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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 06SHANGHAI6459 |
EAST CHINA VIEWS ON PEACEFUL RISE AND HARMONIOUS WORLD [...] (C) Summary. According to East China scholars, China's foreign policy doctrine is moving beyond the concept of "Peaceful Development" to "Harmonious World." President Hu, determined to put his stamp on China's foreign policy, had initially supported the "Peaceful Rise" concept promoted by f [...] |
2006-10-12 01:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 06SHANGHAI6460 |
SHANGHAI CHINA CONFERENCE A PRELUDE TO 6TH PLENUM [...] (C). Summary. During an international conference of China Studies, top Chinese scholars discussed China's political development and foreign policy, in a prelude to discussions at the October 2006 Plenum and even the 2007 Party Congress. Chinese scholars characterized China as committed to t [...] |
2006-10-12 04:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 06SHANGHAI6493 |
EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND SHANGHAI SCHOLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a wide-ranging lunch discussion with EAP DAS Christensen on September 14, several of Shanghai's prominent international relations scholars stressed that it was important for China and the United States to have a clear understanding of each others positions. Two scholars ac [...] |
2006-10-13 00:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA TW KN |
| 06SHANGHAI6494 |
DAS CHRISTENSEN'S SHANGHAI VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During DAS Christensen's September 12-14 visit to Shanghai, he participated in a Fudan University roundtable, and met with Shanghai foreign policy academics, influential Shanghainese, and representatives of AmCham Shanghai. His lunch with academics was reported in reftel A. Dur [...] |
2006-10-13 01:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CH ECON EFIN |
| 06SHANGHAI6518 |
SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Five of Shanghai's North Korea Scholars told Poloffs that China would support a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution to punish North Korea, but would oppose including any military action in the resolution. While one scholar said that China might also move its humanitarian assist [...] |
2006-10-13 09:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN |
| 06SHANGHAI6861 |
CHINESE LEGAL EXPERTS CALL FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Prosecutors, judges and legal scholars attending the 2006 China Litigation Law National Conference in Hangzhou from September 27-28 urged that amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law include provisions to protect human rights and constrain governmental power through due p [...] |
2006-10-25 09:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS CH |
| 06SHANGHAI6957 |
PENSION SCANDAL CLAIMS MORE; POLITICS AS USUAL [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai pension scandal, to date, has snared some 50 business and political leaders, with the number continuing to rise. Four of our well-placed contacts recently took the view that the current investigation was not primarily designed to clean up Shanghai--although that was [...] |
2006-10-27 11:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7043 |
SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON SCO AND RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to scholars in Beijing (Reftel), Shanghai SCO scholars told visiting EAP Poloffs in November 1-3 meetings that is unlikely that the SCO will accept new members in 2007, especially Iran. They expect China to continue to promote multilateral economic cooperation within [...] |
2006-11-13 09:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH RS UZ TI KZ KG TX |
| 06SHANGHAI7044 |
SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAITS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Several prominent Shanghai-based cross-Straits scholars told visiting EAP Political Officers during meetings on November 1-3 that domestic political turmoil in Taiwan would continue and would prevent any breakthroughs on cross-Straits issues for the foreseeable future. The scholar [...] |
2006-11-13 09:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 06SHANGHAI7085 |
INNOVATION REQUIRED FOR CHINA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bureau of Statistics and the U.S.-based Conference Board hosted a national forum on Innovation and China Economic Growth October 20- 22 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. During the conference, PRC officials from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPP [...] |
2006-11-27 08:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CH WTO |
| 06SHANGHAI7086 |
AMITY PRINTING PRESS -- CHINA'S BIBLE PUBLISHER [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's November 20 visit to Amity Printing Press in Nanjing, Special Assistant to General Manager Peter Dean said they did not have any substantive problems printing Bibles in China. Amity Printing Press produces all Bibles sold in officially-approved Prote [...] |
2006-11-28 02:59:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7091 |
CHINA'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRADING SYSTEM UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of conversations in late October and November, China Foreign Exchange Trading System (CFETS) Vice General Manager Song Jianqi and Market Development Manager Justin Zhang discussed recent forex market developments, including continued gradual appreciation, increased i [...] |
2006-11-28 12:01:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7096 |
CHINA FOREX: AFTER NEW HIGHS, NEXT STEPS NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary: As the RMB continued to set record highs, closing at RMB 7.84 per USD on November 27, Shanghai forex traders expressed appreciation for the greater volatility in the forex market and predicted continued gradual appreciation of the RMB. In a series of meetings in late October and [...] |
2006-11-30 09:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7097 |
SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON ILLICIT ORDINATION OF XUZHOU BISHOP [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai Bishop Jin was shocked to learn of the illicit ordination of Xuzhou Bishop Wang Renlei. He said that the ordination was ridiculous and a challenge by the Chinese government to the Vatican. He said there was no hope for reconciliation in the near future. According to B [...] |
2006-11-30 09:12:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CH VT |
| 06SHANGHAI7098 |
2006 CHINESE BLOGGERS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Second Annual Chinese Bloggers Conference took place in Hangzhou from October 28-29. Organizers had problems in holding the conference and had to switch venues twice. While the public sessions suffered from uninspiring speakers, a conference organizer said there were 20 priv [...] |
2006-12-01 00:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ECPS CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7112 |
CITI'S RICHARD STANLEY ON GDB AND BANKING IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, Citibank China CEO Richard Stanley updated a visiting Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) delegation led by Governor Kevin Warsh on the status of Citi's efforts to purchase a minority stake with management control in the Guangdong Development Bank (GDB). According to Stanle [...] |
2006-12-08 03:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7121 |
(C) BIO DETAILS UFWD HEAD LIU YANDONG'S HUSBAND [...] (C) Summary: On December 4, Poloff met with Yang Yuanxing (STC: 2799/0337/1932), husband of Hu Jintao protigi and United Front Work Department Head Liu Yandong, in connection with a visa referral for his upcoming tourist trip to the United States on December 20. Liu has been rumored to be in [...] |
2006-12-12 09:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON KPAO CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7122 |
CSIS ROUNDTABLE ON CHINA-AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 discussion between members of the Johns Hopkins Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) and Shanghai scholars, and representatives from BHP Billiton and other Shanghai-based economic consulting firms, participants disagreed about the impact of China's [...] |
2006-12-13 01:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7126 |
SHANGHAI PETITIONER ACTIVISTS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai petitioners complained to Poloff during a December 7 meeting that the Chinese government continued to closely monitor their movements and prevented many petitioners from meeting or traveling to Beijing. They expected that prominent petitioners Mao Hengfeng and Chen Xia [...] |
2006-12-13 08:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7129 |
SHANGHAI LEADERSHIP UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In the continuing fallout of the pension scandal that led to the ouster of former Party Secretary Chen Liangyu (Ref A), four Shanghai contacts viewed acting Party Secretary Han Zheng as a transitional figure likely to be SIPDIS replaced at, or before, the 17th Party Congress. [...] |
2006-12-14 09:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON KPAO CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7130 |
RECENT SETBACKS ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary. For the past several months, Shanghai's Public Affairs Section (PAS) has pursued local partner institutions as potential hosts for a variety of IIP-produced poster shows on key mission themes. Like our colleagues in Guangzhou (reftel), we too have run into resistance from our lo [...] |
2006-12-15 05:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7137 |
SHANGHAI ELECTIONS--A MIX OF PAGEANTRY AND FICTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite efforts to portray them as paragons of democratic virtue, three contacts descriptions of Shanghai's district-level People's Congress elections reflected little more than choreographed political pageantry. Congenoffs visited elections in two separate Shanghai districts, Mi [...] |
2006-12-21 04:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7139 |
CONSULTATIVE DEMOCRACY YIELDING FRUIT IN WENLING [...] (C) Summary. An open budget initiative that is moving into its third year in Zeguo Township of Zhejiang Province's Wenling municipality, has introduced an unusual level of participatory democracy. The process was launched out of the Zeguo Party Secretary's frustration with competing voices fo [...] |
2006-12-21 09:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 06SHANGHAI7140 |
WENLING PUSHING THE BOUNDARY OF POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Riding on the coattails of the successes with "democratic consultative meetings (minkenhui) and participatory democracy reforms in other townships, Wenling municipality in Zhejiang Province has moved forward and implemented further reforms in the township of Xinhe, which put the e [...] |
2006-12-21 09:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI101 |
PRE-PARTY CONGRESS INFIGHTING OVER PERSONNEL INTENSIFIES [...] (S) Summary. According to multiple East China contacts, the central party leadership was increasingly split over personnel issues and would only become more fractured with the approach of the 2007 Party Congress. Vice President Zeng Qinghong was trying to work out a compromise that would all [...] |
2007-02-14 07:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI102 |
KUNSHAN'S TAIWAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan business people (Taishang) appeared to be thriving during a February 6 visit by Congenoffs to the Taiwan enclave of Kunshan, located 50 kilometers west of Shanghai. Although some local governments in China were corrupt, the Kunshan government had been very supportive of T [...] |
2007-02-14 08:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV ELAB ECON EFIN CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI105 |
CAN 300 MILLION CHINESE BELIEVERS BE WRONG? [...] (C) Summary: One of the authors of a new government-sponsored survey on spirituality in China downplayed the reported findings that the number of religious believers in China could be as high as 300 million. Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Vice President Tong Shijun told Poloff in [...] |
2007-02-15 04:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CH |
| 07SHANGHAI110 |
POLICY PLANNING STAFFER GREEN SHANGHAI MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: During his meetings with Shanghai Academics on January 17, Policy Planning Staffer James Green engaged academics on East Asian security issues, including North Korea and Taiwan. Academics were pessimistic that there would be any progress on North Korea in the near future. Academ [...] |
2007-02-16 05:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN TW |
| 07SHANGHAI117 |
IPR ATTACHI ENGAGES SHANGHAI CULTURAL TASK FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, Senior IPR Attachi Mark Cohen met with the Director of Shanghai Culture Task Force (SCTF) Zhou Jianmin to discuss Shanghai's efforts on copyright enforcement. Cohen engaged Zhou on SCTF's authority over copyright infringement matters vis-`-vis the Shanghai Copyri [...] |
2007-02-16 10:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EFIN EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI133 |
SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET DECLINES: DID THE BUBBLE POP? [...] (SBU) Summary: The 8.8 percent fall in the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) composite index on February 27 that stunned international markets was a much-needed and overdue correction according to Consulate contacts. Market volatility, speculative retail investors, profit-taking by institutional i [...] |
2007-02-28 08:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI141 |
CONTACTS DISCUSS RECENT SHANGHAI PERSONNEL MOVES [...] (C) Summary: According to one contact, more than half of Shanghai's vice mayors have been or are rumored to soon be removed and several high-level officials have been reshuffled in a bid to pave the way for an outsider to come to Shanghai in one of the top leadership positions. At least one [...] |
2007-03-07 08:43:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI142 |
CORRECTED COPY--CONTACTS DISCUSS RECENT SHANGHAI PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: According to one contact, more than half of Shanghai's vice mayors have been or are rumored to soon be removed and several high-level officials have been reshuffled in a bid to pave the way for an outsider to come to Shanghai in one of the top leadership positions. At least one [...] |
2007-03-07 09:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI155 |
SHANGHAI LEGAL EXPERTS ON LUO GAN SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: Three of Shanghai legal experts said they were not surprised by Politburo Standing Committee member Luo Gan's abrasive rule of law speech published in a Party journal on February 2 (reftel). In the speech, Luo talked about the need to guard against "unfavorable" Western influence [...] |
2007-03-16 05:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR KJUS CH |
| 07SHANGHAI158 |
SHANGHAI THINK TANK ON CROSS-STRAITS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During a March 21 lunch with DPO, Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) Director Zhang Nianchi said Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian now frequently crossed the Mainland's "red lines" without penalty, making cross-strait relations more dangerou [...] |
2007-03-22 09:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI161 |
CITIBANK'S STANLEY ON GDB AND CHINA BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with Beijing Financial Attache David Loevinger, Treasury Asia DAS Robert Dohner, Asia Director Mathew Haarsager and Congenoffs, Citigroup China CEO Richard Stanley expressed great appreciation for USG support which facilitated its December acquisition of [...] |
2007-03-23 08:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI163 |
XI JINPING TAKES THE REINS IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary. After months of speculation and waiting, Xi Jinping was named the new Shanghai Party Secretary on March 24. One contact assessed that Xi's transfer would also likely entail a position on the Politburo at the upcoming 17th Party Congress. Xi, a princeling with broad connections, [...] |
2007-03-25 09:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI166 |
SHANGHAI RELIGIOUS CONTACTS DISCUSS NGOS, THEOLOGICAL [...] (C) Summary: During her February 26-27 visit to Shanghai, DRL/IRF Officer Emilie Kao explored ways to expand religious freedom in China with academics, officials from the Communist Party-approved China Christian Council/Three Self Patriotic Movement (CCC/TSPM), Shanghai YMCA leaders, a represe [...] |
2007-03-26 03:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF CH |
| 07SHANGHAI167 |
FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK SHANGHAI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick delivered a well-received speech at the third annual Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture in Shanghai on March 21. Zoellick called for China to play a more cooperative role on Korea, Iran, Sudan and energy security. The text of the speech [...] |
2007-03-26 08:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI174 |
SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE EVP ON CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 8 meeting with Beijing Financial Attache David Loevinger, Treasury DAS Robert Dohner, Asia Office Director Mathew Haarsager and Congenoffs, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Executive Vice President Liu Xiaodong (aka James Liu) shared his views on necessary reforms to Chi [...] |
2007-03-28 03:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI177 |
LOCAL REACTIONS TO XI JINPING'S APPOINTMENT AS SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary. The appointment of Xi Jingping as Party Secretary has been heralded in the Shanghai official media, but SIPDIS business and academic contacts are taking a "wait and see" attitude. Official newspapers and internet postings have emphasized Xi's coastal experience and "rich socia [...] |
2007-03-29 02:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI178 |
JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Japanese contacts in Shanghai, Japanese Prime Minister Abe's October 2006 breakthrough visit to Beijing has dramatically improved the climate for Japanese investment in Shanghai, as well as led to an overall increase in cultural exchanges. The number of Japanese Ch [...] |
2007-03-29 05:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PREL CH JA |
| 07SHANGHAI181 |
EAST CHINA STUDENT LEADERS HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent discussions with East China student leaders as part of the selection process for a USG-funded student leadership institute indicated that many students were satisfied with Chinese government policies and goals and optimistic that China would continue to develop economica [...] |
2007-03-30 06:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI CH |
| 07SHANGHAI193 |
LABOR COMPLAINT: A VISIT TO KAISI HARDWARE IN SOUTH CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kaisi Hardware Company Ltd., one of China's largest furniture parts manufacturers and exporters appears to be addressing problems - including underpaying workers and providing poor working conditions - documented in a February report by the New York-based National Labor Committee [...] |
2007-04-05 09:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PHUM CH |
| 07SHANGHAI195 |
FUZHOU ACADEMIC SEES DPP PUSHING INDEPENDENCE BUTTON IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A renowned scholar of Taiwan believes that the upcoming presidential election will see Chen Shui-bian and other Democratic Progress Party (DPP) candidates continue to advocate independence and consciously stir up ethnic confrontation on the island during their campaigns. Voters i [...] |
2007-04-06 02:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI211 |
SHANGHAI'S FUTURE AS LEADING FINANCIAL CENTER [...] (C) Summary: During a March 23 meeting with the Consul General and Econoff, Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) CEO Yang Maijun and Shanghai Office for Financial Services Deputy Director-General Fang Xinghai said Shanghai's role as China's leading financial center was secure; Hong Kong and Tianjin [...] |
2007-04-11 08:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI213 |
EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON LEADERSHIP GOSSIP [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai Party Secretary Xi Jinping, Jiangsu Party Secretary Li Yuanchao, Liaoning Party Secretary Li Keiqang, and Trade Minister Bo Xilai are emerging as the public face of the Fifth Generation of the Chinese leadership. Two East China contacts believed that of the four, Li Yua [...] |
2007-04-16 07:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI214 |
SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON CHINA-VATICAN TIES [...] (C) Summary: During a Consul General hosted lunch on April 13, Shanghai Bishop Jin said that Catholics in China were anxiously awaiting the Pope's letter (ref A). He hoped that the letter would not be too strident as this would lead to a strong reaction from Beijing and push the Vatican-China [...] |
2007-04-16 07:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF CH VT |
| 07SHANGHAI215 |
ZHEJIANG COURT BROADCASTS TRIAL ONLINE [...] (SBU) In a move to increase transparency in its judicial system, the Zhejiang High Court carried a simulcast of the proceedings of a commercial dispute trial on its website on April 12. According to Zhejiang High Court Foreign Affairs Office Director Chen Zhongping, this was the first time a [...] |
2007-04-17 00:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS CH |
| 07SHANGHAI22 |
HANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCH CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Poloff met with Hangzhou-based human rights activist Zan Aizong and house church member Lin Tongqiang on January 8 to discuss the situation of house churches in Hangzhou. Zan confirmed reports that eight house church Christians were convicted for inciting protests against the government o [...] |
2007-01-10 08:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI220 |
DOT SECRETARY PETER'S APRIL 11-12 VISIT TO SHANGHAI [...] (U) Summary. During her April 11-12 visit to Shanghai, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters attended a signing ceremony for the creation of the United Parcel Service (UPS) International Air Hub at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) (to be reported septel); expressed concerns of U. [...] |
2007-04-18 03:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN ECPS ETRD OVIP CH |
| 07SHANGHAI221 |
DOT SECRETARY PETERS ATTENDS UPS CARGO HUB OPENING IN [...] (U) Summary. During her April 11-12 visit to Shanghai (reftel), Transportation Secretary Mary Peters attended a signing ceremony for the creation of the United Parcel Service (UPS) International Air Hub at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), with an initial investment of USD 20 mi [...] |
2007-04-18 05:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN ECPS ETRD OVIP CH |
| 07SHANGHAI225 |
EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON CHINA'S SUPERVISION SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. East China contacts described a multilayered but relatively ineffective supervision system that did little to end rampant corruption among Chinese officials. One contact with the Shanghai People's Congress claimed the problem was systemic and due to lack of rule of law. Another [...] |
2007-04-19 07:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI229 |
CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAO MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In an April 18 luncheon hosted by the Consul General, China Christian Council (CCC) President Cao Shengjie confirmed that all Protestant churches must go through the China Christian Council/Three-Self Patriotic Movement (CCC/TSPM) in order to register, although these churches did n [...] |
2007-04-19 08:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI23 |
SHANGHAI CORRUPTION SCANDAL AND LEADERSHIP GOSSIP [...] (S) Summary. Two well-connected Shanghai contacts claimed that President Hu Jintao had offered the job of Shanghai Party Secretary to several people, none of whom were willing to take SIPDIS it because of the headaches associated with the continuing Chen Liangyu investigation. The one per [...] |
2007-01-10 09:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI24 |
HANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCH CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Poloff met with Hangzhou-based human rights activist Zan Aizong and house church member Lin Tongqiang on January 8 to discuss the situation of house churches in Hangzhou. Zan confirmed reports that eight house church Christians were convicted for inciting protests against the government o [...] |
2007-01-11 03:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI247 |
CFETS UPDATE ON FX AND BOND MARKET DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: China Foreign Exchange Trading System (CFETS) President Xie Duo told Embassy ECON M/C Robert Luke on April 19 that CFETS continued to carry out policies to make China's foreign exchange (FX) trading system more market-based and efficient, including: increasing the number of over [...] |
2007-04-25 06:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI25 |
SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UP, UP, AND AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Investor confidence in the Chinese economy, the near-conclusion of the China's non-tradable reforms and large amounts of capital sitting relatively idly in savings accounts combined to push the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) into record territory during 2006. The SSE closed 130 p [...] |
2007-01-11 10:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI250 |
CSRC ISSUES DRAFT REGS FOR NYSE/NASDAQ REP OFFICES [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 25, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) published draft rules to allow foreign stock exchanges, such as NYSE or NASDAQ, to open representative offices in China as had been promised during the initial Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) talks in December 2006 [...] |
2007-04-26 09:02:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI251 |
CHINA FINANCIAL FUTURES EXCHANGE NOT YET READY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with Embassy Econ M/C, China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) Deputy General Manager Hu Zheng and CFFEX Head of R&D Zhang Xiaogang provided a briefing on the status of CFFEX, obstacles it had overcome to date, and prospects for becoming operational. Sinc [...] |
2007-04-26 09:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI253 |
CONTINENTAL MAY SEEK SHANGHAI-GUAM ROUTE [...] (SBU) Stymied in its recent attempt to win approval for a New York to Shanghai route, Continental Airlines is considering starting a twice-weekly Guam to Shanghai route as early as October 2007, according to Continental Airlines Chief Representative & China Country Director H.C. Kwok. On April [...] |
2007-04-27 07:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD CVIS CH |
| 07SHANGHAI259 |
SHANGHAI RELEASES 2007 IPR WHITEPAPER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration (SIPA) held its annual meeting with foreign Consulates and Chambers of Commerce on April 24 to mark the publication of its annual White Paper on intellectual property (IP) protection accomplishments in 2006. With its closing down [...] |
2007-04-30 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EFIN EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI26 |
FRB TOLD: NO OVERHEATING AND BUSINESS GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: A Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) delegation led by Governor Kevin Warsh met with economic analysts, U.S. business leaders, and equity market analysts during a December visit to Shanghai. Economic analysts offered the contrarian view that China's economy was not overheated, and, in t [...] |
2007-01-12 02:12:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI260 |
WITH "SURVEY OF CHINESE PEASANTS" AUTHORS [...] (C) Summary. In a conversation with Poloff on April 20, "Survey of Chinese Peasants" (Zhongguo Nongmin Diaocha) authors said conditions in the countryside had improved in recent years as a result of increased central government attention. However, conditions for peasants were still difficult [...] |
2007-04-30 08:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI268 |
WORLD'S TALLEST PAGODA IN CHANGZHOU [...] (U) With great pageantry, Tianning Temple opened its newly refurbished pagoda in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, at the auspicious time of 9:08 AM on April 30. The pagoda is reported to be the tallest pagoda in the world and stands at 153.79 meters (505 feet). According to press reports, the te [...] |
2007-05-07 03:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI269 |
DOD GENERAL COUNSEL'S RULE OF LAW MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: During DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes April 20-22 visit to Shanghai, he discussed rule of law issues with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Institute of Law Academics, expatriate and Chinese legal experts at a Consul General-hosted dinner, and at the New York Unive [...] |
2007-05-07 08:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ETRD EINV PHUM PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI277 |
SHANGHAI PEACE MUSEUM [...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 visit to the Shanghai Peace Museum, Poloff received a glimpse of some of the limitations faced by private citizens interested in politics. The museum houses a collection of letters and autographs from world leaders supporting peace and has been treated with sus [...] |
2007-05-10 02:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI279 |
INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION CONFERENCE HELD IN JIANGSU [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of an April 14-18 American Bar Association(ABA)-sponsored administrative law conference in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Supreme People's Court (SPC) Administrative Court Chief Judge Zhao Daguang told FSN Rule of Law Coordinator (ROLC) that the SPC soon would issue a [...] |
2007-05-10 08:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI280 |
EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON RECENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Several East China contacts commented on recent leadership developments at both the national and local level. Despite media rumors that Executive Vice Premier Huang Ju had died, one well-connected contact assured us that Huang was still alive although his health was failing. Lo [...] |
2007-05-11 04:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI283 |
EAST CHINA DISPATCHES, MAY 14, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this Dispatch, we learn that Shanghai loves luxury cars, anti-Japanese sentiment still simmers, Internet rumors spread quickly in Shanghai, even migrants dream of making it big on the stock market, information on IPR continues to be welcomed, and some Shanghai youth are passi [...] |
2007-05-14 07:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI OEXC OIIP KPAO CH |
| 07SHANGHAI286 |
SHANGHAI EDITORS INCREASE U.S. NEWS COVERAGE AS RESULT OF IV [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 18 lunch hosted by the President of the Shanghai Youth Daily, four senior editors from the paper who had recently returned from an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) reported that they came back from their IVLP trip with overwhelmingly positive views [...] |
2007-05-15 07:50:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ECON OEXC OIIP KPAO CH |
| 07SHANGHAI288 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON BEIJING'S TAIWAN POLICY [...] (C) During a discussion with Deputy Principal Officer (DPO) and Poloff on May 15, Shanghai Center for RimPac Strategic and International Studies Vice Director Zhuang Jianzhong said that there had been a slight shift in Beijing's policy towards Taiwan that supported opening unofficial channels o [...] |
2007-05-15 08:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI291 |
CHINA HOSTS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the African Development Bank (AFDB) 2007 Annual Meetings in Shanghai on May 16 with a speech that stressed China's sincere commitment to helping Africa develop and acknowledged that China needed to further implement its own financial sector reforms [...] |
2007-05-16 09:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH XA |
| 07SHANGHAI297 |
YANGTZE RIVER DELTA ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on April 19, Shanghai scholars told visiting Embassy ECON M/C that local and central Government plans called for further integration of the Yangtze River Delta's (YRD) transportation and communications infrastructure and greater coordination of environmental controls [...] |
2007-05-18 10:02:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI306 |
EAST CHINA VIEWS ON FOREIGN MINISTER APPOINTMENT [...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX, a well-known U.S.-China specialist at XXXXXXXXXXXX, claimed the sudden removal of former Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing was due to President Hu´s increasing dissatisfaction with the MFA. XXXXXXXXXXXX linked this to Hu´s lingering anger about the handling of his visit [...] |
2007-05-24 07:01:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI307 |
SHANGHAI LABOR INSPECTION WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 17-18 labor inspection workshop in Shanghai, Chinese government officials and academics attributed weaknesses in China's labor inspection system to a lack of resources, lack of training for inspectors and inadequate enforcement authority. They urged that the const [...] |
2007-05-24 09:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM CH |
| 07SHANGHAI308 |
SHANGHAI PARTY SECRETARY XI JINPING OPENS NINTH PARTY [...] (SBU) The Ninth Shanghai Party Congress opened on May 24 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center; the meeting will run through May 28. In addition to the 810 delegates elected at the previous day's preparatory session, representatives from China's minority parties, a delegation from the Organizatio [...] |
2007-05-24 10:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI314 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMIC HUANG RENWEI ON POLITICS, FOREIGN AND [...] (C) Summary. On May 25, Consul General met with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Vice President Huang Renwei, one of Shanghai's leading Americanologists. Huang had a positive appraisal of Shanghai Party Secretary Xi Jinping thus far; in another six months, he will have mastered his brief s [...] |
2007-05-25 09:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI315 |
MORE EAST CHINA LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES [...] (C) Summary. In our latest round of discussions, East China contacts reported that the Politburo Standing Committee would be shrinking from nine members to seven with several members retiring while the Politburo itself would also undergo a major shake up. Unclear, however, was the fate of Vi [...] |
2007-05-25 09:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PNR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI316 |
EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON EAST CHINA LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During a series of recent meetings, East China contacts commented on top leaders in Shanghai and Jiangsu. With his recent appointment as Shanghai Party Secretary, Xi Jinping was likely out of the running for a top-level job for the next 5-10 years. Meanwhile, Shanghai Mayor Han [...] |
2007-05-25 10:03:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI318 |
SHANGHAI'S GAY COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff in April 2007, gay individuals in Shanghai said their identity and lifestyle continued to be shaped by family and social pressures to conform, which had different impacts on male and female homosexuals. Maintaining a gay identity tended to be l [...] |
2007-05-29 06:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI TBIO CH |
| 07SHANGHAI319 |
INFIGHTING AT FUDAN UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIES [...] (C) Summary. During a May 21 discussion with Consul General, Fudan Center for American Studies (CAS) Director Shen Dingli in addition to sharing his views on Chinese leadership issues (reftels), spent a great deal of time discussing infighting at the Center. We share a summary of Shen's lam [...] |
2007-05-29 07:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI324 |
HIV/AIDS IN SHANGHAI'S GAY COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: While most members of the Shanghai gay community believed that they were not at great risk for becoming infected with HIV/AIDS, researchers and health specialists said HIV/AIDS was spreading faster in Eastern cities such as Shanghai than through drug usage. According to health wo [...] |
2007-05-30 09:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KHIV SOCI TBIO CH |
| 07SHANGHAI325 |
STOCK MARKET TOO HOT, SO CHINA RAISES TAXES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced on May 29 that the stamp tax charged on every stock trade would rise from .1 percent to .3 percent of the total value of that trade, effective May 30. Consulate contacts and industry analysts said this was a further attempt to cool down C [...] |
2007-05-30 10:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI326 |
GAY SHANGHAI: AMBIGUOUS STATUS CREATES VULNERABILITY [...] (C) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, sexual discrimination in Shanghai was rife, but because few Shanghainese were openly gay and lesbian in a way that countered social expectations to fulfill family duties, such as to marry and reproduce, discrimination was less di [...] |
2007-05-31 01:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TBIO KCRM CH |
| 07SHANGHAI330 |
CHINA'S BANKING REFORMS FAST ENOUGH FOR HSBC [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting with visiting Embassy Finatt on May 16, HSBC China Deputy CEO Bryan Stiles and Global Markets Managing Director David Liao said HSBC's local incorporation had gone smoothly. HSBC believed that Chinese regulators would soon allow foreign banks to offer retail RMB cu [...] |
2007-05-31 15:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI331 |
SUPER GIRL MAKES SHANGHAI LOOK TWICE [...] (U) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, the Internet had provided this once isolated community with a private and safe space to organize and communicate among themselves. In addition, the Super Girl and Good Man TV shows, singing talent competitions similar to America [...] |
2007-06-01 02:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI TBIO CH |
| 07SHANGHAI332 |
A FUND MANAGER'S VIEW ON THE CHINA MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Lombarda China Fund Manager Ian Midgely told visiting Embassy Finatt, on May 16, that the Chinese government was attempting to rein in an overvalued stock market without an overly heavy-handed approach that would undermine the market reforms put in place to promote capital marke [...] |
2007-06-01 02:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI333 |
GOLDMAN SACH'S GAOHUA SECURITIES: AN ONLY CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: Goldman Sachs' venture in China, Gaohua Securities, has both benefited and suffered from being the only foreign-controlled, full service securities firm in China. Goldman's method of obtaining control of a Chinese licensed securities firm by giving unsecured loans to trusted Chin [...] |
2007-06-01 02:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI334 |
HAITONG SECURITIES ON CHINA'S STOCK MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from Haitong Securities Company told visiting Embassy Financial Attache (Finatt) on May 16 that competition from foreign companies would ultimately strengthen China's securities industry. Haitong has struggled to accurately value China's listed companies and mana [...] |
2007-06-01 02:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI335 |
SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a May 29 luncheon with the Consul General, Shanghai Institute For International Studies (SIIS) Vice President Yang Jiemian said China would be responsive to U.S. requests conveyed via the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) process. He predicted that China would gradually ta [...] |
2007-06-01 03:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH TW XA XK XR XD |
| 07SHANGHAI337 |
PROBLEMS LOOMING FOR M&A AND VENTURE CAPITALISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: International private equity (PE) and venture capitalist (VC) representatives told visiting Embassy Finatt, on May 16, that Chinese regulations which took effect in September 2006 have effectively shut them out from doing business in China. Since the "Provisions for Foreign Inv [...] |
2007-06-01 11:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI344 |
JOURNALISTS ON SOCIAL CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. A May 18 Consulate-sponsored roundtable between visiting Western and Asian journalists participating in the East-West Center-organized Jefferson Fellowship Program, Chinese journalists, and Shanghai-based U.S. journalists sparked lively debate on China's rich-poor gap, the one- [...] |
2007-06-05 08:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON ELAB CH |
| 07SHANGHAI35 |
SHANGHAI STRIVING FOR TRANSPARENCY THROUGH OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary: Two years into the implementation of Shanghai's Open Government Information Act (OGIA)--one of the few in China--local officials claimed that the act had had broadened residents' access to government information and improved overall government transparency. They said that a fo [...] |
2007-01-17 08:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CH |
| 07SHANGHAI357 |
DRL OFFICER CHANG EAST CHINA VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. During his May 21-24 visit to Shanghai and Hefei, Anhui Province, DRL Program Officer met with DRL grantee organizations International Bridges for Justice (IBJ) and SE Consortium for International Development/Global Suppliers Institute (SECID/GSI), as well as academics and stud [...] |
2007-06-08 07:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KJUS CH |
| 07SHANGHAI36 |
TOP SHANGHAI JOB UP IN THE AIR, PROBABLY NOT LIU YANDONG [...] (C) Summary: The husband of United Front Work Department head and Hu Jintao protigi Liu Yandong said that Liu was not under consideration for the job of Shanghai Party Secretary. He said that people currently rumored to be under consideration for the position included the current Shanghai May [...] |
2007-01-17 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI370 |
FRB SENIOR ECONOMIST AHMED'S VISIT TO SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: During his June 6-7 visit to Shanghai, visiting Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Division of International Finance Emerging Market Economies Section Senior Economist Shaghil Ahmed met with a cross-section of Shanghai economic experts and officials in the banking, securities, and real [...] |
2007-06-18 04:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI374 |
THE SCIENCE OF HARMONY--VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary. According to several East China contacts, the "Scientific Development Concept" [kexue fazhan guan] (SDC) now is the core guiding ideology for the Communist Party, building on and supplanting the "Three Represents." The SDC takes as its goal the building of a Harmonious Society w [...] |
2007-06-19 09:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI379 |
EAST CHINA--ZENG QINGHONG STEPPING DOWN, WU YI RISING? [...] (C) Summary. One of our better-connected political contacts said that the current word among Beijing princelings was that all but the top three members of the Politburo Standing Committee would retire at the upcoming Party Congress as President Hu Jintao tried to consolidate his power and pur [...] |
2007-06-21 10:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI380 |
CARLYLE, XUGONG, AND BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Central government officials promised a resolution to Carlyle Group's effort to purchase a 45 percent stake--down from its initial 85 percent bid--in Xugong Machine Group by the end of July. The current hang-up was the result of bureaucratic infighting between the Ministry of Com [...] |
2007-06-21 10:12:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI400 |
DEMOCRACY FROM HARMONIOUS SCIENCE--VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary: A number of East China contacts associate the current Scientific Development Concept and Harmonious Society ideological formulations with democratization, political reform and civil society. Some believe that President Hu Jintao is feeling the pressure of his second term and is c [...] |
2007-06-27 09:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI412 |
SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON PAPAL LETTER [...] (C) During a conversation with Poloff during Consulate's Independence Day reception on July 3, Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian said he was pleased by Pope Benedict XVI's June 30 letter to Chinese Catholics, which he said was the Pope's way of "extending his hand" to the Chinese government. [...] |
2007-07-05 04:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CH VT |
| 07SHANGHAI413 |
EAST CHINA DISPATCHES, JULY 5, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this Dispatch, we learn that Shanghai Party Secretary Xi enjoys the opera, SOE executives have unlimited expense accounts for domestic trips, Chinese millionaires love conventions, Ferrari training for beginners is available at a price, visa applicants are getting younger and [...] |
2007-07-05 07:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CVIS SOCI CH ECON |
| 07SHANGHAI414 |
ZHENG ENCHONG UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. During a conversation with Poloff on June 10, Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong, who was jailed for three years after he advised more than 500 families involved in housing disputes, said that police continued to closely monitor his movements and had made it impossible for him to find [...] |
2007-07-05 07:49:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI415 |
GETTING TOUGH ON THE ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: During a June 28 luncheon with the Consul General and the Pol/Econ Section Chief, three of our more astute business contacts assessed that Beijing was starting to get serious about environmental protection. Beijing had begun to tell local leaders to accept lower growth for a clea [...] |
2007-07-05 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SENV EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI416 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMIC VIEWS ON NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Poloffs in mid-June and early July, four Shanghai academics specializing in Korea studies predicted that there would be a long and difficult path of negotiations ahead for the Six-Party talks. Two other academics said, however, that North Korea would react positi [...] |
2007-07-05 08:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN CH |
| 07SHANGHAI420 |
A BLEAK SPRING FOR LAKE TAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Since mid-May, Lake Tai, the third-largest freshwater lake in China, has experienced a massive outbreak of blue-green algae. In a series of recent meetings with Congenoffs, government officials and academics in Jiangsu Province discussed the enormous challenges confronting Lak [...] |
2007-07-06 08:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PHUM CH |
| 07SHANGHAI422 |
EAST CHINA--MORE POLITBURO RUMORS AND LEADERSHIP TIDBITS [...] (C) Summary: East China contacts reported that Vice President Zeng Qinghong had submitted his resignation to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC). Current speculation was that not only would Zeng step down, but that all but two or three of the current nine PBSC members would retire, possib [...] |
2007-07-09 03:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI43 |
SHANGHAI SCHOLARS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: During a January 19 lunch with PDAS Stephens, Shanghai scholars were pessimistic that there would be progress on North Korea in the near term. One scholar said that while North Korea would continue to participate in the Six-Party Talks, it would never give up its nuclear program. [...] |
2007-01-23 02:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW JA KN |
| 07SHANGHAI44 |
WENZHOU - AN ENTREPRENEURS TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sitting far from Beijing on the East coast of China, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province is known for both its vibrant, fast-growing economy and its many Christian churches. Many people with whom Congenoffs spoke during a recent visit to the city attribute Wenzhou's economic growth to t [...] |
2007-01-23 07:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
| 07SHANGHAI440 |
SHANGHAI BLACKOUTS, A THING OF THE PAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16 meeting with Congenoffs, Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company (SMEPC) representatives were optimistic about Shanghai's power situation and predicted that there would be few blackouts this summer. The city has secured power from other provinces to meet energy [...] |
2007-07-17 07:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EIND CH |
| 07SHANGHAI444 |
TREASURY'S DAN WRIGHT VISITS NANJING, DISCUSSES ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Treasury's Managing Director for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Dan Wright on June 25, Jiangsu academics and officials said the province had adopted a "One Two Three Four Five" development framework that relied on the Scientific Development Co [...] |
2007-07-18 00:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD CH |
| 07SHANGHAI45 |
WENZHOU'S CHINT - A MODEL ENTERPRISE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Wenzhou on December 14-15, Congenoffs' toured the CHINT company, one of Wenzhou's leading enterprises. According to CHINT executives, the company's success was due to its President's leadership and its close relations with the local government. CHINT is the t [...] |
2007-01-23 08:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
| 07SHANGHAI450 |
VANUATU OPENS A CONSULATE IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: During the opening of the Vanuatu Consulate in Shanghai on July 17, Vanuatu officials emphasized their strong commitment to the One China Policy and encouraged more Chinese investment, trade and tourism to the pacific island country. The opening of the consulate comes on the heels [...] |
2007-07-18 05:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH XV |
| 07SHANGHAI452 |
TREASURY DAN WRIGHT'S SHANGHAI ACADEMIC MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. During Treasury Managing Director for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Dan Wright's June 26-27 visit to Shanghai, Shanghai academics agreed with Wright that the talks needed to be focused and institutionalized to be sustainable. Two academics urged more low-leve [...] |
2007-07-18 06:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH |
| 07SHANGHAI457 |
BIOGRAPHICAL OBSERVATIONS ON ZHAO HONGZHU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's July 9 call on newly-appointed Zhejiang Party Secretary Zhao Hongzhu and a subsequent July 13 dinner hosted by Zhao (see Septel) provided post with an opportunity to collect biographical information on Zhao. Zhao came across as friendly and was described by subor [...] |
2007-07-20 08:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI458 |
AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CHINA'S FIRST MEGACHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 9-13 visit to Hangzhou, Ambassador Randt discussed religion and religious freedom with the leadership of China's only Protestant "megachurch". During the church visit, church leaders discussed the growth of Protestantism in China and Zhejiang, noting that there ar [...] |
2007-07-20 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON KIRF CH |
| 07SHANGHAI459 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY ZHAO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Randt met with Zhejiang's new Party Secretary, Zhao Hongzhu, in Hangzhou on July 9 and was hosted by SIPDIS Zhao for dinner on July 13. Zhao noted that, while relatively small in size and population, Zhejiang contributes more than its fair share to national GDP grow [...] |
2007-07-20 08:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON KIRF CH |
| 07SHANGHAI46 |
WENZHOU - AN ENTREPRENEURS TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sitting far from Beijing on the East coast of China, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province is known for both its vibrant, fast-growing economy and its many Christian churches. Many people with whom Congenoffs spoke during a recent visit to the city attribute Wenzhou's economic growth to t [...] |
2007-01-23 08:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
| 07SHANGHAI464 |
SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL TRADE UNION COUNCIL: PROTECTING ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 16 meeting, Shanghai Municipal Trade Union Council (SMTUC) Deputy Director Huang Qi called the new Labor Contract Law (LCL) a positive development because of its emphasis on the role of the trade union in labor contracts. Although SMTUC's primary responsibility was to [...] |
2007-07-24 03:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM CH |
| 07SHANGHAI47 |
WENZHOU: CHINA'S "JERUSALEUM" [...] (C) Summary: During a December 14-15 visit to the coastal city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, Congenoffs visited three official churches in the city and discussed religious issues with a few local citizens. Congenoff also discussed Wenzhou's religious situation with a researcher in Shanghai [...] |
2007-01-23 08:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF CH |
| 07SHANGHAI470 |
DEMOCRATIC OR SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM--XIE TAO AND THE EAST [...] (S) Summary: An internal poll showed that average people and scholars were almost evenly divided in their support for an article written by retired scholar Xie Tao, which advocated that China adopt a democratic socialism model that included multi-party democracy. Contacts who followed this d [...] |
2007-07-27 10:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI474 |
EAST CHINA'S SOUTH KOREAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in August 1992, South Koreans have flocked to Shanghai in search of economic and educational opportunities. More than 110,000 South Koreans live in east China (Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai), with some 70,000 [...] |
2007-07-30 06:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EINV KIRF CH KS KN |
| 07SHANGHAI478 |
SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UNCOMFORTABLY GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Executive Vice President James Liu, Shanghai's stock market is "on a rocket" with 60 percent gains so far in 2007. Huge numbers of new retail investors who most likely lack an understanding of the risks inherent in the market have been [...] |
2007-07-31 03:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI481 |
HAITONG'S BACKDOOR LAUNCH INTO THE MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitong Securities became the first securities company to list via a backdoor listing in China, on July 31, after it completed a reverse takeover of Shanghai Urban Agro-Business. It was forced to use a backdoor listing since, on its own, it did not meet Chinese listing requireme [...] |
2007-08-01 09:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI482 |
ANHUI CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU DISCUSSES JULY FLOODS [...] (SBU) Summary: Anhui Civil Affairs officials in a meeting with Poloff on July 26 described the current flooding as the most severe in 50 years. While the worst was likely over, the disaster had impacted 16 million people, displaced over half a million, destroyed 90,000 homes, and caused almo [...] |
2007-08-01 10:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PHUM ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI483 |
WUXI EAGER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 19 meeting, Wuxi Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) officials were eager to discuss the Lake Tai crisis and opportunities for cooperation; however, they were much less eager for Congenoffs to actually see Lake Tai. Wuxi EPB officials vented their frustrations [...] |
2007-08-02 04:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PHUM EIND CH |
| 07SHANGHAI484 |
SHANGHAI NGO ENVIRONMENT WORSENING [...] (S) Summary: Roots and Shoots General Manager Zhong Zhenxi provided a unique glimpse into NGO-Government relations, reporting that the operating environment for NGOs in Shanghai had gone from bad to worse. On a regular basis, local NGOs were forced to report their contacts, especially with f [...] |
2007-08-02 08:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI504 |
CITIBANK'S LOCAL INCORPORATION PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Federal Deposit Insurance Chairman (FDIC) Sheila Bair on July 26, Citibank (China) Chief Executive Officer Richard Stanley opined that the China Banking Regulatory Commission was "making it up as they went along" with regard to the treatment of newly locally-i [...] |
2007-08-09 06:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI508 |
BEIDAIHE ENDS WITHOUT RESOLUTION [...] (S) Summary: According to a well-connected contact who just returned from Beidaihe, the Work Conference that had been convened to sort out the Politburo name list for the 17th Party Congress has ended without resolution as different factions found it difficult to compromise on candidates. Unw [...] |
2007-08-10 13:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI511 |
NYSE-NASDAQ: REP OFFICES PENDING, PROBLEMS LOOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: According to NASDAQ and NYSE representatives, it was unlikely that their applications to open representative offices would be approved soon. Although the applications were submitted at the beginning of July, CSRC contacts told NASDAQ and NYSE that approval was several months awa [...] |
2007-08-14 21:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI512 |
NYSE-NASDAQ: REP OFFICES PENDING, PROBLEMS LOOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: According to NASDAQ and NYSE representatives, it was unlikely that their applications to open representative offices would be approved soon. Although the applications were submitted at the beginning of July, CSRC contacts told NASDAQ and NYSE that approval was several months awa [...] |
2007-08-14 21:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI518 |
ACADEMICS, LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND OFFICIALS DEBATE PROPERTY [...] (C) Summary: During the August 6-8 National Administrative Law Society Annual Conference in Nanjing, Chinese legal experts and officials had lively exchanges on the role of the government in property disputes. Academics argued for less government intervention in property dispute cases and mor [...] |
2007-08-17 06:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI527 |
BEIDAIHE CONCLUDES, JIANG ON THE ROPES [...] (C) Summary: In another of our ongoing discussions about the upcoming Party Congress, a long-time Consulate contact said that the Work Conference at Beidaihe recently concluded and a new Poliburo Standing Committee (PBSC) line-up had all but been finalized. Only President Hu Jintao and Premie [...] |
2007-08-21 09:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI529 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON SCO, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch discussion with DPO on August 20, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Academic Pan Guang noted Russia's increased interest in energy coordination at the recent SCO Summit in Bishkek and asserted that this represented a slight shift in Russian policy towards the SC [...] |
2007-08-22 07:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG CH RS TI TX UZ KZ IR KN |
| 07SHANGHAI530 |
DINNER WITH JIANGSU PARTY SECRETARY LI YUANCHAO [...] (C) Summary: During an August 9 dinner, Jiangsu Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said that he had been ordered by Vice SIPDIS Premier Wu Yi to increase his province's imports. He also discussed his views on democracy, noting significant pressure on the party from the people to move forward with [...] |
2007-08-23 08:43:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV ETRD ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI531 |
DPO CALLS ON SHANGHAI AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, DPO and Poloff met with Shanghai Agricultural Commission Chairman Xu Lin. According to Xu, although agriculture only occupied a small percentage of Shanghai's overall GDP, it remained a critical segment. Local residents were especially concerned about this segment [...] |
2007-08-23 08:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAGR ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI532 |
SHANGHAI TAIWAN SCHOLARS WARN NEXT TWELVE MONTHS CRITICAL, [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai Institute for Taiwan Studies researchers expressed strong concerns about political developments in Taiwan through May 2008 and about potential United States actions or reactions in response to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's plans for a Taiwan referendum on United Na [...] |
2007-08-23 09:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI534 |
SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE BREAKS THROUGH 5,000 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Stock Exchange's Composite Index (SCI) rose above the "psychologically significant" 5,000 point level for the first time on August 23, closing at 5,032. The market has risen 80 percent since the beginning of 2007, adding to the 130 percent gain in 2006. The SCI end [...] |
2007-08-24 08:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI535 |
CODEL HASTERT VISITS SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 10- 12, Representative Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Representative John Shadegg (R-AZ) and two staff members from the House Committee on Energy & Commerce visited Shanghai to engage U.S. businesses energy, environment and business climate issues. Representatives from GE sh [...] |
2007-08-27 01:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EFIN SENV PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI541 |
SHANGHAI ASKS DOE FOR HELP CUTTING ENERGY USE [...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Energy delegation led by PDAS John Mizroch met with municipal officials, academics, and U.S. businesses during its August 16-17 visit to Shanghai. Shanghai's inefficient energy consumption limits its economic growth and contributes to its pollution problems. Sha [...] |
2007-08-27 08:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EINV EIND CH |
| 07SHANGHAI546 |
CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN'S AUGUST 22 BREAKFAST WITH SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars of strategic and American studies urged the United States to suspend arms sales to Taiwan through the May 2008 Presidential election in an August 22 meeting with United States Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Mullen. Chen Shui-bian was described as a [...] |
2007-08-29 02:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP MARR OVIP CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI549 |
MORE DETAILS ON BEIDAIHE MEETINGS [...] (S) Summary: According to a well-connected contact, informal meetings have continued at Beidaihe since the close of the first Work Conference on August 10. A second Work Conference to begin finalizing the name list for the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) would likely tak [...] |
2007-08-29 10:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI55 |
SHANGHAI ACTIVIST MAO HENGFENG SENTENCED [...] (C) In a meeting with Poloff on January 25, Shanghai civil activist Wu Xuewei confirmed that his wife and civil activist, Mao Hengfeng, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on charges of destroying property. The Yangpu People's court convicted Mao of damaging two lamps valued at 6, [...] |
2007-01-25 07:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI550 |
BIO REPORTING ON JIANGSU GOVERNOR LIANG AND AUDITOR LI [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 dinner in honor of Comptroller General of the United States David Walker, head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Walker met with Jiangsu Governor Liang Baohua, accompanied by Auditor General of the National Auditing Administration Li Jinhua. [...] |
2007-08-30 01:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI553 |
INFLATION WATCH: FOOD PRICES UP IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai's consumer price index increased 2.7 percent in July as food prices here joined prices nationwide in rising (Ref A). According to Standard Chartered's Stephen Green, food-price inflation was starting to "hurt" low-income earners such as migrants and pensioners. A non- [...] |
2007-08-31 08:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EAGR SOCI CH |
| 07SHANGHAI557 |
SHANGHAI FINANCIAL LEADERS DISCUSS SED [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Chinese financial service company executives, the Strategic EcoQic Dialogue (SED) plays an important and positive role in advancing U.S.-Chinese relations and understanding. While foreign investments in the financial services sector, and the technology, products, a [...] |
2007-08-31 11:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON PINR KPAO CH |
| 07SHANGHAI570 |
FUDAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS ON TAIWAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 30 lunch discussion with Fudan Center for American Studies Director Shen Dingli and Deputy Director Xin Qiang, the academics predicted that Beijing would not take any military measures in reaction to the referendum on UN membership in Taiwan. However, anger was bu [...] |
2007-09-05 09:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW KN |
| 07SHANGHAI573 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS WITH SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: During a September 3 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, five leading Shanghai academics spoke positively about U.S.-China relations, which one described as stable and predictable. Shanghai Institute for International Studies Vice President Yang Jiemian expressed concern, however, [...] |
2007-09-06 06:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW KN |
| 07SHANGHAI575 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 5, Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Luxian Jin was pessimistic about the prospects of reconciliation between the Vatican and Beijing. Talks were moving at a "marathon" pace and reconciliation would likely not occur in time for the 2008 Olympics [...] |
2007-09-06 06:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF CH VT |
| 07SHANGHAI580 |
COMMENTS ON FORMER SHANGHAI PARTY SECRETARY CHEN LIANGYU'S [...] (C) Summary: A Shanghai legal expert told us that Chen Liangyu's corruption case represented a serious loss of face for Shanghai. Politically, Shanghai was too important to be allowed to differ from Beijing. Our interlocutor predicted that Chen would be sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, and [...] |
2007-09-07 04:59:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI581 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHANGHAI ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai-based Chinese entrepreneurs told the Ambassador that China is looking to U.S. leadership on addressing the problems of global climate change. Ongoing RMB appreciation hurts their export businesses and because China feels it needs to continue to control the flow of capit [...] |
2007-09-07 07:59:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAIR CVIS SENV KIPR PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI586 |
BUILDING VALUES IN BACKWATER SCHOOLS--ONE NGO'S APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: The Changjiang Civilian Education Foundation (CCEF) is a homegrown NGO that is trying to build values and teach self-sufficiency to poor students in backwater towns in Anhui Province. CCEF runs two schools aimed at poor deserving students. The first is an elementary school and th [...] |
2007-09-10 03:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KIRF CH |
| 07SHANGHAI589 |
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP IN [...] Summary: Over 100 Jiangsu Province Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) officials, representing both the provincial and local EPBs, attended a Chemical Safety and Emergency Preparedness Workshop in Nanjing on August 21-22. At the workshop, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) train [...] |
2007-09-10 07:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL PHUM CH |
| 07SHANGHAI6 |
CODEL BARTLETT'S VISIT TO SHANGHAI: JANUARY 1-2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 1 meeting with Zhou Muyao, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, CODEL Bartlett discussed China's efforts to address energy issues, especially in the rural sector. Zhou highlighted the strong ties between the United States and Shanghai and gave [...] |
2007-01-04 03:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL ENRG CH |
| 07SHANGHAI601 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in late August, Shanghai cross-Strait experts expressed concerns about Taiwan's referendum on UN membership, which they believed touched on the redline of the Anti-Secession Law and created a basis for Taiwan independence. While there were many voices in Ch [...] |
2007-09-11 03:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI603 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS SHANGHAI MAYOR AND ATTENDS AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6, the Ambassador, together with former Secretary of Commerce Don Evans, met with Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng. Following the meeting, the three officials offered remarks at AmCham Shanghai's 7th Annual Government Appreciation Dinner attended by 120 Shanghai and provinc [...] |
2007-09-12 00:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN PINR PGOV PREL KIPR ELTN CH |
| 07SHANGHAI615 |
INTRA-PARTY DEMOCRACY AT THE PARTY CONGRESS? [...] (C) Summary: According to a long-time Consulate contact, there would be more candidates for the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) than there were slots, reflecting a greater focus on intra-party democracy. Meanwhile, separate contacts reported differing accounts of the party's commitment to [...] |
2007-09-14 11:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI620 |
NODEL LARSEN DISCUSSES FOOD SAFETY IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary. Shanghai-based U.S. businessmen told visiting Congressmen Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) that concerns about China's food and product safety were "legitimate." While China's laws and regulations were adequate, the inability of the Central Government to implement these [...] |
2007-09-19 07:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON PREL ETRD CH |
| 07SHANGHAI622 |
XXXXXXXXXXXX ON LEADERSHIP ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: According to a well-placed contact, there will not likely to be any surprises in the line-up of the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC). In part, this means that President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and National People´s Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo will all be staying and [...] |
2007-09-20 21:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI631 |
DISCUSSION OF FOOD SAFETY ISSUES WITH SHANGHAI'S CIQ [...] (SBU) Summary: The Consul General and ATO Chief met September 20 with China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) Shanghai Director General Xu Jinji to discuss recent problems with U.S. food products entering East China ports. Xu said the United States and China must deepen the understanding of re [...] |
2007-09-27 03:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TBIO PGOV ECON BEXP EAGR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI636 |
UPDATE ON ZHEJIANG DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG [...] (C) On September 26, Poloff received an update on detained Zhejiang dissident Lu Gengsong's case from Lu's wife, Wang Xue'e, and Hangzhou activist and freelance journalist Wink Ho. Ho is one of the organizers of a letter signed by more than 1,000 Chinese intellectuals and activists calling for [...] |
2007-09-27 10:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI637 |
SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO PUBLISH ALL DRAFT LAWS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 lunch discussion, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress officials confirmed news reports that the Shanghai Government will publish all of its draft laws on the Internet for public comment and hold public hearings on drafts that it considered affected people's dail [...] |
2007-09-27 10:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PHUM KJUS SOCI ETRD CH |
| 07SHANGHAI640 |
VISIT OF AFRICA BUREAU SENIOR ADVISOR, AMBASSADOR RUTH A. [...] (SBU) Summary: In Shanghai from September 8-14, Ambassador Ruth A. Davis participated in the Vital Voices symposium for Chinese and African women business leaders, met with Chinese Africa experts, visited two Chinese companies investing in Africa and delivered a lecture on U.S.-African policy [...] |
2007-09-30 00:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CH XA |
| 07SHANGHAI641 |
PBSC UNRESOLVED; HU FLEXING HIS POLITICAL MUSCLES [...] (C) Reflecting the rapidly shifting trends on the ground, Shanghai contacts present differing accounts of top-level decision making on Communist Party personnel issues four and three weeks before the 17th Party Congress. Our contacts are divided over whether Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Prem [...] |
2007-09-30 03:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI CH |
| 07SHANGHAI642 |
POLITBURO MEETS, PERSONNEL WRANGLING CONTINUES [...] (S) Readouts from a recent Politburo meeting during the week of September 16 initially suggested that President Hu Jintao had sustained serious political losses in personnel maneuvering. However, more recent information suggests that Hu has since recovered at least some ground, although he may [...] |
2007-09-30 03:33:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI CH |
| 07SHANGHAI643 |
SUZHOU LABOR EXPERT VIEWS ON LABOR CONTRACT LAW, ACFTU, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 20 meeting, Suzhou University Law School Professor and labor expert Shen Tongxian downplayed the importance of the new Labor Contract Law (LCL) and said that the law could actually have an adverse affect on workers as companies find ways to circumvent it. Shen a [...] |
2007-10-04 00:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM CH |
| 07SHANGHAI644 |
ZHEJIANG DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG OFFICIALLY ARRESTED [...] (C) On September 30, Poloff received a phonecall from a woman claiming to be a relative of Lu Gengsong. She reported that local authorities had notified the family that day that Lu was officially charged with "inciting subversion." The charge of "illegally obtaining state secrets" was droppe [...] |
2007-10-04 01:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI647 |
EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLINGS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, the U.S. Special Olympics Delegation, headed by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, met with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Secretary Spellings expressed appreciation for China's support for the Special Olympics and delivered a letter from President Bush to Presid [...] |
2007-10-04 07:02:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI65 |
2007 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The work reports delivered at the opening sessions of 2007 Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) and Shanghai Municipal Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on January 28 and 27, respectively, emphasized the need to fight corruption and improve trans [...] |
2007-01-29 08:56:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI653 |
(C) EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION? ACADEMICS ON CHANGING CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: We offer the views of several local experts on China's political development. While the consensus view is that the Central Government has a firm hold on power, and that economic growth dulls popular demand for political change, there is also a strong undercurrent that unrest at [...] |
2007-10-05 09:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI654 |
SHANGHAI BANKERS ON RMB, PROTECTIONISM AND THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: China's weak and rigid exchange rate is increasing costs and inhibiting innovation in China's financial sector. Shanghai officials and banking leaders told a visiting Treasury delegation that growing protectionism in the financial services sector would make increased foreign pe [...] |
2007-10-05 09:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI655 |
(C) NANJING ACADEMIC'S SUGGESTIONS FOR BACKCHANNELS TO [...] (S) Summary: During a September 28 discussion, Nanjing University Professor Gu Su (strictly protect) gave his assessment of who might make good "back-door" conduits for U.S. officials to pass information to more senior leaders. Gu believes that former President Jiang Zemin's eldest son has [...] |
2007-10-05 09:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR SOCI ETRD CH |
| 07SHANGHAI656 |
(C) A NANJING ACADEMIC'S VIEW ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN [...] (S) Summary: According to Nanjing University Professor Gu Su (strictly protect) political assassinations and violence occur in Chinese politics, even occasionally touching top leaders. Gu said that in January 2007, for instance, Central Disciplinary Inspection Commission Chairman (CDIC) Wu [...] |
2007-10-05 10:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI CH |
| 07SHANGHAI657 |
SHANGHAI FUND MANAGERS ON JV'S AND COMPETITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Joint venture securities firms in China only succeed when the foreign partner has explicit management control and can avoid cultural and managerial conflicts, according to managers at two such joint ventures. Chinese security firms, fearing their inability to compete, have aske [...] |
2007-10-09 02:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI663 |
(C) HU GAINING TRACTION IN MILITARY WITH RECENT [...] (S) Summary: During a September 28 discussion, Nanjing University Professor Gu Su (strictly protect) said that President Hu Jintao was actively promoting officers coming out of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Nanjing Military Region (MR) as part of his overall strategy to gain control of th [...] |
2007-10-10 09:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON MARR CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI677 |
SPECIAL OLYMPICS POLICY SUMMIT CONVENES, SECRETARY SPELLINGS [...] (U) Summary. On October 3, U.S. Secretary for Education Margaret Spellings, Shanghai and Central Government officials, scholars from around the world and China, and famous entertainment and political figures met in the Shanghai Convention Center to convene the Special Olympics Global Policy [...] |
2007-10-22 07:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI SCUL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI678 |
EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLING'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OF [...] (SBU) On October 3, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings held a short bilateral exchange with President of the Republic of Iceland Olafur Grimsson on the margins of the Special Olympics Global Policy Summit on the Well-being of People with Intellectual Disabilities. The meeting was [...] |
2007-10-22 07:10:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI CH US |
| 07SHANGHAI679 |
SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE UP 300 PERCENT IN TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index topped 6,000 points on October 15 bringing gains over the past two years up to 300 percent. This growth is "good" according to a Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) official and the government should not attempt to set limits on where the in [...] |
2007-10-22 12:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI690 |
SHANGHAI INVESTS USD 175 MILLION IN AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with the United States-China Science and Technology Executive Secretaries Meeting (ESM), the U.S. delegation visited a high-tech park and two high-tech projects in Shanghai on October 12. Interlocutors reported that the Shanghai municipal government aims to build [...] |
2007-10-26 04:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EINV ELTN EIND CH |
| 07SHANGHAI70 |
NYSE/NASDAQ: NO OFFICES, BUT STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeing China as the next great frontier for emerging markets, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ have been engaging in a "Great Game" to persuade Chinese companies to list on their respective exchanges. Chinese entrepreneurs view being listed on U.S. markets as the si [...] |
2007-01-31 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI71 |
SHANGHAI POPULATION TRENDS: RETIREE NEEDS CONTINUE TO BURDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a series of meetings with Congenoffs over the last three months, Shanghai population experts agreed that Shanghai continued to be a rapidly-aging city that faced problems of pension obligations and services to the elderly. They also noted that Shanghai had reversed its de [...] |
2007-01-31 11:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
| 07SHANGHAI736 |
HANGZHOU: GOING GREEN, FOR FUN AND PROFIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Renowned within China for its natural beauty, Hangzhou is beginning to attract international attention for its economic growth and high quality of life. While Hangzhou's government claims that these successes are due to its commitment to preserving the environment, there is no qu [...] |
2007-11-16 09:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EINV ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI737 |
TAIZHOU - CHINA'S MOTOR CITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 5-6 visit to Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, Deputy Principal Officer (DPO) and econoff engaged Taizhou officials and Chinese automotive industry representatives on the area's booming automotive sector. Vice Director Wang Haiping from Geely Auto, one of China's [...] |
2007-11-19 08:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV ETRD PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
| 07SHANGHAI756 |
PROMOTING ANHUI TOURISM TO AMERICANS: A HARD SELL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Anhui Province, the poorest province in Shanghai's consular district, hopes to jump-start its economy by promoting tourism. Although home to many beautiful natural and historical sights, Anhui is finding it difficult to attract mass numbers of Western tourists, and Americans in p [...] |
2007-11-23 05:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND PGOV EINV ELTN EAIR ECON CH KS |
| 07SHANGHAI759 |
SFRC STAFFER JANUZZI READ-OUT OF NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Chinese, South Korean and United States academics and officials agreed that North Korea (DPRK) has not yet decided if it will give up its nuclear weapons according to a read-out provided by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Member Frank Januzzi on a November 27 [...] |
2007-11-28 06:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP KS KN CH |
| 07SHANGHAI762 |
2ND CHINA-U.S. MARITIME CONSULTATIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28 and 29, members of the U.S. Maritime Administration delegation led by Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton met with the Chinese Ministry of Communications delegation led by Vice Minister Xu Zuyuan in Shanghai. The two sides discussed a wide range of bilateral [...] |
2007-11-29 11:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ELTN CVIS EINV ETRD OVIP CH |
| 07SHANGHAI769 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMICS, BUSINESSMEN TO AMBASSADOR HOLMER: KEEP [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai-based academics and businessmen stressed the importance of having the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focus on long-term policy issues between the two countries in order to insure its relevance and sustainability beyond 2009 in meetings with Treasury Department SED Speci [...] |
2007-12-04 06:49:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI77 |
CG VISITS YANGZHOU; DISCUSSES NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE AND [...] (C) Summary. The Consul General visited Yangzhou City in the northern section of Jiangsu Province from January 29-30. During a visit to a model "new socialist countryside" village, local officials showcased the progress being made in the municipality's rural areas and successes in moving labo [...] |
2007-02-05 09:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CH |
| 07SHANGHAI770 |
EAST CHINA LEGAL CONTACTS ON NEW LAWYER LAW [...] (C) Summary: East China legal contacts are cautiously optimistic that the new Lawyer Law passed on October 28 and scheduled to be implemented on June 1, 2008 will increase legal protections for Chinese lawyers. The law expands the rights of lawyers to meet clients in criminal cases without su [...] |
2007-12-04 08:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV PINR CH |
| 07SHANGHAI771 |
EAST CHINA CONTACTS ON LEADERSHIP CHANGES [...] (S) Summary: East China academic and business contacts who closely follow national political developments say that the size and selection of the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at the 17th Party Congress in October reflected institutionalization of power and power transfer. Vice President [...] |
2007-12-04 09:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI773 |
SHANGHAI PETITIONERS UPDATE [...] (C) Shanghai petitioner leaders Chen Enquan, Fu Yuxia, and Wu Xuewei provided Poloff with an update on the political atmosphere for petitioners in Shanghai during a meeting on December 4. According to Chen, Fu, and Wu, local authorities continue to harass and closely monitor petitioners in Sh [...] |
2007-12-05 03:33:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI777 |
FRB GOVERNOR WARSH TOLD RMB APPRECIATION GRADUAL, NO STOCK [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Shanghai branch of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), RMB appreciation will continue at a gradual pace without any dramatic revaluations in the near future. Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh, in Shanghai November 18-20, was also told that the PBOC is closely [...] |
2007-12-07 08:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI783 |
MAKING LIGHT: SHANGHAI SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY FULLY [...] (SBU) Summary: A National Science Foundation (NSF) delegation led by NSF Assistant Director Tony Chan visited Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) on October 26, 2007. Approximately USD 200 million has been spent building the SSRF's light source. The Central Government, the Shanghai [...] |
2007-12-11 00:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY TPHY ETTC CH |
| 07SHANGHAI784 |
CITI'S STANLEY ON BANKING, ECONOMY, REFORMS, POLITICIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: Chinese banks are afraid of Citibank becoming too strong. This has led the Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) to conduct an extraordinarily hostile and intrusive audit of Citi's six-month-old locally incorporated subsidiary. The CBRC's goal appears to be forcing Citi t [...] |
2007-12-11 07:55:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI785 |
LEADING INDIAN IT COMPANIES BULLISH ON CHINA MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with high level managers of three Indian information technology (IT) companies operating in Shanghai -- Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computer Services -- to discuss their current operations and future outlook for the China market. They expla [...] |
2007-12-11 09:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL CH IN |
| 07SHANGHAI787 |
NASDAQ MIGHT HAVE LOOPHOLE TO RESTRICTIONS ON OVERSEAS [...] (C) Summary: NASDAQ China's Chief Representative believes that there might be a legal loophole to the restrictions on Chinese companies listing overseas that have been in place since September 2006. The first test of this "back door" will be in March 2008. The Ministry of Commerce is very opp [...] |
2007-12-12 04:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI789 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in mid-November to discuss China-India relations, Shanghai's leading South Asia academic experts provided differing views on a variety of issues including border disputes, United Nations Security Council reform, energy competition, and regional dynamics. T [...] |
2007-12-13 01:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG PARM CH IN RS |
| 07SHANGHAI790 |
CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early December on China-Russia relations, Shanghai's leading academic experts on Russia characterized the bilateral relationship as "very good." They noted the excellent personal relationship between the two countries' leaders, which, they claim, ensures [...] |
2007-12-13 08:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG PARM MCAP CH RS |
| 07SHANGHAI791 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ZHANG NIANCHI ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary. During a December 11 lunch, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) President Zhang Nianchi warned that the 2008 referendum on Taiwan's UN membership would have serious consequences for cross-Straits relations. The referendum has a good chance of passing, especially if [...] |
2007-12-13 09:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI792 |
UP, UP AND AWAY: SHANGHAI'S FY-07 VISA NUMBERS GO THROUGH [...] (U) Consular officers in Shanghai adjudicated 16 percent more NIV applications in FY-07 than in FY-06. This follows a 19 percent increase in FY-06 over the FY-05 NIV workload, which in turn was up 20 percent over FY-04. This cable not only reports the quantitative increases but also provides [...] |
2007-12-13 09:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT CH |
| 07SHANGHAI797 |
JIANGSU ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS HOLD SOME OPTIMISM ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Congenoffs met with Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Environmental Sciences Senior Engineer and Vice Director Wang Hua and Jiangsu Provincial Environmental Protection Department Vice Director Zhu Deming on November 28 to discuss Lake Tai (Tai Hu) pollution clean-up prospects and [...] |
2007-12-20 02:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ECON EIND CH |
| 07SHANGHAI801 |
SHANGHAI LEADERSHIP AND BIOGRAPHICAL POTPOURRI [...] (S) Summary: Yang Yuanxing, husband of a new Politburo member, describes Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng as a capable and clean leader whose style of seeking out problems rather than latest accomplishments in discussions with subordinates often discomfits those officials. Yu is dismiss [...] |
2007-12-20 06:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL ECON CH |
| 07SHANGHAI802 |
NANJING PARTY SCHOOL ON PARTY SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Officials at the Nanjing Party School (NPS) explained how the Party School system in China is set out, with central, provincial, municipal, county, and district level schools in place. Schools are typically run by one of the Deputy Party Secretaries at their respective levels, al [...] |
2007-12-21 00:32:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CH |
| 07SHANGHAI804 |
NANJING: 70 YEARS AFTER THE MASSACRE [...] (C) Summary: A day after Nanjing commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, Poloff met with students, an academic, an official from the local Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) and visited the Nanjing Massacre Museum to discuss Japan and Sino-Japanese relations. Although the FAO off [...] |
2007-12-21 07:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI CH JA |
| 07SHANGHAI83 |
NYSE SAYS REP OFFICES NOT LIKELY SOON [...] (C) Summary: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Executive Director for Asia Pacific Yeeli Zheng updated Econoff on NYSE's efforts to open a representational office on February 8. China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Chairman Shang Fulin appeared resistant to timely progress on this issue [...] |
2007-02-08 03:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV PREL CH |
| 08SHANGHAI100 |
CHINA'S STOCK MARKETS: EVOLVING "POLICY MARKETS" [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of consultations with fund managers, securities firms and investor advisory firms from March 4-14, TDY Econ Officer solicited views on the drivers of China's equity markets. An overarching theme is that China's stock markets should be viewed in the special context th [...] |
2008-03-20 10:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
| 08SHANGHAI103 |
SHANGHAI EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIGRANT [...] (SBU) Summary: As in many other large Chinese cities, the Shanghai Municipal Government is exploring ways to improve the quality of education for migrant children. The Shanghai Education Commission (SEC) in January 2008 announced plans to increase the proportion of migrant children in Shanghai [...] |
2008-03-21 08:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SMIG PGOV SOCI CH |
| 08SHANGHAI12 |
CHINA EASTERN - SINGAPORE AIRLINES DEAL: BELLWETHER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 8, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) shareholders rebuffed a deal that would have allowed Singapore International Airlines (SIA) to buy a strategic share of the company. The move has sparked a wave of speculation regarding the meaning for CEA and the greater airline indu [...] |
2008-01-11 11:38:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELTN ECPS ETRD EFIN CH |
| 08SHANGHAI121 |
SENATOR MCCASKILL'S SHANGHAI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Claire McCaskill(D-MO) visited Shanghai on March 22-25 and met with Shanghai Deputy Mayor Tang Dengjie and Shanghai Municipal Peoples Congress (SMPC) Deputy Chairman Zhou Yupeng. Deputy Mayor Tang discussed Shanghai's goals of becoming the commercial, trade, finance and [...] |
2008-03-27 02:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAIR PREL OREP CH |
| 08SHANGHAI122 |
SHANGHAI AMERICAN STUDIES SCHOLAR ON TAIWAN ELECTION, TIBET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, 2008 DPO and Conoff met with Fudan University Professor Wu Xinbo, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Institute for American Studies to discuss the Taiwan presidential election. Wu speculated that under certain conditions Beijing could tolerate a U.S. visit by Ma Ying-je [...] |
2008-03-27 05:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CH TW |
| 08SHANGHAI126 |
CHINA 'CANNOT ACCEPT' MA YING-JEOU U.S. VISIT, SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: Professor Zhang Nianchi, Director of the influential Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies (SIEAS) and expert on cross-strait relations, told DPO that Beijing would "not be able to accept" a visit by Taiwan's president-elect Ma Ying-jeou to the United States, in a March 27 m [...] |
2008-03-28 04:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 08SHANGHAI127 |
SHANGHAI SIIS SCHOLARS COMMENT ON POST-ELECTION TAIWAN, [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, 2008, Deputy Principal Officer (DPO) met with Yan Anlin, Executive Vice Director of Taiwan Affairs and Cross-Strait Relations, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), and Zhang Xihong, Researcher, Taiwan Affairs and Cross-Strait Relations, SIIS to discuss [...] |
2008-03-28 09:03:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 08SHANGHAI133 |
MEETING WITH WESTINGHOUSE TO DISCUSS FACILITATED VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 12, 2008, Consular Section Chief met with Westinghouse representatives to discuss special visa processing in support of the AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant Project. This year alone, Westinghouse plans to sponsor up to 200 Chinese nationals for nuclear power technologies tra [...] |
2008-04-01 04:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS PGOV ECON CH ENRG |
| 08SHANGHAI134 |
SOCCER DIPLOMACY IN SHANGHAI [...] (U) Summary: In late March 2008, North Korea played South Korea in a World Cup Qualifier that ended in a draw. The mostly South Korean crowd gave each team a standing ovation at the end of the match. In Early March, the Los Angeles Galaxy played the Chinese All-Star team, although Chinese fan [...] |
2008-04-02 05:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI OEXC OIIP KPAO CH KS KN |
| 08SHANGHAI144 |
RURAL REFORM AND NGO ACTIVITIES IN ANHUI PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and political assistant traveled to Anhui Province on April 7-8 to meet with Zhang Deyuan, the deputy director of the China San Nong Problem Research Center at Anhui University in Hefei, and to observe a rural poverty alleviation project in Yuexi County sponsored by the NGO [...] |
2008-04-11 09:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR SOCI CH |
| 08SHANGHAI154 |
YIWU PARTY SECRETARY ON IPR, RMB APPRECIATION, AND TIBET [...] (SBU) On April 18, the Consul General (CG) hosted Yiwu Party Secretary Wu Weirong for lunch in Shanghai. Yiwu, a city in SIPDIS central Zhejiang Province of 1.6 million people, claims to be home to the biggest small commodity wholesale market in the world. Yiwu also has a reputation for b [...] |
2008-04-22 03:50:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KIPR CH |
| 08SHANGHAI159 |
THE EVE OF CIVIL SOCIETY'S ARRIVAL: NPI PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Director of the Shanghai Pudong-based Non-Profit Incubator (NPI) Simon Lu, the Pudong District Government began to "outsource" some social services to local non-government organizations (NGOs) as a part of its comprehensive coordination pilot reform program approved [...] |
2008-04-29 03:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM CH |
| 08SHANGHAI165 |
AUTHORITIES IMPLEMENT MEASURES IN ATTEMPT TO BOOST CHINA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: TDY Econ Officer solicited views on China's equity markets, particularly in light of recent measures to boost market performance, which highlight authorities' continued efforts to manage the domestic equity markets. Two measures were implemented during the week of April 21, a [...] |
2008-04-30 09:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
| 08SHANGHAI174 |
ZHEJIANG PROVINCE'S WENZHOU: CHINA'S ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER [...] (U) Summary: During an April 23-24 visit to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, local officials and entrepreneurs said that many of Wenzhou's export-oriented enterprises are under pressure from increasing raw material prices, renminbi (RMB) appreciation and U.S. economic changes. In response, local [...] |
2008-05-13 03:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PGOV KIPR SOCI CVIS CH |
| 08SHANGHAI18 |
SHANGHAI MAGLEV - A LONG HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai's magnetic levitation train (Maglev), has not only been costly in financial terms but is now costing the city the support of many of its residents. On January 13, Shanghai residents staged a large-scale demonstration against the proposed extension of the Maglev train [...] |
2008-01-16 08:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ELTN KIPR ELAB PHUM CH |
| 08SHANGHAI184 |
(C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS DISCUSS INCOMING TAIWAN MA [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars of cross-strait relations cautioned Stimson Center Distinguished Fellow Alan Romberg on May 16 that China will need time to adjust to the incoming Taiwan administration of President Ma Ying-jeou, including time to assess Ma's statements and initiatives followin [...] |
2008-05-19 10:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ETRD CH TW |
| 08SHANGHAI187 |
SED ENVOY HOLMER VISITS SHANGHAI AND NINGBO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 18-20 visit to Shanghai and Ningbo, Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Ambassador Alan Holmer, Managing Director for China and the SED Dan Wright, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Joel Szabat engaged U.S. busin [...] |
2008-05-23 10:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN KIPR ENRG SENV EWWT CH |
| 08SHANGHAI19 |
SHANGHAI RESIDENTS PROTEST MAGLEV EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. Large-scale demonstrations on January 12 and 13 against the Shanghai government's plans to extend the Maglev train line have not only highlighted dissatisfaction by Shanghai residents over the government's plans, but is an example of local residents using public means to press fo [...] |
2008-01-16 08:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELTN CH |
| 08SHANGHAI194 |
BILATERAL AND TAIWAN RELATIONS: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SCHOLARS LOOK AHEAD RE RELATIONS WITH UNITED STATES, TAIWAN AND JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai Institute for International Studies leaders outlined for visiting State Department official David Shear on May 22 several of China's foreign policy priorities and discussed China's growing comfortableness with multilateral engagement. They strongly urge that the next U [...] |
2008-06-02 05:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON MARR CH TW JA NU |
| 08SHANGHAI195 |
A TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FROM FUDAN'S [...] (C) Summary. During a May 24 meeting Fudan University American Studies Center Director Shen Dingli told incoming EAP/CM Director David Shear that the Sichuan earthquake, which had revealed much weakness in the Chinese government, would be a catalyst for positive change. He appraised the th [...] |
2008-06-02 05:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG CH TW IR |
| 08SHANGHAI20 |
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL/USA PRESIDENT BOSWELL'S LUNCH [...] (C) Summary: During a January 15 lunch, Transparency International/USA President and CEO Nancy Boswell engaged representatives of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) and an academic specializing in NGO development on ways of improving transparency in the budget process, organizing [...] |
2008-01-16 09:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SOCI ETRD KPAO CH |
| 08SHANGHAI209 |
SHANGHAI AMERICA-WATCHERS ON A DIFFICULT YEAR, TAIWAN, AND [...] (C) Summary. On May 24, David Shear, incoming EAP/CM Director, met with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Vice President Huang Renwei and, separately, with Fudan University Center for American Studies Deputy Director Wu Xinbo. (Meetings with Shanghai Institute of International Stud [...] |
2008-06-05 06:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW |
| 08SHANGHAI210 |
CIC AND SAFE: SHANGHAI FINANCIAL INDUSTRY VIEWS, LATE MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting Department economic analysts and Congenoff (Econoffs) met May 21-23 with Shanghai financial industry participants and regulators to discuss China's capital market development and sovereign wealth fund issues. Most of the interlocutors agreed that the State Administra [...] |
2008-06-05 08:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI212 |
SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 10 lunch for visiting former EAP DAS Randy Schriver, participating Shanghai academics were cautiously optimistic on near-term cross-Strait rapprochement. Despite general agreement that economic cooperation between China and Taiwan was achievable, there was little con [...] |
2008-06-12 06:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
| 08SHANGHAI218 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMICS SEE MEASURED PROGRESS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Shanghai academics concur that the Six-Party Talks are resulting in real, sustained progress, although, in moving forward, the pace of progress may not fully meet U.S. expectations. While the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) seeks friendlier bilateral relations with the United [...] |
2008-06-16 09:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN CH |
| 08SHANGHAI219 |
SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ZHANG NIANCHI PREDICTS SLOW PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 16 meeting, Shanghai Institute for East Asian Studies President Zhang Nianchi expressed pleasure that talks between Taiwan and the Mainland have resumed, but cautioned against high expectations for future talks. Tough issues, including more international space for Taiwan [...] |
2008-06-16 10:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW MARR |
| 08SHANGHAI234 |
SHANGHAI-BASED "NGO" DEMOCRACY BUILDING EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. In the past five years, Shanghai-based Harmonious Committee Institute (HCI), a non-profit organization, has been working to promote democracy through strengthening homeowners associations and educating homeowners of their property rights. According to HCI General Manager Liu She [...] |
2008-06-23 08:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI |
| 08SHANGHAI239 |
LIANYUNGANG - ENTREPOT FOR JIANGSU'S LESS DEVELOPED NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's June 12-13 visit to the city of Lianyungang in northern Jiangsu Province, Mayor Xu Yiping extolled the virtues of Lianyungang's strategic location, noting the city has received a large amount of attention and financial support from the Provincial and [...] |
2008-06-25 05:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH |
| 08SHANGHAI246 |
SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE: RECENT VOLATILITY, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Shanghai financial services industry participants identify last year's stock market bubble as the primary source of the Shanghai Stock Exchange's most recent volatility. Poor economic performance in certain sectors has also fueled volatility, with inflation and softening real [...] |
2008-06-27 08:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
| 08SHANGHAI253 |
SHANGHAI SCHOLARS' VIEWS ON THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars described Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states as committed to cooperation on issues of common interest, but divided over any larger role the organization should play over the long term. The August 2008 summit will not break new ground but will [...] |
2008-07-01 01:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG CH RS XD XE IR |
| 08SHANGHAI254 |
SHANGHAI BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CONCERN ABOUT COMPETITION [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 26 meeting with ConGenoffs, newly appointed Shanghai Bar Association (SBA) President Liu Zhengdong expressed his concerns about the increase in the number of foreign law firms operating in Shanghai in direct competition with local Shanghai firms. He acknowledges, ho [...] |
2008-07-02 06:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH |
| 08SHANGHAI256 |
COUNTDOWN TO CROSS-STRAIT FLIGHTS: VIEW FROM SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shanghai is watching closely as China and Taiwan prepare to implement a recently negotiated agreement launching weekend cross-Strait charter flights and opening Taiwan to Mainland tourists. Local travel companies Shanghai Airlines and Shanghai CYTS Tours seem positive on the [...] |
2008-07-03 02:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL ECON SOCI CH TW |
| 08SHANGHAI259 |
SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON CHINA-VATICAN RELATIONS, SHESHAN [...] (C) Summary. In a July 7 meeting with Pol/Econ Section Chief and Poloffs, Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Luxin Jin continued to be pessimistic about prospects for normalization of relations between the Vatican and Beijing. He also confirmed that Beijing had taken measures to keep the annual pilgrim [...] |
2008-07-08 00:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KIRF CH VT TW |
| 08SHANGHAI264 |
SHANGHAI MARKET PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS HOT MONEY: MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Shanghai market participants agree, hot money presents a serious challenge for Chinese monetary policy. With sterilization bills becoming increasingly costly to issue and reserve requirement ratio (RRR) increases hurting the profitability of an already constrained banking sect [...] |
2008-07-14 08:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI273 |
(C) SIX-PARTY TALKS: SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COUNSEL SHORT-TERM [...] (C) Summary: Several Shanghai academics believe the Six-Party Talks can produce continued movement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) toward denuclearization and regional dialogue, but counsel patience since any progress is likely to be gradual. It is unclear whether North Ko [...] |
2008-07-22 08:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON JA KN PGOV PREL |
| 08SHANGHAI275 |
CHINA SUMMIT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The China Summit on Anti-Corruption, a private-sector conference aimed at providing U.S. businesses and multi-national companies with information on anti-corruption best practices and strategies to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, took place in Shanghai from July 1 [...] |
2008-07-23 00:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS CH |
| 08SHANGHAI276 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: China's leading academic experts on Japan are cautiously optimistic that the relationship will continue to build on recent positive developments. High-level visits by leaders on both sides, Japan's relief effort in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, the port call to China b [...] |
2008-07-23 08:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MCAP CH JA |
| 08SHANGHAI28 |
SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UP, UP, AND A BUMP: WHERE TO NEXT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) rose 97 percent in 2007, adding to its 130 percent gain in 2006. The market was characterized by volatility and sharp swings. However, at the close of business in 2007, two-thirds of stocks listed were at historical highs and local investor con [...] |
2008-01-24 09:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI280 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMIC YANG JIEMIAN ON TAIWAN, SED [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's July 25 farewell call, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) President Yang Jiemian noted improvements in cross-Strait relations and expressed his hope that the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) will continue even after the change in admi [...] |
2008-07-25 08:59:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PREL TW |
| 08SHANGHAI283 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA'S ROLE IN SUDAN, ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai's academic experts on China's foreign policy and African studies view Zimbabwe's crisis as a strictly internal matter that should be resolved through dialogue between the ruling and opposition parties, and they strongly oppose any further sanctions. The academics also be [...] |
2008-07-28 08:17:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ETRD PARM PREL XA |
| 08SHANGHAI284 |
SHANGHAI ENERGY EXPERTS - COAL IS KING [...] (SBU) Summary. With summer peak demand for power approaching in East China, another round of possible thermal coal shortages is causing great concern. Industry experts said the main bottleneck in China's thermal coal supply is transportation, although coal exports (encouraged by a gap betwe [...] |
2008-07-28 09:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETTC EINV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI285 |
SHANGHAI'S CIQ LEADERSHIP CALLS FOR MORE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Consul General (CG) met July 17 with China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) Shanghai Director General Xu Jinji to discuss ways the two sides can work closer together on information sharing. CG noted that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would soon open an office in Shan [...] |
2008-07-28 09:08:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TBIO PGOV ECON BEXP EAGR CH |
| 08SHANGHAI29 |
YANGTZE RIVER DELTA TEXTILE MAKERS FEAR RMB APPRECIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese textile manufacturers in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) say that they face significant challenges that threaten their businesses in the coming year. Their main concern is the ongoing renminbi (RMB) appreciation that makes their exports more expensive and less competitive. [...] |
2008-01-24 11:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV ELAB SENV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI295 |
SHANGHAI ENERGY EXPERTS: FUEL SHORTAGES EXIST, BUT NOT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Shanghai energy experts, price controls are primarily to blame for gasoline and diesel shortages. However, because Chinese oil companies control both up and downstream processes in fuel production, they can more easily cope with price controls then power generators [...] |
2008-07-31 06:18:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETTC EINV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI296 |
SHANGHAI CUSTOMS: EMPHASIS ON TRANSPARENCY AND CUSTOMER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting, the Shanghai Customs Director General Sun Yibiao welcomed the "close relationship" between Customs and the Consulate over the past three years and discussed areas for future cooperation. Sun emphasized the importance of input from the Consulate and the U.S [...] |
2008-08-01 05:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV ECON BEXP KIPR EAIR CH |
| 08SHANGHAI297 |
SHANGHAI PARTY SECRETARY YU ZHENGSHENG'S PRAGMATIC [...] (C) Summary: Eight months after taking over the leadership in Shanghai, Consulate contacts praise Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng as being fair-minded and pragmatic. He may not be a charismatic leader, but he is able to strike a balance between Beijing and Shanghai's interests. As a practical [...] |
2008-08-01 05:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON CH |
| 08SHANGHAI298 |
NANJING LEADERSHIP SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. During the Consul General's July 30 visit to Nanjing, Mayor Jiang Hongkun and Vice Mayor Jin Daoqiang pushed for an increased U.S. commercial and diplomatic presence in Nanjing. A U.S. Consulate in Nanjing would be useful in deepening cultural and economic ties said Mayor Jian [...] |
2008-08-01 09:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH |
| 08SHANGHAI30 |
UP, UP, AND AWAY: SHANGHAI'S FY-07 VISA NUMBERS GO THROUGH [...] (U) Consular officers in Shanghai adjudicated 16 percent more NIV applications in FY-07 than in FY-06. This follows a 19 percent increase in FY-06 over the FY-05 NIV workload, which in turn was up 20 percent over FY-04. This cable not only reports the quantitative increases but also provides [...] |
2008-01-25 00:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT CH |
| 08SHANGHAI306 |
TAIWAN ENTREPRENEURS IN HANGZHOU CONCERNED ABOUT MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: At an August 1 roundtable, members of the Hangzhou Taiwan Compatriots Investment Enterprise Association voiced concerns about the Mainland business environment, and wished for better access to national-level Chinese officials. Rising costs, a slowing global economy, the new Labor C [...] |
2008-08-05 05:50:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
| 08SHANGHAI309 |
CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETINGS WITH JIANGSU PARTY SECRETARY LIANG [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Consul General (CG) on July 30, Jiangsu Party Secretary Liang Baohua and Governor Luo Zhijun expressed their appreciation for the CG's efforts to increase ties between Jiangsu Province and the United States. Like Nanjing municipal officials (see reft [...] |
2008-08-06 00:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KIPR CH |
| 08SHANGHAI313 |
ZHEJIANG'S YIWU: BEARING THE BRUNT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Zhejiang's Yiwu is home to one of the largest wholesale markets in the world. During a July 21 visit, the Consul General discussed the impact of global economic trends on Yiwu with Yiwu Party Secretary Wu Weirong and Mayor He Meihua. In addition, the CG visited Huahong Home D [...] |
2008-08-08 05:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD KIPR ENRG CH |
| 08SHANGHAI318 |
JIANGSU AND NINGBO CIQS URGE GREATER COOPERATION ON FOOD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Consul General (CG) met with the Jiangsu Provincial Entry-Exit Quality Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) Office in Nanjing on July 31 and the Ningbo City CIQ Office on August 4 to discuss a wide range of import and export issues. Both offices welcomed greater cooperation with [...] |
2008-08-12 10:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TBIO PGOV ECON BEXP EAGR CH |
| 08SHANGHAI320 |
ZHEJIANG LEADERS CONFIDENT IN TRADE TIES WITH UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Zhejiang Province enjoys a good relationship with the United States built on a foundation of strong trade ties, provincial and local officials told the Consul General on his farewell trip to Hangzhou, Zhejiang's provincial capital on August 6-7. Zhejiang officials remain concerned that t [...] |
2008-08-13 05:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD EINV ENRG CH |
| 08SHANGHAI326 |
NINGBO'S ECONOMY - OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW [...] (SBU) Summary. During an August 4 farewell visit to Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, the Consul General (CG) discussed Ningbo's economy and development plans with Mayor Mao Guanglie and Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office Director Kong Weiwei. The two officials said Ningbo aims to "upgrade" its econo [...] |
2008-08-14 07:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB ETRD KIPR CH |
| 08SHANGHAI328 |
CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALLS ON SHANGHAI LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 14, the Consul General paid separate farewell calls on Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (MPC) Chairman Liu Yungeng and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee Chairman Feng Guoqin. Mayor Han noted the i [...] |
2008-08-14 08:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CH ECON |
| 08SHANGHAI330 |
SHANGHAI IP ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES MOVE FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 8 farewell visit to Shanghai, Senior IPR Attachi Mark Cohen engaged Shanghai IP Administration (SIPA), Shanghai IPR Complaint Center, and Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) officials on current initiatives and opportunities for cooperation [...] |
2008-08-15 02:54:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EINV PGOV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI337 |
VOLUNTEERISM IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite ample opportunities for people to volunteer, local volunteer organizations still have problems attracting people. Interlocutors blamed the lack of interest in volunteering to the absence of legislation on volunteers, the lack of a system to track someone's volunteer exp [...] |
2008-08-18 00:34:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB CH |
| 08SHANGHAI342 |
CASH MEETS CAPITAL: UNDERGROUND FINANCING IN WENZHOU [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 12, Econoff visited the entrepreneurial city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province to discuss challenges facing small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). Interlocutors noted several difficulties brought on by the current economic slowdown. In particular, SMEs have been disp [...] |
2008-08-18 08:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI35 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA PREVENTION IN JIANGSU PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two confirmed cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Jiangsu Province have focused attention on Jiangsu's ongoing efforts against AI. In meetings with Conoff, Jiangsu health officials confirmed reports that a father and son both contracted AI in December. Jiangsu CDC does not have [...] |
2008-01-28 08:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV ECON CH |
| 08SHANGHAI352 |
NANJING SCHOLARS UPBEAT ON CHANCES FOR CONTINUED [...] (S) Summary: Nanjing scholars express optimism that cross-Strait relations can continue to develop at a brisk pace, though cautious on the possibility of short-term steps toward political integration or a "diplomatic truce." Chinese President Hu Jintao's flexibility on Taiwan nomenclature and [...] |
2008-08-22 05:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | CH ECON PGOV PREL TW |
| 08SHANGHAI36 |
SHANGHAI AVIAN INFLUENZA PREVENTION CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions with Conoff on January 25, Shanghai Health Bureau and Center for Disease Control (CDC) officials stressed that the city's Avian Influenza (AI) prevention and reaction plans are on track. Shanghai CDC has recorded only one case of AI infection, which occurred in 20 [...] |
2008-01-29 07:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
| 08SHANGHAI360 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA'S PROTESTANTS, CCC/TSPM [...] (C) Summary. Academic contacts in Shanghai describe Protestantism in China as growing in number and diversity. There are three categories of Protestants in China: the official church, unofficial urban churches, and unofficial rural churches. Members of unofficial rural churches have limited [...] |
2008-08-27 08:07:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KIRF CH |
| 08SHANGHAI364 |
DOL SECRETARY CHAO'S AUGUST 27 MEETING WITH SHANGHAI PARTY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 lunch meeting with Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Elaine L. Chao, Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng described challenges facing Shanghai, such as relocating residents out of poor housing blocks, providing adequate social services to migrant workers, and sh [...] |
2008-08-28 08:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PINR |
| 08SHANGHAI371 |
CHINESE PROTESTANT SEMINARY IN NANJING SLATED FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Nanjing Union Theological Seminary is on track for a major expansion in facilities and student capacity, according to Dean Reverend Ambroise Aiming Wang. The Seminary's new campus in the Nanjing suburbs, scheduled to open next year, as well as a new cathedral, have both been m [...] |
2008-09-04 06:52:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH KIRF PGOV PINR SOCI |
| 08SHANGHAI372 |
HIGH SPEED RAIL FURTHER INTEGRATES EAST CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, East China has embarked on a quest for further intra-regional connectivity and economic integration through faster passenger rail transport. On July 15, Shanghai and Zhejiang Province announced plans for a new high-speed rail link that will connect Hangzho [...] |
2008-09-04 08:45:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PGOV ETRD EINV ECIN CH |
| 08SHANGHAI374 |
NANJING'S AMITY PRINTING COMPANY WORLD'S LARGEST BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: With its recent move to a larger facility, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing will increase its production of Bibles to over 12 million volumes annually, cementing its position as the world's largest Bible publisher. Among other successes, Amity Printing was commissioned by Bei [...] |
2008-09-05 08:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
| 08SHANGHAI375 |
SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COMMENT ON GEORGIA: IMPLICATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: Leading Shanghai academics on Russia and international security fault both Russia and Georgia for escalating the conflict, and state that China will not support independence for South Ossetia and Abkhazia because of concerns over setting a precedent for Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang [...] |
2008-09-08 05:51:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ENRG MCAP PARM PREL RS TW |
| 08SHANGHAI383 |
SHANGHAI VICE MAYOR AI BAOJUN DISCUSSES SHANGHAI'S ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 5 meeting with Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary David Bohigian, Shanghai Vice Mayor Ai Baojun explained the Shanghai Government's efforts to build its alternative/renewable energy capacity, particularly focusing on wind energy and alternative energy [...] |
2008-09-11 05:28:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EIND PGOV BEXP CH |
| 08SHANGHAI384 |
EAST CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON IMPACT OF OLYMPICS AND [...] (C) Summary: Three East China human rights activists told Poloff on September 10 that their activities were tightly constrained during the recent Beijing Olympics with one of the activists prevented from traveling to the United States to attend a conference. Local security forces currently are [...] |
2008-09-11 07:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ETRD KIRF PGOV PHUM |
| 08SHANGHAI385 |
NEW CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Gao Feng, the new President of the China Christian Council (CCC), said during a September 2 meeting with Poloff that he would take steps to address challenges such as the insufficient number of pastors and churches and the lack of education opportunities for church workers and laym [...] |
2008-09-11 07:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PGOV PINR |
| 08SHANGHAI386 |
GEORGIA CRISIS TESTS SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-11 08:49:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ENRG GG IR PREL RS XD XE |
| 08SHANGHAI387 |
SCHOLARS OFFER MIXED ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL VIEWS AT WORLD [...] (SBU) The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) hosted its third World Forum on China Studies September 7-9, to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of SASS. This third iteration of the World Forum on China Studies featured 15 panel discussions and three roundtables [...] |
2008-09-12 03:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG KIRF CH |
| 08SHANGHAI396 |
SHANGHAI SEEKING NEW PERKS FOR FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Slowing coastal economic growth and the slumping stock market are driving top Shanghai officials to lobby the central authorities for a package of financial sector reforms. A key part of the plan is for increased authorities to be granted to local branches of financial regulat [...] |
2008-09-17 05:48:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN PGOV |
| 08SHANGHAI397 |
SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS: MA'S [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai academics are divided in their opinion of Ma's political skills, some claiming his distinct style of leadership creates complications for the PRC, which is frequently not consulted in advance of Ma's initiatives. The international space issue will take many years to reso [...] |
2008-09-17 07:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH MARR MCAP PA PGOV PREL TW |
| 08SHANGHAI399 |
CHINESE AUTHORITIES NERVOUS OVER AIG FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to an American International Group (AIG) General Insurance Company China high level official in Shanghai, Chinese regulatory authorities are concerned about AIG's stability in China. The State Council ordered the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to request [...] |
2008-09-18 10:22:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH |
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