	INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong, leading an interagency delegation made up of representatives of all Chinese agencies tasked with implementing UNSCR 1874, told Ambassador Philip Goldberg in a 3 hour 45-minute meeting on July 2 that China was committe [...]	2009-07-05 02:50:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING1867	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. and China don't need a Fourth Joint Communiqu yet" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(07/06): "The Obama Administration is continuing the stable development of U.S.-China relations [...]	2009-07-05 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1868	140 DEAD IN URUMQI RIOTS, DEATH TOLL MAY GO [...] (C) During the course of July 6, China's official media steadily revised upward the death toll from July 5 rioting in Urumqi, Xinjiang, to 140. The Xinhua News Agency warned the final figure could be higher. 828 people were injured and police have made "hundreds" of arrests, the agency report [...]	2009-07-05 11:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH

09BEIJING1877	JULY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG, RUSSIA [...] Key points at the July 7 MFA press briefing: - Regarding the events in Xinjiang, MFA spokesperson Qin said that the "facts could not be clearer" and that an "evil crime" had taken place that some people called a "peaceful demonstration." Qin said that these people were cowards and "totally l [...]	2009-07-07 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH RS
09BEIJING1878	UNREST CONTINUES IN URUMQI, COUNTER DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) During a third day of unrest in Urumqi, large numbers of rioters of Han nationality engaged in counter protests directed at Uighur residents and businesses. According to a U.S. Embassy officer in Urumqi, as of 1800 local time, unrest, including explosions and the use of tear gas by police [...]	2009-07-07 11:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING1885	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 23 [...] (U) As of COB July 7, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 1151 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Confirmed cases have been detected in 19 provinces and the municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Of t [...]	2009-07-08 03:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1906	MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOT, U.S. ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY [...] XINJIANG RIOT a. "July 5" incident will not create chaos in China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(07/08): "After the large chaos on July 5th, small scale chaos, demonstrations and conflicts continue. Comparable to favoring Tibet's [...]	2009-07-08 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1910	China/UNSCR 1874: Delivery of State 66250 [...] (SBU) Ref A nonpaper and talking points were delivered to the Chinese Government via a telephone call between U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey and People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning (ref B),Ambassador Phillip Goldberg's meeting in Beijing with Chinese government off [...]	2009-07-08 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
09BEIJING1911	SCENESETTER FOR DOE SECRETARY CHU VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Secretary Chu, Chinese leaders are eagerly looking forward to your visit to China and to engaging you on issues of energy, climate change and science, among others, that will help determine the quality of life of the Chinese and American people over the next few decades. Your visit come [...]	2009-07-08 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING1924	SCENESETTER FOR DOC SECRETARY LOCKE VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Secretary Locke, I wanted to send you a note that addresses some of the issues you will raise from a China mission perspective. I know that your staff has prepared papers on these matters and hope we are not duplicating some of their observations. 2. (SBU) Clearly, Chinese leaders are [...]	2009-07-09 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING1927	JULY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, RIO TINTO [...] Key points at the July 9 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the events in Xinjiang, while current casualty figures were not available, no foreign casualties had been recorded. -- Regarding Turkey's proposal to discuss the events in Xinjiang before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),[...]	2009-07-09 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING1928	CHINESE INTERNET REACTION TO XINJIANG UNREST [...] The recent riots and ethnic tensions in Xinjiang were hot topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblogging platforms in China over the past few days. Widespread censorship was present on popular social discussion platforms. Many netizens expressed skepticism about avai [...]	2009-07-09 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH
09BEIJING1929	TENSIONS SUBSIDE IN URUMQI UNDER CONTINUED HEAVY [...] (C) Poloff in Urumqi witnessed no new disturbances during the course of July 9. Public transportation was operational and many businesses had reopened. Poloff witnessed Uighurs walking unmolested in predominantly Han neighborhoods. Uighur neighborhoods appeared to have far less activity and fo [...]	2009-07-09 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1952	MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOT, NORTH KOREA [...] XINJIANG RIOT a. "By being extreme, western media loses China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/10): "China is changing, but western media's attitude towards China seems forever unchanged. When the '7.5' incident happened, weste [...]	2009-07-10 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1954	XINJIANG SITREP FOR JULY 10, 2009 [...] (C) No major incidents of unrest occurred during in Urumqi during the course of July 9, though Embassy officers witnessed a brief scuffle as security forces broke up a demonstration of about 30 Uighurs in front of western journalists on July 10. The People's Armed Police (PAP) presence in the [...]	2009-07-10 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC CH
09BEIJING1957	GOOGLE CLAIMS HARRASSMENT BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Google China representatives claim the company's services have been blocked by the Chinese government periodically over the past three years. After users reported on June 18 that Google.cm search engine was not filtering returns for pornographic sites, the government on June 2 [...]	2009-07-12 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM PGOV ECON CH
09BEIJING1969	PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY [...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...]	2009-07-13 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING1970	RISE IN MASS INCIDENTS WORRISOME BUT NOT YET A THREAT TO OVERALL STABILITY, CONTACTS SAY [...] (C) A jump in the number of "mass incidents," or violent protests against local governments, in June is unrelated to the recent ethnic riots in Xinjiang and does not signal a threat to overall social stability, Embassy contacts report. However, violent incidents indicate serious discontent belo [...]	2009-07-13 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC CH
09BEIJING1971	China's new super think tank [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to widespread official and media criticism of Chinese think tanks' failure to adequately respond to the global financial crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao pushed for the creation of a new think tank with an impressive roster of high-level members. The center made i [...]	2009-07-13 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN CH
09BEIJING1972	URUMQI CALM -- JULY 13 SITREP [...] (C) Urumqi and Kashgar remained calm July 11-13, according to a U.S. Embassy team on the ground there, with no reports of new violence. The government July 11 revised the official death toll upward to 184 and provided an ethnic breakdown which showed that three quarters of the riot fatalities [...]	2009-07-13 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING1973	INDONESIAN FM VISIT TO BEIJING [...] (C) Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda's July 1-3 trip to Beijing concentrated mainly on positive aspects of Sino-Indonesia ties, including signing of an extradition treaty, and further development of the strategic partnership, according to MFA and Indonesian Embassy contacts. However [...]	2009-07-13 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EFIN PBTS MARR ID CH
09BEIJING1974	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP #24 [...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) informed Post on July 13 that as of July 11, it would no longer be sending daily notifications on newly-confirmed H1N1 cases and directed us to the MOH website for the latest H1N1 information. MOH now posts a daily announcement on their website that includ [...]	2009-07-14 03:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BEIJING198	CHINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR TALKS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: China supports the African Union (AU) position that continued negotiations offer the best way to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe, according to a Chinese diplomat. China also supports mediation efforts by South Africa and the South African Development Community (SADC) an [...]	2009-01-22 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF
09BEIJING1989	PRC: INDIAN ACTIONS ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH DESIGNED [...] (C) Chinese scholars believe the media-hyped controversies over recent Indian troop movements near the disputed province of Arunachal Pradesh and the province's inclusion in the Asia Development Bank's Country Strategy for India reflect India's desire to pressure China to recognize India's terr [...]	2009-07-14 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MOPS MARR EAID CH IN
09BEIJING1990	SHOOTING ELEVATES URUMQI TENSIONS AND SECURITY [...] (C) Urumqi was largely calm July 14 but the fatal shooting of two Uighurs by police on July 13 appeared to have resulted in an increased People's Armed Police (PAP) presence in Uighur neighborhoods and the closure of many shops that had only recently reopened. Jiefang Nan Road, where the inci [...]	2009-07-14 11:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP TU CH
09BEIJING1992	JULY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, THREATS OF [...] Key points at the July 14 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson emphasized the fact that since "most of the dead" were Han and a "small number" were from ethnic minorities in the recent July 5 incident in Urumqi, there was "no such thing as ethnic genocide." -- When asked about threats b [...]	2009-07-14 12:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING2004	TRAFFIC CONTROLS REMAIN IN URUMQI UIGHUR QUARTER [...] (C) Embassy officers in Urumqi reported continued high security, including traffic controls, in the Uighur sections of the city July 15. About 50 percent of businesses in the Uighur quarter were closed, including large markets and bazaars. Uighurs remained fearful of being seen speaking at l [...]	2009-07-15 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP PTER CH
09BEIJING2021	MFA OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT U.S. POLICY ON [...] (C) In June 16 meetings with visiting Hong Kong Consul General Joseph Donovan, MFA officials urged the U.S. to act cautiously toward the universal suffrage question in Hong Kong, but welcomed private advice from Washington on the issue. One official commented that the large June 4 vigil in Ho [...]	2009-07-16 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV CH HK
09BEIJING2022	ONE WEEK LATER: CHINESE NETIZENS INTEREST IN XINJIANG [...] The recent riots and ethnic tensions in Xinjiang remained widely discussed topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblogging platforms in China in the week since July 8. Widespread censorship was evident through the continued blocking of many popular social discussion pla [...]	2009-07-16 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH
09BEIJING2023	URUMQI DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 192 -- JULY 16 [...] (C) Post has received no reports of new violence or unrest in Urumqi, or other areas of Xinjiang, July 16. The death toll from the July 5 riot climbed to 192 with 1,721 people injured. Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan was quoted in the local press as saying most of the dead were "innocent. [...]	2009-07-16 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING2025	JULY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, RIO TINTO [...] Key points at the July 16 MFA press briefing: --China "opposes any country providing a platform" for Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer's "separatist activity." --China's position on mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions has been "consistent and clear" and China would "follow the principles [...]	2009-07-16 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING2038	CHINA URGES USG TO "RESTRICT" KADEER, DEATH TOLL [...] (C) Ministry of Public Security Vice Minister Liu Jing, in a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, argued that the July 5 riot in Urumqi was a "terrorist activity," claiming that rioters were "professional and well-trained." The Director said outside observers will only be convinced [...]	2009-07-17 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PROP PHUM CH
09BEIJING204	PRC/MEPP: CHINA VEXES ARABS WITH RESTRAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a briefing by Chinese Middle East Envoy Sun Bigan, Arab ambassadors in China were frustrated and disappointed by Beijing's measured response to the recent Gaza violence, Arab embassy contacts said January 22. They expected Chinese condemnation of Israel, based on China's h [...]	2009-01-22 12:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS XF
09BEIJING2040	PREMIER WEN SUFFERS CRITICISM, BUT POSITION [...] (C) Rumors that Premier Wen Jiabao is under fire for a variety of alleged failings continue to circulate among China's politically active circles, but the chances of Wen being forced out before his term expires in 2013 are remote, according to a number of Embassy contacts. Wen has reportedly [...]	2009-07-17 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM EFIN CH
09BEIJING2041	XINJIANG: PRC SCRAMBLES TO AVOID ANTI-ISLAM IMAGE [...] (C) According to Beijing-based diplomats, PRC officials scrambled in the wake of the July 5 violence in Xinjiang to head off potential anti-Chinese reactions in the Muslim world by urging governments from majority-Muslim countries to refrain from official statements and control their media's p [...]	2009-07-17 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CH ID EG TU
09BEIJING2062	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON XINJIANG, [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing July 17, French Ambassador Ladsous reported that during French National Day, he spoke with a Chinese Vice Minister who said Xinjiang was "just like Tibet" and implied France "best keep quiet." On Rio Tinto, Ladsous reported that he hea [...]	2009-07-20 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING2063	PRC LEADERSHIP STABLE DESPITE TENSIONS; XI STILL [...] (C) Embassy contacts have reported that relations among China's top leaders remained largely stable, and the arrangements put in train for succession at the 18th Party Congress in 2012 appeared to be holding, with Xi Jinping likely to become Party chief and Li Keqiang to become Premier. Three [...]	2009-07-20 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
09BEIJING2064	Secretary Locke Discusses Bilateral Trade [...] (SBU) Secretary Locke and delegation and D/USTR Demetrios Marantis met July 15 with Minister Chen Deming and senior MOFCOM officials for a 90 minute discussion of bilateral trade and commercial issues including clean energy coooperation, global warming, trade remedies, Buy America/Buy China po [...]	2009-07-20 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR EIND EINT BEXP CH
09BEIJING2065	URUMQI RIOT A "TERRORIST ACT": FBI DIRECTOR [...] (C) The July 5 riot in Urumqi was a "terrorist act" and the rioters were "professional and well trained," Vice Minister of Public Security Liu Jing told visiting FBI Director Robert S. Mueller July 17. The violence in Urumqi was premeditated and well organized and had nothing to do with reli [...]	2009-07-20 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH
09BEIJING2066	JULY 20 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) EmbOffs in Urumqi reported no new violence or unrest over the weekend of July 18-19 or on July 20. The official death toll from the riots remains 197. In majority Han or mixed neighborhoods the security posture had relaxed noticeably while large numbers of police continued to patrol the Ui [...]	2009-07-20 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH
09BEIJING2073	Energy Secretary Chu and Commerce Secretary Locke Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang Ping on July 14, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discussed how the United States and China can work together on energy and climate change. Chu pointed out that throu [...]	2009-07-21 06:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2085	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR SEEKS MORE SPACE FOR SECURITY [...] (S) Israeli Ambassador to China Amos Nadai told the Charge that Israel was capable of expanding its defense and security relationship with China but this would require the United States rethinking the limitations it has placed on Israeli security cooperation with China. Israel was especially [...]	2009-07-21 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL ECON MCAP MARR IS IR CH
09BEIJING2092	MEP OFFICIAL TALKS ABOUT BALANCING ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (SBU) In a press briefing on June 25 by Mr. WAN Bentai, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP),Wan strongly asserted that MEP's highest priority is to maintain and enforce national environmental laws, and actions to support these laws and regulations would be not be [...]	2009-07-22 06:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PREL CH
09BEIJING2097	JULY 22 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) Embassy officers present in Xinjiang received no additional reports of violence in the region. In Kashgar, the Embassy team encountered surveillance July 22. Several plain clothes security officers, thinly disguised as Han Chinese tourists, followed and took video of the Embassy officers [...]	2009-07-22 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING21	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, JAPAN [...] U.S. DEPLOMACY "Obama runs 'family politics' very well" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(01/06): "Caroline Kennedy has become the most capable candidate for the New York Senate seat left by future Secretary of [...]	2009-01-06 08:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2112	TOP LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY CONSENSUS, [...] (C) The need for consensus and the desire to protect vested interests are the main drivers of Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) decision-making and Chinese leadership dynamics in general, according to Embassy contacts with access to leadership circles. Contacts have variously described relations [...]	2009-07-23 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
09BEIJING2121	LOCAL OFFICIALS IGNORE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN CANCER [...] (SBU) "Cancer villages" appear to be as commonplace as water pollution in China. For local residents, it is not a question of whether cancer villages exist, but rather how badly cancer has afflicted the villages. Although local and international journalists have reported periodically on the l [...]	2009-07-24 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PREL CH
09BEIJING2123	HIGH-PROFILE NGO CLOSED, PRE-60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On July 17 the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau raided the offices of the Open Constitution Initiative (aka "Gongmeng"),an NGO promoting democracy and rule-of-law, and declared the group an "illegal organization." Days earlier, Beijing tax officials had slapped OCI with a large fine for all [...]	2009-07-24 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
09BEIJING2125	DOE SECRETARY CHU DISCUSSES CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY AND [...] (SBU) On July 16, Secretary Chu met with CAO Peixi the president of Huaneng Group, China's largest power producer. The two met at Huaneng's Gaobeidian showcase cogeneration power plant in Beijing to discuss the energy giant's effort to reduce sulfur and nitrogen oxide (SOx and NOx) and carbo [...]	2009-07-26 23:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING2144	(C) AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR CONFIRMS GOA SURPRISE [...] (C) Summary. China's recent detention of Australian citizen Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto executives surprised the Australian government, according to Dr. Geoff Raby, Australia's Ambassador here. Raby told the Charge July 24 that his government had seen no evidence of bribery, espiona [...]	2009-07-27 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS
09BEIJING2149	CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK [...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...]	2009-07-28 06:25:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN
09BEIJING2158	Secretary Chu Discusses Energy and Climate Change [...] (U) Summary: Secretary Chu met with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) President LU Yongxiang on July 15 to discuss current and upcoming areas of cooperation in the areas of energy efficiency and climate change. Secretary Chu stressed the need for energy-efficient technologies such as efficient [...]	2009-07-29 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2183	THE URUMQI RIOTS - WHAT CONTACTS SAY HAPPENED [...] (C) For three weeks following the initial July 5 violence in Urumqi, a series of EmbOffs visited Xinjiang to seek out solid information about the incident and its aftermath. Using the information gathered, we have put together a timeline of the events that began that day. Following is one of [...]	2009-07-31 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING2185	XINJIANG: CHINA REPORTEDLY DEFEATED OIC STATEMENT [...] (C) Egyptian Embassy Officer Haitham Safey (protect) told PolOff July 30 that PRC efforts to quash a proposed statement by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) condemning the Chinese government's response to the July 5 unrest in Xinjiang and its treatment of Muslim Uighurs (reftels [...]	2009-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH EG TU
09BEIJING2196	CHINA 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified -- it contains business proprietary information and is not for distribution to the public. 2. (SBU) In response to ref A, this cable provides updated information on investment and expropriation claims in China and includes input from the Econo [...]	2009-08-03 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09BEIJING2198	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. EAST ASIAN POLICY, S&ED, NORTH KOREA [...] U.S. EAST ASIAN POLICY "Three major changes in the U.S.'s East Asian policy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/03): "Two recent moves by the United States show that the U.S.'s attitude towards the integration of East Asia is changing. First, the U.S. signed a [...]	2009-08-03 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING22	LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA [...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...]	2009-01-06 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH
09BEIJING2217	MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...]	2009-08-05 00:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH
09BEIJING224	MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, CHINA'S POLICY [...] FINANCIAL CRISIS a. "U.S. plans to strengthen financial monitor" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(01/27): "The Obama administration plans to [...]	2009-01-29 08:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2248	CULTURAL INDUSTRIES REJUVENATE! (NOT ABOUT MARKET ACCESS) [...] (SBU) Summary: ChinaQs State Council July 22 announced it would lower the investment threshold in the entertainment and cultural industry and allow more private and foreign interests to invest in state-owned media groups. The moves were announced along with approval of a Culture Industry Reju [...]	2009-08-06 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR CH
09BEIJING2263	PRC/UN: UN SYG VISIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon visited China July 23-26 to seek support from senior Chinese leaders for upcoming UN discussions on climate change. Contacts reported that the Chinese leadership remained non-committal on the SYG's call for China to play a greater global leadership ro [...]	2009-08-07 10:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG SENV CH
09BEIJING2273	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA, U.S.-CHINA [...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA "Africans snubbed Hillary" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/10): "On her visit to Africa, Secretary Hillary Clinton held in one hand a big stick and the other hand a carrot, rev [...]	2009-08-10 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2295	MEDIA REACTION: CAN CHINA SAVE THE WORLD?, U.S. AND CHINA [...] CAN CHINA SAVE THE WORLD? "More communication and exchanges needed" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/10): "Time magazine recently published a cover story with the title, 'Can China save the world?' which has once again focused international media attention on [...]	2009-08-11 08:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2298	INTERNET USERS PUSH AGAINST CONTROLS, CONTACTS [...] (C) Despite tight political controls, China's netizens are increasingly using the Internet as a forum for public discussion and even, at times, as a platform to challenge actions by government authorities, Chinese electronic media professionals told State Department Policy Planning Director An [...]	2009-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL CH
09BEIJING2318	PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (SBU) On August 12, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division official Jiang Bo reftel points noting the commencement of the USG review of tranche 3 names from the 1267 Consolidated List pursuant to paragraph 25 of UN Security Council Resolution [...]	2009-08-12 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CH
09BEIJING232	CHINESE GOVERNMENT SEEKS BETTER UNEMPLOYMENT DATA [...] (U) Summary: China s official unemployment rate, which rose to 4.2 percent in December, is unrealistic and does not capture over 100 million migrant workers most affected by the economic downturn in late 2008. According to government officials and a local labor economist, the government know [...]	2009-01-29 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING2337	MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...]	2009-08-13 07:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH
09BEIJING2341	PRC OFFERS WEAK REACTION TO BURMESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) China hopes Burma can peacefully resolve its own internal issues and maintains that the international community should not interfere in any country's legal system, MFA Asian Affairs Department Burma Division Deputy Director Chen Chen told PolOff August 13 in response to reftel points urgin [...]	2009-08-13 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2343	CHINA: DUE DILIGENCE ON NOMINEE FOR THE [...] (SBU) The following are answers to the due diligence questions posed in reftel. (Note: In the answers below "Cummins" and "the company" refer to the parent company headquartered in the United States; "Cummins China" refers to Cummins' wholly- owned holding company in China as well as its join [...]	2009-08-13 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRAD KSEP SENV CH
09BEIJING2360	CHINA OFFICIALLY "UNINSTALLS" GREEN DAM INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Minister Li announced August 13 computers sold in China would not be subject to mandatory internet censorship software requirements. The remarks represent the highest level signal to date that the Chinese government has off [...]	2009-08-14 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING2383	RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE ON THE CHINESE WEB [...] (SBU) Searches for online discussion of religion on the Chinese Internet from June to August revealed a robust discourse on religious doctrine and practice on Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist websites, discussion forums, and blogs as well as on mainstream commercial portals. Chinese religious [...]	2009-08-18 12:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL CH
09BEIJING2414	PRC: INDIAN INFORMATION INADEQUATE TO WARRANT [...] (C) India has not provided sufficient information about the three Pakistan-based individuals it proposed to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to merit their listing as terrorists, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin told PolOff Au [...]	2009-08-21 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK
09BEIJING2429	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: XU ZHIYONG (ON BAIL) AND ILHAM [...] (C) On August 23, detained rights activist Xu Zhiyong and ethnic Uighur academic Ilham Tohti were released from police custody. Also released was Zhuang Lu, a codefendant in the state's "tax evasion" case against Xu and his NGO, the Open Constitution Initiative. Tohti, whose writings had been [...]	2009-08-24 10:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP SOCI CH
09BEIJING2438	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...]	2009-08-25 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2447	AFRICAN EMBASSIES PREVIEW CHINA-AFRICA FORUM "" [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian and South African diplomats in Beijing believe the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) offers a good platform for cooperation with China, but would be more useful if African countries did a better job of coordinating among themselves. Chinese investments have been [...]	2009-08-26 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EAID ECON PREL XA EINV
09BEIJING2456	PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with PolOff, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Third Bureau Director Wu Baocai expressed concern about post-election violence in Afghanistan and uncertainty as to how to evaluate the strength of the Taliban. Whi [...]	2009-08-26 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID MARR NATO PTER CH PK AF
09BEIJING2464	CHINA RESPONSE TO VIOLATIONS OF FAA REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) As requested in reftels on violations of Federal aviation regulations by Chinese pilots, Econoff presented the case dossiers to the Flight Safety Office of the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) on March 23, 2009 (refs A and B) and on April 13, 2009 (ref C). CAAC conducted an inves [...]	2009-08-28 05:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CH
09BEIJING2467	China Considers Restrictions on Strategic [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: ChinaQs Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has drafted a report recommending more stringent restrictions on the export of rare earth metals and further consolidation in the rare earth mining sector over the next six years, according to Chinese media. S [...]	2009-08-28 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EMIN EIND SENV CH AS
09BEIJING2478	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRC PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Following his August 28 credentialing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, the Ambassador outlined for PRC President Hu Jintao his and President Obama's vision for the U.S.-China relationship and the goals of his mission. The Ambassador said he wanted to build a more "stabl [...]	2009-08-31 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP OVIP KOLY CH
09BEIJING248	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S MILITARY [...] U.S. POLICY a. "Obama's stance that China has manipulated their exchange rate has changed from his forefront stance to his behind-the-scenes stance" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/02): "Geithner has once [...]	2009-02-02 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2481	PRC DOWNPLAYS CONFLICT IN BURMA'S KOKANG REGION [...] (C) Summary. China's Nansan border region adjacent to the Kokang region of Burma is calm, and refugees have already begun to return to Burma, ConGenOff observed August 30 and 31. PRC government statements and Chinese media accounts downplayed the seriousness of the conflict between ethnic K [...]	2009-08-31 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2490	SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...]	2009-09-01 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2492	XINJIANG: INCREASED ETHNIC TENSIONS AND HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic tension between Han Chinese and Uighurs has increased dramatically in three southern Xinjiang province cities and in Urumqi since the early- July ethnic violence in the provincial capital, according to local residents. Contacts did not report any increase in restrictions [...]	2009-09-01 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2493	BURMA/PRC BORDER SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: As cross-border refugees from Burma's Kokang region continue to return to Burma, local residents and remaining refugees in China's Nansan border region told ConGenOff September 1 that refugee flows had moved to border crossings in Yunnan province adjacent to ethnic Wa-controlled [...]	2009-09-01 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2494	PRC/IRAN: CHINA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE BILATERALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is biding its time until the political crisis in Iran reaches a clearer resolution and the Ahmadinejad government consolidates power, and will signal its renewed engagement by sending a high-level delegation to Tehran once the political situation has been resolved, accordin [...]	2009-09-01 12:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2521	WELCOME TO BEIJING [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of S/R Bosworth and delegation to China September 3, 2009 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Mark Lambert, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6430-7657 Office: (86-10)8531-3764 Cell: (86)139-1056-2317 Fax: (86-10)8 [...]	2009-09-02 08:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH JA KS
09BEIJING2527	PRC ANTIMONOPOLY LAW'S FIRST YEAR LEAVES KEY [...] (C) Summary: The competition regime established by China's year-old anti-monopoly law (AML) is still plagued by incomplete implementing rules, a lack of decision-making transparency, a perceived reluctance to take on powerful state-owned enterprises (SOEs),and potential jurisdictional confusi [...]	2009-09-03 01:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CH EINV EIND ECIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL
09BEIJING2533	THE FOURTH CCP PLENUM: REFORM WITH NO CHANGE [...] (C) On July 23, a Xinhua press release announced that the Fourth Plenum of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party would convene in September. In keeping with established practice, a date for the Plenum was not announced, but the press release noted that the Plenum would add [...]	2009-09-03 11:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH
09BEIJING2534	BEIJING AND THE DALAI LAMA'S TAIWAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: China has made two public statements on the Dalai Lama's ongoing Taiwan visit; the first condemning the trip but blaming it on Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),the second warning that that the visit is "bound to affect cross-Strait relations." [...]	2009-09-03 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF CH TW
09BEIJING2535	SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR [...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]	2009-09-03 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2536	SERBIA AND CHINA FIND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Affirmation of mutual support on respective Serbian and PRC sovereignty issues highlighted the political agenda of Serbian President Boris Tadic's August 19-25 visit to China, according to Serbian diplomats and Chinese government and academic contacts. Despite MFA insistence tha [...]	2009-09-03 23:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV YI KV CH ICJ
09BEIJING254	CHINESE ACADEMICS COMMENT ON KOREAN PENINSULA [...] (C) In conversations with PolOff preceding recent international media reports of increasingly fiery DPRK rhetoric, Chinese scholars predicted that North Korea would seek to manufacture a crisis in order to gain the attention of the new U.S. administration. In view of the disappointing conclus [...]	2009-02-03 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING255	FEBRUARY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL [...] Key points at the February 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China is ready to work with the United States to promote bilateral relations. -- China is a friend of both India and Pakistan and hopes the two countries will "proceed from the interests of regional stability and promote the peace process [...]	2009-02-03 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN XG IN PK KS RP UK SA
09BEIJING2555	ETHNIC HAN URUMQI RESIDENTS PROTEST "SYRINGE [...] (C) Security forces locked down central Urumqi late September 3 in the wake of protests by as many as "tens of thousands" of ethnic Han demonstrators, but failed to prevent smaller protests from breaking out September 4. The official PRC Xinhua News Agency said the protesters on September 3 ha [...]	2009-09-04 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING256	CHINA: ANTI-TRAFFICKING COOPERATION WITH VIETNAM [...] (C) Anti-trafficking cooperation between China and Vietnam in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guangxi) is increasingly effective, although trafficking of Vietnamese women and children remains a major problem. More than 200 trafficking victims have been rescued since 2004, but despite efforts [...]	2009-02-03 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWNM CH VM
09BEIJING257	AVIAN INFLUENZA--CHINA UPDATE JAN/FEB 2009 [...] SUMMARY: (U) As the country shut down and the population traveled home for the Chinese New Year, four more cases of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),influenza A/H5N1, were confirmed (during the January 24-31 period) in the provinces of Guizhou and Hunan, as well a [...]	2009-02-03 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR PREL HHS CH
09BEIJING2570	XINJIANG STABILITY, ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS, PAKISTAN, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 8 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government was capable of dealing with the situation in Xinjiang and would handle the issue according to law. -- China hoped that Israel would "be prudent and take measures to facilitate the early resumption of talks" with Pal [...]	2009-09-08 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC SENV CH KN KS JP IN IR AE IS PK TW
09BEIJING2573	GANSU AND QINGHAI TIBETANS SAY TENSIONS EASING, [...] (S) Tibetans in Qinghai and Gansu provinces reported that human rights conditions are slowly improving, particularly in Qinghai, though some Tibetan monks and academics complained that they continue to experience pressure to cooperate with government propaganda campaigns. PolOff visited the [...]	2009-09-08 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2576	PRC:TIRES, XINJIANG, IRAN, TAIWAN, DPRK IN AMB-VFM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting at the MFA, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei that the United States wants to find a way forward on the 421 tire case, but is ready to move on 421 if there is no other option. VFM He was pessimistic that we could reach an agreement, and [...]	2009-09-08 12:41:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC OVIP ECON ETRD AF
09BEIJING2577	PRC:TIRES, XINJIANG, IRAN, TAIWAN, DPRK IN AMB-VFM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting at the MFA, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei that the United States wants to find a way forward on the 421 tire case, but is ready to move on 421 if there is no other option. VFM He was pessimistic that we could reach an agreement, and [...]	2009-09-08 23:03:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC OVIP ECON ETRD AF
09BEIJING2593	CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST [...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...]	2009-09-10 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING2594	MPS DISCUSSES CHINA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: China continues to develop its prosecutorial and administrative abilities to counter trafficking in persons (TIP) and recognizes the importance of properly taking care of trafficking victims, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Official responsible for TIP issues emphasized i [...]	2009-09-10 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING2596	SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...]	2009-09-10 23:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI

09BEIJING2597	SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...]	2009-09-10 23:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI
09BEIJING26	January 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, SOMALI PIRACY, [...] Key points at the January 6 MFA press briefing: -- China has told "relevant parties" to "stop military action" in the Middle East. -- Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao fishing vessels can apply for protection from the Chinese naval flotilla in the sea off Somalia through appropriate channels. [...]	2009-01-06 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EWWT CH TW IS
09BEIJING2615	CHINA/INDIA: TENSIONS OVER ADB DISPUTE SUBSIDE AS [...] (C) Summary: The India-China border dispute and their recent skirmish at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) over a proposed project in Arunachal Pradesh (AP) "will not get in the way" of bilateral economic relations, according to an Indian diplomat. He said both sides were focused on increasing [...]	2009-09-11 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV CH IN
09BEIJING2617	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPANESE [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing on September 11, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto stated that while the recent elections in Japan were "significant," he does not expect major changes in Japan's foreign policy. British Ambassador William Ehrman said the United Kingdom was " [...]	2009-09-11 11:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING2628	Demarche Delivered: China on UNGA Food [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the International Organizations and Conferences Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on September 10 and had a follow-up conversation on September 14. MFA officials said they are coordinating with the Ministry of Agriculture on the invitation [...]	2009-09-14 11:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EAGR EAID UNGA PREL CH
09BEIJING2630	PRC REACTS TO U.S. TIRE SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Chinese reaction to the U.S. decision announced September 11 to impose Section 421 tariffs against Chinese tire imports has thus far been contained to the trade sector, in line with PRC indications to the high-level interagency delegation in Beijing last week. MOFCOM anno [...]	2009-09-14 12:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING2635	CHINA/KUWAIT: GUANGDONG REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The USD 10 billion deal between Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and Chinese state-owned refining giant Sinopec to build a petrochemical plant and oil refinery in Guangdong Province could be derailed by a dispute over distribution rights, according to a KPC executive [...]	2009-09-15 05:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL SENV PGOV CH KU
09BEIJING2646	SEPTEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK TRIPS, TIBET ISSUE, [...] Key points at the September 15 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson had no information about reported trips to the DPRK by either State Councilor Dai Bingguo or Premier Wen Jiabao. -- China firmly opposed foreign officials meeting with the Dalai Lama and opposed the Dalai Lama's engageme [...]	2009-09-15 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN IR IN JP AF
09BEIJING2658	RIO-TINTO UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON STERN HU ARREST [...] (C) Summary: Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Rio) has quietly reopened negotiations with Chinalco as part of an effort to win the release of its employee and Australian national Stern Hu. In response to Hu's arrest and to avoid further accusations of stealing secrets, Rio is considering transferring all o [...]	2009-09-16 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL EMIN CH AS
09BEIJING2660	AMBASSADOR BADER AND FM YANG DISCUSS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Ambassador Jeffrey Bader, Foreign Minister Yang was upbeat on the overall trend in U.S.-China relations. Ambassador Bader outlined his expectations for the planned November travel of President Obama to China, o [...]	2009-09-16 15:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR
09BEIJING2669	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S. NATIONAL [...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE "Obama is not reliable" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(09/17)(pg 2): "The special protection case on tires reflects the remarkable cultural differences between China and the United States. Chinese experts were so optimistic a [...]	2009-09-17 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2670	SEPTEMBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NIS REPORT, NORTH [...] Key points at the September 17 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the 2009 National Intelligence Strategy report, China urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality," which could undermine mutual trust and mislead the American public. -- On North Korea, China remained committed to [...]	2009-09-17 23:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN KS IR JP AF RS SF
09BEIJING2671	TIRE SAFEGUARD CASE: PRC RELEASES AD/CVD PETITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) formally notified Embassy late the afternoon of September 16 of its considertaion of an anti-dumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition on imports of chicken products from the U.S. Based on the product categories listed in the petition, th [...]	2009-09-17 23:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING268	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS [...] U.S. POLICY a. "Financial crisis leads to a reduction in the U.S. military budget---this is a bonus in the crisis" 21 Century Business Heral (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (02/04): "During this financial downturn, America, Russia and several othe [...]	2009-02-04 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2690	TIRE CASE: SOY BEANS NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese media September 18 raised possible tire dispute-inspired trade remedies against U.S. soybean and auto product imports. The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has not released any petition on U.S. auto products, but unconfirmed press reports said NDRC met with Chinese industry [...]	2009-09-18 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING2692	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY ROUNDTABLE WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) On September 10, Embassy Beijing hosted a round-table discussion with 19 Beijing-based rights lawyers, visiting Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor senior advisor Susan O'Sullivan, and third-country diplomats. Most of the Chinese participants were among a group of lawyers whose li [...]	2009-09-18 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
09BEIJING2693	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mister Deputy Secretary, your trip to Beijing comes as a simultaneously prosperous and stable yet anxious and brittle China prepares for its 60th birthday October 1. Thirty years of double-digit economic growth have brought a measure of stability and prosperity to many, yet numerous politi [...]	2009-09-18 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH KN AF PK TW
09BEIJING2697	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, G20 SUMMIT [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. and China should be more active in managing bilateral crises" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/21)(pg 14): "The recent meeting between U.S. officials and the Dalai Lama and the U.S. special protecti [...]	2009-09-21 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2716	China/Migrant Unrest: What Happened to Fears of [...] (SBU) Summary: After reporting that 20 million migrant workers returned home for the 2009 Chinese New Year holiday unemployed, the Chinese government recently announced that the migrant labor situation has significantly improved, thereby reducing the likelihood of social unrest. China's Minist [...]	2009-09-22 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN CH
09BEIJING2718	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM, AFGHANISTAN [...] U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM "Obama's new policy receives unprecedented criticism" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/22)(pg 1): "Obama's plan to reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal will surprise the world even more than his decision to [...]	2009-09-22 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2720	SEPTEMBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR LEADER, JOURNALITS [...] Key points at the September 22 MFA press briefing: -- Dolkun Isa, the Uighur leader recently refused entry into South Korea, was suspected of various crimes and wanted by Chinese and international police -- The MFA passed along the concerns of Kyodo journalists who said they had been beate [...]	2009-09-22 23:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM SENV CH KN KS JP RS
09BEIJING2724	MONGOLIA-CHINA RELATIONS: HIGH-LEVEL PROGRESS, [...] (C) Summary: The 60th anniversary of the establishment of PRC-Mongolia relations has moved that relationship in a positive direction, but mutual popular mistrust persists, according to Beijing-based scholars. Per the Mongolian Embassy, plans are for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Mongoli [...]	2009-09-23 06:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH MG NK MARR PBTS
09BEIJING2733	PRE-ANNIVERSARY TIGHTENING OF CONTROLS ON NGOS [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the October 1 sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese authorities have tightened control over civil society groups, according to contacts. In recent months, many NGOs have encountered official harassment, ranging from off [...]	2009-09-24 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING2734	CHINA: RURAL LAND AND RELIGIOUS DISPUTES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rural land, corruption among local officials, and conflicts between different sects of Sunni Islam are equally important causes of unrest in rural Ningxia, though contacts downplayed the overall risks of instability. Disputes over rural land are largely limited to land confiscati [...]	2009-09-24 06:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI CH
09BEIJING2753	UIGHUR BUSINESSWOMAN DESCRIBES XINJIANG REGION [...] (S) Summary: A Uighur businesswoman and author, who is also a staff member of the Xinjiang Region Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, described mass detentions of Uighurs in the wake of the early-July ethnic violence in Urumqi. She described how she was almost detained August [...]	2009-09-24 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
09BEIJING2754	PRC RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) On September 24, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. concerns regarding the conclusions and recommendations of the Goldstone Report. 2. (C [...]	2009-09-24 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS
09BEIJING2755	SEPTEMBER 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN SANCTIONS, G-20 [...] Key points at the September 24 MFA press briefing: -- Sanctions on Iran "are not the way out" and China urges all parties to resolve the nuclear issue through dialogue. -- President Hu will give an important speech at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh on September 25. -- Planning continues f [...]	2009-09-24 23:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS JP IR
09BEIJING2772	BEIJING WELCOMES DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Deputy Secretary James Steinberg and delegation to China September 28-29, 2009, for consultations with Chinese officials. Delegation members include: Mr. Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; Mr. Sung [...]	2009-09-25 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP AMGT CH KS JA
09BEIJING2773	POST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSESS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China law enforcement cooperation, while increasingly important to broadening bilateral ties, continues to face considerable challenges. The Chinese have yet to establish a record of reliable and productive law enforcement cooperation. Notwithstanding some limited joint la [...]	2009-09-25 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KFRD KJUS SOCI CH
09BEIJING2787	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRC STRESSES ROLE OF IAEA, [...] (C) China hopes the IAEA will investigate reports of Iran's covert uranium enrichment facility near Qom according to its mandate, according to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian. In response to reftel points on the Qom facility, Shen stres [...]	2009-09-28 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM CH IR
09BEIJING2788	PRC OFFERS CAUTIOUS, YET POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] (C) China believes the U.S. decision to have direct communication with Burmese authorities is positive and would like to maintain contact with the United States on the Burma issue, according to an MFA official. In response to reftel points previewing the conclusions of the Burma policy review, [...]	2009-09-28 11:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2794	SEPTEMBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, BURMA, [...] Key points at the September 29 MFA press briefing: -- China supported the maintenance of the nuclear nonproliferation program and resolving the Iran issue through negotiation. -- During his visit to North Korea, Premier Wen Jiabao would exchange ideas on bilateral and regional issues of mut [...]	2009-09-29 23:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS KN RS IR ZK BM AF
09BEIJING2795	CHINESE MORE FREE TO DECIDE BIRTH TIMING AND SPACING BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China has relaxed some family planning controls and is turning towards more incentive-based mechanisms for the enforcement of family planning policies and targets. Although a restrictive policy, especially for urban areas, still exists, the most significant progress is increasi [...]	2009-09-29 23:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM TBIO UNFPA CH
09BEIJING280	ROKS BRIEFED ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Director Wang Jiarui met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for five hours during his January 21-24 visit to Pyongyang and reports Kim appeared well, according to ROK Embassy contacts who wer [...]	2009-02-05 08:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS
09BEIJING2805	CHINA/REBALANCING: RURAL LAND POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China has made only incremental progress on rural land policy reforms needed to restructure China's rural economy and increase rural consumption. Transfers of land use rights have increased gradually in recent years, but the overall amount of rural land that has been transferr [...]	2009-09-30 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SOCI CH
09BEIJING2808	CARROTS AND STICKS IN CHINA'S ENFORCEMENT OF FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Beijing experts on family planning assert that China's family planning efforts have broadened beyond population targets and include a number of programs and strategies emphasizing a more incentive-based and service-oriented approach. Targets remain, however, as do heavy financi [...]	2009-09-30 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KPAO KPOP TBIO CH
09BEIJING2811	PARANOIA ON PARADE: CHINA'S LEADERS TAKE NO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In a security clampdown reminiscent of the lead-up to the August 8, 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony, authorities in Beijing are setting up checkpoints, locking down dissidents, and tightening Internet censorship in the run-up to the October 1 national day. A [...]	2009-09-30 11:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING2812	NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is preparing to restart its program in North Korea, a World Food Program (WFP) official in Beijing told Econoffs (the UNDP office here declined to confirm this report),and Chinese officials have, for the first time ever, asked WFP for briefing [...]	2009-10-03 00:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH
09BEIJING2814	U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...]	2009-10-06 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ
09BEIJING2845	US-China Energy Policy Dialogue: Room for [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The fourth U.S.-China Energy Policy Dialogue (EPD) held September 27 in Qingdao agreed on the importance of deepening cooperation on clean energy issues in order to address global climate change and to strengthen energy security, and noted this topic would likely be high [...]	2009-10-13 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV CH
09BEIJING2847	OCTOBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, NOBEL PRIZE, [...] Key points at the October 13 MFA press briefing: -- North Korea's recent short-range missile test would not affect the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula. -- China congratulated President Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -- During his visit to China, A/S Campbell wo [...]	2009-10-13 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK
09BEIJING2849	APEC: U.S. SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR APEC TONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Beijing September 29, U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Affairs Kurt Tong reviewed a range of U.S. priorities in APEC with China's Senior Official for APEC (SOM) Lu Kang, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two highlighted the shared int [...]	2009-10-13 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON PGOV ETRD APECO CH
09BEIJING285	PRO-REFORM BLOGGER DESCRIBES PRC DEMOCRACY GROUPS, [...] (C) The main model for the December-released "Charter 08" manifesto calling for democratic reforms in China (ref B) was "Formosa Magazine," the former journal of the Taiwan democratic opposition, according to well-known Chinese liberal blogger and media commentator Zhao Jin (aka "Michael Anti, [...]	2009-02-05 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KDEM TW CH
09BEIJING2866	SUBJECT: SCHOLAR SAYS PRC EFFORTS TO CURB OVERSEAS [...] (C) Summary: PRC efforts to curb Chinese dissident activities abroad are directly proportional to PRC perceptions of influence of the countries involved, according to a Chinese scholar. For example, China will take some action should its demands that no "controversial" figures attend the Oct [...]	2009-10-14 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH EZ LO GE SCUL
09BEIJING2867	PRC EDUCATION VICE MINISTER SUPPORTS PROPOSAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PRC Education Vice Minister Hao Ping embraced a U.S. proposal to double the projected number of U.S. students studying in China to 100,000 over the next four years. During an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Campbell, Vice Minister Hao expressed hope to reach agreement on the p [...]	2009-10-14 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL PGOV CVIS SOCI CASC CH ED
09BEIJING2868	PRC/BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi said that China saw many positive aspects in the U.S. review of its Burma policy and suggested proceeding based on its conclusion, despite PRC concern over continuing sanc [...]	2009-10-14 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV PARM BM KN CH
09BEIJING2869	PRC RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (C) On October 14, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on the U.S. position on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaze Conflict (the Goldst [...]	2009-10-14 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER IS CH KPAL
09BEIJING287	FEBRUARY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Key points at the February 5 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "attaches great importance" to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) upcoming review of China's human rights record. -- China hopes the P5-plus-1 countries will "stick to diplomatic negotiations" and show "creativity" to resolve the Ir [...]	2009-02-05 23:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA IR KN
09BEIJING2872	A/S CAMPBELL'S DINNER WITH CHINESE ACADEMICS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 13 dinner with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, three leading Chinese international affairs experts urged the United States to start bilateral talks with North Korea. China had done its part by keeping pressure on the DPRK, they said, but now it was up to the [...]	2009-10-14 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV NK SK JP RU IN CH
09BEIJING288	PROMOTING CHINESE INVESTMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with three key semi-official and private Chinese organizations that promote Chinese investment in Africa, all three stressed that they are paying more attention to political and economic risk, environmental protection, and China's reputation in Africa and around the wo [...]	2009-02-06 01:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON ETRD UNDP CH
09BEIJING2895	MEDIA REACTION: SECDEF VISIT TO CHINA, EXCHANGE RATE [...] SECDEF VISIT TO CHINA "U.S. Secretary of Defense will pay a quick visit to Asia-Pacific region" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/16)(pg 8): "Experts said that the quick visit of the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Asia-Pacific r [...]	2009-10-16 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2897	READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...]	2009-10-16 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING2898	CAIJING'S LAST STAND? [...] (C) Summary: Disagreements over editorial policy and business models threaten to bring about the demise of China's most influential and independent economic magazine, Caijing. The conflicts are the result of a complex clash of interests and philosophies, including competing business strategies [...]	2009-10-16 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EFIN SOCI CH
09BEIJING2904	MEDIA REACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "It is hard for the U.S. Congress to change its view on China" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (10/19)(pg 4): "On October 16, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China issued a 'Hum [...]	2009-10-19 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2908	BANK OF CHINA VICE PRESIDENT ZHU MIN MOVES TO [...] (C) Summary. The Bank of China (BOC),one of China's "big four" state-owned banks, announced October 19 that Executive Vice President Zhu Min had resigned to take a new position elsewhere. Contacts at the People's Bank of China (PBOC) have told us Zhu began working as a Vice Governor in late [...]	2009-10-20 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2910	MEDIA REACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, OBAMA [...] CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT "Chinese Foreign Minister asks the U.S. to stop interfering in China's internal affairs" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/20) (pg 1): "Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesper [...]	2009-10-20 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2912	OCTOBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, NORTH [...] Key points at the October 20 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government attached great importance to the safety of the Chinese crew members taken hostage on their cargo ship, the Dexinhai. -- China-India relations had enjoyed "good momentum" and Chinese efforts to obtain resources from [...]	2009-10-20 23:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK
09BEIJING2917	China/Russia: Putin's Visit Leads to Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: During Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's October 13-15 visit to Beijing, the two sides agreed to a framework for continued negotiations on a natural gas purchase arrangement; formed a joint venture to explore for natural gas in Siberia; and reached agreement on a joint ven [...]	2009-10-21 08:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EFIN PREL RS CH
09BEIJING2923	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; PRC 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff [...]	2009-10-22 00:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ETRD ECON
09BEIJING2932	PRC/IRAN: PREMIER WEN PUSHES RAHIMI ON DIALOGUE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organization high-level meetings October 15, PRC Premier Wen Jiabao urged Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi to move forward with direct talks with the United States and offered PRC support to do so, according to an MFA offici [...]	2009-10-22 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2933	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS ON TEHRAN'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Middle East specialist at a well-connected think-tank reported that Iranian diplomats in Beijing were seeking ways to push Tehran to negotiate with the P5-plus-1 but want to do so through cutouts, such as scholars. Beijing-based Iranian diplomats hoped that China would [...]	2009-10-22 12:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2934	OCTOBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, REBIYA [...] Key points at the October 22 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government remained concerned about the security of the 25 member crew of the De Xin Hai and an "all-out rescue effort" was ongoing. -- China and India were both emerging countries and had common interests that would benefit f [...]	2009-10-22 00:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2946	XINJIANG: URUMQI CAUTIOUSLY CALM AS RIOT TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: During October 19-21 travel to Urumqi, PolOffs confirmed that security measures and troop presence remained high; People's Armed Police, local municipal police, and volunteer security personnel continuously patrolled the city. Most Urumqi residents we spoke to cautiously claimed [...]	2009-10-22 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CH
09BEIJING2948	PRC: MFA STILL COOL TO UNCAC REVIEW MECHANISM [...] (C) Summary: While professing to hope for a successful third UNCAC Conference of the States Parties November 9-13 in Doha, PRC officials are in no hurry to reach agreement on terms of reference for a formal UNCAC review mechanism at the upcoming Doha conference. An MFA official said an additi [...]	2009-10-22 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA KCRM KCOR CH
09BEIJING2952	CHINA/SMEs/REBALANCING: TRYING TO OVERCOME ANTI-SME BIASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's largest, often State-owned companies have benefited handsomely in recent years from overt government favoritism aimed at quickly stimulating the economy, and in the longer term at building strong national champions. Smaller firms have also had to contend with a poorly d [...]	2009-10-22 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN CH
09BEIJING2961	PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (SBU) On October 26, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin points (ref A) on U.S. plans to sponsor or co-sponsor delisting 24 individuals and five entities contained in tranche 3 list of names from the 1267 Consoli [...]	2009-10-25 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN KTFN PREL UNSC CH
09BEIJING2962	PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On October 23, PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. priorities for the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session (covering human righ [...]	2009-10-25 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH PHUM PREL
09BEIJING2964	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (SBU)xxxxx 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Mission Manager for North Korea, DNI Amb. xxxxx De [...]	2009-10-26 00:23:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC SN CH KN
09BEIJING2980	OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION, [...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...]	2009-10-26 22:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2982	PRC/SUDAN: MFA WELCOMES SUDAN STRATEGY; CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: The PRC welcomed the new U.S. strategy on Sudan, concurring that the situation in Darfur and implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) must be addressed simultaneously to achieve sustainable long-term success, according to an MFA official. Western government statemen [...]	2009-10-27 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU CH
09BEIJING2995	PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...]	2009-10-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH
09BEIJING2996	CHINA/AML: DAS GLASER'S MEETING WITH PEOPLE,S BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau was willing to consider formation of an anti-money laundering and illicit finance working group under the framework of the S&ED, PBOC Anti-Money Laundering Bureau Director General Tang Xu told Treasury DAS Glaser on [...]	2009-10-29 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV PTER CH
09BEIJING2997	OCTOBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, FLU, BAGHDAD [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- Efforts aimed at the rescue of the crew of the Chinese cargo ship the De Xin Hai were "underway." -- The Chinese Government would step up efforts and adjust its methods in order to deal with the spread of the flu this season. -- The ter [...]	2009-10-29 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK NK UK IR IZ CA
09BEIJING3001	CHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY TALKS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with PRC Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike, Senior Director for the Central Region Dennis Ross underscored the high priority that the United States placed on the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and on resolution of the Iran nuclear issue. Both [...]	2009-10-30 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC OVIP ENRG PGOV CH IR IS
09BEIJING3005	PRC/INDIA: CORDIAL HIGH-LEVEL TALKS VEIL [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent media reports, the October 24 meeting between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and PRC Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asian Summit were cordial and addressed the ongoing bilateral border dispute without acrimony, according to an Indian diplomat who att [...]	2009-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL CH IN
09BEIJING303	CHARTER 08: IMPACT LIMITED, BUT "MOVEMENT" DRAWS [...] (C) While the "Charter 08" pro-democracy manifesto is unlikely to push the Communist Party to engage in real political reform anytime soon, the Charter nevertheless represents a budding "movement" that worries China's leaders, as demonstrated by the detention of lead Charter drafter Liu Xiaobo [...]	2009-02-06 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3036	PRC ON POSSIBLE UNGA DISCUSSION OF GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) On November 3, PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel points on the November 4 discussion of the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict (the Goldstone Report) at the UN [...]	2009-11-03 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS CH
09BEIJING3037	NOVEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- China had conveyed congratulations to Hamid Karzai for his election victory. -- China had expressed its "grave concerns" and opposition to reports of a planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh by the Dalai Lama. -- PRC Government remained com [...]	2009-11-03 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK IN UK RS EG MY
09BEIJING3040	PRC AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC; [...] (SBU) The PRC agrees to support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Liu Bing reported to PolOff November 4. In affirming PRC support for Myers' [...]	2009-11-04 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CH
09BEIJING3046	WHEN HU JINTAO COMES FOR DINNER: LOCAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 28 meeting with PolOffs, Shi Jing (protect),a former municipal party secretary in Gansu Province, described a 2007 Chinese New Year visit by CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao to his district and offered insights into how Hu's domestic trips are organized. Much of wh [...]	2009-11-04 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
09BEIJING3052	FROM A TRICKLE TO A FLOOD: CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES [...] (SBU) Production and input subsidies have multiplied rapidly and the value of support has risen exponentially since the watershed moment in 2006 when China eliminated its centuries-old agricultural tax. Agricultural subsidies now play an increasingly important role in guiding production decisi [...]	2009-11-05 05:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EAGR CH
09BEIJING3057	PRC: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST UNDETERRED BY [...] (C) Summary: Zhu Juru, a Jiangxi province native and university professor, was recently released from a one-year term in a reeducation through labor (RTL) facility. In an October 28 meeting with PolOff, Zhu stated his intention to continue his efforts to bring about democratic reforms in Chi [...]	2009-11-05 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CH
09BEIJING3059	PRC: FAITHFUL FLOCK TO OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Regular worshippers at two official Protestant churches in Hebei Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region regularly exceed 3,000. Growth in attendance poses new challenges for the official church, particularly in the areas of clergy training and social services. In re [...]	2009-11-05 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3061	NOVEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARIZATION OF SPACE, [...] Key points at the November 5 MFA press briefing: -- China's position on the militarization of outer space remains unchanged. China opposes the militarization of outer space and will not engage in any arms race in outer space. -- China will continue to take "effective measures" to combat c [...]	2009-11-05 23:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PARM MOPS KGHG TSPA CN CI SO KN
09BEIJING3065	WELCOME TO BEIJING CODEL WEXLER - NOVEMBER 9-13 [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Wexler to China November 9-13 for consultations with Chinese officials to discuss bilateral and multilateral issues. 2. (U) Control Officer: Noah Zaring, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6532-0451 Office: (86-10)8531-3532 Cell: (86)139 [...]	2009-11-06 06:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH
09BEIJING3072	PRC/AFGHANISTAN/IRAN: SHARED U.S.-PRC INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shared interests in South Asia should prompt closer U.S.-China coordination in the region, according to an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID). In a November 3 meeting with PolOffs, the official said that geogra [...]	2009-11-09 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF IR
09BEIJING3073	PRC: BEIJING TARGETS KEY HOUSE CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Recent developments suggest that the Beijing municipal government is increasing its scrutiny and harassment of certain well-known unofficial house churches and house church leaders. The authorities dismissed a central government research institute scholar, allegedly for his ties [...]	2009-11-09 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF CH
09BEIJING3081	PRC: HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS RAISED WITH MFA IO DDG [...] (C) Summary: In a November 10 meeting with MFA human rights official Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns raised U.S. concerns regarding the two-year, pre-trial detention of American citizen Dr. Feng Xue on state secrets charges, PRC policies in Tibet and Xinjiang including recent executions there, the [...]	2009-11-10 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING3083	NOVEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, EXCHANGE RATE, [...] Key points at the November 10 MFA press briefing: -- The visit of U.S. President Obama will have a great influence on the future development of bilateral relations. -- China will follow a proactive and transparent policy to improve the Renminbi (RMB) exchange mechanism and give full play to [...]	2009-11-11 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON PHSA ABUD IN XA TW SY
09BEIJING3090	U/S HORMATS MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya told Under Secretary Hormats during their November 9 meeting that the United States and China could make climate change a "highlight" of the bilateral relationship, beginning with the President's visit to Beijing early next week. He [...]	2009-11-12 08:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV OVIP ETRD ECON PREL APEC CH
09BEIJING3091	NOVEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, OBAMA-DALAI [...] Key points at the November 12 MFA press briefing: --The U.S. President will have the opportunity to speak with youth in Shanghai -- China and the United States are "consulting on the specific arrangements" about media coverage. --China's opposition to foreign leaders meeting with the Dalai [...]	2009-11-12 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH
09BEIJING3096	GNEP BEIJING MINISTERIAL - AGREEMENT TO CONSIDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China--led by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman and National Energy Administration (NEA) chief ZHANG Guobao--hosted the third Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Executive Committee meeting on October 23 in Beijing. The U.S. delegation was le [...]	2009-11-13 00:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
09BEIJING3110	THE POTENTIAL FOR SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: There is significant potential for shale gas development in China. Total resources are estimated to be 100 trillion cubic meters. Shale gas resources have been studied for the last five years and exploration began this year. The Chinese government and state-owned enterprises [...]	2009-11-13 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EPET CH
09BEIJING3113	NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL IN BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: In Beijing November 9-12 for the NATO-China dialogue, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero briefed the Chinese on NATO's New Strategic Concept effort, operations in Afghanistan, and relations with Russia, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...]	2009-11-13 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PHSA MOPS AF PK IR
09BEIJING3115	CHINA'S ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW: A TOOTHLESS TIGER WHEN IT COMES [...] (SBU) Summary: China's antitrust authorities and courts have been reluctant to use the country's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) to curb anti-competitive behavior of state-owned enterprises (SOEs),according to a number of Chinese scholars, antitrust lawyers, and newspapers. Speaking at a Georgetown [...]	2009-11-13 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD KIPR CH
09BEIJING3122	U/S HORMATSâ€™ MEETINGS WITH BEIJING ECONOMISTS: [...] (C) Summary. Vice Minister Liu He of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs (CLGFEA) told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Hormats on November 9 that the small number of bilateral trade conflicts generates disproportionate political and social impa [...]	2009-11-16 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3124	BEIJING HOUSE CHURCH FINDS TEMPORARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing municipal government and Shouwang house church leaders reached an agreement for the church to rent a temporary meeting space for its November 15 service. PolOff visited the site of the November 15 service and observed no confrontations between worshipers and surveill [...]	2009-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3126	PRC NERVOUSNESS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts confirm press reports of increased restrictions on and detention of activists and dissidents in the lead-up to the President's November 15-18 visit to China. The MFA demarched the DCM November 14 to convey concerns over alleged plans for a meeting between the Pr [...]	2009-11-16 11:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3127	XINJIANG PARTY CHIEF LIKELY TO STAY ON DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan seems likely to keep his job, several contacts predict, despite public anger over his handling of the July riots in Urumqi. A September 3 demonstration, in which thousands of Urumqi demonstrators demanded Wang's resignation, may have actuall [...]	2009-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING3132	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH

09BEIJING3168	CHINA/ONE-CHILD/PENSIONS: HOW TO SUPPORT AN AGING [...] (U) This cable is also responsive to information requested in Reftel A (C-AL9-01354). 2. (SBU) Summary: China's aging population is an important focal point for the government, but strategies for addressing the pressures caused by an aging population have so far focused on social support, a [...]	2009-11-25 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ELAB ESOC ECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING3174	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "One third of the United States' latest report devoted to the Chinese Navy" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (11/25) (pg 06): "A report issued by a special U.S. Congressional co [...]	2009-11-27 06:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3179	HAZARDOUS AIR DAYS IN BEIJING [...] (SBU) From November 5 through November 8, the Air Quality Index (AQI),as measured by the Embassy's PM2.5 monitor, registered "Hazardous," whereas the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BEPB),which reports only PM10 readings, registered only "Lightly Polluted" and "Moderately Polluted" [...]	2009-11-27 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH
09BEIJING3186	BILATERAL WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG - COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Locke, Energy Secretary Chu, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk and U.S. Trade Development Administrator Zak met with Vice Premier Li Keqiang on November 18, 2009 at the Great Hall of the People, to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues including energy cooperation and [...]	2009-11-30 04:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3188	SECRETARY OF ENERGY STEVEN CHU MEETS WITH ZHANG GUOBAO, [...] (U) Upon Secretary Chu's arrival in Beijing, he met with Minister ZHANG Guobao, head of China's National Energy Administration (NEA). Zhang informed Secretary Chu that he would be out of the country during the remainder of the Secretary's visit and that the NEA Deputy Administrator LIU Qi wo [...]	2009-11-30 07:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3191	CHINA ECONOMY: PARTY POLITBURO MEETS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political Bureau met on November 27 to discuss next year's economic policy ahead of the major State Council planning session, rumored to start December 10. The official Politburo statement released after the meeting called for policy continuit [...]	2009-11-30 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING3192	MEDIA REACTION: RMB EXCHANGE RATE, CHINA'S TRADING [...] RMB EXCHANGE RATE "Wen Jiabao: I hope the world's major reserve currencies remain stable" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/30)(pg A4): "At present, each country's macroeconomic policy should continue to focus on dealing with [...]	2009-11-30 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3209	CHINA SIDESTEPS S&ED/JCCT COMMITMENTS - [...] (SBU) Summary. Rules providing preference in government procurement for Chinese companies with accredited indigenous innovation appear to contravene China's S&ED and JCCT commitments to consider products produced by foreign-invested enterprises in China as domestic. A recent joint Ministry o [...]	2009-12-01 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING3211	DECEMBER 1, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN [...] Key points at the December 1 MFA press briefing were: -- At the 12th China-EU Summit in Nanjing, President Hu met with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU leaders and discussed climate change, sustainable development, and joint responses to the financial crisis. -- China believes [...]	2009-12-01 11:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH EUN KN RP XK
09BEIJING3212	CCTV STEPS IN TO SPRING EMPLOYEE DETAINED FOR [...] (C) Summary: The clout of a powerful organization, such as China Central Television (CCTV),can be more useful in freeing sensitive political detainees in China than a lawyer, according to well-known blogger Zhao Jing (aka Michael Anti, protect) and his wife Fan Ming (protect). In October 200 [...]	2009-12-01 12:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PROP PGOV CH
09BEIJING3214	CHINA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT 2009 [...] (U) China has made progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Chinese government is implementing the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Women and Children (2008-2012) and has issued regulations and directives to strengthen its response to sex trafficki [...]	2009-12-01 15:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING3221	PRC/IRAN: ISA Demarche: Chinese Firms [...] (C) In meetings November 30-December 2, Acting Economic Minister Counselor and Econoff delivered ref A points to officials from China National Petroleum Company (CNPC),Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC). Officials from all three state-owned oil and gas firms were careful [...]	2009-12-02 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETTC PREL IR CH
09BEIJING3223	Read-out from Beijing on the [...] (SBU) Qiu Bohua, China's Ambassador for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held November 6- 9 in Egypt, told Emboffs November 23 that China pledged USD 10 billion in new concessional loans to Africa, to be distributed via bilateral channels. For Africa's least developed countries (L [...]	2009-12-02 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAID PREL
09BEIJING3235	LABOR NGO COMMUNITY OPTIMISTIC DESPITE SETBACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants in a mid-November grassroots Chinese labor NGO conference noted that labor NGOs, like all civil society groups in China, continue to face difficulties, including registering their organizations and obtaining legal status. However, they emphasized, their organizatio [...]	2009-12-03 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BEIJING3238	PRC/ASEAN: OUTREACH SIGNALS CONCERN OVER RISING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: China's outreach to ASEAN over the past two months, while mainly a repackaging of previous commitments, is intended to deepen Southeast Asian regional integration and respond to perceived rising U.S. influence in the region, ASEAN diplomats in Beijing told Econoffs. Be [...]	2009-12-04 01:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD PREL XC CH
09BEIJING3240	PRC: PRIVATE EQUITY'S NASCENT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's national-level regulation over both domestic and foreign private-equity (PE) firms is in flux as Beijing's various regulatory bodies engage in a turf war over who will lead reform efforts and ultimately control industry regulations, several well-connected Embassy contact [...]	2009-12-04 05:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN CH
09BEIJING3241	CHINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/R BOSWORTH [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Ambassador Bosworth and his delegation to Beijing December 11-12 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6539-3027 Office: (86-10)8531-3189 Cell: (86)139-1023-4347 Fax: (86-10)8531- [...]	2009-12-04 06:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CH
09BEIJING3243	BEIJING WELCOMES U/S WILLIAM BURNS AND DELEGATION, DECEMBER 8-9, 2009 [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Under Secretary William J. Burns and delegation to China December 8-9, 2009, for consultations with Chinese officials. Delegation members include: Ms. Laura M. Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary; Mr. Thomas C. Reed, General Services Offic [...]	2009-12-04 07:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OVIP
09BEIJING3252	PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO, [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...]	2009-12-04 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR
09BEIJING3253	BEIJING WELCOMES CODEL MURRAY JANUARY 10-16, 2010 [...] (U) Embassy Beijing and Consulate General Shanghai warmly welcome Senator Murray and delegation to China January 10-16, 2010, for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Greg May, Political Officer Home: (86-10)8046-5023 Office: (86-10)8531-4062 Cell: (86)139-1056-6 [...]	2009-12-04 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ASEC CH OREP
09BEIJING326	CHINA'S TEXTILE SUPPORT PLAN DISAPPOINTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On Feb. 4, the State Council's Standing Committee announced a support plan for the textile and garment industry, one of ten key industries to receive government support. The measures included lofty goals to expand domestic consumption, encourage industry consolidation and promo [...]	2009-02-10 07:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KTEX ETRD EIND CH
09BEIJING3263	CHINA QUIETLY USHERS IN AG BIOTECH REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) In early November 2009, China authorized the first commercialization of major biotech food crops. A government website confirmed their approval of phytase corn and Bt rice. Despite little fanfare, this will revolutionize China's agriculture and may be the global agricultural development [...]	2009-12-07 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN
09BEIJING3276	DECEMBER 8, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 8 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue and hopes Ambassador Bosworth's talks with the DPRK lead to the resumption of the Six-Party Talks. -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the invit [...]	2009-12-08 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA
09BEIJING3286	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3288	PRC: SKEPTICAL REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official PRC reaction to the President's announcement of the way ahead on Afghanistan and Pakistan has been limited to a cautious statement by the MFA press spokesman at a regularly scheduled press conference December 3. Party-run media outlets expressed skepticism about the Pr [...]	2009-12-09 15:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING329	MFA: CHINA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) The Chinese Government is paying close attention to any changes in U.S. strategies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to an MFA official, and seeks cooperation with the United States and the international community in the region. China will continue to promote stability in South Asia t [...]	2009-02-10 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING3294	NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: The UN's World Food Program (WFP) Beijing-based North Korea coordinator on December 9 told Econoffs that North Korea's "middle class" would be the worst hurt by Pyongyang's recent currency revaluation. Furthermore, despite official North Korean estimates that the 2009 harvest was [...]	2009-12-10 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH
09BEIJING3307	U.S. Federal Reserve Nov. 18-20 Visit to Beijing: [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and local and foreign bankers and economists told visiting Federal Reserve Governor Warsh and San Francisco Fed President Yellen that China's GDP growth has been boosted by successful fiscal and monetary policies, largely focused on infrastructure investment, [...]	2009-12-11 07:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING331	CHINA DROUGHT: NOT A CRISIS YET [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: China declared a drought emergency on February 5 in seven major agricultural provinces in central China. Although the drought is serious, it should have limited impact on overall Chinese agricultural production and food supply. A short-term drought of this nature [...]	2009-02-10 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EAGR CH
09BEIJING3311	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, COPENHAGEN, ARMS [...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE "In receiving the peace prize, Obama defends war" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/11)(pg 1): "When receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama said that although wars have led to tragedies, militar [...]	2009-12-11 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3314	MINORITY POLICY: XINJIANG RIOTS SPARK DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 riots in Xinjiang have sparked a heated debate over the merits of China's Soviet-style minority policy and system of autonomous regions. Beijing University sociologist and Communist Party ethnic policy advisor Ma Rong, according to several contacts, is leading the cha [...]	2009-12-11 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING3321	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador met December 9 with five prominent Beijing-based human rights lawyers. The lawyers reported increased harassment and political pressure due to their work on sensitive human rights and religious freedom cases and their association with the democracy manifesto Charter '08. Th [...]	2009-12-14 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09BEIJING3326	PRC: Central Asia-China Pipeline Opens, [...] (C) PRC President Hu Jintao's December 12-14 working level visits to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to inaugurate the Central Asia-China pipeline demonstrated China's growing energy cooperation with Central Asia and increasing demand for imported natural gas, according to two researchers at CNPC' [...]	2009-12-14 22:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL KZ TX CH
09BEIJING3335	CHINA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below is China's submission for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. The Embassy POC is Donna Gorman, who can be reached via email at GormanDX@state.gov. 2. (U) China continued its counterterrorism cooperation with the United States and other nations throughout the year. In [...]	2009-12-15 06:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASCE CH
09BEIJING3338	DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO [...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...]	2009-12-15 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA
09BEIJING3349	CHINA/OVERCAPACITY: OVERWEIGHT OR HEALTHY BABY FAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's industrial structure is extremely overcapacity and the recent massive government stimulus packages and credit expansion exacerbated the problems, according to a November 26, 2009 EU Chamber of Commerce report. The report stirred controversy in China's blogosphere and med [...]	2009-12-15 09:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN EU CH
09BEIJING3351	PRC/MONGOLIA: ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TIES STILL [...] (SBU) In a December 3 meeting with Econoffs, Mongolian Commercial and Economic Counselor Nyamtseren Enkhtaivan noted that Chinese-Mongolian trade was increasing "quite well," and that generally the bilateral relationship had progressed quickly over the past 60 years. For instance, bilateral t [...]	2009-12-16 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH EAID ECON EMIN ETRD MG PREL
09BEIJING3357	ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN CHINA STILL ELUSIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BEIJING3361	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, WAR ON TERROR [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The final stand-off in Copenhagen: China has resisted Anglo-American pressure" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(12/16)(pg A4): "By now, developing countries and developed countries don't give in to each other's [...]	2009-12-16 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3376	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TAIWAN, NORTH KOREA [...] CLIMATE CHANGE "Holding to the principle of shared but differentiated responsibilities" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(12/17)(pg 4): "The root cause and the nature of climate change must be clarified before all the countries will reach consensus; [...]	2009-12-17 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3379	INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED AGAIN, [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic Minister Counselor delivered reftel demarche regarding indigenous innovation to a National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) official December 9. The official took note of USG concerns over the Circular and promised to "respond accordingly." Separately, a Minis [...]	2009-12-17 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL SOCI CH
09BEIJING3381	WOMEN'S LAW STUDIES AND LEGAL AID CENTER PRESSES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 meeting with PolOffs, Women's Law Studies and Legal Aid Center (LAC) Director and 2010 International Women of Courage award nominee Guo Jianmei discussed her decision to disassociate the LAC from Beijing University in order to continue taking on legal casework. Th [...]	2009-12-17 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN CH
09BEIJING3392	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Weinstein, Economic Minister-Counselor, Embassy Beijing Laura Stone, Economic Officer, Embassy Beijing (notetaker) CHINA [...]	2009-12-18 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3394	6th U.S.-China Technical Working Group Meeting in Beijing [...] (SBU) On September 15, officials and technical experts from the United States and China convened the Sixth Meeting of the U.S.-China Biotechnology Technical Working Group on Food and Environmental Safety (TWG). Discussion focused on scientific and regulatory issues relevant to genetically engi [...]	2009-12-18 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH
09BEIJING3395	INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - KEY MINISTRY CLAIMS TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),December 18, regarding the joint MOST, Ministry of Finance, and National Development and Reform Commission Circular 618 creating a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. MOST officia [...]	2009-12-18 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH
09BEIJING3396	DAS HOLT'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DDG LI JUNHUA [...] (C) Summary: The PRC remains committed to UN Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) and supports efforts to establish achievable mandates and to promote political processes that will complement UNPKO activities, MFA International Organizations and Conference Deputy Director General Li Junhua told B [...]	2009-12-18 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPKO CH
09BEIJING3397	TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...]	2009-12-18 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB
09BEIJING3399	China/Land/Abuse of Power: Self-Immolation [...] (SBU) Summary: A tragic self-immolation death in Sichuan Province resulting from an urban house demolition dispute, followed by another similar protest in Beijing, has stimulated unusually broad public discussions of local-level abuse of power in land seizures. Some commentators have suggeste [...]	2009-12-18 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING3401	SMUGGLING OF FOOD PRODUCTS INCREASES ON CHINA'S SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) U.S. exports of agricultural products smuggled into China have surged due to an increase in politically motivated trade restrictions. China's border with Vietnam has become a prime transit point for trade in beef, pork, and poultry. A smuggler involved in this trade recently described h [...]	2009-12-21 03:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN
09BEIJING3411	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3414	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURRAY [...] (SBU) Senator Murray, your delegation will arrive in Beijing and Shanghai two months after President Obama's November 15-18 visit to China. Overall, the Chinese leadership is pleased with the direction of U.S.-China relations and your hosts will likely frame this session of U.S.-China Interpa [...]	2009-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH TW IR NK
09BEIJING3417	PRC OFFICIALS DISCUSS IPR PROTECTION AND ANTI-MONOPOLY [...] (SBU) Summary: China should counter the trend toward "overprotection of IPR" by regulating "IPR transfer" and combating IPR "abuse," a Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official said at a December 9 seminar on Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) enforcement and IPR. Other Chinese officials and judges at the s [...]	2009-12-22 03:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD KIPR CH
09BEIJING3421	CHINA REBALANCING: HOW MUCH, HOW SOON, AND HOW? [...] (C) Summary. Recent senior leadership meetings in Beijing indicate that with 2009 GDP growth in excess of eight percent assured, the Chinese Government has turned its attention to rebalancing the economy for more sustainable development. Most observers believe the government is serious about [...]	2009-12-22 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3433	EMBASSY BEIJING RESPONSE TO GAO IPR REPORT [...] (U) Summary. The China Mission is actively working to implement the recommendations put forth by GAO in its September 2009 report. The Mission's interagency IP Task Force, established in 2005, convenes a monthly meeting to share information on IPR activities in country and in home offices. T [...]	2009-12-23 08:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD CH
09BEIJING344	UNSYG SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime's objective is to organize elections in 2010 that will be won by a military-based political party, UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the Charge and four other Beijing-based Western mission representatives February 10. Gambari added that [...]	2009-02-11 07:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM IN UN
09BEIJING3442	CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON [...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...]	2009-12-23 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
09BEIJING3467	CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VISIT TO CHINA POSITIVE, [...] (C) The December 2-6 visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, his first ever, was positive, productive and "set the right tone" in Canadian-Chinese relations, according to Canadian diplomats. While MFA officials concurred on the positive assessment of the visit, a PRC schola [...]	2009-12-28 06:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EMIN EINV PHUM CH CA HK KS
09BEIJING3474	CHARGE MEETS WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with Liu Xia, wife of convicted Charter 08 author Liu Xiaobo, the Charge expressed concern about Liu Xiaobo's safety and noted the U.S. and other countries had called for his immediate release. He said Liu Xiaobo would not be forgotten and would be upperm [...]	2009-12-28 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3489	DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...]	2009-12-29 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS
09BEIJING349	SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS CASE: ZENG JINYAN'S INTERNET COMMUNICATION RESTRICTED; SEEKS VISIT WITH HUSBAND HU JIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL
09BEIJING3509	TRIAL AND SENTENCING OF LIU XIAOBO [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese denied access to diplomats from at least 15 countries who attempted to observe the December 23 trial of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." After applications through diplomatic channels were turned down, PolOff, along w [...]	2009-12-31 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING353	GEORGIAN DIPLOMAT LAMENTS LACK OF CHINESE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Georgia has received "practically nothing" from China since the Russia-Georgia conflict began in August 2008, a contact at the Georgian Embassy in Beijing told PolOff February 11. The Georgian diplomat expressed disappointment with China's limited assistance and unwillingness to [...]	2009-02-11 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR RS CH GG
09BEIJING365	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, HUMAN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "New American Treasury Secretary changes the tone of his comments on China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (02/12): "Geithner recently stated that the U.S. needs to cautiously judge China on its RMB exchange [...]	2009-02-12 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING366	FEBRUARY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET, ICC INDICTMENT, [...] Key points at the February 12 MFA Press Briefing: -- Tibet is a matter of China's internal affairs and has been a part of China since the 13th century. China continues to strive to improve its system of regional autonomy and to safeguard the interests of all ethnic groups. -- The Chinese [...]	2009-02-12 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH SU ZI FR
09BEIJING376	MFA URGED TO INVESTIGATE IRANIAN MISSILE [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper urging China to investigate the activities of a three-person Iranian delegation traveling in China that might be engaged in the illegal procurement of missile technology to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang [...]	2009-02-13 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC MNUC TSPA CH IR
09BEIJING380	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA, U.S. [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA "Why does Secretary Clinton visit Japan first?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (02/13): "Secretary Clinton has decided to visit Japan first because it is a continuation of the Bush administrations di [...]	2009-02-13 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING381	Talking Points Delivered: CNSA Response to Satellite [...] (SBU) On February 13, ESTHOFF conveyed points in REFTEL regarding the collision of a U.S. and Russian satellite and discussed the issue directly by phone with Mr. XU Yansong of the China National Space Agency's (CNSA) International Cooperation Department. Post also transmitted points in writin [...]	2009-02-13 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL KSCA CH
09BEIJING382	CHINA HAD NO SAY IN MANAS CLOSURE ISSUE, SHARES [...] (C) Summary: China did not discuss the possibility of closing Manas Air Base with the Kyrgyz Government, either before or after President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement, and only learned about it from press reports, according to an MFA official. China and the United States "share common g [...]	2009-02-13 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PTER CH KG
09BEIJING397	CHINESE BUSINESSMAN ON CIC IN THE U.S., HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary. The China Investment Corporation (CIC),China's sovereign wealth fund, remains interested in pursuing additional investments in the U.S., although not in the financial sector, according to Charles Liu, a well-connected Chinese private equity firm manager in Beijing. CIC Chairman [...]	2009-02-17 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL CH HK
09BEIJING398	FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT, [...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...]	2009-02-17 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT
09BEIJING400	SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC [...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...]	2009-02-17 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09BEIJING402	HUMAN RIGHTS: ZENG JINYAN, HU JIA, HUANG QI AND [...] (C) Summary: In a February 17 meeting with an MFA Human Rights Division official, PolOff raised U.S. concerns regarding rights activist Zeng Jinyan and her husband (imprisoned rights activist Hu Jia),detained Sichuan-based activist Huang Qi, and imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang. [...]	2009-02-17 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING412	NGO SHAMES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PROTECT HISTORIC [...] (C) A plucky Beijing-based NGO, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP),has publicly criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to abide by cultural preservation laws in the renovation of an historic property in Beijing. CHP claimed victory after the MFA agreed in Nov [...]	2009-02-18 07:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH KPAO
09BEIJING419	TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF [...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH
09BEIJING431	FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...]	2009-02-19 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK
09BEIJING433	IS CHINA COMPLYING WITH THE G-20 PROMISE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have been quoted broadly both in domestic and international press criticizing "buy American" provisions in the U.S. stimulus package legislation. At the same time, they have pledged that China will not adopt "buy China" provisions and will meet its G-20 Summit [...]	2009-02-19 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND CH
09BEIJING434	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA RESPONDS ON WANG BINGZHANG CASE [...] (C) In response to U.S. expressions of concern about imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang on February 17 (reftel),an MFA Human Rights Division official on February 19 provided information about Wang's case, noting that MFA hopes the United States will view China's quick response as a [...]	2009-02-19 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING443	CHINA ANNOUNCES SHIPBUILDING SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced a shipbuilding industry support plan on Feb. 11, the fifth of ten such plans for key industries designed to help sectors hit hardest by the economic slowdown. The plan includes a three-year moratorium on approval of new shipyards, but observers d [...]	2009-02-20 12:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH
09BEIJING458	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, TAIWAN [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT a. "The bottom line and the height of Secretary Clinton's 'trial' visit" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/23): "In view of the continuous efforts by the Bush administration on these [...]	2009-02-23 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING469	February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...]	2009-02-24 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING470	RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER [...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...]	2009-02-24 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS
09BEIJING477	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...]	2009-02-25 06:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING478	CHINA REACTS TO IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA's recent reports on Iran and Syria to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang Shen on February 25. As instructed, PolOff requested China's support for a strong P5 1 statement demanding Iran's full and [...]	2009-02-25 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY IR SY CH
09BEIJING483	TIBET TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS LIKELY [...] (C) PRC authorities are barring most foreigners from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and many Tibetan areas outside the TAR, though the Chinese government has made no official announcement of this policy. One American contact with a long- standing TAR travel permit was recently [...]	2009-02-25 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING484	PRESERVING JOBS TAKES PRECENDENCE [...] (SBU) Spurred by concern over social instability, the Chinese government has responded rapidly to a deteriorating job market, and has made "stabilizing employment" a top economic priority. The main thrust of central and local government measures is to keep people on the job, even if it means [...]	2009-02-26 01:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING499	February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...]	2009-02-26 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING509	CHINA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Please find post's contribution to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph designations are keyed to reftel A questions China's TIP Situation --------------------- A. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) serves as our main source for information on TIP related statist [...]	2009-02-27 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING513	CHINA: RISKS OF RAPID CREDIT GROWTH INCLUDE NPLS, [...] (C) Summary. Monetary policy will play a necessary but less important and less visible role than fiscal policy in addressing China's cyclical downturn, according to People's Bank of China (PBOC) Monetary Policy Director General Zhang Xiaohui. With the CPI at one percent in January, expectati [...]	2009-02-27 08:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL CH
09BEIJING514	MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS, GARY LOCKE, U.S.-CHINA [...] HUMAN RIGHTS a. "Human rights report decried" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/27): "China yesterday denounced U.S. criticism of its human rights record in an annual report, saying Washington should first put its own house in order. 'We urge the U.S. to examine its o [...]	2009-02-27 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING515	CHINA APPROVES ELECTRONICS/ IT INDUSTRIES SUPPORT [...] (SBU) China's State Council on February 18 approved a RMB 600 billion (USD 88 billion) industrial support plan for its electronics and information technology (IT) industries, the sixth of ten industry-specific plans to bolster sectors affected by the economic downturn - and the first to includ [...]	2009-02-27 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
09BEIJING517	PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU [...] (C) The PRC leadership is determined to forge close ties with the new U.S. Administration, viewing relations with Washington as the key to ChinaÂ´s engagement with the world, according to an Embassy contact with access to the Chinese leadership. Though China has long viewed its relationship with [...]	2009-02-27 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING518	HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]	2009-02-27 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING519	ZARDARI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE CHINA-PAKISTAN TIES [...] (C) Pakistani President Asif Zardari's February 20-24 visit to Hubei Province and Shanghai was aimed at expanding bilateral economic cooperation and promoting investment, especially in the financial, agricultural, hydroelectric, and water conservation sectors. The two sides inked a Pakistan-C [...]	2009-02-27 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING520	PRO-REFORM JOURNAL DIRECTOR REPLACED, POLITICAL [...] (C) In response to renewed pressure from central authorities, the envelope-pushing pro-reform journal Yanhuang Chunqiu has removed its director, Du Daozheng, according to an Embassy contact with direct access to Du and other journal managers. The journal resisted pressure to purge Du in Novem [...]	2009-02-27 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING526	AFM LIU JIEYI PRESSES TIMING CONCERNS ON 2009 PRC [...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney noted the positive direction in U.S.-China relations, and said the just-concluded Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCTs) were a good beginning. Both agreed on the impo [...]	2009-03-02 07:07:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PTER CH
09BEIJING527	PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]	2009-03-02 07:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING529	China/Forex Energy Fund: Still "Just an Idea" [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Official Chinese media reported that China's National Energy Administration (NEA) had in early February submitted a proposal to use foreign exchange reserves to help Chinese companies acquire overseas resource assets. NEA's Oil and Gas Division Director, however, said NE [...]	2009-03-02 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
09BEIJING530	MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE TALKS, WTO, U.S.-JAPAN-CHINA [...] DEFENSE TALKS "No barriers to U.S.-China military exchanges have been removed" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(3/02): "In the military exchanges, the U.S. is more interested in obtaining specific military info [...]	2009-03-02 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING531	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5: [...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...]	2009-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING545	March 3 MFA Press Briefing: Bosworth Visit, Afghanistan, [...] Key points at the March 3 MFA press briefing: -- U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Amb. Bosworth will meet both FM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei this week. China hopes to exchange views on issues of common interests. The spokesperson reiterated China's hope that recent diffi [...]	2009-03-03 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN AF FR EU IN CH

09BEIJING548	CHINA URGED NOT TO DELIVER A NATIONAL STATEMENT ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche urging China to not deliver a national statement on Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian on the morning of March 4. Shen noted previous receipt [...]	2009-03-04 06:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EMIN TRGY ETTC MNUC KNNP PREL CH IR
09BEIJING559	PRESS BRIEFING: DEFENSE SPENDING, FISCAL STIMULUS [...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference designed to preview the March 5 opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC),NPC Spokesman Li Zhaoxing commented on the following issues: -- Defense Spending: China's defense spending in 2009 will increase by 62.4 billion RMB (approximately 9.2 [...]	2009-03-04 12:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW
09BEIJING560	PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...]	2009-03-04 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING570	CHINA MISSION 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A seeking Post input for the annual 2009 Special 301 Review. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that China continue to be placed on the Priority Watch List with Section 306 monitoring. A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel on January 26, 2009 found [...]	2009-03-05 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
09BEIJING577	CHINA INTRODUCES NEW MEASURES TO BOOST CONFIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 28 China's National People's Congress (NPC) adopted an amended Insurance Law as part of the government's efforts to boost credibility and consumer confidence in the industry. This long-awaited amendment will take effect on October 1. The new law includes measures to r [...]	2009-03-05 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD EFIN ECON CH
09BEIJING580	PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...]	2009-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW
09BEIJING583	CHINA ANNOUNCES LIGHT INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced on February 19 a light industry support plan, the seventh of ten plans to help the country's key industries. Like the other plans, the light industry support plan seeks to promote domestic consumption and encourage industry consolidation. The pl [...]	2009-03-06 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH
09BEIJING585	INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLANS - CHINA ADDS LOGISTICS, DROPS REAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced on February 25 that the tenth and final industry support plan would focus on logistics, not real estate and construction. This is the only plan targeting the service sector, and seeks to reform a severely fragmented and inefficient industry. Obs [...]	2009-03-06 09:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON EAIR ELTN EWWT CH
09BEIJING588	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES, U.S. POLICY, [...] CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES "China's military officer talks about China's defense budget" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/06): "Recently, China announced that it will increase its defense budget by 14.9%. This arouses great suspici [...]	2009-03-06 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING589	NPC PRESS BRIEFING ON CHINA'S ECONOMY BY PBOC, [...] (SBU) Summary. At a March 6 press conference held in conjunction with the ongoing National People's Congress annual meeting (refs),People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, Minister of Finance (MOF) Xie Xuren, and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang [...]	2009-03-06 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK TW
09BEIJING590	CHINA--"BUY LOCAL" POLICIES ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some Chinese provincial and sub- provincial governments are responding to the economic slowdown by adopting "buy local" measures designed to boost consumption of their locally- produced products. Measures have included consumer incentives as well as directives or preferences fo [...]	2009-03-06 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD CH
09BEIJING592	CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A [...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...]	2009-03-09 02:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV
09BEIJING601	SAO DELAYS LOSE SALES AND COST AMERICAN JOBS FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. aviation companies point to current SAO processing times of 16 weeks or longer as an unreasonable threat to U.S. exports, U.S. jobs, and the chances of recovery for their communities in the U.S. The industry has grown remarkably over the past 5 years in China, and has succe [...]	2009-03-09 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS OEXC ECON EAIR CH
09BEIJING604	PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING605	TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...]	2009-03-09 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING607	FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...]	2009-03-09 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS
09BEIJING613	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...]	2009-03-10 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING615	March 10 MFA Press Briefing: U.S. Naval Vessel Incident, FM [...] Key points at the March 10 MFA press briefing: -- "The USNS Impeccable violated international and Chinese law and conducted activities in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea without China's permission." -- The "open policy of Tibet has not changed" but it is "up to the loc [...]	2009-03-10 23:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM SU ZI CH
09BEIJING623	CHINA/RUSSIA: LOANS-FOR-OIL DEAL STILL IN THE PIPELINE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING625	CHINA/RUSSIA: OIL-FOR-LOANS DEAL STILL IN THE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING629	CHINA/SUDAN: PRC ENVOY URGES RESTRAINT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned about the expulsion and closure of NGOs operating in Sudan and the negative impact on the humanitarian situation but believes the impact will not be as serious as described by Western media reports, MFA Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told PolMinCouns March [...]	2009-03-11 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO CH SU
09BEIJING631	EMBASSY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 11 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns expressed concern about human rights violations in China's Tibetan areas and urged China to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representativ [...]	2009-03-11 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV CH
09BEIJING632	TIBET: MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 11 meeting with A/DCM, the MFA protested a recently introduced House of Representatives resolution on Tibet and urged the administration to prevent its passage. Noting that the U.S. Congress is a separate branch of government, A/DCM replied that the United States is [...]	2009-03-11 12:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING633	CHINA WILL NOT "MECHANICALLY ADOPT" WESTERN [...] (C) National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on March 9 emphasized the differences between China's NPC system and foreign legislatures, declaring that China would not "mechanically adopt" Western models, in delivering his annual report on the nominal legislature's accomplishments a [...]	2009-03-11 13:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KCUL CH
09BEIJING644	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DIPLOMACY, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. to offer more carrots, fewer sticks abroad" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/12): "Smart power replaces the lineal trade-off model of hard power, or the threat of actual use of bullets or other armed military force, with soft power, or t [...]	2009-03-12 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING646	COMMUNISTS AND ISLAMISTS MAKE FOR STRANGE [...] (C//REL ACGU) Summary: Some Chinese academic and third-country diplomatic contacts believe the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and major Pakistani Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) strengthens the Chinese position in Xinjiang Prov [...]	2009-03-12 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER PARM ETRD PK AF CH
09BEIJING648	TIBETAN QINGHAI: FOREIGNERS BANNED, ARMED POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Tibetan areas in Qinghai are closed to foreigners, PolOffs were told by local security officials during a March 10-11 trip to the province, even as enforcement was uneven and confusion reigned over exactly which locations were off-limits. Journalists and other foreigners wer [...]	2009-03-12 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING649	ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...]	2009-03-12 13:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING66	CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY: PRC WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: China will participate in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) but would like to see member states take a cautious approach, MFA Department of International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff January 9 in response to reft [...]	2009-01-09 08:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH SO
09BEIJING661	CHINA ANNOUNCES NONFERROUS METALS INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced on February 25 a nonferrous metals industry support plan, the ninth of ten plans to help the country's key industries. The plan aims to control production volumes and support technical innovations within the nonferrous metals sector, which includ [...]	2009-03-13 08:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH
09BEIJING662	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NAVAL DISPUTES, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The Foreign Minister's meeting tests the patience of China and the U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/13): "At this sensitive moment in the U.S.-China relationship, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's [...]	2009-03-13 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING664	NPC CLOSES MARCH 13 WITH PASSAGE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The 2009 NPC closed March 13 with a brief final ceremony at which delegates approved by overwhelming margins the various "work reports" presented earlier in the NPC session. Although the vote totals revealed that opposition from delegates to the government's reports has increased slightly [...]	2009-03-13 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING665	CHINA ANNOUNCES PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced a petrochemical industry support plan on February 19, the eighth of ten such plans intended to help key industries weather the economic crisis. Similar to the other revitalization plans (reftels),the petrochemical industry support plan seeks to s [...]	2009-03-13 13:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EIND ETRD CH
09BEIJING666	PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN, [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...]	2009-03-13 18:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR
09BEIJING671	China's Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application [...] (SBU) Officials from the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)--operators of the China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellites (CBERS)--met with ESTHCOUNS and ESTHOFFS on March 10 to discuss areas of potential cooperation with USG organizations. CRESDA proposals for colla [...]	2009-03-16 05:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING677	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, TIBET, ASIAN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "U.S. and China talk about cooperation amid noises" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/16): "On March 15th, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi ended his visit to Washington. He received [...]	2009-03-16 09:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING679	PRC/IRAN: REPORTED SOUTH PARS LNG DEAL NOT [...] (C) Citing Iranian media, international and Chinese media outlets are reporting that a consortium of three unnamed Chinese oil and gas companies have signed a USD 3.2 billion deal with Iran to produce 10.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year in Iran's South Pars gas field. Det [...]	2009-03-16 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV ENRG PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
09BEIJING68	PRC VFM HE YAFEI IN INDIA: STILL SEEKING TO REDUCE [...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's January 5-6 trip to India focused on encouraging India to ease tensions with Pakistan, MFA Asian Affairs Department DDG Sun Weidong told PolMinCouns January 9. Given Pakistan's willingness to cooperate on counter-terrorism efforts, China hope [...]	2009-01-09 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER AF PK IN CH
09BEIJING682	LABOR ISSUES AT THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] Summary: Labor issues, especially unemployment, were a major theme of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and National People's Congress (NPC) meetings that began on March 3. Senior government officials cited a severe unemployment problem, with over 20 million rur [...]	2009-03-17 05:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV CH
09BEIJING686	Mantis 2008 (1 of 2): More Workload, More Waiting in [...] Summary: This cable summarizes Beijing's 2008 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) review. In 2008, overall SAO Mantis volume increased by 10 percent, and wait times quadrupled to 16 weeks for SAO clearance. End Summary. ------------------------------- 2008 in Review: By the Numbers - [...]	2009-03-17 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING687	Mantis 2009 (2 of 2): Unpredictable Delays Harm Business, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable draws preliminary conclusions on 2009 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing trends, based on the first 5 months of the fiscal year. Current lengthy SAO processing delays undermine Consular Section public outreach efforts. Expediting 2009 student and scho [...]	2009-03-17 09:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING689	MEDIA REACTION: TIBET, SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES, U.S.-CHINA [...] TIBET "Misrepresenting Tibet a disingenuous strategy" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/17): "More and more young Chinese people have paid attention to the vast and sacred land of Tibet. Unblocked access to the Internet, television and newspaper coverage about the aut [...]	2009-03-17 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING693	CHINA/DOMESTIC DEMAND: DON'T BET ON RURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Slumping rural income growth due to both lower agricultural prices and remittances, and a still-inadequate rural social safety net hamper Chinese Government efforts to boost rural consumption. Consumer spending coupons and rebates have had only a limited impact. Despite an em [...]	2009-03-17 16:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR CH
09BEIJING698	CHINA MAINTAINS "CONSISTENT POSITION"; WILL NOT [...] (C) China maintains its "consistent position" of not recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, MFA European and Central Asian Affairs Department Caucasus Division Deputy Director Zhang Hongjian told PolOff March 18 in response to reftel points urging China to reject and conde [...]	2009-03-18 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS UNGA CH GG RS
09BEIJING702	COCA-COLA,S BID FOR JUICEMAKER HUIYUAN BEATEN TO A [...] (SBU) China,s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced March 18 that it would not permit Coca-Cola,s proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of Huiyuan, China,s largest fruit juice maker. In its short public announcement on the rejection, MOFCOM cites concerns that Coca-Cola would be able to use its [...]	2009-03-18 22:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH
09BEIJING71	Federal Reserve Visit to Beijing: Impact of Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: In December 11-12 meetings in Beijing, Chinese and foreign financial sector representatives told San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Senior Vice President Steven Hoffman that they expect ChinaQs cyclical downturn to increase non-performing loan volumes and reduce bank earnings, bu [...]	2009-01-11 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING713	March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...]	2009-03-19 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES
09BEIJING727	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, COCA-COLA'S [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Gates suddenly weakens the threat of China and Russia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/20): "The U.S. Defense Secretary Gates has suddenly suggested that there is no reason to send more war ships as escor [...]	2009-03-20 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING728	PREMIER WEN'S COMMENTS ON U.S. TREASURIES: PROTECT [...] (C) Since Premier Wen Jiabao's March 13 remarks at a press conference that China was "concerned" regarding the security of its U.S. Treasury holdings and other investments (ref),other Chinese contacts have clarified and interpreted his comments. At the G-20 ministerial meeting in London, the head [...]	2009-03-20 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING752	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA, [...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama admini [...]	2009-03-23 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING754	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama adminis [...]	2009-03-23 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING755	U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...]	2009-03-23 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
09BEIJING760	CURRENCY SWAP PLAN SHOWS RIVALRY, COOPERATION [...] (C) Japanese and Korean Embassy officials in Beijing agreed that ASEAN 3 currency swaps agreement remains more show than substance, despite the February 22 announcement by ASEAN 3 (China, Korea, Japan) Finance Ministers that the Multilateral Chiang Mai Initiative (CMIM) fund will be increased [...]	2009-03-24 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD CH
09BEIJING762	TAIWAN: PRC CONTACTS DISCUSS BEIJING'S "SOFTER" [...] (C) The "softer" language on Taiwan used in Beijing during the recently-ended "two meetings" by PRC leaders, who made no reference to opposing Taiwan "independence," suggested a conclusion to a period of cross-Strait confrontation and was "extremely significant," according to Beijing-based Taiw [...]	2009-03-24 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING765	JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...]	2009-03-24 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA
09BEIJING766	RETIRED CADRES AIM TO SUPPORT PREMIER WEN THROUGH [...] (C) A group of prominent retired cadres submitted a political reform proposal to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) in January designed to support Premier Wen Jiabao, according to the daughter of the document's primary author, Li Rui, who was Mao Zedong's private secretary. Premier Wen, [...]	2009-03-24 11:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING767	MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...]	2009-03-24 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF
09BEIJING778	SARKOZY-HU MEETING AT G-20 STILL A POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: A meeting between the Chinese and French Presidents at the London G-20 summit is still a possibility despite press reports to the contrary, according to a French Embassy contact. However, Chinese insistence on France taking "concrete steps" to resolve the continuing contretemps [...]	2009-03-25 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF CH FR SF
09BEIJING780	DPRK PREMIER'S VISIT TO CHINA: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il made the rounds of China's top leaders during his March 17-21 visit and addressed "regional and international issues," according to an MFA readout. Post-visit official platitudes highlighted both countries' aspirations to "achieve more progress" in the Six-Party [...]	2009-03-25 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING781	CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...]	2009-03-25 12:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV CH
09BEIJING795	CAAC REJECTS FEDEX SUMMER SCHEDULE, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 25, Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) officials told Econ M/C that the conditional operating approval for FedEx,s Guangzhou hub is justified under the U.S.-China Air Transport Agreement (ATA) as a technical measure given airspace constraints between Zone 1 airpo [...]	2009-03-26 06:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA CH
09BEIJING807	MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...]	2009-03-26 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW
09BEIJING808	Response to Request on Green Investments in [...] (SBU) Summary. Since November 2008, China has announced a RMB four trillion (USD 585 billion) fiscal stimulus package as well as ten industrial sector revitalization plans, the latter largely without specific funding. Various parts of the stimulus program and some of the sectoral plans inclu [...]	2009-03-26 23:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG CH
09BEIJING809	PRC PROTESTS DOD CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reading unenthusiastically from prepared remarks, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested to the A/DCM DOD's annual report to Congress on China's military power. Zheng criticized the report as containing "erroneous and unfounded" accusations [...]	2009-03-26 23:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PM PREL CH
09BEIJING820	MEDIA REACTION: CURRENCY, CHINA'S MILITARY STRENGTH [...] CURRENCY a. "Enlarge the influences of the RMB and promote China's RMB internationally " 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/27): "While the U.S. dollar crisis it is a good time to reform the international currency syst [...]	2009-03-27 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING827	PRC: "RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS" HAVE NOT MISTREATED [...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Official Wang Gang, responding to the Embassy's representations expressing grave concern for the well-being of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, told PolOff March 27 that "relevant departments" have "never mistreated" Gao. Wang said Gao is a confessed "criminal" who [...]	2009-03-27 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING828	TIBET: ON EVE OF "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY," HEAVY [...] (C) On the eve of China's "Serf Emancipation Day" on March 28, PRC security forces continued to blanket Tibet and the predominantly Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces to preclude outbreaks of mass unrest. Following the relatively uneventful passage of the 50th anniversary of [...]	2009-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING829	China: Fiscal Stimulus and Monetary Loosening [...] (SBU) Many Chinese economic contacts remain optimistic China can attain eight percent GDP growth in 2009, although some local and foreign economists recently have lowered their forecasts to 6-7 percent or even lower. The World Bank expects no contribution to real GDP growth from net exports, w [...]	2009-03-29 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING843	MEDIA REACTION; G20, MILITARY POWER REPORT [...] G20 a. "China shouldn't sing too loudly at the G20" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/30): "China should become the strength supporting the reform and reconstruction of the international financial system. But thi [...]	2009-03-30 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING856	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK LAUNCH [...] (S) On March 31, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary John Norris delivered ref A points pressing China to support meaningful UN Security Council action in response to a DPRK rocket launch to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang (see ref B for ful [...]	2009-03-31 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL UNSC PARM MNUC CH RU KNNP KN KS
09BEIJING858	MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE
09BEIJING859	CHINA'S MFA REASSIGNS INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) On March 31, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Yi informed PolOff that all specific cases of proliferation concern related to Chinese firms, including missile and nuclear cases, would now be under the purview of the MF [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC CH
09BEIJING860	NDRC Comments on Proposed Structure of the U.S.-China [...] (SBU) On March 30, ESTHcouns met with Ma Xin, Director General of the Department of International Cooperation at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),to hear NDRC's assessment of the recent visit to Washington of NDRC Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua, and also learn of NDRC's views o [...]	2009-03-31 23:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG CH
09BEIJING872	NPC DELEGATE DISCUSSES MIGRANT LABOR, GRADUATE [...] (C) A rural Anhui Province delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) recently told PolOff that his locality was trying to find jobs for more than 130,000 unemployed migrants returned from cities and coastal areas. Despite efforts to encourage them to start businesses or obtain vocationa [...]	2009-04-01 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CH
09BEIJING880	CHRISTIANITY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS "MORE OPEN" TO [...] (C) Summary: Most Peking University students had an "objective" attitude toward Christianity, suggesting that religious tolerance had "increased" in China, according to a recent survey conducted by a professor at the university. The professor told PolOff his survey found that four percent of [...]	2009-04-02 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH HK TW
09BEIJING903	CHINA/EITI: CHINESE ACADEMIC STRESSES NEED TO BUILD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and academics lack a clear understanding of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),according to Dr. He Wenping, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In He's view, Chinese officials will not support the EITI unless they can be co [...]	2009-04-03 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EPET EMIN KCOR CH
09BEIJING904	LEADING DEMOCRACY THEORIST YU KEPING EXPOUNDS ON [...] (C) Political reform in China was continuing despite recent economic setbacks, prominent Communist Party democracy theorist Yu Keping (protect) told A/DCM March 26. Chinese-style democracy should eventually include competitive elections, rule of law, and checks and balances, Yu said. Democrati [...]	2009-04-03 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CH
09BEIJING905	NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO [...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...]	2009-04-03 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK
09BEIJING908	SINO-BURMESE ECONOMIC RELATIONS - PIPELINES NOT [...] (SBU0 Chinese scholars seemed unconcerned with the political situation in Burma and focused primarily on the economic relationship between the two countries during recent meetings with EmbOffs. The high cost of food and energy in Burma is inflaming the country's volatile political situation a [...]	2009-04-07 01:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG BM CH
09BEIJING913	NORTH AFRICAN DIPLOMATS ANGRY ABOUT "CHINA INC." [...] (C) SUMMARY: North African diplomats based in Beijing told EconOff that China's relations with the region are under stress caused by explosive growth in China's exports to the region. China's trade with the five countries in the region grew by 590 percent from 2001 to 2007. North African cou [...]	2009-04-07 06:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID PREL CH AU
09BEIJING950	MEDIA REACTION: Obama in Iraq, Shanghai 2010 World Expo, [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING951	CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY [...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...]	2009-04-09 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN
09BEIJING952	PRC/DPRK: POST-LAUNCH ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINESE [...] (C) The Chinese are telling the P-3 countries, Japan and the ROK the same thing about the DPRK's missile launch: it might have been a satellite launch (technical data are ambiguous) and therefore we cannot conclude that it was a UNSCR violation, pass another resolution or apply additional or e [...]	2009-04-09 11:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH
09BEIJING953	APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE, [...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...]	2009-04-09 23:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR
09BEIJING955	CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS [...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...]	2009-04-10 00:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV
09BEIJING97	CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...]	2009-01-13 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA
09BEIJING970	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. Policy, ASEAN Summit & Protests in [...] U.S. POLICY "For the first time, the U.S. simulates an Economic World War" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/13): The Pentagon simulated a military drill on the theme of economic security. Many economic experts were involved in th [...]	2009-04-13 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING972	PRC/IRAN: BEIJING URGES TEHRAN TO RESPOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have urged Iran to respond positively to an invitation to meet with the P5-plus-1 grouping, according to the MFA. The Chinese told the Iranian Ambassador to China April 9 that the United States reiterated Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and that I [...]	2009-04-13 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING980	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "American media sensationalized the so called Chinese 'toxic construction materials'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/14): "Since the American media reported about the "toxic, made-in-China, drywall", the re [...]	2009-04-14 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING982	FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...]	2009-04-14 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH
09BEIJING983	APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...]	2009-04-14 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI
09BEIJING989	Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap, [...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...]	2009-04-15 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX
09BEIJING991	NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...]	2009-04-15 05:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY
09BEIJING996	PRC/DPRK: AMBASSADOR YANG HOULAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan told Staffdel Jannuzi April 15 that China was happy with its close coordination with Washington in the UN Security Council and the Six-Party Talks. Beijing sent several messages to Pyongyang trying to dissuade North Korea from conducting a [...]	2009-04-15 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH
09BEIRUT100	LEBANON: HOARDING OF GASOIL CAUSES SHORTAGES (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Alain Tabourian publicly said on January 21 that the gasoil shortage will drop with the arrival of three tankers in the next two days. A senior MEW source told us the GOL has been distributing about 12 million liters of gasoil daily to the market, while [...]	2009-01-26 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1000	HARIRI PUTS FORTH CABINET PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on September 6 presented a 30-member cabinet proposal to President Sleiman without further consultation with the opposition. The plan, which did not meet the opposition Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) demands for the ministry of the interior, the minist [...]	2009-09-08 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1001	LEBANON TO VOTE AS NORMAL IN UPCOMING UNGA [...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff delivered points on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to Majdi Ramadan, U.S. desk officer at the Lebanese MFA. Because government formation is ongoing, Ramadan predicted that Lebanon would likely not take any initiatives during the UNGA except competing for a r [...]	2009-09-09 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UNGA UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1006	LEBANESE MADOFF LOSES $1.6 BILLION IN INVESTOR FUNDS [...] (U) Local and international media have reported extensively on the case of Salah Ezzedine, dubbed the Lebanese Bernard Madoff, after he declared bankruptcy and gave himself up to the authorities. Reports noted that Ezzedine may have lost as much as $1.6 billion in investor money, mainly due to [...]	2009-09-11 06:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD KFLU SENV LE
09BEIRUT1007	QATARI OFFER TO BREAK LEBANESE LOGJAM ROUNDLY [...] (C) Late September 10 after Saad Hariri's withdrawal as prime minister-designate (reftel),reports spread rapidly that Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al Thani had offered to host the Lebanese for another Doha conference to resolve their issues. Some contacts, thinki [...]	2009-09-11 10:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE QA
09BEIRUT1012	SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 16 [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your September 16 visit. Your meeting with President Sleiman will reinforce the message that we value his views and that we recognize that Lebanon has its own issues and agenda in the context of a comprehensive Middle East Peace. Lebanese interest in the progress [...]	2009-09-14 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE

09BEIRUT1021	HARIRI ROUND 2: WHO STANDS WHERE, AND WHY [...] (C) Although Saad Hariri has, for the second time, won majority support as prime minister-designate, Lebanon's government formation process is expected to remain protracted as political tensions escalate. Hariri and the opposition have traded accusations of blame since the failure of the firs [...]	2009-09-16 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1022	UNIFIL COMMMANDER ON SEPTEMBER 11 ROCKET ATTACK [...] (C) Forces from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),cooperating with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),responded quickly by increasing patrols following the launch of rockets from Lebanon into Israel on September 11, according to UNIFIL Commander Gen. Claudio Graziano. Graziano confirmed [...]	2009-09-16 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNAUS IS LE
09BEIRUT1023	IMF MISSION IN BEIRUT EVALUATES SECOND QUARTER [...] (SBU) On September 10, Domenico Fanizza, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Division Chief for Middle East and Central Asia, met with caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah to discuss macroeconomic performance in the second quarter of 2009. Fanizza is leading an Emergency Post-Conflict Assis [...]	2009-09-16 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1041	ENGAGING THE LEBANESE DIASPORA [...] The Lebanese diaspora is a large and diverse global community with an estimated population of at least twelve million, three times that of Lebanon itself. The bulk of the diaspora is centered in the Western hemisphere, with the largest population in Latin America. The remittances from this s [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BEIRUT1042	LEBANON RECEIVES $298 MILLION IN IMF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Lebanon received the equivalent of $298 million in foreign currency reserves through the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) as part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program aimed at boosting country reserves to combat the world economic crisis. As a result, Lebanon's ne [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ECON EFIN EINT PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1043	LEBANESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a mid-September round of calls by the Ambassador, Lebanese religious leaders expressed pessimism about political progress and ruled out deconfessionalization of Lebanon's political system. Sunni Mufti Qabbani accused Hizballah of undermining the state, and his Shia counter [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM SCUL KISL LE VT
09BEIRUT1045	LAF COMMANDER KAHWAJI CONFIDENT OF MURR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr will be re-appointed to the same position in the next cabinet, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwaji told visiting LTG William Webster and the Ambassador on September 18. Kahwaji continued to be concerned that the current delay [...]	2009-09-24 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS MARR KPKO MCAP IS LE
09BEIRUT1051	DEFMIN MURR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has no new strategy to form the government since his renomination on September 16, caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador September 23. Murr said he advised Hariri to make President Michel Sleiman a "real partner" in the government f [...]	2009-09-24 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KPKO MARR PINR PINS SY IT SP LE
09BEIRUT1053	ISRAELI COOPERATION IMPROVING, SAYS LEBANESE [...] (S) In recent trilateral meetings between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),UNIFIL, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),the Israeli side was more cooperative and a new element of trust between the parties was present, BGen Abdulruhman Shehaitly, GOL Coordinator to UNIFIL told visiting Special [...]	2009-09-25 05:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PBTS KPKO MARR PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1058	GEMAYEL PREDICTS NEW GOVERNMENT WILL BE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's government formation crisis is the result of external interference but should not be solved through additional meddling, Kataeb party leader and former Lebanese President Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador. Although he discounted most formulas currently under discussion [...]	2009-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1059	HARIRI KICKS OFF CABINET CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unexpected visit of Syrian President al-Asad to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a "positive development," Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, said September 25. MP Marwan Hamadeh observed that Saad Hariri is focused on aski [...]	2009-09-25 14:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT106	LEBANON: MIKATI EXPECTS TO RUN WITH HARIRI [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his talks with Saad Hariri on an electoral alliance in Tripoli were going well, and he expected he and Hariri would run jointly in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He believed the National Dialogue w [...]	2009-01-27 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR SY SA
09BEIRUT107	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN FIRMLY SUPPORTS ARAB [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman reiterated his support for the Arab Peace Initiative (API) in a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador. He speculated that, although the Arab League was divided in its position on the API, the Kuwaitis and the Saudis could easily persuade some Arab League members t [...]	2009-01-27 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS LE SY
09BEIRUT1079	SLEIMAN SEEKS TO PROVIDE EXIT TO A CORNERED HARIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sleiman's confidants report that the is taking controversial positions in the press in an attempt to open an escape hatch for Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in the stalled cabinet negotiations. Abi Assi defended the president against recent press attacks and floa [...]	2009-10-01 14:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT108	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS MARCH 14 [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed his "purely UNSCR 1701" agenda for his planned January 28 visit to Damascus. He again expressed concern about the lack of March 14 organization for the upcoming parliamentary elections and said he continues t [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1087	INVALIDATION OF ZAHLE ELECTIONS COULD DISADVANTAGE [...] (C) Reports are circulating of the possible invalidation of the election of three members of parliament from the Zahle district. Should the Constitutional Council approve the pending petitions, the majority would lose likely lose ground and opposition-aligned former Zahle MP Elie Skaff would [...]	2009-10-05 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1088	HARIRI AWAITS REGIONAL EVENTS BEFORE NEGOTIATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's political atmosphere appears improved following a week of talks with parliamentary blocs, but progress still awaits the expected Saudi-Syria rapprochement, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador on October 2. Hariri reported that he had sought to draw [...]	2009-10-05 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS SY SA LE
09BEIRUT109	LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER ON THE FOUR GENERALS, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SYRIA-LINKED INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare explained to the Ambassador in a January 26 meeting the issues surrounding the release or transfer to The Hague of the four generals currently in Lebanese custody in connection with former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination. According to Bellemare, the [...]	2009-01-27 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT1104	NAHR AL-BARID REMAINS CALM AWAITING DECISION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Relief and Works Agency Director (UNRWA) Salvatore Lombardo and Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, Director of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC),remain cautiously optimistic that the State Shura Council will decide on October 13 to permit resumption of reconstruction [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV KPAL PHUM JO IS LE UN
09BEIRUT1107	INCREASED BANK DEPOSITS: BLESSING OR CURSE? (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (U) As Lebanon reports a $14 billion increase in bank deposits in the first eight months of 2009, prominent local economists have publicly characterized increased deposits as a double-edged sword for local banks. Head of Research at Byblos Bank Nassib Ghobril noted that since depositors contin [...]	2009-10-08 07:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1108	LEBANON GEARS UP FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon, which expects to be elected to the Asia group's non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council on October 15, will decide its positions on UNSC issues through consultation among the president's office, the prime minister's office, and the foreign ministry. Its votes will [...]	2009-10-08 12:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AL LE IR
09BEIRUT1109	NEW INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERICAL GATHERING HAS [...] (C) The newly launched Shia Independent Clerical Gathering (ICG) celebrated several significant benchmarks within its first month, such as hosting a successful iftar during Ramadan and gaining the "moral backing" of Shia parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, independent Shia political activist Lo [...]	2009-10-08 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PTER LE
09BEIRUT111	LEBANON: ASSESSMENT OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS' FIELD [...] (SBU) This is a response to reftel requesting Post's assessment of the efficacy of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field office in Beirut. 2. (SBU) According to Fateh Azzam, regional representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the Be [...]	2009-01-27 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1117	HARIRI SUMMONS SUNNI POWER, BUT REVEALS [...] (C) Lebanese contacts from across the political spectrum perceive Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's emphasis on the constitutional authorities of the prime minister as a strong defense of "Sunni power." However, Hariri's redesignation without support from either of the country's Shia par [...]	2009-10-09 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI LE
09BEIRUT114	LEBANON: 2008 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) The 2008 End Use Monitoring Report for INL programs in Lebanon, formatted as directed by Reftel, follows: PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program coordinator: Virginia Sher Ramadan, +961-04/542600 ext. 4368, ramadanvs@state.gov Inventory System: Post records the distributio [...]	2009-01-28 11:57:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AFIN
09BEIRUT1147	LEBANON CALLS FOR INTER-ARAB COOPERATION ON INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Lebanon hosted the Fifth Regional Coordination Meeting industrial property and copyright officers in Arab countries on October 12-14, in Beirut. The workshop was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Arab League, in cooperation with the Lebanese ministr [...]	2009-10-19 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1148	PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY: [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD LE
09BEIRUT1149	UPBEAT HARIRI SAYS CABINET NEGOTIATIONS REACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was optimistic that the week ahead would be "decisive" for cabinet formation. Discussions over the telecommunications portfolio with Christian opposition figure Michel Aoun continued, however, and Hariri suggested that he might [...]	2009-10-19 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN EAID PTER MARR MOPPS LE
09BEIRUT1153	RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS IN SOUTH LEBANON REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security incidents in southern Lebanon have dominated the press for the last week, obscured by a haze of rumors, contradictory information and propaganda. On the evening of October 12, a mysterious incident occurred in or near the house of an alleged Hizballah official in the vi [...]	2009-10-20 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KPKO UNSC LE
09BEIRUT116	LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. Similarly, UNIFIL officials told us that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel in 2008. UNIFIL staff officers continue to receive [...]	2009-01-28 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CT KPKO MO PREL SU WI UN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1164	UNSCOL CHIEF OF STAFF UNDERSCORES UNIFIL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNIFIL was not hindered in its investigation of the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Chief of Staff Jack Christofides asserted on October 21. He also said that the upcoming UNSCR 1701 report to the UN Security Council would reflect "cl [...]	2009-10-22 12:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS UN KPKO IS LE
09BEIRUT117	LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...]	2009-01-28 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1175	LEBANON PROGRESSING ON UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] (U) Lebanon has made substantial progress towards achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),according to a recent report by the UN Development Program (UNDP). The report highlighted improvements in the areas of education, reduction of child and mother mortality rates, gender equali [...]	2009-10-26 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1176	LAF OFFICERS DESCRIBE CHALLENGES IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A formal strategy paper would be a critical tool to maintain Congressional support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),DASD Colin Kahl explained to LAF commander General Jean Kahwagi on October 22. Kahwagi portrayed the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident as perplexing, but reporte [...]	2009-10-27 08:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE
09BEIRUT118	LEBANON: UNIFIL URGES COMMITMENT TO ENHANCED [...] (C) UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander General Claudio Graziano hosted an ambassadorial-level briefing for all UNIFIL contributing countries January 27 to update UNIFIL's bilateral partners on UNIFIL capabilities, a timeline of recent events, and lessons learned in the aftermath o [...]	2009-01-28 18:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT1180	ROCKET FROM LEBANON HITS NORTHERN ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of October 27, one Katyusha rocket was launched from Lebanon into an uninhabited region near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) promptly retaliated with an artillery barrage into an uninhabited area. There were no reports of inj [...]	2009-10-28 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS MCAP KPKO UN IS LE
09BEIRUT1182	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENFORCING THE WEAPONS-FREE ZONE [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche detailing U.S. concerns on GOL enforcement of a weapons-free zone in south Lebanon, Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr, Advisor to President Sleiman Naji Abi Assi, and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi acknowledged the negative [...]	2009-10-28 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT1183	BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY" [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...]	2009-10-28 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE
09BEIRUT1186	HEADS OR TAILS? GOERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINS PREL
09BEIRUT1188	HEADS OR TAILS? GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SY LE
09BEIRUT1195	DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BIG SCREEN (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) On October 24, an Lebanese environmental NGO, the League of Independent Activists (IndyAct),hosted a screening of the drama documentary, "The Age of Stupid," highlighting the dangers of climate change, in collaboration with the British Embassy, the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, [...]	2009-11-03 06:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT1197	RUMORS OF CABINET FORMATION PREMATURE [...] (C) Reports in the Lebanese press that a cabinet would be announced on November 3 appear to have been premature. On November 3, Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, told us that the PM-designate undertook expedited negotiations with Michel Aoun, head of the Change an [...]	2009-11-03 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
09BEIRUT1199	2009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and report to MFA Americas Desk Officer Reina Charbel on October 26. Charbel advised that the report would be shared with relevant GOL offices and said that the GOL remains committed to the principles of religious freedom and tolerance. 2. (SBU) React [...]	2009-11-04 10:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO LE
09BEIRUT1200	LEBANON TO SUPPORT GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 10:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS LE
09BEIRUT1201	ISF POLICE STATION OPENED IN NAHR AL-BARID CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese government intends to begin policing inside Palestinian refugee camps for the first time since 1969, starting with the Nahr al-Barid camp, thanks to a USG pledge to fund the construction of a police station and train the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in community pol [...]	2009-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT1205	LEBANON: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Lebanon is not a major illicit drug producing or drug-transit country. The Lebanese government reported ongoing cannabis cultivation in 2009, and increased drug use particularly among the young, due to greater availability and reduced price of most drugs sold in Lebanon. During 2009, L [...]	2009-11-06 12:04:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR NAS LE
09BEIRUT1206	ANOTHER WAVE OF OPTIMISM ON CABINET FORMATION [...] (C) In the wake of a flurry of activity, including a visit by caretaker Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil to Damascus, the Lebanese political class seems convinced once again that a new cabinet will be formed in the next few days. Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad [...]	2009-11-06 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
09BEIRUT1214	NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...]	2009-11-10 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1220	EU PROVIDES MORE THAN 43 MILLION EUROS TO PROMOTE REFORM [...] (SBU) The European Commission (EC) announced that it will provide Lebanon with 43 million euros in grant assistance under its 2009 Annual Action Plan, most of it to be spent on economic reform. Out of this, 8 million euros will go to support Paris III reforms, including supporting Lebanon's WT [...]	2009-11-13 07:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1225	KATAEB AND MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT COMPLAIN OF NEGLECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saad Hariri provoked a crisis in the Kataeb party by allotting it the social affairs ministry instead of the education ministry, Kataeb Vice President Salim el Sayegh told us. Kataeb will remain in the majority but not in the March 14 secretariat, he added. El Sayegh alleged tha [...]	2009-11-16 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA
09BEIRUT1226	BORDER CONTROL PLAN STILL LACKING SAY DONORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams reviewed with international donors on November 4 the very limited progress on border management since their last meeting in June, and attributed it primarily to the lack of a Lebanese government. Noting that border man [...]	2009-11-16 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS SY LE
09BEIRUT1231	NEW MINISTERIAL STATEMENT LIKELY TO BE RETREAD OF [...] (C) Ministers working on the committee drafting the new ministerial statement tell us that the final document will most likely resemble the text of the previous statement, accepted in 2008 following the Doha agreement. "There is a kind of understanding among all parties to use the same formul [...]	2009-11-17 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA
09BEIRUT1235	2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: This 2009 TIP Interim Assessment for Lebanon is submitted in response to action request in reftel. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) made limited progress in addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) issues, partially because of parliamentary inaction before the June 2009 elections a [...]	2009-11-18 10:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG LE
09BEIRUT1237	LEBANON HOSTS MAJOR ITU CONFERENCE (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Less than three years after its establishment, Lebanon's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) hosted the International Telecommunications Union's Global Symposium for Regulators in Beirut November 9-11. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Co [...]	2009-11-18 13:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ACOA PTER PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1238	THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...]	2009-11-18 15:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE
09BEIRUT1239	UNIFIL WANTS TO APPLY GHAJAR MODEL TO SHEBAA FARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: July's explosion of a Hizballah arms depot in Khirbet Selim raised questions about the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) attitude, but the LAF has applied the lessons learned from the incident, according to UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Director of Political and Civil Affairs Mi [...]	2009-11-19 07:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC PBTS LE IS
09BEIRUT124	LEBANON: AOUN SETTING THE STAGE TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun complained that Sunni Future Movement leader Saad Hariri planned to pay to fly in expatriate Christian voters to vote against Aoun in the June parliamentary elections. Aoun dismissed the idea tha [...]	2009-01-29 15:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN LE SY
09BEIRUT1242	LEBANON UNPREPARED TO ADDRESS SHEBAA WATER ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese government officials argue that Israel's insistence on retaining the disputed Shebaa Farms stems not from border security concerns but from interest in water rights. Lebanese contacts opine that, given water shortages in the region and increasing worries that global war [...]	2009-11-19 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL ECON PBTS PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1243	MARKING THE BLUE LINE: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon's (UNIFIL) 121-kilometer Blue Line (BL) marking program is moving along, albeit slowly, with 25 of the proposed 198 markers now in place. UNIFIL officials maintain that despite the slow pace, the demarcation prevents inadvertent violations of UN [...]	2009-11-20 06:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PTER PINR MOPS KPKO UNSC IS LE
09BEIRUT1247	GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT125	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES "MONKEYNESS" HURTING ELECTION [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reported to the Ambassador in a January 29 meeting that the Syrians were "anxious" about Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, and may be making assassination plans (including against himself) or violence by proxy in order to sway the elections to the [...]	2009-01-29 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT1250	MONITORING OF 2009 G/TIP FUND GRANTED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, emboffs conducted a site visit with G/TIP visitor Rachel Yousey to the Caritas Safe House, which is part of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center's "Protection and Assistance for Victims of Trafficking" USG-fund [...]	2009-11-25 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM LE
09BEIRUT1251	PM HARIRI PLEDGES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROSPERITY [...] (U) PM Saad Hariri, speaking at the 2009 Annual Arab Banking Conference November 19 in Beirut, noted that his recently formed cabinet was not only a national unity cabinet politically but also a "social and economic development unity cabinet" that reflected the ambitions of the Lebanese. He st [...]	2009-11-25 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT SENV PGOV LE
09BEIRUT126	LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY WORK STALLED, SAYS [...] (C) On January 29, Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador that internal Government of Lebanon (GOL) discussions on border security had effectively stalled. The Prime Minister had taken this on personally and is the only who can move the complex issue forward. Turning to election [...]	2009-01-30 09:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PTER PINR KTIP PBTS MOPS LE IS SY
09BEIRUT1277	LEBANESE REACTION TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi welcomed details about Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and the U.S. reaction to it. Abi Assi also told Charge on December 1 that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen was scheduled to visit Beirut on December 7. He opined [...]	2009-12-04 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC ENRG LE IS
09BEIRUT1289	PROPOSAL FOR EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON STATUS OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For over a year, U.S. military engagement activities in Lebanon have been expanding rapidly in number and scope. In addition to the growing list of short-term engagements, in early 2010 the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) will inaugurate a compreh [...]	2009-12-09 17:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL OPDC LE
09BEIRUT130	LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS CODEL SMITH USG SHOULD DEAL [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Michel Sleiman urged the U.S. to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Solving the conflict, he said, would benefit Lebanon greatly because of the significant Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon. Lebanon's relations [...]	2009-02-02 08:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS
09BEIRUT1318	HARIRI'S DAMASCUS TRIP COMPLICATED BY SYRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed on December 10 that the GOL had received "warrants" for 23 former and current Lebanese officials and journalists to appear before the Syrian judiciary. The warrants were issued in connection with a case brought in a Syrian court b [...]	2009-12-14 16:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS LE SY
09BEIRUT1334	SYRIAN ALLIES SEEK "CANCELLATION" OF UNSCR 1559 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria's allies in Lebanon have launched a campaign for the "cancellation" of UN Security Council resolution 1559. Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri claimed to the Ambassador that following the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon and the election of Michel Sleiman as president, there i [...]	2009-12-21 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT1336	DEFMIN MURR PLANS SHAKE-UP IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's message to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on the importance of UNSCR 1701 was loud and clear, Defense Minister Murr told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Murr reported he would underscore this m [...]	2009-12-22 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS
09BEIRUT1347	LAF AND UNSCOL DESCRIBE PREPARATIONS FOR GHAJAR [...] (C) Summary: Preparations for the handover of Ghajar village were very sensitive to the GOL, General Abdulruhman Shehaitly, LAF representative to the tripartite, reported, and the LAF planned to deploy a unit of four in the village, along with UNIFIL forces, after its return from Israeli contr [...]	2009-12-23 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS MARR KPKO LE IS
09BEIRUT1351	HARIRI'S DAMASCUS VISIT HERALDS NEW "PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary: Prior to his December 19-20 visit to Damascus, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that he "must go to Damascus to better relations," and he cast the visit as "a new form of achieving sovereignty and independence." Following the visit, the PM's chief of staff [...]	2009-12-28 12:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PBTS PINR KPAL LE SY
09BEIRUT1353	MENAFATF NOVEMBER 2009 BEIRUT LEBANON PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF X) and working group meetings from November 8-12 at the Riviera Hotel in Beirut. Treasury Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Director for Global Affairs Brian Grant he [...]	2009-12-28 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PTER PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1355	RENEWED GOL COMMITMENT TO WTO ACCESSION IN 2010 (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Christopher Wilson briefed GOL officials and parliamentarians on the status of Lebanon's WTO negotiations during a one-day visit to Beirut December 17. Wilson said the USG sees a real opportunity for Lebanon, with a new cabinet in place, to move towar [...]	2009-12-29 06:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EWWT SENV PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1367	LEBANON: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] While the threat of terrorist activity kept Lebanese security agencies on high alert throughout the year, 2009 was characterized by increased governmental efforts to disrupt suspected terror cells before they could act. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),in particular, were credited with the cap [...]	2009-12-31 09:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR LE SY
09BEIRUT137	LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS [...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...]	2009-02-03 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO PREL LE
09BEIRUT139	LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, SAAD [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told the Ambassador that Saudi King Abdullah's outreach to Syrian President Bashar Asad was necessary to limit Iran's influence in the Arab world. Bashar, for his part, is playing all sides off each other, but that strategy would only be viable [...]	2009-02-03 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT147	Lebanon: Murr TV (MTV) To Resume Broadcasting [...] (U) Summary: MTV announced it will resume broadcast on March 31, 2009, seven years after its coerced closure. Michel El Murr, the CEO, denied that the Lebanese Forces "or any other foreign or domestic party" was behind the reopening. March 14 contacts, however, have been pushing for the reop [...]	2009-02-05 14:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT155	LEBANON: RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: COSMETIC CHANGES [...] (C) Six months after the August 13-14 summit in Damascus between President Michel Sleiman and Syrian President Bashar Asad (Ref H),there has been little substantive progress, from the Lebanese point of view, on any of the key bilateral issues: exchange of Ambassadors, border security coopera [...]	2009-02-10 09:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT161	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE [...] (C) The recent Gaza conflict again brought to the fore the question of under what regional and domestic circumstances Hizballah would use force against Israel. In addition, the first anniversary of the February 12, 2008 assassination of former Hizballah military official Imad Mugniyeh raises t [...]	2009-02-11 08:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT177	LEBANON: UNSCOL OPTIMISTIC ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams returned from consultations in Israel pleased with the thorough discussions he had, he told the Ambassador February 10. Williams was hopeful Israel would withdraw from Ghajar prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June [...]	2009-02-13 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
09BEIRUT182	Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 11:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT184	LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS IMF PLEASED WITH LEBANON'S GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) In a February 11 meeting with the USAID Administrator's Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said a recent IMF delegation, led by IMF Deputy Managing Director Murilo Portugal, was pleased with Lebanon's growth in 2008, e [...]	2009-02-17 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT186	LEBANON: HARIRI ON MARCH 14 ELECTION PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri -- receiving the Ambassador on February 13, the eve of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- claimed that the March 8 opposition was working to discredit investigative information on his father [...]	2009-02-17 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT190	Lebanon: Power Struggle Over LBCI [...] (U) Summary: Long standing problems between the Chairman of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI),Pierre El Daher, and the Lebanese Forces Party escalated over the last two weeks. The result was that CEO Pierre El Daher blamed Lebanese security forces of failing to car [...]	2009-02-18 12:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT195	LEBANON: ELECTION OBSERVERS DECREE MOVING AHEAD; [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting hosted by the UN, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud reported he had sent the draft decree to invite international observers to monitor the June 2009 parliamentary elections to the Cabinet to be placed on the agenda for the February 26 session. Earlier, in a Febru [...]	2009-02-19 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT196	LEBANON: MICHAEL WILLIAMS SAYS SYRIANS "COCKY" [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, UNSCOL Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh February 17 provided the Ambassador and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack with a readout of Williams' February 12 trip to Damascus. Will [...]	2009-02-19 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT197	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME [...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...]	2009-02-19 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT204	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK ON [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he was "very satisfied" with the military-to-military relationship with the U.S. At the same time, he lamented the slowness with which U.S. equipment assi [...]	2009-02-20 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT209	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) On February 20, Lama Oueijan, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Trade, told EconOff that Lebanon has no new offers to bring to Geneva on goods (as budget considerations prevent lifting tariffs) or services (where lawyers groups resist opening up legal services) during the upco [...]	2009-02-23 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT214	Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT222	LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS [...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...]	2009-02-24 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE
09BEIRUT230	LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED ABOUT CT COOPERATION, [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT231	LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED BY CT COOPERATION, US [...] (C) President Sleiman discussed recent US-Lebanese cooperation on counter terrorism and was pleased that the U.S. had approved the provision of Raven UAVs to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Embassy renews our suggestion that, if possible, Sleiman be invited to Washington before the June 7 Lebanese [...]	2009-02-26 15:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT232	LEBANON: PM SINIORA ON GAZA, GHAJAR [...] (C) During a February 25 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora shared his plans to attend the March 2 Sharm el Sheikh Gaza reconstruction conference. In addition to meeting with other regional leaders on Gaza, Siniora said he also hoped to present the GOL's experiences in Nahr al-Barid Pale [...]	2009-02-26 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL LE
09BEIRUT233	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LOOKING STRONGER; OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Following the very successful February 14 rally commemorating former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination, March 14 leaders have expressed confidence about March 14's prospects for winning the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. The widely attended February 14 rally, a major succ [...]	2009-02-26 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT234	LEBANON: SOME "INDEPENDENT" SHIA CONTACTS [...] (C) A number of "independent" Shia contacts have shared with us their exasperation with majority leader Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition. They say that the non-Hizballah Shia community was one of the initial supporters of the principles of March 14 -- Lebanese independence and sovereignty -- b [...]	2009-02-26 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IZ
09BEIRUT235	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR SIGNS LETTERS OF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a February 26 meeting that he had signed all seven pending Letters of Agreement needed to ensure the timely delivery of several items of U.S. military assistance before the June 7 parliamentary elections. Murr expressed appreciation for c [...]	2009-02-26 18:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS AE LE
09BEIRUT24	LEBANON: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Since 2005 there have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts of prominent Lebanese figures, including former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The attacks targeted Lebanese political and military figures and journalists, many of whom were critical of Syrian interference in Lebanon. [...]	2009-01-07 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER LE
09BEIRUT249	LEBANON: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT WTO WORKING PARTY, BUT [...] (SBU) On March 1, Zouha Sakr, head of the MEPI-funded WTO accession project at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET),told EconOff Lebanon's February 27 working party meeting in Geneva had gone reasonably well, considering Lebanon had little new information to report. She described the comm [...]	2009-03-03 07:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE

09BEIRUT25	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL [...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...]	2009-01-07 17:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE

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