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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00BEIJING11790CHINA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] BELOW IS THE 2000 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH THREE REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) THERE WERE NO ACTS OF TERRORISM COMMITTED AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR INTERESTS IN CHINA THIS YEAR. CHINESE MAINLAND AND HONG KONG MEDIA OCCASIONALLY REPORT ACTS OF TERRORISM BY [...]
2000-11-30 09:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CH
01BEIJING10339PRC POSITION ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2001-10-15 11:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAF PK PREL PTER
01BEIJING11971CHINA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] BELOW IS THE 2001 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA STRONGLY AND PROMPTLY CONDEMNED THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, WHICH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN DESCRIBED ON SEPTEMBER 12 AS AN ATTACK BOTH ON THE UNITED STATES AND ON WORLD PEACE. [...]
2001-12-12 09:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CH
01BEIJING12362HU JINTAO: TAKING SHAPE AS CHINA´S LEADER
[...] (C) MOST CHINESE HAVE LITTLE IDEA OF HEIR-APPARENT HU JINTAO´S PERSONAL VIEWS, BUT INSIDERS DESCRIBE HU AS A TALENTED BUREAUCRATIC PLAYER WITH SOLID CREDENTIALS TO SUCCEED JIANG ZEMIN. THEY REPORT THAT HU HAS STAKED OUT A MULTI-FACETED AND SUBSTANTIVE POLICY ROLE IN IMPORTANT AREAS OF PARTY AND [...]
2001-12-27 05:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CH
02BEIJING1019HU JINTAO IN THE MEDIA LIMELIGHT
[...] (C) CHINESE MEDIA ARE GIVING INCREASING PROMINENCE TO HU JINTAO IN A CLEAR SIGNAL TO CHINA'S DOMESTIC AUDIENCE THAT HE HAS CONSOLIDATED HIS POSITION AS CHINA'S NEXT PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY AND STATE PRESIDENT. WE EXPECT HU'S PUBLIC PROFILE TO CONTINUE TO RISE AS CHINA MOVES CLOSER TO THE 200 [...]
2002-02-05 05:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CH
02BEIJING11889CHINA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] BELOW IS THE 2002 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA TREATS DESIGNATIONS OF TERRORISTS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH THOSE DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. THE PRC REGULARLY INSTRUCTS ITS FINANCIAL INS [...]
2002-11-15 08:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CH
03BEIJING13289CHARISMATIC MUSLIM CLERIC SHUT DOWN BY KUNMING
[...] (C) Summary. An independent Muslim cleric in Kunming, Yunnan Province, was banned from preaching by local Islamic officials after he began to attract large crowds to his mosque. Although qualified as an Imam, the cleric got on the wrong side of Chinese officialdom after he traveled as a yout [...]
2003-09-18 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH
03BEIJING13394SCHOLAR ON CHALLENGES TO HU-WEN "OPENNESS"
[...] (C) The new "Hu-Wen" government is attempting to push openness in a number of areas, both to demonstrate its closeness to the people and as an antidote to corruption, according to Beijing University Institute of Political Development and Governance Director Xie Qingkun. That agenda has suff [...]
2003-09-19 12:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CH
03BEIJING16342WEN JIABAO'S DOMESTIC TRAVEL HABITS
[...] (C) Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) Director General Wang Zhenyao (strictly protect) has helped arrange three of Premier Wen Jiabao's domestic trips since last year and reports that Wen's intellectual curiosity and impatience with bureaucratic practices can cause "headaches" for his staff an [...]
2003-11-12 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
03BEIJING18021DECEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS: WEN'S
[...] At the regular semi-weekly press briefing, MFA Spokesperson Liu Jianchao reported on statements made by Premier Wen Jiabao that the objective of his U.S. visit is to "resolve problems" in bilateral relations and not to "engage in trade wars." While asserting that common interests have "outwe [...]
2003-12-09 11:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETRD CH KN
03BEIJING18383XINHUA OFFICIAL ON THE WEN VISIT; TAIWAN; HONG
[...] (C) Well-connected Xinhua News Agency official Yu Jiafu explained on December 16 that Chinese media were slow to report the significance of Premier Wen Jiabao's key U.S. meetings because substantive news articles had to be cleared by Wen himself. The leadership is pleased with the Premier's U [...]
2003-12-16 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
03BEIJING2438NPC SET TO VOTE FOR NEW CHINESE GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) THE UPCOMING NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) PLENARY SESSION WILL SELECT CHINA'S NEW STATE AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, ALONG WITH THE LEADERS OF THE NEW STATE COUNCIL, STATE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION (CMC) SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT (SPC) AND SUPREME PEOPLE'S PROCURATORATE (SPP). WHILE THE N [...]
2003-03-05 07:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON EFIN ETRD CH
03BEIJING3947TAIWAN: CHINA'S NEW LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE
[...] (C) A PROMINENT PRC ANALYST TOLD US HE EXPECTS BEIJING'S POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN TO SHOW CONTINUITY, WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP CONTINUING TO PURSUE A RELATIVELY MODERATE APPROACH FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING ECONOMIC AND OTHER UNOFFICIAL LINKS. OUR CONTACT SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF HU JINTAO'S MA [...]
2003-04-07 10:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
04BEIJING3796WEN JIABAO'S NPC DEBUT: "PEOPLE FIRST," RURAL
[...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the "people- centered" approach of the new Chinese leadership in his report to China's legislature, the National People's Congress, on March 5. With former President Jiang Zemin and the current leadership looking on, Wen highlighted the new government's vict [...]
2004-03-05 11:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD PREL CH TW HK
04BEIJING7258 Deputy U/S Levine Meets with Premier Wen Jiabao
[...] (U) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao met with Deputy Undersecretary for Labor Affairs Arnold Levine, Special Representative of Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and with Labor Ministers attending the China Employment Forum. D/US Levine met with Ministry of Labor and Cooperation Director for Inter [...]
2004-05-04 03:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EFIN ETRD PHUM PREL CH
05BEIJING10421USTR/DOC DELEGATION MEETING WITH VFM YANG JIECHI
[...] (C) During a June 23 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Deputy USTR Josette Shiner and Acting Undersecretary of Commerce Tim Hauser stressed U.S. desire to address the trade deficit and intellectual property rights (IPR) though cooperation. They emphasized that the United States [...]
2005-06-27 08:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL KIPR CH
05BEIJING14582ADM FALLON AND GENERAL LIANG AGREE ON NEED FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon and General Liang agreed on the need to improve bilateral mil-mil ties, but stated frank disagreements regarding the transparency of the Chinese military budget and the use of force to resolve the Taiwan question, during a cordial meeting September 6. Liang acknowl [...]
2005-09-06 13:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PINS CH
05BEIJING5704REACTION TO DISSIDENT LIU XIAOBO'S ONLINE ARTICLE
[...] (C) Post has been monitoring Chinese websites and checking with contacts to track the reaction in China to an online article by dissident Liu Xiaobo criticizing racist comments toward Secretary Rice expressed by some netizens on Chinese websites at the time of the Secretary's March visit. Liu, [...]
2005-04-05 12:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI CH
06BEIJING10098TIBET RAILWAY COMPLETION ADVANCES AMID PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Meeting the scheduled July 1 completion date for the high-profile Qinghai-Tibet railway line will be a major challenge, according to an Amcit engineer heavily involved in the project. Although the Minister of Railways reportedly ordered the completion date moved up to coincide with his p [...]
2006-05-24 08:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON CH
06BEIJING10103PRC MFA ON DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CHINA
[...] (C) China is strongly dissatisfied with and opposed to the U.S. Defense Department's Annual Report to Congress on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China, which reflects "China Threat" and "Cold War" thinking, MFA North America Department Deputy Director General Xie Feng said. X [...]
2006-05-24 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PM CH
06BEIJING10104PRC/UN: MFA BRIEFS ON UNSYG ANNAN VISIT
[...] (C) UN SYG Annan asked President Hu Jintao what opinions or advice the UN can offer to help break the current Six-Party Talks impasse, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Guo Xuejun told Poloff on May 23. Hu said China continues to work with the other Partiesto resume the Six-P [...]
2006-05-24 10:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV UN CH
06BEIJING10121ENERGY POINTS TO NDRC ON FIVE-PARTY MINISTERIAL,
[...] (U) Economic Minister-Counselor and Energy Attache presented ref A points to National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Energy Bureau Deputy Director General XU Yongsheng on May 25. China's Five-Party Energy Ministerial Proposal 2. (SBU) DDG Xu thanked Washington agencies for t [...]
2006-05-25 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETTC PREL CH IR
06BEIJING10192CHINA'S MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S
[...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met with VFM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei to discuss implementing consensus reached in the April 2006 Bush- Hu meetings and in the Fourth Round of Six-Party Talks. -- Accusations [...]
2006-05-25 10:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS CH JP KN
06BEIJING10507CULTURAL REVOLUTION REMEMBERED BY SOME, FORGOTTEN
[...] (C) Chinese authorities are treading carefully around sensitive anniversaries this month related to the launch of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The Propaganda Department has restricted media commemorations or commentary. Security officials have prevented some survivors of the tumult from [...]
2006-05-26 12:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING10510PRC/HAMAS: UPDATE FROM DDG CHEN XIAODONG
[...] (C) MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Deputy Director General Chen Xiaodong called in Polmincouns on May 26 to provide an update on plans for Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to participate (Ref A) in the meeting of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum to be held in Beiji [...]
2006-05-26 12:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING1057SENATOR MURKOWSKI HIGHLIGHTS U.S. CONCERNS ON
[...] (SBU) Senator Murkowski highlighted U.S. concerns about the status of the Six-Party Talks during meetings with NPC Chairman Wu Bangguo and CCP Central Committee International Department Vice Minister Ma Wenpu. Wu blamed mistrust between the United States and DPRK for the current impasse in t [...]
2006-01-17 10:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP CH KN
06BEIJING1058HUMAN RIGHTS: RAID OF HOUSE CHURCH AND DETENTION
[...] (C) On January 17, poloff conveyed to MFA Human Rights Division official Wang Gang USG concern about recent reports that the Beijing Ark House Church was raided on January 8 and 15, and reports that defense lawyer Gao Zhisheng was detained on January 13. Wang agreed to inquire about the event [...]
2006-01-17 11:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH
06BEIJING1059SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI MEETS WITH NPC FOREIGN
[...] During a January 13 meeting at the Great Hall of the People Senator Lisa Murkowski and National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Jiang Enzhu discussed economic development, energy and commercial protection issues. China plans to double its 2000 GDP by 2010 and to qu [...]
2006-01-17 11:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EIVN KIPR OREP CH
06BEIJING10599PRC/IRAQ: BEIJING ON WELCOMING NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) MFA West Asia and North African Affairs Department Iraq Desk Officer Wu Xiaofeng requested a meeting May 26 to provide nonpaper laying out PRC actions to welcome the formation of the new Iraqi Government. Though the nonpaper largely tracks with PRC public statements, Wu stressed that Beij [...]
2006-05-30 10:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ CH
06BEIJING10601MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAMAS FM VISIT, IRAN
[...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar will visit Beijing to attend the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. China will use the opportunity to explain China's position that Hamas needs to give up violence, recognize Israel and abide by past agreem [...]
2006-05-30 11:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS CH JP
06BEIJING10603HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR URGES CHINA TO TAKE
[...] (C) The Ambassador used Ref A points to urge China to renew cooperation on human rights issues in a May 30 meeting with MFA International Organizations Director General Wu Hailong. DG Wu replied that China is ready to conduct exchanges on human rights on the basis of equality and mutual respect, bu [...]
2006-05-30 12:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING10606MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAMAS FM VISIT, IRAN
[...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar will visit Beijing to attend the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. China will use the opportunity to explain China's position that Hamas needs to give up violence, recognize Israel and abide by past agreem [...]
2006-05-30 22:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS CH JP KN
06BEIJING1061JANUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM JONG-IL VISIT
[...] MFA Spokesperson Kong Quan stated that President Hu Jintao will "meet a foreign leader" on Tuesday, January 17, in response to repeated questioning about the unconfirmed visit of Kim Jong-Il to China. Kong refused to be drawn into specific comment about a possible Kim visit, saying he had no [...]
2006-01-17 11:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM CH IR EU KN
06BEIJING10734PRC/GERMANY: MERKEL VISIT READOUT
[...] (C) China supports a more important role for Germany in the United Nations, China's leaders told visiting German Chancellor Merkel, according to MFA European Affairs Division Director Wang Shunqing. Wang said that during Mrkel's May 21-23 visit to China, China and Germany agreed to initiate a [...]
2006-05-31 08:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV GE CH
06BEIJING10748TAO PRESS BRIEFING: MAINLAND BLASTS TAIWAN
[...] The Taiwan Security Report exposed the Taiwan leaders' stubborn support for Taiwan independence and damaged cross-Strait peace, Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Spokesperson Li Weiyi asserted at the regular May 31 TAO press briefing. A TAO economic affairs official reported that the authorities h [...]
2006-05-31 10:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON CH TW
06BEIJING10779PRC/SINGAPORE: LEE KUAN YEW DISCUSSES ENERGY
[...] (C) Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew used his May 10-17 isit to China to urge Chinese cunterparts including Premier Wen Jiabao to develop a bilateral relationship that reflects the increased role of energy security in world affairs, according to Chinese MFA Deputy Director He Wei. The t [...]
2006-06-01 04:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG SN TW
06BEIJING10823PRC EVACUATES CITIZENS, OTHERS FROM EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) A charter plane arrived in China from Dili on the evening of May 30 with over 240 PRC citizens, overseas Chinese, non-PRC nationals and PRC Embassy staff, MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director He Wei told poloff on May 31. He Wei said he has not received any reports of Am [...]
2006-06-01 08:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC CH TT
06BEIJING10891PRC RESPONDS TO INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 10:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV EAID CH ID
06BEIJING10895JUNE 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE,
[...] Key points made at the June 1 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China welcomes U.S. gestures and willingness to resolve the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue, while not supporting the "arbitrary" use of sanctions in handling international affairs. -- Addressing the China-Arab Coope [...]
2006-06-01 10:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ECON CH JP KN
06BEIJING10900NEW RULES FOR RIGHTS DEFENSE LAWYERS
[...] (C) Summary: The All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA) has issued a "Guiding Opinion on Lawyers Handling Mass Cases" that calls for lawyers in "collective" and "major sensitive" cases to "accept the monitoring and guidance" of judicial agencies. The Opinion discourages lawyers from participatin [...]
2006-06-01 11:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KJUS PINR CH
06BEIJING10909A/S HILL'S MAY 25 WORKING LUNCH WITH VFM WU DAWEI
[...] (S) Visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill urged VFM Wu Dawei to improve relations with Japan and use PRC influence to push the Burmese regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) during a May 25 working lunch. A/S Hill also noted the negative impact of PRC/Taiwan competition on Pa [...]
2006-06-02 00:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL CH
06BEIJING10971 MOLSS Mulls Management of 31 Billion RMB in Rural
[...] (U) Summary: China's Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS) is working to establish a pension system for rural and migrant workers that will require low contributions, be portable and have broad coverage, according to the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Ministry's Rural Pensions [...]
2006-06-02 03:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EFIN KPAO PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING11074UNDP PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW TIBET PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted a Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) meeting in Beijing on June 1 to seek input from bilateral donors on its proposed USD 5 million Tibet Development and Poverty Alleviation Program that the UNDP plans to launch later this mont [...]
2006-06-02 09:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING11075STAFFDEL CUTS SHORT XINJIANG VISIT AFTER KADEER
[...] (C) Summary: House International Relations Committee Staffdel Halpin cut short its visit to Xinjiang and returned to Beijing June 2 after Chinese officials confirmed they have detained three of Rebiya Kadeer's adult children on suspicion of tax evasion. Xinjiang officials also accused Kadeer [...]
2006-06-02 11:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING11173CHINA/ENERGY: BRITISH EMBASSY CONSIDERING ASKING
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: A British Embassy official on Friday June 2, 2006 informally sounded out Embassy Beijing reaction to a possible move by the British Government to promote China's membership in the International Energy Agency (IEA). The British Embassy has yet to present the pr [...]
2006-06-05 08:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL CH UK
06BEIJING11177PRC RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) China takes seriously U.S. concerns about the situation in Burma but has a different view about how to move forward, MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Chen Xu told Polmincouns on June 5 in response to Polmincouns delivery of Ref A points. Chen said he wou [...]
2006-06-05 09:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC CH BM
06BEIJING11182SECURITY TIGHT, MEDIA SILENT ON 17TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) The seventeenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown of June 4, 1989 passed quietly on Sunday, with an elevated security presence in and around the Square. Poloffs visiting the Square throughout the day saw no protest activity or police actions, although press reports later said [...]
2006-06-05 10:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING11183PRC/JAPAN: BEIJING SATISFIED WITH LI-ASO MEETING,
[...] (C) China was satisfied with the tone of the meeting between Foreign Ministers Li Zhaoxing and Taro Aso on May 23 in Doha, MFA Deputy Director of the Japan Division Lu Guijun told poloff, while cautioning that bilateral relations remain difficult. The decision to allow FM Li to meet his count [...]
2006-06-05 11:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
06BEIJING11363FINATT MEETS CHINA EXIM PRESIDENT ON LENDING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 1, FinAtt David Loevinger met with President Li Ruogu of the China Export-Import Bank (China Exim) to discuss export credit policy and China's lending to heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs),particularly in Africa. FinAtt urged China to seek greater cooperation wi [...]
2006-06-06 09:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EPET PREL CH SU XA
06BEIJING11382JUNE 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY DEVELOPMENT,
[...] Key points made at the June 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- The United States maintains the largest military expenditure in the world and has "no reason" to criticize China's military development. -- China is making significant progress in combating human trafficking and is prepa [...]
2006-06-06 09:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH JP KN
06BEIJING11498STAFFDEL BEUTEL TALKS PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND IPR
[...] (SBU) Summary: House Small Business Committee Special Counsel, Rich Beutel, held meetings with Madame Zhu Lilan, Chief Commissioner of the National People's Congress' Commission for Education, Science, Culture and Health, and Mr. An Qinghu, Director-General of China Trademark Office (CTMO). [...]
2006-06-07 22:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KIPR WTRO PREL OREP CH
06BEIJING11499(SBU) U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS: U/S MCCORMICK'S
[...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; please protect accordingly. Not for internet release, dissemination or publication. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick briefed National Development and Reform Commission (NDR [...]
2006-06-07 23:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP CH ECON ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING1159VFM YANG JIECHI CONFIRMS MFA REORGANIZATION
[...] (C) VFM Yang Jiechi confirmed to A/S Hill that a reshuffle at the top level of the MFA is underway. During a meeting January 18, Yang said Director General of Asian Affairs Cui Tiankai has been promoted to Assistant Foreign Minister where he will oversee the International Organizations and Arm [...]
2006-01-18 14:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PROV CH
06BEIJING11606PATRIOTIC EDUCATION FOR IMAMS IN XINJIANG
[...] (C) Local authorities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China's far northwest are stepping up efforts to cultivate "patriotic" religious personnel through a second round of intensive training, according to local officials. Following an initial round of patriotic training from 2001- [...]
2006-06-08 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS KISL CH
06BEIJING11614JUNE 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR ISSUE,
[...] Key points made at the June 8 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- President Hu will meet with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad during the June 15 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Shanghai to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue. -- All SCO member heads will attend t [...]
2006-06-08 11:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH JP
06BEIJING11688CHINA APPRECIATES CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S REAFFIRMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 06:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW
06BEIJING11690HUMAN RIGHTS: DCM EXPRESSES CONCERN, ASKS ABOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 06:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING11704New Socialist Countryside Budget Insufficient,
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Chinese policy advisor believes the allocated budget for the recently launched New Socialist Countryside initiative is woefully inadequate. While Central Government funding for rural programs is increasing, the allocation as a percentage share of the total budget remains rela [...]
2006-06-09 07:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING11705State Council Researcher Says Local Officials'
[...] (SBU) Summary: One of the State Council's leading macroeconomic researchers asserted that China's rapid GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2006 (reftel) primarily was due to exaggerated economic growth reports from newly- installed local government officials seeking to make a good impress [...]
2006-06-09 07:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV CH
06BEIJING11706CHINA ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW ALMOST READY FOR LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 08:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV CH
06BEIJING11711 MOLSS Seeks More Inspectors, Training to Improve
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Director of the Inspection Division of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security's Legal Affairs Department is aware of and trying to remedy the problem of too few labor inspectors in China; his goal is to double the total number of inspectors so that each inspector is res [...]
2006-06-09 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING11751MFA BRIEFS ON SINO-ARAB COOPERATION FORUM
[...] (C) Summary. Sino-Arab cooperation has risen to a higher level as a result of the May 31- June 1 Sino- Arab Cooperation Forum's Second Ministerial meeting, according to Ambassador in charge of the Sino-Arab Forum Yao Kuangyi. During a readout, Yao indicated that the Action Plan for 2006 ? 20 [...]
2006-06-09 11:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING11753CHRISTIANITY GAINING POPULARITY IN XINJIANG, EVEN
[...] (C) Interest in Christianity is growing in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),but local authorities are reportedly trying to control the growth in order to avoid conflicts with the majority Muslim community. According to local Christian leaders and congregants, the community's gro [...]
2006-06-09 11:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS CH
06BEIJING11754KHOTAN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVED SECURITY
[...] (C) The vast improvement in the security situation in southwest Xinjiang's Khotan Prefecture is due to both heightened government counterterrorism activities and the public's strong support in combating the "Three Forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism, Khotan officials told poloffs d [...]
2006-06-09 12:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KISL CH
06BEIJING11755PRC PREMIER TO VISIT 7 AFRICAN NATIONS
[...] MFA Assistant Minister He Yafei previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of Egypt, Ghana, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda to reporters. Besides meeting the leaders of each nation, Premier Wen will meet Chinese medical workers, tour an HIV/AIDS preve [...]
2006-06-09 12:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING11756MEDIA TESTS LIMITS ON COVERING LEADERS' PERSONAL
[...] (C) The envelope-pushing Southern Weekend newspaper recently challenged a longstanding taboo on reporting on the private lives of retired leaders when it published a retrospective on the activities of Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, and other recently-retired leaders. Embassy contacts said that the pa [...]
2006-06-09 13:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING11758AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SCO SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) The United States is gravely concerned over the participation, even as an observer, by Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held in Shanghai June 15, the Ambassador stressed to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang on June 9. The [...]
2006-06-10 06:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CH IR KZ RS
06BEIJING11761 World Bank Migrant Skills and Employment
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Yu Xiaoqing, Lead Social Protection Specialist and Team Leader for a World Bank Migrant Skills and Employment Project requested by the Chinese Government, asks whether USDOL would be able to participate in the World Bank team designing the project, perhaps th [...]
2006-06-11 07:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EFIN ETRD PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING11811HIRC STAFFDEL HALPIN'S CHINA VISIT
[...] (SBU) Reftels reported that House International Relations Committee (HIRC) STAFFDEL Halpin, consisting of Dennis Halpin and Hans Hogrefe, cut short its visit to Xinjiang after members of the family of Rebiya Kadeer were detained. As noted reftels, the STAFFDEL and the Embassy repeatedly urged [...]
2006-06-12 03:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CASC ENRG UNAUS CH JP
06BEIJING11931PRESIDENT HU ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JAPAN, WITH
[...] (C) Japanese Ambassador to the PRC Yuji Miyamoto took the opportunity of his June 10 presentation of his credentials to President Hu Jintao to invite the Chinese leader to visit Japan, Japanese Embassy DCM Chihiro Atsumi told the DCM on June 12. President Hu said he would accept the invitatio [...]
2006-06-12 10:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
06BEIJING11932AFM LI HUI PREVIEWS SCO SUMMIT, COMMENTS ON U.S.
[...] The Chinese Government is currently investigating reports received from the U.S. Embassy on increased risks to U.S. citizens in China and will do its utmost to safeguard diplomatic personnel and facilities, MFA Spokesperson Liu Jianchao stated during a special June 12 press briefing on the Ju [...]
2006-06-12 11:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINL ASEC CH KG KZ
06BEIJING12175JUNE 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINESE ARMS EXPORTS,
[...] Key points made at the June 13 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- Amnesty International's recent reports that China's arms exports promote violence and human rights violations around the world are "groundless." China complies with its international obligations and has export controls i [...]
2006-06-13 10:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING12177HUMAN RIGHTS: BLIND ACTIVIST CHARGED WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Blind legal activist and family planning whistleblower Chen Guangcheng has been formally charged with intentionally destroying public property and inciting a mass traffic jam. The charges and Chen's transfer to the Shandong Province Yinan County detention center end nearly three [...]
2006-06-13 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING12179ASD RODMAN-MFA HE YAFEI MEETING: LOOKING FOR
[...] (C) China maintains a positive view of relations with the United States in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's April visit to Washington, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman. AFM He characterized the United States and China as stakeh [...]
2006-06-13 12:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PM CH TW
06BEIJING12181CHINA SHOCKED AT E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF FOUR
[...] (S) The U.S. decision to designate four Chinese companies under E.O. 13382 demonstrates that dialogue with the United States is useless, a shocked and shaken MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Director General Zhang Yan told DCM in response to ref demarche points delivered on June 13. News of th [...]
2006-06-13 15:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL EFIN ETTC CH
06BEIJING12273 Legal Aid Attorneys Chronicle Advances,
[...] (U) Summary: Labor Intern, accompanied by Labor Officer, met with the Director and Staff attorneys of the Peking University Women's Legal Aid Clinic June 9, 2006. The attorneys said that, in their opinion, China?s current legal system and labor law enforcement mechanisms are better than the [...]
2006-06-14 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EFIN ETRD PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING1238(S) RESTRUCTURING CHINESE FOREIGN AID--NEXT STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: A senior advisor on Chinese development assistance told Econoff on December 20 that he has submitted his recommendations to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on how China should restructure its foreign aid program. The advisor stated that China's aid program should continue to fo [...]
2006-01-20 06:25:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH EAID ECON PREL
06BEIJING12526HUMAN RIGHTS: NORWEGIANS ON REBIYA KADEER FAMILY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 09:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN CH
06BEIJING12527: CHINA/ENERGY: GUIDANCE ON IEA MEMBERSHIP FOR
[...] (C) Per Reftel C instructions, Econoffs on Friday June 9, 2006 delivered Washington agencies' points on International Energy Agency (IEA) membership for China to British Embassy in Beijing Second Secretary for Energy Richard Ridout. Ridout stated that he would keep Embassy Beijing posted on an [...]
2006-06-15 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL CH UK
06BEIJING12531JUNE 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN/SCO SUMMIT,
[...] Key points made at the June 15 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- Iranian President Ahmadinejad's remarks at the June 15 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit reflected only Iran's position. -- Beijing welcomes Iran's willingness to negotiate with relevant parties to resolve [...]
2006-06-15 11:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PHUM ASEC CH IR
06BEIJING12532PRC OPPOSES UNSC TAKING UP BURMA ISSUE
[...] (C) China firmly opposes UNSC involvement in Burma and has serious concerns about the proposed U.S. resolution, MFA International Organizations Department Director General Wu Hailong told the DCM on June 15. ASEAN nations, except for Singapore, share China's opposition to the U.S. initiative, [...]
2006-06-15 13:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC CH BM
06BEIJING12549CHINA: IS INDUSTRIAL OVERCAPACITY OVERWHELMING, OR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AS SUFFERING FROM OVERCAPACITY. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ISSUED REGULATIONS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION OUT OF FEAR THAT THE OVERCAPACITY PROBLEM COULD IMPACT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY. THE REGULATIONS [...]
2006-06-16 05:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
06BEIJING12650TRIAL OF NEW YORK TIMES EMPLOYEE ADJOURNS WITHOUT
[...] (C) The trial of New York Times researcher Zhao Yan on charges of leaking "state secrets" and fraud adjourned without result on June 16. A verdict should issue within 30 days, according to Chinese law. 2. (C) The proceeding in Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court was closed to the public, mean [...]
2006-06-16 10:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO CH
06BEIJING12788(SBU) U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS: U/S MCCORMICK'S
[...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; please protect accordingly. Not for internet release, dissemination or publication. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick briefed National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC [...]
2006-06-19 06:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP CH ECON ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING12885CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTARY CALLS FOR LOOSENING LEASH
[...] (C) A string of recent media pieces calling for a stronger watchdog role for Chinese media, including a daring commentary on the popular Sina.com web portal, has given journalists a dose of much-needed encouragement, even as they acknowledge continuing tight media controls. The first article [...]
2006-06-19 10:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING12988VOIP IN CHINA - NOT UNTIL CHINA's TELECOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Enthusiasm in China for Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was evidenced by over 1,400 registered attendees at a June 14-16 China VoIP Conference & Expo in Beijing. While VoIP technology is mature and software like Skype is but a download away, China's VoIP companies are face [...]
2006-06-20 03:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING13004PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING ASSESSING HOW TO ENGAGE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The eight-point agreement between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists in Nepal could be a turning point in the peace negotiations between the two sides, a Chinese MFA official said. The SPA and the new government are aware that if they do not solve the Maoist question, [...]
2006-06-20 06:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP CE CH
06BEIJING13010AMBASSADOR AND ZHENG BIJIAN DISCUSS CHINA'S
[...] (C) China Reform Forum Chairman Zheng Bijian advocated regular discussions to enhance strategic trust during a June 16 lunch meeting with the Ambassador. Americans believe in establishing trust through concrete actions and, while dialogue is necessary, it is not a substitute for results, the [...]
2006-06-20 07:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM CH
06BEIJING13022JUNE 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH,
[...] Key points made at the June 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China has "taken note" of reports of an impending DPRK missile launch. -- China will send an official delegation to the African Union Summit in July. China and Angola will sign a series of treaties involving law enfo [...]
2006-06-20 10:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING13023HENAN STUDENTS RANSACK COLLEGE CAMPUS
[...] (C) Post has confirmed foreign news reports that thousands of students at Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, engaged in violent demonstrations in recent days. Quiet has been restored on campus, according to a journalist named Zhang (w [...]
2006-06-20 11:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING13025CHALLENGING MEDIA TABOOS IN XINJIANG
[...] (C) Xinjiang journalists face particularly heavy restrictions stemming from Xinjiang's unique political sensitivities and large ethnic minority population. The local media is generally prohibited from reporting on interethnic disputes, matters pertaining to terrorism or separatism as well as [...]
2006-06-20 13:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL CH
06BEIJING1305GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR TO PRESSURE BEIJING ON
[...] (C) The German Political Director will travel to Beijing January 23-24 to lead the EU-3 effort to pressure China to support its position on Iran's nuclear program, according to German Embassy Officer Aron Mir Haschemi. In a January 19 meeting and follow-up conversation on January 20, Aron sai [...]
2006-01-20 10:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING1306STRONG DOMESTIC PRESSURE DRIVING IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: A strong domestic consensus in Iran is driving the government to restart enrichment activities and to pursue an indigenous nuclear program, according to MFA West Asia and African Affairs Iran Division Director Xu Wei. In a January 19 meeting, Xu said that Beijing believes it is [...]
2006-01-20 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING13187HUMAN RIGHTS: SARS WHISTLEBLOWER DR. JIANG STILL
[...] (C) SAS Whistleblower Dr. Jiang Yanyong remains bannd from traveling overseas nearly two years after he was detained for asking Chinse officials to reconsider their verdict on the 1989 Tiananmen massacre in the run-up to the 15th anniversary of those events. Dr. Jiang's work unit, People's L [...]
2006-06-21 09:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KHIV CH
06BEIJING13271RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S RELATIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 05:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TBIO CH
06BEIJING13272RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S RELATIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 05:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TBIO CH
06BEIJING13273HUMAN RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S
[...] (C) Chen Guangcheng's elderly mother and three-year old son were taken from Beijing and forcibly returned to Linyi, Shandong Province on June 19 because they had planned to participate in a news conference highlighting Chen's mistreatment. Attorneys and other supporters of Chen involved with [...]
2006-06-22 05:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TBIO CH
06BEIJING13274JIANGXI IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR: MILLIONS LEAVE ONE
[...] (C) Millions of residents of Jiangxi province have left home in search of work in construction, factories and the service sector in China's coastal boomtowns. The outflow has both positive and negative aspects, according to local officials and residents. Brain drain is a problem, as Jiangxi' [...]
2006-06-22 05:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ELAB CH
06BEIJING13333 HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA ON BEATING OF THREE GORGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA Human Rights Division official told Poloff the June 8 beating that paralyzed Three Gorges dam opponent Fu Xiancai was a common crime that would be punished and was not politically motivated. In a June 22 meeting, Poloff raised USG concern and asked for information about re [...]
2006-06-22 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF SENV CH
06BEIJING13471BEIJING VICE MAYOR FIRED FOR "DECADENCE" OR
[...] (C) Beijing is abuzz with talk of corruption scandals, following the abrupt sacking on June 11 of Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Zhihua for leading a "decaent lifestyle" and the ongoing investigation of a navy commander for bribery. In a departure from the usual popular approval for arrests of corrup [...]
2006-06-23 12:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI CH
06BEIJING13473CHINESE CHRISTIAN IN XINJIANG DISCUSSES SOCIAL ILLS
[...] (C) During a recent visit to China's predominantly Muslim Xinjiang region, local radio talk show host Zhou Jianjun described to Poloff his strong Christian faith and his disappointment with modern Chinese society. The Chinese Communist Party has lost its moral legitimacy, he stated. Zhou ask [...]
2006-06-23 13:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06BEIJING13476HARD TIMES, HOT PROPERTY IN HUNAN
[...] (C) During a June 9 visit to Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, poloff discussed development trends with a broad range of local professionals (protect all),all of whom agreed that Hunan's economy has grown rapidly over the past 3-4 years. Investments from the major coastal cities have [...]
2006-06-23 13:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI EAGR CH
06BEIJING13477PARTY INTELLECTUAL SEES "LEFTIST" LEANINGS AMONG
[...] (C) In a recent meeting with Poloffs, high-profile Party intellectual Ma Licheng (protect) maintained that it is too early to speculate about leadership maneuvering for next fall's 17th party congress. However, he provided a general readout on political dynamics at the top of the Party. In M [...]
2006-06-23 17:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING13567AMBASSADOR SPELTZ'S MEETING WITH VFM YANG JIECHI
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi stressed to Ambassador Paul Speltz, U.S. Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank and former Treasury Special Envoy to China, the importance the Chinese Government attaches to upcoming visits to the United States by Zhou Yongkang, State Councillor [...]
2006-06-26 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL CH
06BEIJING13684VOIP: A CASE STUDY OF CHINA'S INTERNECINE PROFIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an informal interview during the June 14-16 China VoIP Conference & Expo in Beijing with Dr. Kan Kaili, Director of the Policy and Development Institute of Information Industries at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, he likened the profit wars between China's [...]
2006-06-28 00:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING13795AMBASSADOR RAISES BURMA WITH VFM WU DAWEI
[...] (C) China does not want to see its differences with the USG over Burma exposed at the UN, Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei stated when the Ambassador expressed USG concerns over Burma and urged China to support, or at least not block, a UN Security Council resolution on the situation in that co [...]
2006-06-28 11:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM SNAR UNSC CH BM NP
06BEIJING13858DRAFT LAW ON COVERING "SUDDEN INCIDENTS" RILES
[...] (C) News that the National People's Congress draft law on handling emergency situations will include a section limiting the media's ability to report on "sudden incidents" has stimulated anger among Chinese journalists. Editors and reporters told us the proposed rules constitute another in a [...]
2006-06-29 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING13859PRC/UN: UN MANAGEMENT REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) China believes meaningful management reforms can be adopted before the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA's) Fifth Committee adjourns, MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs on June 29 in response to Poloffs delivery of reftel points and draft resolution. China [...]
2006-06-29 10:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC AMGT UNGA CH
06BEIJING13860BEIJING SILENT ON VATICAN TALKS; ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Officials of China's Foreign Ministry, State Administration for Religious Affairs and Catholic Patriotic Association all denied knowledge of any Vatican delegation in Beijing for talks concerning relations between China and the Holy See. American NGO activist John Kamm told the Ambassador [...]
2006-06-29 11:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PREL CH VT
06BEIJING13863 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Discusses
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Wei Benhua, Deputy Administrator of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE),repeated to Chairman Larry Wortzel and Commissioner Patrick Mulloy of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission familiar arguments that China's currency now fo [...]
2006-06-29 23:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL CH
06BEIJING13919Chinese Think-tank Addresses Challenges to
[...] (U) Summary: Officials at the Central Government's premier foreign affairs research and policy institution stressed the importance of sustainable human-based development at a meeting on June 6. A comprehensive approach, which takes into account social, environmental, and resources costs, is [...]
2006-06-30 06:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL PGOV SOCI SENV CH
06BEIJING13927RUMORS RIFE ABOUT POSSIBLE JULY 1 TAXI STRIKE IN
[...] (C) Beijing taxi drivers intend to stage a one-day strike July 1 to protest rising gas prces and an increase in the minimum fare, several drivers told us June 28-30. Asked about te scope of the prospective work stoppage, a rndom sampling of drivers indicated that anywhere from 50 to 90 perce [...]
2006-06-30 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI ELAB CH
06BEIJING14062WHITE PAPER ON RFID TECHNOLOGY RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recent release of the "White Paper on China's Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and Policy" has raised questions within both industry and government as to which path China will choose as it tries to develop yet another standard with world-wide trade implicati [...]
2006-07-05 05:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING14173PRC WORKING ON DPRK IN PRIVATE
[...] (C) Summary: China shares the same objectives with the United States, which should not be disappointed with China's actions or statements, MFA Director General Liu Jieyi said in response to the DCM's delivery of reftel points. As opposed to the 1998 UNSC "Statement to the Press," China favors a [...]
2006-07-06 08:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MCCP MARR KNNP UNSC KN KS JA
06BEIJING14216JULY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES,
[...] Key points made at the July 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- On DPRK, China expresses grave concern over "what happened" and remains in close consultation with all relevant parties. China hopes that all relevant parties will remain calm and exercise restraint, proceed toward the co [...]
2006-07-06 11:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN IS
06BEIJING14218CHINESE SCHOLARS, MEDIA REACT TO DPRK MISSILE TESTS
[...] (C) The DPRK's July 4/5 missile tests will likely not significantly alter China's policy toward North Korea and the nuclear issue, scholars and media contacts told us. The United States can expect a tougher tone from Beijing toward the DPRK but no willingness to take concrete action such as [...]
2006-07-06 12:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MCAP CH KN
06BEIJING1427VISIT OF CONGRESSMEN KIRK, LARSEN AND FEENEY TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Congressional U.S.-China Working Group Representatives Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney visited the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as the Shuangchengzi Missile and Space Test Center, the site of China's manned space launches, on January 13. In this rare visi [...]
2006-01-24 08:39:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH PINR PGOV PREL
06BEIJING14345BEIJING WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) China attaches great importance to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and will study the presidential announcement carefully, stated Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. In response to the joint presentation of reftel points on July 7 by the DCM and the Russian Charge [...]
2006-07-10 08:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP CH RS IAEA
06BEIJING14514PRC ON EAST CHINA SEA TALKS
[...] (C) China and Japan agreed to continue the process of consultations on the East China Sea dispute, to establish a panel of technical experts and to set up a hotline, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloff during a July 11 briefing on the July 8-9 tal [...]
2006-07-11 14:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL JA CH
06BEIJING14617PRC/AFRICA: WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS PRC INTEREST IN
[...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of seven African nations provided an opportunity for China to highlight the humanitarian aspects of its engagement in Africa, according to MFA Africa Department Officer Zhang Dianbin. Wen refuted criticism that China engages in neo-colonialism in Africa [...]
2006-07-12 07:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL TBIO AGOA ECON EAID TW CH
06BEIJING14635JULY 12 G-8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA SUPPORTS
[...] President Hu Jintao will lead China's delegation to the G-8 Outreach Meeting July 16-17 in St. Petersburg, according to Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. The meeting will be a dialogue between the G-8 and leaders from six developing countries: China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico [...]
2006-07-12 10:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN IS
06BEIJING14723JULY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE
[...] Key points made at the July 13 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- On DPRK, China's response is governed by three objectives: to reduce tension and maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, to promote the solidarity of the UNSC and to encourage prompt resum [...]
2006-07-13 10:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN IR
06BEIJING14724PRC/UNSC: MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) The PRC is willing to approach Qatar to delay the vote on the draft UNSC resolution (reftel) if the United States can propose a time certain for the vote and commits to support the resolution in whichever form it is finally put to a vote, MFA International Organizations Officer Sun Zhiqiang [...]
2006-07-13 10:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL KWBG CH
06BEIJING14787E.O. 13382 DESIGNATED CHINESE FIRM PROCLAIMS ITS
[...] (U) The China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC),in a "solemn statement" posted on the firm's website, claimed that it was wrongly designated under Executive Order 13382. CGWIC "has never rendered assistance to any country for any weapons of mass destruction program," the company stated, [...]
2006-07-14 07:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC EFIN PGOV IR CH
06BEIJING15109EB/ESC DAS SIMONS MEETING WITH CHINA CENTRAL BANK
[...] (SBU) On July 12, 2006, EB/ESC DAS Paul Simons and ECON MinCouns Robert Luke met with Director General Liu Liange of the Anti-Money Laundering Bureau at the People?s Bank of China (PBOC). The meeting focused on anti-money laundering (AML),counterterrorism financing (CTF),Financial Action T [...]
2006-07-20 06:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN PTER ETTC CH
06BEIJING151103G: NO LICENCES IN SIGHT BUT PLENTY OF ENTHUSIAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conference in Beijing brought together an enthusiastic international group of academics and software and hardware vendors who agree that China is ready for 3G, although it is still unclear what the "killer application" will be. The key challenge the industry faces is [...]
2006-07-20 06:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING15153TFLEO1: PRC/LEBANON - BEIJING CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) China is concerned about the situation in Lebanon, but has no clear definition of a red line that would trigger a stronger Chinese reaction to Israel's offensive, according to an MFA official. China's response to unfolding events will depend on the reaction of the international community, [...]
2006-07-20 11:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR MARR CH IS LE
06BEIJING15260MIDDLE EAST CRISIS GRABS HEADLINES IN CHINA
[...] (C) As violence flares in the Middle East, China's broadcast and print media are providing a steady diet of colorful coverage. The public is showing more interest in the Arab-Israeli conflict now than during previous outbreaks of violence, contacts said, in part because of fears about how ev [...]
2006-07-21 12:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING15377PRC ON CHINA-JAPAN SECURITY TALKS
[...] (C) China agreed to resume the China-Japan Security Dialogue after a two-year hiatus to show the importance of the bilateral relationship, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloffs on July 24. Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei and Deputy Foreign Ministe [...]
2006-07-25 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA
06BEIJING15378PRC/SUDAN: AMIS-UNPKO TRANSITION FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) The Sudan government must agree to the terms of a transition from African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) peacekeepers to a United Nations peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) before any transition proceeds, MFA Deputy Director for West Asia and North Africa Weng Meihui told Poloff, explaining PRC [...]
2006-07-25 14:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPKO PHUM CH SU UN
06BEIJING15388July 13 Preparatory Meeting for Energy Ministerial
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 13, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) hosted a successful preparatory meeting to discuss a proposed five country Energy Ministerial Roundtable in Beijing later this fall. Reflecting input from the Japanese and Korean delegations, the [...]
2006-07-25 23:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET CH JA KS IN
06BEIJING15431BRING BEEF, NOT CELL PHONES: CHINESE JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) The All China Journalists' Association is organizing a visit to North Korea for a group of six senior editors from media outlets such as Party mouthpieces Guangming Daily and the official Xinhua wire service, said Li Tao (protect),a professor at the Tsinghua University School of Journali [...]
2006-07-26 08:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI CH KN
06BEIJING15437HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINA´S DIALOGUE PARTNERS HAVE MIXED
[...] (C) Countries that conduct formal human rights dialogues with China are disappointed that the exchanges rarely yield immediate, tangible results, contacts at foreign embassies in Beijing told us. Nonetheless, most dialogue partners judged that the exercise remains useful as a forum a) to express hu [...]
2006-07-26 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING15559HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA ON RELIGIOUS PRISONERS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, POLOFF RAISED USG CONCERN ABOUT THE RECENT DETENTION OF AN AIDS ACTIVIST, THE BEATING DEATH OF A JOURNALIST AND THE CONVICTION OF SEVERAL UNDERGROUND PROTESTANT LEADERS, INCLUDING SOME SENTENCED TO DEATH. AN MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION OFFICIAL HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT [...]
2006-07-27 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF CH
06BEIJING15563TFLE01: CCID OFFICIAL REFRAINS FROM CALLING FOR
[...] (C) ALTHOUGH CHINA IS UPSET ABOUT THE DEATH OF A CHINESE UNIFIL PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON AND INTRODUCED A UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT (PRST) CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, CENTRAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT (CCID) MIDEAST DIVISION DIRECTOR JIAO ZHIXIN SAID CHINA IS NOT INSISTING ON A RETURN TO [...]
2006-07-27 14:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO CH IS LE
06BEIJING15592CHINA/REAL ESTATE: SIX MINISTRIES ISSUE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 24, the Ministry of Construction (MCon),Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),People's Bank of China (PBOC),State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC),and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) jointly issu [...]
2006-07-28 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND CH
06BEIJING15609CHINA/ENERGY: DAS FOR ENERGY AND SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 and 14, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Energy and Sanctions Paul Simons, held SIPDIS separate meetings respectively with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) President Fu Chengyu, and Sinopec Vice President Zhang Yaocang. CNOOC President Fu said i [...]
2006-07-28 08:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH
06BEIJING15641MFA ON CHEN GUANGCHENG, REBIYA KADEER'S ADULT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL SHEN YONGXIANG, POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR RAISED USG CONCERN OVER: - THE PROSECUTION OF BLIND LEGAL ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG, - THE REPORTEDLY UPCOMING TAX EVASION TRIAL OF REBIYA KADEE [...]
2006-07-28 10:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF CH
06BEIJING15642MFA ON CHEN GUANGCHENG, REBIYA KADEER'S ADULT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL SHEN YONGXIANG, POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR RAISED USG CONCERN OVER: - THE PROSECUTION OF BLIND LEGAL ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG, - THE REPORTEDLY UPCOMING TAX EVASION TRIAL OF REBIYA KADEE [...]
2006-07-28 11:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF CH
06BEIJING15779COMMERCE U/S LAVIN MEETS NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG,
[...] (SBU)Summary: Franklin L. Lavin, Department of Commerce Under Secretary (U/S) for International Trade on July 28, 2006 held separate meetings with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang and State-owned Asset Supervisory and Administration Commission (SA [...]
2006-08-01 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON WTRO KIPR CH TW
06BEIJING15796HUMAN RIGHTS: ATTORNEY GAO ZHISHENG BEATEN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING-BASED ATTORNEY GAO ZHISHENG, WHO REPRESENTS FALUN GONG, HOUSE CHRISTIANS AND OTHER DISSIDENTS, WAS BEATEN BY JULY 30 AFTER HE COMPLAINED ABOUT LOUD DISTURBANCES BY HIS "UNDERCOVER" SECURITY DETAIL THAT KEPT HE AND HIS FAMILY AWAKE. SEPARATELY, HUBEI ELECTION ACTIVIST YAO [...]
2006-08-01 10:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF
06BEIJING15855PRC/SUDAN: BEIJING CAN SUPPORT CHAPTER VI DARFUR
[...] (C) THE PRC CAN ACCEPT A UNSC CHAPTER VI RESOLUTION WITH CHAPTER VII ELEMENTS ON DARFUR PROVIDED THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AGREES TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MISSION AND THE TERMS OF THE MANDATE, ACCORDING TO MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO WHO MET WITH POLOFFS ON AUGUST 2. DRAWING [...]
2006-08-02 10:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO CH SU
06BEIJING15857TFLE01: PRC/LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST
[...] (C) THE PRC SUPPORTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN AFFAIRS DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO TOLD POLOFFS AUGUST 2 THAT BEIJINGS POSITION IS V [...]
2006-08-02 11:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO CH UN LE IS
06BEIJING16057CHINESE LEADERSHIP MULLS INCLUSION OF POLITICAL
[...] (C) Party leaders appear to be laying the groundwork for including the issue of political reform on the agenda of the 17th National Party Congress next year. Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that a treatise on political reforms written by Central Party School scholars and posted to the web [...]
2006-08-04 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
06BEIJING16162CHINESE TELL BOUCHER STABILITY, SECURITY AND GOOD
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, academics, and oil industry professionals told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard A. Boucher during his July 30 ? August 2 visit to China that stability and security are China's foreign policy goals in the Central and Sou [...]
2006-08-07 08:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XD XK CH
06BEIJING16165WU DAWEI AND BOUCHER TALK NEPAL AND (NO)
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei told Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher the purpose of Wu's visit to SIPDIS Nepal was to show China's support for Nepal's new government. China believes the United Nations can play a positive role in the process of stabilizing Nepal's political situation [...]
2006-08-07 08:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH XD
06BEIJING16380AFM CUI CONFIRMS PLAN TO VISIT IRAN
[...] (C) CHINESE ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI TIANKAI CONFIRMED TO U/S DOBRIANSKY THAT HE PLANS TO VISIT IRAN BEFORE AUGUST 22 TO "ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE IRAN THAT IT IS IN ITS INTEREST TO RESPOND POSITIVELY" TO THE P-5 PLUS 1 INCENTIVES PACKAGE CONCERNING ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. IN AN AUGUST 9 DISCUS [...]
2006-08-09 12:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PARM IR IS CH
06BEIJING16381U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREANS, HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY AND ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI TIANKAI DISCUSSED NORTH KOREANS IN CHINA, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CANDIDATES TO HEAD THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) DURING AN AUGUST 9 BILATERAL MEETING PRIOR TO THE U.S.-CHINA GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM (GIF). U/S DOBRIANSKY E [...]
2006-08-09 12:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC KN UN CH
06BEIJING16399AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SPECIAL OLYMPICS, SHANGHAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A JULY 28 LUNCH FOR VISITING SPECIAL OLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL CHAIR TIMOTHY SHRIVER, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED WITH SHANGHAI VICE MAYOR ZHOU TAITONG CHINA'S PREPARATIONS FOR HOSTING THE 2007 SPECIAL OLYMPICS. ZHOU, WHO IS EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND [...]
2006-08-10 02:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KOLY CH
06BEIJING16502BEIJING DOES NOT EXPECT SERIOUS ANTI-JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NEITHER JAPANESE DIPLOMATS NOR BEIJING-BASED JAPAN EXPERTS ANTICIPATE LARGE-SCALE ANTI-JAPANESE PROTESTS SUCH AS THOSE THAT OCCURRED IN APRIL 2005 SHOULD JAPANESE PM KOIZUMI VISIT YASUKUNI SHRINE ON OR AROUND AUGUST 15. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY HERE TWEAKED ITS EMERGENCY PLAN IN CA [...]
2006-08-11 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC JA CH
06BEIJING16512CODEL STEVENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO
[...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, reviewed with President Hu Jintao the results of the U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Exchange dialogue and urged further Chinese cooperation on the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues. President Hu said the bilateral relationship is in good [...]
2006-08-12 09:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ENRG CH KN LE IR
06BEIJING16513CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS
[...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 11 in Beijing to discuss key U.S.- China bilateral issues following the third annual U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) dialogue in Guilin. Senators raised concern [...]
2006-08-12 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG CH
06BEIJING16514CODEL STEVENS AND LIU QI DISCUSS BEIJING OLYMPIC
[...] (SBU) Codel Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Beijing Party Secretary and President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 29th Olympiad Games (BOCOG) Liu Qi to discuss Olympic preparations, including security, venue construction, traffic management, air quality, media, you [...]
2006-08-12 10:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KOLY ASEC CH
06BEIJING16515CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS
[...] (C) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO ON AUGUST 11 IN BEIJING TO DISCUSS KEY U.S.- CHINA BILATERAL ISSUES FOLLOWING THE THIRD ANNUAL U.S.-CHINA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (IPG) DIALOGUE IN GUILIN. SENATORS RAISED CONCERN [...]
2006-08-13 22:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ENRG CH TW KN LE IR
06BEIJING16516CODEL STEVENS AND LIU QI DISCUSS BEIJING OLYMPIC
[...] (SBU) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH BEIJING PARTY SECRETARY AND PRESIDENT OF THE BEIJING ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 29TH OLYMPIAD GAMES (BOCOG) LIU QI TO DISCUSS OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS, INCLUDING SECURITY, VENUE CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, AIR QUALITY, MEDIA, YOU [...]
2006-08-13 22:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KOLY ASEC CH
06BEIJING16631CODEL Stevens: U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary
[...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed issues including Taiwan, North Korea, Lebanon, China?s defense policy, energy security, intellectual property rights (IPR),the exchange rate and bilateral trade with members of the Chinese National People?s Congress (NPC) in Guilin [...]
2006-08-14 07:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG SENV KIPR OREP CH TW
06BEIJING1665JANUARY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR
[...] Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing stated China's concern over current developments in the Iran nuclear crisis to visiting Iranian National Supervisory Council Security Advisor Ali Larijani, MFA Spokesperson Kong Quan said at the regular January 26 MFA Press Briefing. China considers Russia's prop [...]
2006-01-26 11:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CH IR XA
06BEIJING16740ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI DEPARTS BEIJING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING16814CODEL STEVENS DISCUSSES ENERGY POLICY WITH NDRC
[...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed energy policy with new National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Chen Deming. Chen emphasized that China intends to maintain 90 percent energy self-sufficiency by relying on domestic coal resources and develop [...]
2006-08-15 09:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENGR KNNP TRGY CH
06BEIJING16819FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS PM KOIZUMI'S SHRINE
[...] (C) Summary: Beijing strongly condemned the visit by Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi to Yasukuni Shrine, with the Foreign Ministry stating that PM Koizumi was "challenging international justice and trampling human conscience." Foreign Minister Li told Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto that PM Ko [...]
2006-08-15 10:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC JA CH
06BEIJING16822PRC/LEBANON: BEIJING SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING BELIEVES UNSRC 1701 IS A "GOOD RESOLUTION" BUT IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. MFA WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIVISION DIRECTOR CHEN WEIQING SAID AUGUST 15 THAT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1701 WILL DEPEND ON RESOLVI [...]
2006-08-15 10:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS CH UN IS LE
06BEIJING16823A/S SAUERBREY'S AUGUST 10 MEETING WITH UNHCR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: VISITING PRM ASSISTANT SECRETARY ELLEN SAUERBREY MET AUGUST 10 WITH UNHCR ACTING REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE CHOOSIN NGAOTHEPPITAK TO DISCUSS NORTH KOREANS IN CHINA AND OTHER REFUGEE ISSUES. REVIEWING EFFORTS TO PUSH THE PRC TO LIVE UP TO ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND COOPERATE [...]
2006-08-15 13:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM KN KS CH TH
06BEIJING16876PRC/LEBANON: CHINA CONSIDERING SENDING
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. BEIJING IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING REQUESTS FOR CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN EXPANDED UNIFIL UNDER UNSCR 1701, SAID MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR GENERAL WU HAI LONG AT A MEETING WITH THE DCM ON AUGUST 16. [...]
2006-08-16 11:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS LE UNSC CH
06BEIJING16879CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS: PRC SCHOLARS EXPECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING PM KOIZUMI'S VISIT TO YASUKUNI SHRINE, CHINESE JAPAN SCHOLARS ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT APPROACH CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY ABE MIGHT TAKE IF, AS WIDELY EXPECTED, ABE BECOMES JAPAN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER AFTER PM KOIZUMI STEPS DOWN IN SEPTEMBER. ABE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO AV [...]
2006-08-16 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL JA CH
06BEIJING16959LOCAL FARMERS LAUNCH "PEOPLE'S TV" TO SHORT- LIVED
[...] (C) According to a senior journalist at the State Council Development Research Center paper, China Economic Times, local farmers in south-central China recently defied a prohibition on privately-run broadcasting facilities and established their own "People's TV." When authorities got wind of [...]
2006-08-17 10:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING16960 HUMAN RIGHTS: ACTIVIST LAWYER GAO ZHISHENG
[...] (C) Beijing-based democracy activist Hu Jia telephoned poloff August 17 to report that Gao Zhisheng, a Beijing-based lawyer who has drawn Chinese Government ire for defending dissidents, was detained on August 15 in Shandong Province. Gao was having lunch with a mutual friend of Hu's when two [...]
2006-08-17 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING16961 BROADCAST NEWS: CCTV YOUTH MOVEMENT EARNS
[...] (C) Two young anchors unexpectedly debuted on China Central Television's 7 p.m. national news broadcast early this summer. The appearance of Mr. Kang Hui and Ms. Li Zeming, both in their early 30s, has stimulated debate about CCTV's direction and spurred rumors about the possibility of chang [...]
2006-08-17 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING17031HUMAN RIGHTS: CHEN GUANGCHENG'S LAWYERS DETAINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. LEGAL ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG'S DEFENSE LAWYERS XU ZHIYONG AND LI FANPING WERE DETAINED AUGUST 18 PRIOR TO CHEN'S TRIAL IN SHANDONG'S YINAN COUNTY, WHICH BEGAN AT 2:30 P.M. POLICE BARRED CHEN'S WIFE AND MOTHER FROM ATTENDING CHEN'S TRIAL, BUT CHEN'S OLDER BROTHER WAS TO HAVE BE [...]
2006-08-18 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING17042WAL-MART ACCEPTS CHINESE LABOR UNIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since July 29, The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has established unions in at least five of Wal-Mart?s 60 Chinese stores (ref). ACTFU has been talking for several years about expanding its representation in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs),Wal- Mart in part [...]
2006-08-20 23:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING17108(C) PROSPECTS FOR COORDINATION WITH CHINA ON
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese government officials indicated to a visiting USAID official that while they welcome the opportunity to discuss development assistance as part of an overarching U.S.-China dialogue, the prospects for coordination with China on foreign aid appear to be limited in the near te [...]
2006-08-21 06:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL CH AF
06BEIJING17238RMB FLEXIBILITY: VIEWS OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING
[...] (C) Summary: People's Bank of China (PBOC) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Fan Gang told Finatt and Econoff on August 3 that the Chinese government could reduce the RMB's modest undervaluation while stemming speculative inflows by signaling to financial markets that the RMB would appr [...]
2006-08-21 09:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV
06BEIJING17324COLONEL SANDERS CHANGES HIS WAYS, BUT LABOR LAWS
[...] (U) On August 8, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced at a Beijing news conference that it would stop hiring employees through labor dispatch agencies (LDAs),and begin hiring directly. LDAs are labor contractors, who provide manpower to an employer for a fee. Under this arrangement, the w [...]
2006-08-22 03:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING17493ELECTIONS ACTIVIST YAO LIFA COMPLAINS OF INCREASED
[...] (C) GRASS-ROOTS ELECTIONS ACTIVIST YAO LIFA (PROTECT) DESCRIBED TO POLOFF ON AUGUST 21 THE INCREASED HARASSMENT THAT ELECTION AND OTHER ACTIVISTS ARE FACING ACROSS CHINA. THE CCP IS FEELING THREATENED, YAO CLAIMED, BY THE LINKS ACTIVISTS IN A NUMBER OF FIELDS HAVE ESTABLISHED NATIONWIDE VIA TH [...]
2006-08-22 11:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
06BEIJING17497PRC/SUDAN: CHINA EMPHASIZES NEED FOR KHARTOUM'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AN MFA OFFICIAL TOLD US THE PRC SUPPORTS REHATTING THE AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN (AMIS) PEACEKEEPERS BUT CONTINUES TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF SUDANESE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY (GNU) CONSENT TO SUCH AN OPERATION. BEIJING BELIEVES SUCH CONSENT IS NECESSARY PRIOR TO PROCEE [...]
2006-08-22 14:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO SU CH
06BEIJING17509CHINA EXPERIMENTS WITH 'WAGE GUARANTEE
[...] (U) Summary: Wage Guarantee Funds (WGFs - definition in para 5) are one of the tools Chinese local governments are using to tackle the problem of wage arrears, which is especially pervasive among migrant workers in the construction industry. Embassy visits to several locations in China in Ju [...]
2006-08-23 02:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV ECON PGOV CH
06BEIJING1773CHINA/INDIA: INDIAN EMBASSY READOUT ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) India and China maintain different positions on Iran and Nepal, according to Indian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Vinay Kwatra. Providing a readout on Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's January 9-11 visit to Beijing and in follow-on discussion, Kwatra noted India's continued opposit [...]
2006-01-27 08:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH IN NP IR
06BEIJING17768CHINESE LEADERSHIP HOLDS CENTRAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) HU JINTAO AND THE REST OF CHINA'S TOP LEADERSHIP HELD A "CENTRAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS WORK CONFERENCE" IN BEIJING ON AUGUST 21-23, WHICH LOCAL CONTACTS DEEMED UNUSUAL AND HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT. THE MEETING REPORTEDLY EMPHASIZED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CHINA'S DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT A [...]
2006-08-24 13:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING17771WAL-MART ACCEPTS CHINESE LABOR UNIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since July 29, The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has established unions in at least five of Wal-Mart's 60 Chinese stores (ref). ACTFU has been talking for several years about expanding its representation in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs),Wal-Mart in partic [...]
2006-08-25 00:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING17937CENTRAL-PROVINCIAL FRICTION OVER EFFORTS TO CURB
[...] (C) Beijing has recently become more forceful in its efforts to control investment at the provincial level and went so far as to publicly reprimand officials in Inner Mongolia for pursuing unauthorized power projects. The Central Government separately announced in early August that it would d [...]
2006-08-25 08:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG ELAB EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING17957ROK READOUT OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SONG
[...] (C) ROK NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SONG MIN-SOON'S AUGUST 24-25 VISIT TO BEIJING FOCUSED ON PLANNING FOR ROK PRESIDENT ROH'S OCTOBER VISIT AS WELL AS DISCUSSING NORTH KOREA. AN ROK EMBASSY OFFICER STRESSED THAT BOTH SIDES LOOK TO PRESIDENT ROH'S VISIT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL [...]
2006-08-25 12:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP CH KN KS
06BEIJING17959CHINA TELLS NGO ACTIVIST JOHN KAMM HIS HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS TOLD JOHN KAMM OF THE NGO DUIHUA FOUNDATION ON AUGUST 24 THAT HIS DIALOGUE ON PRISONER CASES WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS IS OVER AND THAT CHINA WAS "SICK AND TIRED" OF RESPONDING TO FOREIGNERS' REQUESTS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASES. IN A SEPARATE, MUC [...]
2006-08-25 13:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
06BEIJING18025EXPERTS TO LECTURE POLITBURO ON GRASSROOTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AFFAIRS (MCA) HAS SELECTED TWO WELL-KNOWN RURAL EXPERTS TO PRESENT AT AN OCTOBER POLITBURO STUDY SESSION ON THE TOPIC OF GRASSROOTS GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY. THE DRAFT PRESENTATIONS OF THE TWO EXPERTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW. MCA DIRECTOR G [...]
2006-08-28 08:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
06BEIJING18143CBRC ASSISTANT MINISTER'S AND BANKERS' VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 25, FinAtt and Econoff met China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Assistant Chairman Wang Zhaoxing to discuss draft administrative rules on foreign banks, which would implement China's WTO accession obligations in this sector. While Wang noted the regulations are [...]
2006-08-29 06:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV WTRO PGOV CH
06BEIJING18200CBRC ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN'S AND BANKERS' VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 25, FINATT AND ECONOFF MET CHINA BANKING REGULATORY COMMISSION (CBRC) ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN WANG ZHAOXING TO DISCUSS DRAFT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ON FOREIGN BANKS, WHICH WOULD IMPLEMENT CHINA'S WTO ACCESSION OBLIGATIONS IN THIS SECTOR. WHILE WANG NOTED THE REGULATIONS ARE [...]
2006-08-29 07:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV WTRO PGOV CH
06BEIJING18217CHINA UNLIKELY TO CO-CHAIR ARF 1540 SEMINAR
[...] (C) Summary: China is unlikely to co-host an ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar on USNCR 1540 Implementation with us according to MFA Asian Affairs Department official Ma Jia. Lack of funding prevents China from co-hosting, Ma said, but she suggested that the United States might be able to reclama [...]
2006-08-29 09:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CH
06BEIJING18224MOFCOM TO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD: MERGER
[...] (SBU) China's proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) rules do not signal a shift in attitude towards foreign investment, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General (DG) in charge of the drafting process, who met on August 28 with EB/CBA Mermoud. The DG argued that China, a [...]
2006-08-29 23:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN KIPR CH
06BEIJING18225MOFCOM TO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD: MERGER
[...] (SBU) China's proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) rules do not signal a shift in attitude towards foreign investment, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General (DG) in charge of the drafting process, who met on August 28 with EB/CBA Mermoud. The DG argued that China, a [...]
2006-08-29 23:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN KIPR CH
06BEIJING18460COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USDOC AND USDOD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 00:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP CH ETRD ETTC OTRA PREL
06BEIJING18534CHINA LABOR ISSUES OVERVIEW
[...] (U) This message provides background to assist with the planning of Labor Secretary Chao's September 13 meetings with Chinese Minister of Labor and Social Security Tian Chengping. The cable includes a section on current political and economic context (paras 4- 19),a review of developments [...]
2006-09-01 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PREL CH
06BEIJING18541GOVERNANCE ISSUES MEET FEVERISH INVESTMENT
[...] (C) THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WELL AWARE THAT EXCESSIVE INVESTMENT AND CREDIT GROWTH POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE ECONOMY, BUT OUR CONTACTS SUGGEST THAT FOUR GOVERNANCE ISSUES STAND IN THE WAY OF A BOLD RESPONSE. FIRST, PREMIER WEN JIABAO'S EMPHASIS ON FORGING INTERNAL CONSENSUS, EVEN AMONG [...]
2006-09-01 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING18542CHINA CAUTIOUS ON ASEAN+6 TRADE PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA IS REACTING CAUTIOUSLY TO JAPAN'S PROPOSALS FOR AN ASEAN 6 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AND OTHER EFFORTS TO INCREASE REGIONAL INTEGRATION. FURTHER DECISIONS ON SUCH STEPS COULD COME AT DECEMBER'S EAST ASIAN SUMMIT, BUT CHINA WILL CONTINUE TO LET ASEAN TAKE THE LEAD, FOREIGN MINIST [...]
2006-09-01 10:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD XE JA CH
06BEIJING18543CHINA REACTS TO JAPAN'S PROTEST OVER EAST CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN AUGUST 30 AGAIN VOICED DISAGREEMENT WITH JAPAN OVER GAS EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA. AFTER TOKYO RAISED OBJECTIONS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CHINESE "STRUCTURES" IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EAST CHINA SEA IN JULY, BEIJING RESPO [...]
2006-09-01 10:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING18547PRC/PAKISTAN: CLOSE COOPERATION ON KEY ISSUES, BUT THE TWO CAPITALS DON'T SEE EYE-TO-EYE
[...] (C) Summary. Recent speculation that China has agreed to provide Pakistan with additional nuclear reactors is "nonsense," stated MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director for Pakistan Wang Xilin, insisting that China will strictly adhere to its international obligations as a member of t [...]
2006-09-01 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH PK
06BEIJING18554SUPREME COURT INTERPRETATION WILL HELP WORKERS
[...] (U) On August 30, China's Supreme Peoples Court issued a series of judicial interpretations on handling labor disputes. One of the interpretations will allow employees who are owed back wages to go directly to the courts for litigation, as long as they can produce IOUs or other documentation [...]
2006-09-04 22:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV CH
06BEIJING18558MOFCOM DELIVERS LETTER FROM VICE-PREMIER WU YI FOR
[...] (U) Embassy's Commercial MinisteruCounselor (SCO) and Export Control Officer (ECO) were summoned to a hasty meeting with Mdme. WANG Qinhua, Director-General, Department of Mechanical, Electronic and High Technology Industries, Ministry of Commmerce (MOFCOM). The purpose of this meeting was fo [...]
2006-09-04 22:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP CH ETRD ETTC OTRA PREL
06BEIJING18589PRC EXPERT ON EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese firms must export to survive and may view export control laws and regulations as an impediment to profitability, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) Senior Research Professor and Deputy Director Ouyang Liping told Poloff. (Note: CICIR is affili [...]
2006-09-05 07:35:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH
06BEIJING18680SEPTEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points made at the September 5 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China continues to support the Six-Party Talks and remains dedicated to the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. -- China believes the Six-Party Talks, not sanctions, is the most effective way to resolve the nuc [...]
2006-09-05 10:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING18752MFA VIEWS ON SHOOTING OF JAPANESE FISHERMAN, RIVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SHOOTING OF A JAPANESE FISHERMAN IN DISPUTED WATERS BY A RUSSIAN COASTAL PATROL BOAT REFLECTS LONG-STANDING TENSIONS, INCLUDING RUSSIAN FRUSTRATION AT THE QUALITY AND SPEED OF JAPANESE FISHING BOATS, ACCORDING TO A CHINESE DIPLOMAT EXPERIENCED IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. THE MF [...]
2006-09-06 22:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG SENV RU JA CH
06BEIJING18886FORMAL MFA REPLY ON ARF 1540 SEMINAR
[...] (SBU) China formalized its inability to co-host an ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar (ARF) on UNSCR 1540 in a September 7 letter delivered to the Embassy. Full text of the letter to Blair Hall, EAP/RSP Director, is contained para 2. The letter was faxed separately to EAP/CM. China would likely [...]
2006-09-07 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM CH
06BEIJING18905: A/S HILL VISIT, DPRK NUCLEAR TEST AND KIM
[...] Key points made at the September 7 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- A/S Hill's meetings with VFM Wu Dawei and AFM Cui Tiankai focused on how to break the impasse and resume the Six-Party Talks process. -- All parties should avoid actions that would escalate tensions over a possible [...]
2006-09-07 09:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC CH KN
06BEIJING19030China Pushes SCO Economic Agenda at Western China
[...] (SBU) Sumary: Zhang Deguang, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),exhorted his central Asian counterparts at a September 2 event in Urumqi to quickly conclude three key economic agreements on customs, transportation and protection of foreign investment. These ar [...]
2006-09-08 09:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK
06BEIJING19032CHINA-EU SUMMIT: HEAVY ON DIALOGUE, LIGHT ON
[...] (C) Neither the Chinese nor EU member states expect much in the way of deliverables from the Ninth Annual EU-China Summit in Helsinki, September 9-12. Wen Jiabao will represent China at the Summit, hosted by current EU President Finland, with the stated purpose of increasing dialogue and stre [...]
2006-09-08 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEU FI PREL CH
06BEIJING19033PROPOSED CHEN YUNLIN VISIT TO TAIWAN, NEVER
[...] (C) THE MAINLAND'S TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE (TAO) TOLD THE CHINESE PRESS THAT TAO DIRECTOR CHEN YUNLIN WAS FORCED TO "CANCEL" HIS PLANNED TRAVEL TO TAIWAN FOR AN AGRICULTURAL FORUM IN OCTOBER, AS TAIWAN AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO ALLOW HIM TO ATTEND. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE FOLLOWING A LENGTHY MEE [...]
2006-09-08 11:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH TW
06BEIJING19039HUMAN RIGHTS: RIGHTS ACTIVIST HU JIA RELEASED;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING-BASED ACTIVIST HU JIA WAS RELEASED BY SECURITY AUTHORITIES ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 7, IN APPARENT COMPLIANCE WITH A RULE THAT ALLOWS AUTHORITIES TO DETAIN CITIZENS FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO 12 HOURS FOR QUESTIONING WITHOUT EXPLANATION. AUTHORITIES INTERROGATED HU ABOUT HI [...]
2006-09-08 14:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING19278CHINA: NEW MERGER RULES SPARK CONCERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released new regulations governing foreign acquisitions of domestic enterprises. Local observers were pleased that the regulations allow for equity swaps but are concerned with vague language that appears to give MOFCOM considerab [...]
2006-09-13 00:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING19362CUSTOMS' EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT ROLE IN
[...] (C) Summary: The PRC's General Administration of Customs (GAC) utilizes a risk management system to identify "certain countries and regions" and "certain goods" to be subject to physical inspection before export, Customs officials at Shanghai's Waigaoqiao Port told Poloff during a September 7 [...]
2006-09-13 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH
06BEIJING19404DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH AFM HE YAFEI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER PRESS REPORTS THE USG MAY SELL TAIWAN F-16S AND OVER THE POSSIBILITY THAT CHEN SHUI-BIAN MAY SEEK TO CREATE A CROSS-STRAIT CRISIS WHEN AFM HE MET EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN. DAS CHRISTENSEN SAID U.S. POLICY ON TAIWAN, INCLUDIN [...]
2006-09-13 09:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING19406PARTY PLENUM IN MID-OCTOBER
[...] (C) THIS YEAR'S COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM IS LIKELY TO BE HELD IN MID-OCTOBER, BASED ON A CREDIBLE HONG KONG MEDIA REPORT AND THE PRC'S POSTPONEMENT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL'S VISIT TO BEIJING, SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9. ACCORDING TO THE SEPTEMBER 12 WEN WEI PO, A PRC-OWNED HONG KONG NEWS [...]
2006-09-13 11:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
06BEIJING19407SEPTEMBER 13 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: REACTION TO
[...] KEY POINTS MADE AT THE SEPTEMBER 13 TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE (TAO) PRESS BRIEFING WERE: -- THE MAINLAND HOPES TO SEE A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS TAIWAN AND WILL OPPOSE TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE AND PROMOTE CROSS- STRAIT RELATIONS TO FURTHER PEACE AND STABILITY (IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CAMPAIG [...]
2006-09-13 11:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH TW
06BEIJING19482CHINA ADOPTS NEW ENTERPRISE BANKRUPTCY LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 27, China passed a new Law on Enterprise Bankruptcy which provides a vastly improved legal framework for corporate bankruptcy in both private and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The law will go into effect on June 1, 2007, and will enable the government to further e [...]
2006-09-14 06:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH
06BEIJING19483DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BEIJING SENDS POSITIVE SIGNAL
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA IO Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao on September 14. Noting that Indonesia has no objection to the UN 1267 Committee's listing of the Indonesian branch of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO),Poloff passed a copy of r [...]
2006-09-14 06:08:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPTER EFIN PREL IN CH
06BEIJING19543WREATHS LAID, SONGS PLAYED AS MEMORIES FADE
[...] (C) Party leaders allowed limited media coverage but no official commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Mao Zedong's death on September 9. In a carefully managed, low-key observance, the Party convened no official functions and issued no official statements to mark the event. Media and cu [...]
2006-09-14 08:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING19546SEPTEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, KIM
[...] KEY POINTS MADE AT THE SEPTEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING WERE: -- RESUMING THE SIX-PARTY TALKS REQUIRES EFFORTS BY ALL PARTIES. ON U.S. "SANCTIONS" AGAINST THE DPRK, CHINA SUPPORTS PROSECUTION OF THOSE COMMITTING FINANCIAL CRIMES BASED ON THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE. -- THERE ARE "NO ARRANGEME [...]
2006-09-14 11:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH KN JA
06BEIJING19660CENTRAL PARTY SCHOOL PROFESSOR SAYS RURAL REFORM
[...] (C) A researcher at the Central Party School said that a recent conference on rural reform has important implications for rural policy. The Central Government in recent years has pursued a micro approach to rural development, emphasizing the livelihoods of individual farmers. The announced th [...]
2006-09-15 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH
06BEIJING19661CHINA-JAPAN: BEIJING AWAITS ABE'S REMARKS BEFORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA HAD NO ROLE IN PUBLICIZING A PHOTO OF PREMIER WEN JIABAO SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI AT THIS WEEK'S ASEM SUMMIT, A FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAID. CHINA REMAINS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH JAPAN, THE OFFICIAL SAID, BUT AWAITS PRESUMPTIVE NE [...]
2006-09-15 10:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING19662LAND COMPENSATION REGULATIONS FOR WATER PROJECTS
[...] (C) EMBASSY CONTACTS QUESTION WHETHER REVISED REGULATIONS ON COMPENSATION STANDARDS FOR LAND THAT IS EXPROPRIATED FOR DAM CONSTRUCTION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MEET THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF CREATING A NATIONAL STANDARD. INSTEAD, OUR CONTACTS BELIEVE THAT PROVINCIAL [...]
2006-09-15 10:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EINV ENRG PGOV CH
06BEIJING19663AFM HE YAFEI EXPRESSES CHINESE OPPOSTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 11:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING19682PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D360560 XIAMEN CHANGELIGHT
[...] Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) to be conducted at the facilities of XIAMEN CHANGELIGHT CO. LTD, No. 124 Chuang Ye Building, Pioneering Park, Xiamen, Chi [...]
2006-09-18 06:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING19683PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D357208 DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) to be conducted at the facilities of the DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER OF CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (CGS),No. 4 [...]
2006-09-18 06:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING19793BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON WEN JIABAO IN
[...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao told Prime Minister Blair China is gradually reforming its political and administrative structure. UK Ambassador Ehrman said that the two discussed Iran, Lebanon, North Korea, human rights, trade issues and China's economic growth during their London meeting. FM Li Zh [...]
2006-09-18 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AMGT CASC FR GM JA UK EUN CH
06BEIJING19895DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-CHINA
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai will review the letter from U/S Joseph and the accompanying concept paper and the Chinese Government will respond, Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Wu Haitao stated in response to Polmincouns' delivery of reftel messages on Sept [...]
2006-09-19 12:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP CH
06BEIJING1992(CORRECTED COPY) CHINA/INDIA: DIFFERENCES ON IRAN,
[...] (C) India and China maintain different positions on Iran and Nepal, according to Indian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Vinay Kwatra. In a readout to Acting Polmincouns on Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's visit to Beijing and in follow-on discussion, Kwatra noted India's continued oppos [...]
2006-02-06 06:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH IN NP IR
06BEIJING20011MFA REACTION TO COUP IN THAILAND
[...] (C) Summary: China was "somewhat surprised" by the coup against Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but expects the matter to be resolved peacefully, MFA Deputy Director Sun Xiangyang told poloff September 20. Beijing expects the coup to have little impact on Thai foreign policy, including [...]
2006-09-20 09:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC TH CH
06BEIJING20012CHINA DISAPPOINTED BURMA PLACED ON UNSC AGENDA
[...] (C) China was disappointed by the decision to place Burma on the UN Security Council's agenda, MFA Deputy Division Director for United Nations Affairs Yao Shaojun said in response to reftel demarche. After noting he would convey the USG position and seek an official response, Yao offered his [...]
2006-09-20 09:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BM CH
06BEIJING20019THAI COUP CAPTURES CHINESE MEDIA ATTENTION
[...] (C) News of the overnight coup in Thailand dominated the news cycle in Beijing September 20. Coverage was generally straightforward and emphasized that the coup was orderly and bloodless. Popular dailies ran front page headlines and Internet news sites quickly developed special coverage link [...]
2006-09-20 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING20070PRE-LICENSE CHECK D355915 ZHEJIANG HESHENG
[...] REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check end-use visit to determine the reliability of ZHEJIANG HESHENG CHEMICAL CO. LTD (a/k/a HE SHENG CHEMICAL) to receive controlled United States goods and technology. BIS license application D355915 lists ZHEJIANG HE SHENG CHEMICAL CO. LTD as the potential ult [...]
2006-09-21 05:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING20073POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D321423 AND D321151
[...] (U) REFTEL A requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at the CHINA OCEAN MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (COMRA) in order to determine that COMRA is in possession of commodities shipped against USDOC license applications D321523, D32115 [...]
2006-09-21 07:46:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING20105PRC-TAJIKISTAN: PREMIER WEN DISCUSSES BORDER,
[...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao's September 14-16 state visit to Tajikistan focused on discussion of economic development, the disputed China-Tajikistan border and counterterrorism issues. A joint communiqu issued after the visit emphasized the parties' desire to resolve territorial dispute [...]
2006-09-21 09:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER TI CH
06BEIJING20107SEPTEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SINO-JAPAN
[...] Key points made at the September 21 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes new LDP leader Shinzo Abe will make concrete efforts to improve Sino-Japanese relations. -- China and Japan will hold the Sixth Round of their strategic dialogue in Tokyo from September 23 to 24. -- Japan's pr [...]
2006-09-21 10:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EAID JA IR TH LE CH
06BEIJING20223DDG LUO ON CHINA-SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: China remains concerned about instability in Nepal, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui told Polmincouns in a September 22 discussion of China-South Asia issues. China continues to avoid contact with the Maoists in Nepal and wonders what role the UN could play [...]
2006-09-22 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR XD AF NP IN PK CH
06BEIJING20360SHANGHAI PARTY LEADER CHEN LIANGYU FIRED IN
[...] (C) Xinhua News Agency announced the morning of September 25 that Politburo member Chen Liangyu was removed from his post as Shanghai Party Secretary by the Politburo due to corruption allegations. A terse Xinhua statement noted that Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng was named Acting Party Secretary [...]
2006-09-25 23:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING20509SEPTEMBER 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] Key points made at the September 26 MFA press briefing were: -- China encourages and supports U.S.-DPRK bilateral discussions outside of the Six-Party Talks framework. -- China hopes Tokyo's new leadership can make concrete efforts to improve Sino-Japan relations and the Strategic Dialog [...]
2006-09-26 09:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH JP
06BEIJING20676SEPTEMBER 27 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CHEN SHUI-BIAN
[...] Key points made at the September 27 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- China strongly condemns suggestions made by Chen Shui-bian regarding a change of Taiwan's territorial definition in Taiwan's "constitution" at a September 24 Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) meeting. [...]
2006-09-27 11:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH TW
06BEIJING20678XINHUA REBUFFS CRITICISM, STANDS BY REGULATIONS
[...] (C) New regulations restricting foreign wire services' distribution of news and financial data in China aim to create a healthy media climate, state-run Xinhua News Agency staffer Wang Hongyu told Emboffs September 27. Wang said Xinhua had three motives in introducing the rules, namely a) st [...]
2006-09-27 11:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON ETRD KPAO CH
06BEIJING20679PRC-JAPAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: VFM DAI RETURNS FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's "Strategic Dialogue" with Japan finally ended September 27 amid upbeat rhetoric but no concrete decision about the possibility of a summit meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to the Japanese Embassy h [...]
2006-09-27 11:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
06BEIJING20796REASONS BEHIND THE LIMITED RESPONSE TO FEVERISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several contacts have pointed out reasons they believe that China will not or should not pursue bold action in the near term to deal with high rates of investment and credit growth. A private sector economist emphasized Premier Wen Jiabao's desire for officials -- including regul [...]
2006-09-28 02:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING20892PRC-SUDAN: CHINA HOLDING FAST ON SIX-MONTH
[...] (C) Summary: China sees no need to provide the Panel of Experts responsible for the Darfur region of Sudan with a one-year mandate, MFA International Organizations Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told poloff September 28. The ultimate resolution of the Darfur issue depends [...]
2006-09-28 09:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SU CH
06BEIJING20898PRODI IN CHINA DISCUSSES ARMS EMBARGO, TRADE AND
[...] (C) Italy leans to lifting the embargo of arms sales to China, said Italian Premier Romano Prodi, in China from September 13-19 with a 500-person Italian trade delegation. In Beijing, Prodi met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Communist Party Central Committee head Wang Jiarui. [...]
2006-09-28 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT CH
06BEIJING20899MFA CITES DALAI LAMA AS PUSHING FOR EXPULSION OF
[...] (C) MFA Director General for North America and Oceania Affairs Liu Jieyi objected to the awarding of a Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama during an informal discussion with the CDA on September 28. China views the award as a move that will "only encourage Tibet independence activists [...]
2006-09-28 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH
06BEIJING2090PRC EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER QDR
[...] (C) China is "strongly dissatisfied and completely disagrees" with the China portion of the February 6 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR),MFA Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the CDA under instructions and reading from a prepared text at a February 7 meeti [...]
2006-02-07 12:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PM PREL CH
06BEIJING20900SEPTEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ISSUES,
[...] Key points made at the September 28 MFA press briefing were: -- China opposes inclusion of Taiwan in the US-Japan bilateral alliance. -- China attaches great importance to improving relations with Japan. -- China welcomes Secretary Rice to visit China at a "proper time." -- China is [...]
2006-09-28 12:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH JP
06BEIJING20973HUMAN RIGHTS: WIFE SAYS NO PUBLIC HEARING FOR CHEN
[...] (C) Yuan Weiqing, the wife of jailed blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, telephoned poloff September 29 to advise that the Shandong court would not hold a public hearing in the appeal of her husband's conviction for obstructing traffic and destroying public property. Chen's lawyers were to [...]
2006-09-29 08:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING20974INTERAGENCY INSIGHTS FROM NDRC FINANCE DIRECTOR
[...] (S) The recently-promoted National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) Director General in charge of financial affairs (protect) offered candid and even critical comments about the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the People's Bank of China (PBOC),and the internal workings of the NDRC itself. He f [...]
2006-09-29 08:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV KPAO CH
06BEIJING20986TAKEDOWN OF SHANGHAI PARTY BOSS GETS ATTENTION OF
[...] (C) The significance of the sacking of Shanghai Party Secretary and Politburo Member Chen Liangyu this week lies in SIPDIS the shock effect it will have on headstrong local leaders who put their parochial (and sometimes personal) interests ahead of their responsibilities to the central leade [...]
2006-09-29 13:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
06BEIJING20987BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POSSIBLE HU-ABE
[...] (C) Hopes are high for a pre-APEC meeting between President Hu Jintao and newly-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese DCM Shinyichi Nishimiya said. No specific agreements are in place. However, the Japanese viewed Hu's recent acknowledgement that both countries needed to improve relat [...]
2006-09-29 14:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK EUN
06BEIJING21079VISIT OF OSHA A/S EDWIN G. FOULKE, JR. TO CHINA
[...] SUMMARY: DOL Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., led an OSHA delegation to China September 17-24 to attend the Third China International Forum on Work Safety and meet with officials of the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS). Chinese Governme [...]
2006-10-05 08:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EMIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR CH
06BEIJING21160SED: PAULSON-BO XILAI MEETING
[...] (SBU) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai on September 21 to outline U.S. goals and expectations for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Secretary Paulson emphasized the need for currency SIPDIS flexibility and asked for Chinese support in reinvigoratin [...]
2006-10-06 03:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL CH
06BEIJING21219DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: ROK, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-07 09:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MNUC KN CH KS JA RU
06BEIJING21220DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: VIEWS OF CHINESE
[...] (S) Chinese academic and media observers are concerned about North Korea's threat to conduct a nuclear test and generally believe the DPRK will actually carry out its threat to test at some point. Some observers expressed skepticism that a test would come soon. The official China Daily ran o [...]
2006-10-07 11:22:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RU
06BEIJING21224REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: RARE MFA ""STATEMENT""
[...] (S) The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a rare official ""statement"" (text at para 11) on October 9 condemning the reported DPRK nuclear test that day. China had only issued four previous MFA statements of this kind in the last decade and a half. Chinese contacts we spoke with expressed sur [...]
2006-10-09 11:50:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MNUC CH KN JA KS RU
06BEIJING21226CHINESE SCHOLARS, MEDIA APPLAUD PM ABE'S VISIT
[...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister Abe's October 8 visit to Beijing drew praise from our contacts in Chinese media and academia. China's print and broadcast outlets provided upbeat blanket coverage of the visit, complete with page one headlines and color photos. While in general our contacts were f [...]
2006-10-09 12:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI CH JN
06BEIJING21227 REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: REACTION OF BEIJING
[...] (C) Officials from the Japanese, ROK, Russian, French and British Embassies in Beijing were in contact with Chinese officials October 9 about the reported DPRK nuclear test and said their capitals had made or would make statements condemning the DPRK action. The Japanese geological service re [...]
2006-10-09 12:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MNUC PINR KN CH JN KS RU
06BEIJING21330OBJECTION! SCHOLARS, JOURNALISTS CRITICIZE NEW
[...] (C) New rules imposing stricter controls on dissemination of information about court cases has touched off sharp debate in Chinese legal circles and among journalists. The Supreme People's court has introduced a new system of court spokespersons who will be solely responsible for releasing n [...]
2006-10-10 11:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO CH
06BEIJING21528OCTOBER 11 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Key points made at the October 11 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Following comments on the October 17-18 Cross- Strait Agricultural Forum in Boao, Hainan Province, the TAO spokesperson deflected a question about a possible meeting between President Hu Jintao and former [...]
2006-10-11 10:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH TW
06BEIJING21533PLENUM CLOSING COMMUNIQUE FOCUSES ON HU'S
[...] (C) The Chinese Communist Party's Sixth Party Plenum closed on October 11 and issued a communique highlighting Hu Jintao's "Socialist Harmonious Society" concept. There was no mention of personnel changes, including no reference to any action on deposed Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Liangyu. [...]
2006-10-11 14:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
06BEIJING21628 HUBEI'S EXPERIMENT WITH "DIRECT UNION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is experimenting in Hubei Province with direct elections of enterprise-level union leaders, but the rules ensure that Communist Party organizations and regional ACFTU offices control the selection of candidates and also give reg [...]
2006-10-12 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING21638AMBASSADOR RAISES REPORTED SHOOTINGS OF TIBETANS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed to Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi the United States' deep concern about reports that Tibetans crossing into Nepal were fired upon on September 30 by a Chinese border patrol. Reports indicate a Tibetan nun and perhaps one other Tibetan were shot and ki [...]
2006-10-12 10:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF CH
06BEIJING21641OCTOBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST;
[...] Key Points made at the October 12 Press Briefing were: -- The DPRK must not further worsen the Korean peninsula nuclear situation. -- Six-Party Talks remain the best method for resolving the crisis, however direct dialogue between the United States and DPRK would help narrow differences. [...]
2006-10-12 11:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN KS NP
06BEIJING21713MFA SAYS PM ABE VISIT WILL SMOOTH COURSE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 8-9 China visit marks the renewal of Japan-China leadership summits and will therefore smooth the future course of bilateral relations, MFA officials told us. The October 8 joint press communiqu for the PM Abe visit marked the first ti [...]
2006-10-13 08:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA KN
06BEIJING21720 DESIGNING A SYSTEM CREATING A BANKRUPTCY
[...] Reftel reported on Embassy discussions with Professor Li Shuguang on September 6 about China's new Law on Enterprise Bankruptcy. As Director of the Bankruptcy Law and Restructuring Research Center at the China University of Politics and Law, as well as a member of the National People's Congr [...]
2006-10-13 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING21795CANADA'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE ON HOLD; CUT BACKS
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Embassy has halted preparations for its next round of human rights dialogue with China pending clarification of Canadian Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney's unconfirmed statement that the dialogue has been "suspended." Separately, China told the British Embassy it [...]
2006-10-13 13:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH CA UK
06BEIJING21796BEIJING SCHOLARS ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) China's issuance of a tough statement in reaction to the DPRK claimed nuclear test reflected President Hu Jintao's anger over Pyongyang's defiance, according to Beijing think tanker An Hongquan (protect). The Chinese leadership was particularly "shocked and angered" by the timing of the DP [...]
2006-10-13 13:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR CH KS KN
06BEIJING21851QUESTIONABLE PROGRESS ON SINO-TURKMENISTAN GAS
[...] (SBU) An industry contact questions recent reports that China has approved construction of a pipeline to carry gas imported from Turkmenistan -- a decision, that if carried through, would carry forward a deal announced last April by the presidents of both counties for gas sales. Separately, t [...]
2006-10-16 06:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET CH
06BEIJING21970BOOSTING RURAL INCOMES: THE CASE OF TOURISM IN
[...] (SBU) Tourism has emerged as an important source of non- farm income in Hunan Province and may account for as much as 50 to 60 percent of rural incomes in tourist destinations in Hunan's countryside. Provincial officials, motivated by this trend, plan to provide additional resources to expand [...]
2006-10-17 08:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING21987OCTOBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UNSCR 1718;
[...] Key Points made at the October 17 Press Briefing were: -- China will implement UNSCR 1718 seriously and in a responsible manner. -- Regarding reports that China is controlling truck traffic from China to North Korea and that banks in Dandong are restricting transfers of money into North K [...]
2006-10-17 10:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING21990HUMAN RIGHTS: HISTORIAN DING DONG DETAINED
[...] (C) Police detained historian and activist Ding Dong at his home on the morning of October 17, Ding's wife Xing Xiaoqun told poloff by phone. This is the first time Ding has been detained, Xing said, adding that police provided no explanation for the detention. Authorities have also seized D [...]
2006-10-17 11:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING21991MEAN STREETS: SOCIAL STRAINS PLAGUE CHINA'S "URBAN
[...] (C) New Chinese "shantytowns," onetime rural villages swallowed by China's expanding cities, have become a hot topic in China. Often not incorporated into their official urban jurisdictions, these former rural districts are administrative vacuums, lagging on provision of urban public service [...]
2006-10-17 11:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING21992STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED): MINSTRY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17 Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG of International Affairs Zhu Guangyao discussed arrangements for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) and the upcoming preparatory trip by Treasury U/S Adams, DUSTR Bhatia, and Commerce U/S Lavin with Econmincouns, Finatt, FCS Trade Fa [...]
2006-10-17 12:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL CH
06BEIJING22125COMMENTS ON STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT FROM A HUNAN
[...] (C) Hunan Province's economic "growth at all costs" approach to development threatens to undermine social stability in the province in the view of a provincial economic policymaker who focuses on rural issues. He cited water pollution, land seizures, and the state of public finances in the wa [...]
2006-10-18 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAGR ELAB EFIN SOCI CH
06BEIJING22131HU'S IN CHARGE AND HARMONY IS THE WATCHWORD
[...] (C) China's recent Party Plenum Decision, which elevated President Hu Jintao's concept of building a "harmonious society," indicates that Hu is firmly in charge and set to pursue policy changes aimed at restoring some balance to China's growing gaps. The harmonious society slogan is also an e [...]
2006-10-18 11:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
06BEIJING22239LOWER THIRD QUARTER GROWTH BUT MORE TIGHTENING
[...] (SBU) China's year-on-year GDP growth rate, as measured on a quarterly basis, fell from 11.3 percent in the second quarter to 10.4 percent in the third quarter, a result in line with numerous private sector forecasts. The decline comes in the wake of numerous cooling measures undertaken by th [...]
2006-10-19 10:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
06BEIJING22277OFFICIAL TRADE UNION SEEKS TO ORGANIZE 60 PERCENT
[...] (C) Summary: The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has announced that it has organized unions at all Wal-Marts in China and intends to double union presence in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) from 30 to 60 percent by the end of the year. ACFTU said it will focus on "Fortune 5 [...]
2006-10-20 05:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING22299CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2006: RHETORIC BUT FEW RESULTS
[...] (C) Central China Expo 2006, held in Changsha, Hunan Province in late September, officially launched the Central Government's Central China Rising initiative to balance geographical development by bolstering economic prospects in the region's six provinces. Although the Expo had high-level su [...]
2006-10-20 08:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK
06BEIJING22370PRC/AFRICA: AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE HEADING TO
[...] (C) More than forty African Heads of State or Government are expected to travel to China for the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation ("The Beijing Summit")(Reftels A and B),November 3-5. Egypt President Mubarak, Nigerian President Obasanjo, South African Preside [...]
2006-10-23 10:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING22413U.S. NGO: CHINESE GOVERNMENT MICROFINANCE PROJECTS
[...] (C) Representatives of a U.S.-based NGO that provides business capital to entrepreneurs said that they are concerned China's current focus on microfinance may do more harm than good because government-sponsored projects threaten to undermine NGO activity. They predicted increased interest in [...]
2006-10-24 01:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR PGOV CH
06BEIJING22493DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRANCO-AMERICAN PROPOSAL ON
[...] (C) Beijing will review carefully the Franco-American proposal on removing names from the list of those targeted for sanctions under UNSCR 1267, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shao Jun. Poloff and French Counselor Erkki Maillard delivered reftel points October [...]
2006-10-24 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC CH
06BEIJING22496PRC CAUTIONS AGAINST A/S HILL MEETING WITH TAIWAN
[...] (C) MFA Director General for North American and Oceanic Affairs Liu Jieyi told the DCM on October 24 that Beijing has heard Taiwan "so-called" Vice Minster of Foreign Affairs Chang Siao-yue will seek a meeting with A/S Christopher Hill at the Taiwan Post-Pacific Island Forum meeting in Nandi, [...]
2006-10-24 10:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL TW CH
06BEIJING22628ASEAN-CHINA MEETING HOPES TO CHART COURSE TO FTA,
[...] (C) Summary: The October 30-31 ASEAN-China Prime Ministers' meeting in Guangxi Province will celebrate 15 years of China's special dialogue partnership with ASEAN and chart the course for the next 15 years, including implementation of an ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement. MFA officials plannin [...]
2006-10-25 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ASEAN CH
06BEIJING22633CHINA'S LOCAL CONGRESS ELECTIONS: REFORMERS
[...] (C) The elections for local people's congresses currently being held across China are being closely watched by reformers who hope that real independent candidates might run some successful campaigns and become members of what have traditionally been seen as rubber-stamp bodies. The congresses [...]
2006-10-25 12:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
06BEIJING22713PRC/AFRICA: MFA BRIEFS PRESS ON UPCOMING FORUM FOR
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Wei Jianguo briefed the press on October 26 on the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),November 3-5 (Refs A-C). VM Wei said China a [...]
2006-10-26 12:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING22747EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF KADEER SONS
[...] (C) Poloff expressed concern to MFA Human Rights officer Zhou Feng on October 27 over reports that the trial of two of Rebiya Kadeer's adult sons has been held in Xinjiang Province. Poloff noted reports that Alim and Kahar, who have been charged with tax fraud, were tried in a closed proceed [...]
2006-10-27 08:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH
06BEIJING22812JIANGXI STUDENT RAMPAGE ENDS, BUT REMAINS TALK OF
[...] (C) Police have restored calm at the Jiangxi Province Clothing Vocational Institute where thousands of students rioted October 23-24, Mo Yaping (protect),a professor at Nanchang University, told poloff by phone October 27. Mo confirmed media reports that students at the vocational college, [...]
2006-10-27 09:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING22825BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS EU HR
[...] (C) Summary: The 22nd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue took place October 19 in Beijing, with special emphasis on freedom of expression, criminal justice reform and combating racism. Chinese officials denied that censorship exists, challenged the basis for some of UN Special Rapporteur o [...]
2006-10-27 11:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH
06BEIJING22841FM LI URGES NO A/S HILL MEETING WITH TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-30 02:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW
06BEIJING22842BLACKBOARD BUNGLE: BEIJING SCHOOL CLOSINGS UPSET
[...] (C) The Beijing city government's decision to shut down dozens of independent schools catering to migrant children has been a contentious topic among principals, scholars and the media this fall. Although relaxed residence permit rules now allow the children of Beijing's surging migrant worke [...]
2006-10-30 03:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING22876LEADING CHINESE ECONOMIST ON CHINA'S CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) One of China's leading economists briefed China Mission Economic Officers on the country's economic challenges. Although he expressed concerns about income inequality, deflation, and the challenges of following through on economic reforms, his overall message was that the quality of lea [...]
2006-10-30 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING22919PRC/AFRICA: CHINA-AFRICA FORUM GOALS: POLITICS,
[...] (C) Politics remains the cornerstone of Sino-African relations even though the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) will tout extensive economic ties, including burgeoning two-way trade and as many as 2,500 bilateral agreements, Chinese scholars have told us. As China increasingly [...]
2006-10-30 13:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING22983OCTOBER 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CHINA-AFRICA
[...] Key Points made at the October 31 Press Briefing were: -- Japan's demand that North Korea not rejoin the Six-Party Talks as a nuclear power can be handled within the framework of the Talks. -- There has been no change in China's policy regarding the normal trade relations with the DPRK. [...]
2006-10-31 10:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH PK KN
06BEIJING2306PRC PROPOSES ISSUING LIMITED NUMBER OF ONE YEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) MFA Office of Korean Peninsula Affairs Deputy Director MA Jia called representatives from the U.S., ROK and Japanese Embassies February 7 to deliver diplomatic notes proposing to issue one-year multiple entry diplomatic visas to four offi [...]
2006-02-08 10:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS CH
06BEIJING23169PRC/AFRICA: BEIJING DECKS ITSELF OUT TO WELCOME
[...] (C) Beijing is rolling out a dramatic welcome for participants in the November 3-5 Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Bright billboards, signs and installations with an African flavor festoon the city's main street. Authorities have beefed up security and will enforce special rules [...]
2006-11-01 11:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23353SCHOLARS SAY SCO EXPANSION, IRANIAN MEMBERSHIP,
[...] (C) Chinese scholars say that by 2007 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) could be in a position to accept new permanent and observer members and will further establish a framework to address economic development, good governance and energy issues in Central Asia. Iran could become a [...]
2006-11-02 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PTER ZK RS CH IR
06BEIJING23354PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN MEETS BUSINESS CRONIES AND
[...] (C) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has met with business partners and the Thai Ambassador to China since he arrived in Beijing on November 1. MFA officials said Thaksin's visit was a private one and a Thai Embassy official in Beijing confirmed that Thaksin has not met Chinese G [...]
2006-11-02 10:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR XC TH CH
06BEIJING23355BEIJING'S TAIWAN WATCHERS WARN OF CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) Beijing-based Taiwan scholars fully expect Chen Shui-bian to try to cause problems in cross- Strait relations to further his own political interests between now and summer 2007. Beijing does not believe that Chen will have the necessary support to pass a new Constitution, but is concerne [...]
2006-11-02 11:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING23356NOVEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, AFRICA
[...] Key Points made at the November 2, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- The resumption of the Six-Party Talks is a positive step towards insuring peace and stability on the North Korean Peninsula. The Talks will resume at the parties' earliest convenience. -- Six African leaders will make state [...]
2006-11-02 12:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC TBIO KFLU AGOA JA CH KN
06BEIJING23546HUMAN RIGHTS: LAWYERS MEET WITH AN UPBEAT CHEN
[...] (C) Summary. Members of activist Chen Guangcheng's legal defense team traveled to Shandong Province November 3 to visit Chen following the Linyi Intermediate Court's decision ordering a new trial in his case. Chen, who remains in prison but appeared strong and in good spirits, avowed the im [...]
2006-11-06 11:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING23548PRC/AFRICA: PRC SEEKS NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Representatives from 48 African countries, including 41 Heads of State or Government, converged on Beijing for the November 3-5 Beijing Summit and Third Ministerial of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A). The PRC played up its desire to forge a "new strategic partnership" [...]
2006-11-06 12:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23549CHINA/CENTRAL ASIA - URUMQI HIGH LEVEL FORUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the fourth session of the Central, West and South Asia Regional Economic Cooperation High- Level Forum held in Urumqi, Xinjiang on September 2, 2006, participants effused about the future of regional cooperation and economic integration. The Executive Director of the Sunbr [...]
2006-11-06 23:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD PREL PTER EFIN CH ZK RS TU PK
06BEIJING23571PRC CLAIMS HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY ON GOOGLE EARTH
[...] (C) China wants the United States Government to take action to get Google to reduce the resolution of the Google Earth images of China's military, nuclear, space, energy and other sensitive government agency installations in order to deprive terrorists of potentially dangerous information, XXXXXXX [...]
2006-11-07 06:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR TSPA CH
06BEIJING23628NOVEMBER 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points made at the regular November 7 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls for speedy resumption of Six-Party Talks. The spokesman deflected a question about excluding Japan from the Talks. -- United States' Undersecretaries Nick Burns and Robert Joseph will visit China this week [...]
2006-11-07 11:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG KN CH
06BEIJING23629EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER DETENTIONS OF
[...] (C) Elections activist Yao Lifa was reportedly detained by local police in Hubei Province on November 6, was released and was subsequently redetained on November 7. In between detentions, Yao reported that several other independent candidates running in Hubei's November 8 elections had also [...]
2006-11-07 11:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING23631ASEAN-CHINA SUMMIT MEMORIALIZES COOPERATION; TEES
[...] (C) Heads of state from all ten ASEAN member countries attended the largely ceremonial October 30-31 ASEAN-China 15-year anniversary Summit hosted by Premier Wen Jiabao in China's Guangxi Province. The leaders signed a joint statement pledging to enhance strategic cooperation, to support a nu [...]
2006-11-07 13:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG EAIR EAID KWMN CH
06BEIJING23664NOVEMBER 7 MFA BRIEFING ON HU JINTAO VISIT TO APEC,
[...] On November 7, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai held a special briefing to announce President Hu Jintao?s plans to visit Vietnam, Laos, India and Pakistan in conjunction with his attendance at the November 17-19 APEC Leaders Summit in Hanoi. Hu will pay state visits to Vietnam from Nov [...]
2006-11-07 23:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
06BEIJING23695PRC/AFRICA: BEYOND THE BEIJING SUMMIT TRADE AND
[...] (C) China and African countries announced 16 trade deals worth USD 1.9 billion at the conclusion of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),but contacts tell us that the real number and value of bilateral contracts signed during the Beijing Summit is likely [...]
2006-11-08 06:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23696EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND FISS SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's visit to Beijing was an "icebreaking event" and momentum in resolving outstanding differences between Beijing and Tokyo is building very quickly, Chen Zhiya, Secretary General of the Foundation for International Strategic Studies (FISS) told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen [...]
2006-11-08 08:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN CH
06BEIJING23702PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN STILL IN CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR TH CH
06BEIJING23711CHEN YUNLIN RAISES TAIWAN CONSTITUTION CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 09:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING23712POLITICAL ASYLUM INQUIRY FROM CHINESE CITIZEN
[...] (C) A Chinese national male approached the Embassy on November 8 and said he wanted to request political asylum on the grounds that he had been unable to find employment since 1999 because of his political beliefs. In accordance with the procedures in 2 FAM 228 and relevant Department guidance [...]
2006-11-09 10:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH
06BEIJING23713EU ARMS EMBARGO UNLIKELY TO BE LIFTED DURING
[...] (C) Summary: The EU Arms Embargo against China is unlikely to be lifted, or even be on the agenda, during the German EU Presidency that begins in January 2007, according to contacts at the German and UK Embassies in Beijing. Although both Italian President Prodi and French President Chirac pu [...]
2006-11-09 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EU CH
06BEIJING23715NOVEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. MIDTERM
[...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- China has no comment on the resignation of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld or the midterm elections and stands ready SIPDIS to work with the United States and both its political parties. -- VFM Wu Dawei discussed the DPRK with [...]
2006-11-09 10:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO KN RS CH JA
06BEIJING23726DAS CHRISTENSEN DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 01:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
06BEIJING23736CHEN YUNLIN RAISES TAIWAN CONSTITUTION CONCERNS
[...] (S) Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin told the Ambassador that China remains concerned about Chen Shui-bian's plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform, despite his current political troubles. TAO's Chen asserted that Chen Shui-bian will take [...]
2006-11-13 06:54:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING23776NOVEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINESE SUBMARINE
[...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- MFA Spokesperson Jiang Yu claims ignorance of reports that a Chinese submarine followed the USS Kitty Hawk. He said China is an &adamant force8 in the region and the world for peace and stability. -- Jiang deflected questio [...]
2006-11-14 11:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO KN CH EC JA IN PK
06BEIJING23786CONSUMPTION LAGGING IN HUBEI'S NEW COUNTRYSIDE
[...] (SBU) In rural Hubei Province, incomes remain low and government policies have failed to boost consumption, according to Provincial Government officials. Local governments are facing a financial crunch due to loss of tax revenue and increasing pressure to provide compensation to farmers for l [...]
2006-11-15 10:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING23787WUHAN TO TAKE THE LEAD ON CENTRAL CHINA RISING
[...] (SBU) Hubei Provincial Government officials said that the Central Government is relying on Wuhan to lead the recently launched Central China Rising initiative. In order to promote more robust economic development in the region, the six provinces of Central China will need to emphasize private [...]
2006-11-15 10:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING23789NOVEMBER 15 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: ARRESTS ON
[...] Key points made at the November 15 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Two Taiwan businesspeople have been detained in Hunan Province for spying. -- The spokesman deflected questions about China's view of the indictment of Chen Shui-bian's wife, Wu Shu-chen, and the quest [...]
2006-11-15 11:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR ETRD CH TW
06BEIJING23797WUHAN RIPE FOR GROWTH, SAY U.S. BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Wuhan's economy continues to grow rapidly, and the city's investment climate is increasingly attractive to foreign enterprises, according to Wuhan- based U.S. business representatives. Extensive infrastructure, a strong industrial base, low labor costs, and a helpful local government sp [...]
2006-11-16 03:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING23804CHINESE AND U.S. EXPERTS DISCUSS COAL MINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 21-22, the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) co- hosted a conference on "Legal Means to Address the Problem of Mine Accidents" with Chinese experts in Beijing. The Chinese experts were extremely candid about the seriousness of China's mine [...]
2006-11-16 05:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM EMIN CH
06BEIJING23811CHINA/ENERGY: SENATOR CANTWELL, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN ZHANG
[...] (SBU) United States Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Guobao met to discuss a broad range of bilateral energy issues on Monday November 13, 2006. Senator Cantwell invited Zhang to travel to Washington State for bilateral energ [...]
2006-11-16 07:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING23814NOVEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points made at the November 16, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- China hopes the Six-Party Talks will resume as soon as possible, but has no information on whether State Councilor Tang Jianxuan will return to Pyongyang anytime soon. -- UNSCR 1718 does not specify what constitutes "luxury [...]
2006-11-16 10:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH JA
06BEIJING23817PRC RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT KOMID DEMARCHE BECAUSE OF
[...] (S/NF) We delivered ref A demarche with considerable difficulty after our regular contacts at the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department refused to meet with us. We received no direct response when we finally managed to discuss KOMID with the IO Depa [...]
2006-11-16 14:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC CH NK
06BEIJING23849PRC/INDIA: DESPITE CHINA'S AMBASSADOR'S PRESS
[...] (C) China and India are working closely together to ensure that Preident Hu Jintao's November 20 ) 23 trip to India is a success, according to a Chinese MFA official and an Indian Embassy officer. In separae meetings, both officers confirmed that recent press statements made by China's Ambass [...]
2006-11-17 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN PK CH
06BEIJING23850PRC/IRAQ: CHINA TO SUPPORT MNF-I MANDATE EXTENSION
[...] (C) China will support the extension of the Iraq MNF-I mandate out of respect for the will of the Iraqi government and people, MFA International Organizations Department Director Yang Tao informed Poloffs November 17 in response to reftel points and letter. Tao warned that although China woul [...]
2006-11-17 12:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CH IZ
06BEIJING23852USUN FOR PHEE, CARPENTER AND MORRIS NSC FOR
[...] (C) China's full and effective implementation of UNSCR 1718 sanctions against the DPRK is especially important given China's P-5 status and its special relationship with the DPRK, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering the United States' 1718 report and provisi [...]
2006-11-17 12:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL KN CH
06BEIJING23853DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) China's full and effective implementation of UNSCR 1718 sanctions against the DPRK is especially important given China's P-5 status and its special relationship with the DPRK, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering the United States' 1718 report and provisi [...]
2006-11-17 13:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL KN CH
06BEIJING23854PRC/BURMA: CHINA URGES THAT BURMA NOT BE RAISED AT
[...] (C) While China is gradually changing its foreign policy to accept cases for humanitarian intervention before the UN Security Council in instances of gross human rights violations, Burma's domestic problems do not constitute such a threat to international peace and security, MFA IO UN Division [...]
2006-11-17 14:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM CH
06BEIJING23883DAS CHRISTENSEN DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND TAIWAN
[...] (C) The North Korean nuclear problem should be the focus of the Six-Party Talks and we should not let other issues interfere with the primary goal of denuclearizing the DPRK, Vice Chairman of the China Reform Forum (CRF) DING Kuisong (strictly protect),told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen [...]
2006-11-18 03:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
06BEIJING23905(C) GETTING RICH IN ZHENGZHOU: CPPCC MEMBER ON
[...] (C) A member of the National Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who is also one of China's wealthiest businessmen, shared his personal perspective on economic development in Zhengzhou, Henan Province during Econoff's recent visit to the city. He noted th [...]
2006-11-20 05:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
06BEIJING23933PRC SUPPORTS UNSC ACTION ON IRAN; DIFFERS ON SCOPE
[...] (C) Given Iran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA and comply with UNSCR 1696, it is imperative that the UN Security Council reach agreement as soon as possible on a sanctions resolution based on the EU3 draft text, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering refte [...]
2006-11-20 08:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL CH
06BEIJING23938CHINA/ENERGY: SENIOR DIRECTOR HUNTER, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) NSC Senior Director Roszell Hunter and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang met to discuss energy and environmental issues relating to the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on November 16, 2006. Senior Director Hunter stated Washington wants cr [...]
2006-11-20 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING23954NOVEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the November 21 MFA Press Conference were: - A/S Hill and VFM Wu Dawei held talks on resumpion of the Six-Party Talks but no date has been set for the Talks to resume. -- The MFA Spokesperson had no comment on reports of the "unfreezing" of DPRK accounts in Macao or about th [...]
2006-11-21 10:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN IN CH MX CO
06BEIJING23955HUMAN RIGHTS: CHEN GUANGCHENG TRIAL POSTPONED;
[...] (C) Summary. Chen Guangcheng's wife reported to poloff that Chen's retrial, previously scheduled for November 20, was postponed. Chen's lawyer, Li Fangping, believes the trial will go forward on November 27, after the trial judge has had more time to prepare and local officials have "prepar [...]
2006-11-21 11:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING23992COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ECONOMIC OFFICER
[...] Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Lew to travel to Beijing November 29-December 8 to provide support for the Strategic Economic Dialogue. 2. Point of Contact in Beijing will be Economic OMS Lisa Cantonwine: Office: (86-10) 6532-3831, ext. 6999 Mobile [...]
2006-11-22 01:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA CH
06BEIJING24002(C) PRC/SUDAN: PRC MFA ON BASHIR AT THE BEIJING
[...] (C) President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao urged Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with the international community on Darfur during bilateral meetings on November 2 and 3 in Beijing in advance of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according M [...]
2006-11-22 09:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID UN CH SU
06BEIJING24004PRC/AFRICA: MUBARAK IN CHINA
[...] (C) President Mubarak's November 6-7 State Visit immediately following the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) included separate meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo as well as with ex [...]
2006-11-22 09:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID EG CH
06BEIJING24029XINHUA TO PRESS AHEAD WITH RULES RESTRICTING
[...] (C) The Xinhua News Agency plans to move ahead with State Council-mandated regulations restricting foreign wire services' distribution of news and financial data in China, Xinhua Foreign Affairs Office Deputy Director General Zhou Zongmin told Emboffs November 22. The Foreign Information Adm [...]
2006-11-24 06:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EFIN KPAO CH
06BEIJING24030STATIC ON THE STREETS OF BEIJING: NEW CCTV TOWER
[...] (C) Construction of China Central Television's soaring new headquarters tower is in full swing in central Beijing. But even as the ambitious project generates a buzz at New York's Museum of Modern Art, criticism and controversy simmer at home. Contacts groused that the cost of the building [...]
2006-11-24 07:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24126NOVEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the November 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- This afternoon in Beijing the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK held meetings, including bilateral and trilateral talks, on the resumption of the Six-Party Talks but no date has yet b [...]
2006-11-28 11:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN CH PK EC CY SU
06BEIJING24127PRC SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 15-20 state visits to Vietnam and Laos succeeded in strengthening Beijing's relationship with these two socialist neighbors, according to MFA officials and third-country diplomats. In Hanoi, Hu pledged support for Vietnamese efforts to enter [...]
2006-11-28 11:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ENRG CH VM LA
06BEIJING24165NOVEMBER 29 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: 1992 CONSENSUS,
[...] Key points at the November 29 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: --The spokesman declined to comment on Taiwan's internal politics and Ma Ying-jeou's 2008 candidacy, noting that the "1992 consensus" should serve as the basis for cross-Strait negotiations. -- Cross-Strait tr [...]
2006-11-29 10:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
06BEIJING24171HENAN PROVINCE'S NINE-CITY URBANIZATION PLAN
[...] (SBU) Provincial and municipal level officials in Central China's Henan Province look to rapid urbanization to accelerate economic growth and absorb excess rural labor. Henan's urbanization plan focuses on nine cities that account for 40 percent of the province's population and 60 percent of i [...]
2006-11-30 04:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING24176Work Safety Minister Publicly Denounces
[...] (U) According to the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) 3,726 coal mine workers died in mine accidents between January 1 and October 31, 2006. This carnage has continued in November. Based on press reports alone, Embassy is aware of 10 coal mine accidents in November, resulting in a [...]
2006-11-30 05:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM EMIN CH
06BEIJING24199PRC/INDIA: PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S STATE VISIT TO
[...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20)23 visit to India strengthened the "mutual political trust" and "strategic cooperation" between Beijing and New Delhi, according to MFA officials and third country diplomats. The Summit between President Hu and Indian Prime Minister Singh resulted [...]
2006-11-30 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
06BEIJING24200NOVEMBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the November 30 MFA Press Conference were: -- Meetings between the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK were helpful. No date for the talks has been set. -- The United States-China Strategic Economic Dialogue co-chaired by Trea [...]
2006-11-30 11:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
06BEIJING24201CHINA: GEN. XIONG GUANGKAI TELLS AMBASSADOR 2006
[...] (C) This has been a "benchmark year" for United State-China relations, General Xiong Guangkai, President of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS),told the Ambassador. The relationship has developed in a comprehensive manner including advances in military relations a [...]
2006-11-30 11:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN IR JP
06BEIJING24202MFA OPPOSES MEETING BETWEEN UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (C) China "strongly opposes" a meeting between Under Secretary Dobriansky and the Dalai Lama, MFA Director General (DG) for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the DCM on November 30. China demands that the meeting not take place because the "Dalai Lama's regime" supports Tibe [...]
2006-11-30 13:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH
06BEIJING24231PRC-THAILAND: WEN JIABAO POSTPONES BANGKOK VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao has canceled a planned trip to Bangkok that would have been the highest-level PRC visit since the coup. The trip, which Wen had promised to make during an October bilateral meeting with General Surayud at the China-ASEAN Summit, will be rescheduled because of W [...]
2006-12-01 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER TH CH
06BEIJING24237CHINA URGED TO PREVENT TRANSFERS TO IRAN MISSILE
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary Yu Dunhai on December 1, urging China to investigate quickly and fully the activities of two Iranian front companies seeking to procure missile-related equipment from Chinese fi [...]
2006-12-01 10:47:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH IR
06BEIJING24239MFA ANNOUNCES RELAXED RULES FOR FOREIGN MEDIA FOR
[...] Foreign journalists will not need host organizations or permission from provincial foreign affairs offices to conduct news gathering activities in China during the period surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Liu Jianchao announced at a special press co [...]
2006-12-01 11:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCUL KOLY SOCI CH
06BEIJING24242CHINESE MEDIA TREADS CAREFULLY IN COVERING RECENT
[...] (C) Recent flashes of violent unrest have gotten uneven coverage in the Chinese media. Although news of a toddler's death that touched off a hospital rampage in Sichuan appeared in local newspapers and reports of student riots in Jiangxi aired on provincial television, local press has remain [...]
2006-12-01 12:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24246HANDFUL OF INDEPENDENTS WIN TICKETS TO CHINA'S
[...] (C) Although Beijing's popular elections for local people's congresses on November 8 were hailed by the Chinese media as a democratic triumph, they appear to have been a highly orchestrated effort that left little to chance. At a pre-election neighborhood meeting between candidates and prospe [...]
2006-12-03 23:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
06BEIJING24258CHINA/COAL: VISIT TO SHANXI PROVINCE MINE BRINGS ISSUES TO
[...] (SBU) Coal is likely to provide 65 to 70 percent of China's energy needs for at least the next 20 years, according to industry estimates, yet the sector itself faces widespread challenges related to transportation, industry restructuring, profitability, and safety. All of these problems were o [...]
2006-12-04 03:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING24266AMBASSADOR RAISE CONCERNS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CASES
[...] (C) The Ambassador expressed the United States Government's serious concerns regarding the cases of the New York Times' Zhao Yan, legal activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife, lawyer Gao Zhisheng and his wife, the sons of Rebiya Kadeer, American citizen Jude Shao and Yang Jianli during a meetin [...]
2006-12-04 09:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM CASC CH
06BEIJING24267NEW DOG RULES UNLEASH EMOTIONAL DEBATE IN BEIJING
[...] (C) Debate about Beijing's new rules limiting households to one dog and outlawing "big and dangerous" breeds is raging as 2006, the Year of the Dog in the Chinese zodiac calendar, draws to a close. The crackdown on canines has touched off unusual demonstrations on the streets of the capital a [...]
2006-12-04 09:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24273SCO CHIEF DISCUSSES IRAN, MILITARY EXERCISES,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 23:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ZK IR CH RS
06BEIJING24302SCO CHIEF DISCUSSES IRAN, MILITARY EXERCISES,
[...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has "no current plans" for expansion or to allow observers, including Iran, to become full members, SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang told the Ambassador December 4. Zhang denied reports that the SCO and some non-SCO former Soviet repu [...]
2006-12-05 07:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ZK IR CH RS
06BEIJING24304 CRITICISM OF AMERICAN BUSINESS FOR
[...] (SBU) Mission has recently become aware of criticism leveled at American businesses in China from western media and Congressional sources, particularly aimed at members of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (Amcham),for responding in March 2006 to an invitation for public comment on [...]
2006-12-05 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING24310DECEMBER 5 MFA BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS AND
[...] Key Points at the December 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes for the early resumption of the Six-Party Talks, but this requires the consensus of all parties. No date has been set. Luxury goods prohibited for import to the DPRK have not been defined. -- China is closely followin [...]
2006-12-05 10:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM RP JA KS TC CH
06BEIJING24311POPULAR GLOSSY CENSURED OVER ARTICLES ON CULTURAL
[...] (C) The high-circulation lifestyle magazine Sanlian Life Weekly has been censured for recent articles that crossed censors' redlines on the Cultural Revolution and Tibet, Sanlian staff and other contacts confirmed. The editor in chief has received a reprimand and may be fined or fired. Jour [...]
2006-12-05 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24312 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH CHINESE
[...] (SBU) Laboff met with the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC),a quasi-government body, to discuss "CSC-9000T," the code of conduct CNTAC is trying to establish for China's textile and apparel industry. CSC-9000T is intended to cover the entire supply chain, not just export-o [...]
2006-12-05 23:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING24316PRC/SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI IN CHINA
[...] (C) Beijing's decision to give President Mbeki one of the limited number of state visits following the recent Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC, Ref A) reflects Beijing's view of South Africa's importance and the "very friendly" relations between the two countries, [...]
2006-12-06 01:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID UN CH
06BEIJING24338The New Socialist Countryside One Year Later
[...] (SBU) One year after its launch in October 2005, officials at all levels emphasize that the Central Government's New Socialist Countryside policy -- tagged by the State Council as China's top policy priority for 2006 -- should be understood as a long- term endeavor that will not offer immediat [...]
2006-12-06 07:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING24344MFA BRIEFING ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT, CHINA-ASEAN
[...] On December 6, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai held a special press briefing outlining Premier Wen Jiabao?s upcoming planned state visit to the Philippines and Chinese participation in ASEAN- related events in Cebu from December 11-15. Wen will attend the East Asia Summit, China-ASEAN [...]
2006-12-06 09:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD CH RP JA KS KN
06BEIJING24348(C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE
[...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...]
2006-12-06 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING24368THE ROLE OF INFORMAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NGO'S
[...] (C) Summary: Informal labor organizations are behind many of China's frequent strikes, demonstrations and other labor incidents. A growing network of NGOs and legal aid organizations can provide guidance to informal labor organizations and mitigate their tendency toward recklessness. The G [...]
2006-12-07 06:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING24377DECEMBER 7 MFA BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR, SIX- PARTY
[...] Key Points at the December 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- China believes diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue needs more time and space. -- The DPRK nuclear issue will likely be discussed during upcoming ASEAN meetings. -- It is "inappropriate" for UNHCR to call DPRK refugees in China [...]
2006-12-07 15:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG ECON KN IR CH
06BEIJING24418CHINA'S CENTRAL ECONOMIC WORK CONFERENCE CONCLUDES
[...] (SBU) Summary: A National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Macroeconomic Policy expert told econoff December 8 that the concluding emphasis of the Central Economic Work Conference was on continued economic expansion that promotes stability while at the same time conserving resources an [...]
2006-12-08 11:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV
06BEIJING24421CHINESE SCHOLAR DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR
[...] (C) China's good will towards North Korea has been destroyed by the nuclear test and a fundamental change is taking place in Sino-DPRK relations, according to Beijing University Professor Zhu Feng. Noting that his view is in the minority, Zhu said that he believes sanctions against the North [...]
2006-12-08 12:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP JA CH
06BEIJING24422CPA'S LIU BAINIAN ON ORDINATION OF XUZHOU BISHOP
[...] (C) Summary: Vice-Chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) Liu Bainian defended the November 30 ordination of Bishop Wang Renlei as the auxiliary bishop in Xuzhou (reftel),Jiangsu Province, saying that the Chinese Government gave advance notice of the appointment to the Vatican an [...]
2006-12-08 12:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CH VT
06BEIJING24423PRC/IRAN: THINK-TANKER DISCUSSES IRANIAN VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Iranian diplomats told Chinese officials in October that the North Korean test will "derail" UNSC actions against Iran, according to Li Guofu, of the MFA-affiliated China Institute of International Studies. Li said that Beijing is redefining its national security interests and is changing [...]
2006-12-08 12:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24430NOT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEXT: "RISE OF THE
[...] (C) A popular CCTV-2 documentary "The Rise of the Great Powers" has set Beijing's chattering classes abuzz in recent weeks. The 12-part series tells the story of how nine nations, including the UK, Japan, Russia and the United States, rose to become great powers at various points in history. [...]
2006-12-10 22:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24448CHINESE AUTHORITIES PROMOTE EXPANSION OF U.S.
[...] (SBU) Chinese National Narcotics Control Commission officials expressed eagerness to proceed with expansion of a United States NGO's model for therapeutic community-based drug rehabilitation in China during a December 4 meeting with visiting INL Deputy Director Thomas Browne in Beijing. They [...]
2006-12-11 10:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR SOCI KHIV CH
06BEIJING24470DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...]
2006-12-12 11:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH
06BEIJING24491HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF YANG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING24492PRC/IRAN: DEMARCHE ON UK-FRENCH DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Noting President Hu Jintao's commitment that China will support UN sanctions on items that could contribute to Iran's nuclear program, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 that Beijing is comfortable with reftel draft tex [...]
2006-12-13 11:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24495HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL TOUTS JUDICIAL PROCESS
[...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing touted the Chinese Government's handling of Chen Guangcheng's retrial (reftel) during a December 8 meeting, claiming that "it shows China is governed by the rule of law." Xu told poloff she would inquire about the Chinese Government's investigation into th [...]
2006-12-13 12:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24496DECEMBER 13 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN MAYORAL
[...] Key points at the December 13 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman declined to comment on Taiwan's internal politics, including the recent mayoral elections and calls for the KMT change its name to "Taiwan Kuomintang." -- TAO welcomes any person, party or organ [...]
2006-12-13 12:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
06BEIJING24497PRC/BURMA: BEIJING STRONGLY OPPOSES UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] (C) The PRC "strongly opposes" a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma and would consider using its veto, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 in response to reftel message. Though the PRC shares many of the U.S. concerns [...]
2006-12-13 13:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
06BEIJING24498HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO ZHISHENG REPORTEDLY ADMITS GUILT
[...] (C) Beijing-based democracy activist Hu Jia told poloff December 13 that Gao Zhisheng, a Beijing-based lawyer who has angered Chinese Government authorities by defending dissidents in politically sensitive cases, was tried in Beijing Number One Intermediate Court and admitted guilt on a charge [...]
2006-12-13 13:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24499CORRECTED COPY: PRC/IRAN: BEIJING RESPONDS TO
[...] (C) Noting President Hu Jintao's commitment to President Bush in Hanoi that China will support UN sanctions on items that could contribute to Iran's nuclear program, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 that Beijing is comfor [...]
2006-12-13 14:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24536PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT
[...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...]
2006-12-14 10:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH
06BEIJING24537PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT
[...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...]
2006-12-14 12:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH
06BEIJING24538URGING CHINA TO ACCEPT UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA
[...] (C) China should reconsider its opposition to a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma, Polmincouns stressed to MFA Deputy Director General for Southeast Asia Tong Xiaoling on December 14. The situation in Burma is harming the peace and security of the region. Tong said China remains opposed [...]
2006-12-14 12:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH
06BEIJING24539DECEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the December 14 MFA Press Conference were: -- China believes patience, compromise and mutual trust building are required during the Six-Party Talks. -- Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng's trial will take place in accordance with Chinese law. -- China rejects criticism that [...]
2006-12-14 13:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
06BEIJING24541PRC/INDIA: MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN POSITION ON
[...] (C) PRC views on the US)India civil nuclear agreement have not changed, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian said when asked about Ref A report suggesting that China's MFA Spokesperson had characterized the agreement as "beneficial." Xia told p [...]
2006-12-15 00:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CE PK CH
06BEIJING24597MFA, SCHOLARS ON POSTPONED ASEAN-RELATED MEETINGS
[...] (C) China is amenable to rescheduling the postponed ASEAN-related meetings in Cebu in mid-January, but if the dates slip further it could be difficult for Beijing, MFA officials and scholars told us in separate meetings. Japan and China had planned to announce at an Abe-Wen meeting in Cebu a [...]
2006-12-15 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN CH JA
06BEIJING24641LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH
06BEIJING24643DECEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the December 19 MFA Press Conference were: -- With resumption of Six-Party Talks and bilateral talks between the United States and DPRK, all parties maintain hope that the Talks can press ahead toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. "Visible and sharp" differences w [...]
2006-12-19 11:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MNUC KN KS IN JA CH
06BEIJING24644CHINA SEEKS ACCOMMODATION ON UNSC BURMA
[...] (C) The United States and China share many common interests in the United Nations Security Council and with regard to Burma, none of which would be served by conflict over a Burma resolution in the UNSC, MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong told the DCM. Wu urged th [...]
2006-12-19 11:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH
06BEIJING24645CHINA ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 11:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA ABUD CH
06BEIJING24646CHINA OPPOSES LIBERIA RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF
[...] (C) China's recent concerns about UNSC Resolution 1521 (2003) involving the renewal of Liberia sanctions are tied directly to Taiwan's participation in the Kimberley Process, Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong told the DCM December 19. Based on refs, DCM took advantage [...]
2006-12-19 12:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC LI TW CH
06BEIJING24654LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S LUNCHEON WITH CHINESE LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS) Minister Tian Chengping hosted Labor Secretary Elaine Chao for lunch on December 15. (Participants list in para. 9) Secretary Chao said the SED was a historic occasion and very important to both the United States and China. Tian [...]
2006-12-20 00:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EFIN ECON PREL CH
06BEIJING24655LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Li Yizhong, Minister for the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) met with Labor Secretary Chao on December 15, after the conclusion of the SIPDIS Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). SAWS did not participate in the SED. Secretary Chao told Li that the SED was a histo [...]
2006-12-20 00:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH
06BEIJING24669U/S SHEERAN HOLDS 6TH ROUND OF THE STATE-NDRC
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Sheeran and the Vice Chairman of China's National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),Zhu Zhixin, co-chaired the sixth round of the State-NDRC Dialogue on December 17 in Beijing. Following on the heels of [...]
2006-12-20 03:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING24718GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL TO HEAD
[...] (C) Although it has yet to receive a formal invitation for the second meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, China tentatively believes that Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan will head China's delegation to the Ankara meeting, MFA Arms Control De [...]
2006-12-21 08:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
06BEIJING24739DECEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the December 21 MFA Press Conference were: --At the Six-Party Talks, bilateral meetings between the six parties will be held today. China is willing to draft a statement for this round of the Six-Party Talks if all parties can reach consensus. The statement would include den [...]
2006-12-21 13:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MNUC KN KS IN JA CH
06BEIJING24741HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO ZHISHENG GIVEN SUSPENDED
[...] (C) Beijing rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was given a three-year sentence for subversion with a five year suspension, according to a Xinhua News Agency report. Gao was accused of posting nine seditious articles that defamed China's government and system, according to the report. Fellow activist [...]
2006-12-22 10:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24779CHINA/ENERGY: EMBASSY OBJECTS TO CNOOC ON REPORTED
[...] (SBU) Reuters reported on December 20 that the China National Overseas Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Iran reached agreement to develop Iran's northern Pars gas field and build liquefied natural gas. The Department asked us to confirm with CNOOC if the report was accurate (ref. B). While CNOOC, [...]
2006-12-26 10:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR CH
06BEIJING24780CHINA/ENERGY: SINOPEC SAYS NO IRAN DEAL FINALIZED,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sinopec Director-General for Foreign Affairs Tang Suxin stated that contrary to Iranian press reports, Sinopec,s business cooperation with Iran on the Yadavaran Oilfield is currently at the contract negotiation stage. Iran was making propaganda to suit its own purposes, he add [...]
2006-12-26 11:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH
06BEIJING24799PRC/IRAN: UNSCR 1737 POINTS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-27 09:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC IR CH
06BEIJING24800PRC/BURMA: BEIJING'S OPPOSITION TO UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] (C) The PRC continues to "strongly oppose" a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma and though ready for a "political confrontation" with the United States in order to block a resolution, prefers to work with Washington to find "more effective" ways to communicate dissatisfaction to the Burmes [...]
2006-12-27 09:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
06BEIJING24811PRC/HAITI: CHINESE FRUSTRATION WITH HAITIAN
[...] (C) Though the PRC agrees that MINUSTAH plays an important role in Haiti, Beijing is "very frustrated" with Haiti's active efforts to support Taiwan's membership in the UN, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told poloff in response to reftel demarch [...]
2006-12-27 09:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC HA CH
06BEIJING24812HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER
[...] (C) Lawyers for jailed legal activist Chen Guangcheng were beaten by thugs while traveling to Shandong Province by bus on December 27 to try to meet with their client, according to accounts given by several Beijing-based rights lawyers involved with the case. When the coach the lawyers were r [...]
2006-12-27 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24844CONFUCIUS SAYS: STUDY CHINESE AND SUPPORT CHINA
[...] (C) Confucius Institutes are designed to promote the study of Chinese language and culture, thereby increasing familiarity with and support for China internationally, according to Xu Lin, Director General of the Office of the Chinese Language Council International (Hanban). Hanban, which is i [...]
2006-12-28 07:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALSCUL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24852DECEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SCO SYG ZHANG
[...] Key Points at the December 28 MFA Press Conference were: --Outgoing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary General (SYG) Zhang Deguang was pragmatic and helped launch the organization and raise its international profile. China expects similar pragmatism from Zhang's successor, Bol [...]
2006-12-28 08:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KN KS IS JA CH
06BEIJING2681PRC/PA: PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 11:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING2776BURMA CONSULTATIONS WITH PRC
[...] (C) The PRC recognizes that the situation in Burma is bad, agrees that the regime's isolationist behavior is growing and welcomes further discussion with the United States, but Beijing does not believe that Burma threatens regional security at present. After listening to a review of current [...]
2006-02-15 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV UNSC UNGA CH BM
06BEIJING2778PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUN POSTPONES TRIP AFTER
[...] (C) Summary. State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has postponed his trip to Nepal originally scheduled for later this week, according to MFA Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. China views King Gyanendra as "only one of the important forces" that could bring peace and stabilit [...]
2006-02-15 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER NP CH
06BEIJING2780CHINA/QDR: CHINESE THINK TANK PERSPECTIVE FROM
[...] (C) The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) contains positive language about China but PRC analysts are concerned about the identification of China as the country having the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States as well as the explicit reference to a policy of hedg [...]
2006-02-15 11:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS CH
06BEIJING2952PRC/AFRICA: MFA UPDATE ON SUDAN, UNSC AND STATUS
[...] (C) Beijing considers the November 2005 Africa subdialogue between A/S Frazer and now-VFM Lu Guozeng to have been a success and looks forward to a second annual dubdialogue with Washington later this year. China believes Khartoum should have the final say on whether the UN takes over peaceke [...]
2006-02-17 08:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH SU AX
06BEIJING2981MFA ON DAI - YACHI MEETINGS IN JAPAN
[...] (C) China will not change its policy of friendship towards Japan nor its opposition to visits by Japan's leaders to Yasukuni Shrine, EVFM Dai Bingguo told VFM Shotaro Yachi during the fourth session of their Comprehensive Policy Dialogue. According to the MFA Japan Division Director, Yachi ca [...]
2006-02-17 14:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH KN JA
06BEIJING3388CHINA: DEMARCHE REQUESTING STATEMENT CONDEMNING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 10:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ CH
06BEIJING3392FEBRUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, JAPAN- CHINA
[...] Key points at the February 23 MFA press briefing were as follows: - MFA Vice Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng will visit Iran February 24-26 for a working visit. He will discuss PRC-Iran political and bilateral issues, exchange views on the nuclear question and discuss what steps could be take [...]
2006-02-23 10:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM CH IR JP
06BEIJING3393PRC/BURMA: READ-OUT OF PM SOE WIN VISIT
[...] (SBU) China does not support external interference in Burma's internal affairs but emphasized to visiting Prime Minister Soe Win that China wants to see real progress on national reconciliation and economic development, MFA Asian Affairs DDG Zhao Jianhua told a gathering of diplomats on Febru [...]
2006-02-23 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC UNGA PGOV CH BM
06BEIJING3471TAIWAN: TAO SPOKESPERSON REPEATS TAO DIRECTOR'S
[...] Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) spokesperson Li Wei reiterated TAO Director Chen Yunlin's February 22 warning that the abolition of the National Unification Council and the National Unification Guidelines would severely damage cross-Straits relations, responding to Taiwan reporters' questions dur [...]
2006-02-24 09:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD CH TW
06BEIJING3747INSTITUTIONS IN BEIJING QUIETLY WARNED NOT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 12:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ASEC CH TW JA
06BEIJING3851PRC/NEPAL: MFA OFFICIAL DOES NOT DENY THAT PRC IS
[...] (C) MFA Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian did not deny that Beijing is pressuring King Gyanendra to seek reconciliation with Nepal's political parties. In a March 2 meeting, Huang stressed that the PRC is reaching out to all the "constitutional forces" in Nepal, inc [...]
2006-03-02 11:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP CH
06BEIJING3853CHINA'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO FOCUS ON ECONOMY;
[...] (C) China's annual spring political theater, known locally as "the two meetings," kicks off on March 3 with the opening session of China's leading consultative body followed by the opening of the annual legislative session on March 5. No major personnel changes are expected this year and the [...]
2006-03-02 12:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING4020PRC/PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's February 19-23 visit to China appears to have gone predictably well, with no real surprises other than a strong push to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a full member. The largely pro-forma MFA readout called the trip a success [...]
2006-03-03 12:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING4023PRC/IRAN: VFM LU GUOZENG'S TRIP TO IRAN
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng focused during his February 24-26 visit to Iran on discussing the gravity of the international situation that Iran faces with regard to the nuclear issue, according to MFA Arms Control and Nonproliferation Department Dputy Director General Wang Qun. Lu del [...]
2006-03-03 12:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING4216PRC/BURMA: MORE ON SOE WIN VISIT AND BEIJING'S
[...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao told Burmese PM Soe Win that China hopes Burma will move forward with national, political and ethnic reconciliation, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos Chen Dehai. Chen first denied that this was a new [...]
2006-03-07 10:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
06BEIJING4219PRC/IRAN: VFM LU GUOZENG STRESSES COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary. China shares the international community's common goal of ensuring that Iran does not get nuclear weapons, Vice Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng stated. In a March 7 meeting with the CDA, Lu said he told Iranian officials during his late February trip to Iran that the "world does not [...]
2006-03-07 11:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING4361PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUAN RESCHEDULES TRIP TO NEPAL,
[...] (C) State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has rescheduled his trip to Nepal and will go March 16-18 (as reported Ref A),though the trip has yet to be officially announced by the PRC. MFA Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian told Poloffs March 8 that Ta [...]
2006-03-08 05:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP CE CH
06BEIJING4362PRC RAISES QUESTIONS IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) China welcomes the development of U.S.-India relations, believing that better relations between big powers will contribute to world stability, stated MFA Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. In response to reftel points delivered March 8, he reiterated China's pos [...]
2006-03-08 05:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
06BEIJING4479MARCH 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT,
[...] Key points made at the March 9 MFA press briefing are as follows: - The State Department's 2005 Human Rights Report turned a blind eye to the basic facts and made irresponsible remarks regarding the status of human rights in China. - China hopes Iran will fully cooperate with the IAEA a [...]
2006-03-09 10:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN
06BEIJING4557JAPANESE ECONOMIC OFFICERS ON MINISTER NIKAI
[...] (C) Summary. EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Japanese Embassy Economic Counselor Nishimiya and First Secretary Ishikawa to discuss Trade Minister Nikai,s February 21-23 visit to Beijing (ref A) and other issues. Nikai met with Premier Wen Jiabao, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, Ministry of [...]
2006-03-10 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO KIPR PREL EFIN CH JA
06BEIJING4560CHINESE LESS NEGATIVE THAN JAPANESE ON OUTCOME OF
[...] (C) Summary: In contrast to the negative Japanese assessment of the March 6-7 Japan-China East China Sea Talk reported reftel, MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Xue Jian claimed some progress had been made. China and Japan reached consensus on the principle of joint development, although bot [...]
2006-03-11 03:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG CH JA
06BEIJING4671MTAG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSILE-RELATED STEEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 09:05:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KN KS PK CH
06BEIJING4758AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS, STABILITY WITH
[...] (C) During a March 9 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Liaoning Party Secretary and potential "Fifth Generation" leader Li Keqiang candidly discussed the economic development and stability challenges he faces. Liaoning has the largest number of urban poor in China, a substantial number of ru [...]
2006-03-14 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
06BEIJING4761SCHOLAR DISCUSSES PRC ANALYSIS OF QDR AND
[...] (C) Chinese analysts are closely scrutinizing the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" speech, according to Professor Jin Canrong, Associate Dean of the School of Strategic Studies at Renmin University. During a meeting with Poloff March 8, Jin, [...]
2006-03-14 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PREL CH JP
06BEIJING4764PREMIER WEN DISCUSSES NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE,
[...] China must recognize that the reform process is long and arduous, Premier Wen Jiabao remarked at a press conference following the conclusion of the NPC and CPPCC annual sessions. The New Socialist Countryside policy will help safeguard farmers' land rights and raise their living standards. [...]
2006-03-14 11:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PARM ECON CH TW JP
06BEIJING4766MARCH 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN AND DPRK NUCLEAR
[...] Key points made at the March 14 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China supports the Russia-Iran talks, wants to see the Iranian nuclear issue resolved through negotiation, wants to ensure the authority of the international nuclear nonproliferation, hopes Iran will build confidence and [...]
2006-03-14 11:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN
06BEIJING4893PRC/IRAN: CHINA OFFERS COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS TO P5
[...] (C) Summary: The PRC is prepared to adopt what it believes are compromise solutions to the current P5 disagreements over the text of a UNSC Presidential Statement (PRST),according to MFA International Organization Department Division Director Yang Tao. Noting Ambassador Wang Guangya,s discus [...]
2006-03-15 09:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING4955PRC INFORMED OF RELEASE OF THE PRESIDENT'S 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPAO CH
06BEIJING4956PRC/KOSOVO: BEIJING WILLING TO ACCEPT INDEPENDENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 10:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR CH
06BEIJING4958MARCH 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] Key points made at the March 16 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China hopes U.S.-China economic and trade frictions can be resolved through consultation but will no longer adopt administrative measures to control exchange rate fluctuation. - China does not view the United States as [...]
2006-03-16 11:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN
06BEIJING5077PRC/IRAN: IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY MOHAMMED
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian Presidential Envoy Mohammad Larijani, the elder brother of Iranian Supreme Security Council Secretary General Ali Larijani, hewed closely to Iran's standard positions on its nuclear program during his March 14-16 Beijing visit, but he did not repeat threats that Iran woul [...]
2006-03-17 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ENRG IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING5079(C) WTO AFFAIRS DG ON AUSTRALIA FTA, DOHA ROUND,
[...] (C) Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) World Trade Organization (WTO) Department Director-General ZHANG Xiangchen will travel with Premier Wen Jiabao to Australia on April 1, and then to Geneva for a WTO Trade Policy Review meeting on China. He described domestic pressures which could limit Chin [...]
2006-03-17 10:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO EAGR PGOV EINV CH AS
06BEIJING5223MARCH 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONGRESSIONAL VISIT,
[...] Key points made at the March 21 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During a March 21 meeting with U.S. Senators Graham, Schumer and Coburn, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing emphasized that the two countries should view bilateral relations from a strategic perspective and properly resolve dis [...]
2006-03-21 11:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR
06BEIJING5355PRC/NEPAL: AFTER TANG'S VISIT, PRC READY TO WORK
[...] (C) China is interested in taking a more active role in working with the United States to encourage reconciliation talks between the King and Nepal's political parties, according to MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui. In a March 21 meeting with visiting U.S. Ambassador to [...]
2006-03-23 14:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP CE CH
06BEIJING5362PRC-PACIFIC ISLAND CONFERENCE: BUSINESS AND AID,
[...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao will use the first visit by a PRC Premier to a Pacific Island nation to launch a China-Fiji co-hosted economic development and cooperation conference on April 5, according to a MOFCOM American and Oceanian Affairs Division Director. MOFCOM Minister Bo Xilai will joi [...]
2006-03-23 22:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW
06BEIJING5529PART 1 OF 2: CODEL GRAHAM-SCHUMER MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 23 meeting with Vice Premier Wu Yi, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) strongly urged near-term reform of China,s exchange rate policy as a key step to promote a successful April visit to the United States and to preclude Congressional action on [...]
2006-03-24 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV OREP CH
06BEIJING5530PART 2 OF 2: CODEL GRAHAM-SCHUMER MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 10:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV OREP CH
06BEIJING5618DOE OLYMPIC RADIATION SECURITY WORKSHOP IN BEIJING
[...] (SBU) The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),in conjunction with the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR),held an Olympic Radiation Security Workshop on February 28. DOE officers made two presentations titled: "The DOE's Emerge [...]
2006-03-27 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KNNP MNUC ENRG ECON ETRD BTIO RGY
06BEIJING5698MARCH 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] Key points made at the March 28 MFA press briefing are as follows: - U.S.-China trade frictions should not be politicized or overstated, while China's exchange rate regime must be rational and remain in line with the reality of the country's situation. - The March 30 foreign ministers' m [...]
2006-03-28 11:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PARM PHUM CH IR KN
06BEIJING5699COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez emphasized to Premier Wen Jiabao in March 28 meeting that the next several weeks provide an opportunity for China to demonstrate that the U.S. policy of engagement can lead to tangible benefits to the peoples of both the United States and [...]
2006-03-28 15:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD KIPR BEXP EFIN PREL CH
06BEIJING5703PART I OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT REPORTS
[...] (C) Border talks between China and India are making progress, according to an Indian Embassy officer, who described the March 11-13 discussions between Indian National Security Advisor Shri M.K. Narayanan and EVFM Dai Bingguo as "optimistic." He also noted that Indian PM Singh and President H [...]
2006-03-28 16:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN CH
06BEIJING5704PART II OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 16:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN CH
06BEIJING5705PART III OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 16:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN CH
06BEIJING5919HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PACIFIC AREA SPECIAL
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PART IN PASOC 2006, 3-8 APRIL 2006. 3. THE NAMES AND DATES OF BIRTH OF THE OFFICIALS ARE AS FOLLOWS: SENIOR COLONEL ((ZHANG)) GUANGBIN, STAFF OFFICER, MILITARY TRAINING DEPARTMENT, GENERAL STAFF [...]
2006-03-30 08:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PREL BG
06BEIJING5965MARCH 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EXCHANGE RATE,
[...] Key points made at the March 30 MFA press briefing are as follows: - An appropriate decision on the RMB exchange rate must take into account China's level of economic development and the potential impact on the global economy. - China hopes the March 29 UNSC Presidential Statement will [...]
2006-03-30 09:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR JP
06BEIJING5967JCCT: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) On March 28, 2006 Vice Premier Wu Yi and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez met to discuss the seventeenth SIPDIS meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) scheduled for April 11, 2006. While press representatives remained in the room, VP Wu Yi asked the Secretary wh [...]
2006-03-30 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD KIPR BEXP EFIN PREL CH
06BEIJING5972PRC/INDIA: ACADEMICS SKEPTICAL OF U.S.-INDIA
[...] (C) In reaction to the U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, China should review the multilateral agreements it participates in that the United States is also a party to, according to the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations Assistant President Yang Mingjie. [...]
2006-03-30 11:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC ENRG IAEA IN PK CH
06BEIJING6074SPECIAL MFA PRESS CONFERENCE ON PREMIER WEN TRAVEL
[...] Premier Wen Jiabao will visit Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Cambodia from April 1-8, MFA Director Generals for Asian Affairs and for American and Oceanian Affairs told the local and international press corps on March 24. This will be a trip of firsts: the first visit by a PRC Premier to A [...]
2006-03-31 10:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW
06BEIJING6316APRIL 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S
[...] Key points made at the April 4 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and Politburo Standing Committee Member Luo Gan discussed bilateral cooperation in law enforcement, counterterrorism and repatriation of illegal immigrants. - China hopes relevant cou [...]
2006-04-04 11:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM ECON KNNP CH JP
06BEIJING6347PRC/HAMAS: EMBASSY CAUTIONS PRC ON REPORTS HAMAS
[...] (C) The DCM expressed U.S. concern about media reports (reftel) that the PRC invited Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China (ref) to MFA Acting Director General for North American Affairs Xie Feng on April 5. Noting that such an invitation could call into que [...]
2006-04-05 11:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING6348CORRECTED COPY: PRC/HAMAS: EMBASSY CAUTIONS PRC ON
[...] (C) The DCM expressed U.S. concern about media reports (reftel) that the PRC invited Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China (ref) to MFA Acting Director General for North American Affairs Xie Feng on April 5. Noting that such an invitation could call into que [...]
2006-04-05 11:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING6349PRC/SUDAN: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING
[...] (C) The PRC is giving serious consideration to participating in the "possible" UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Darfur, MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs in response to Reftel A points. The PRC does not want to a Darfur UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) without the [...]
2006-04-05 12:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU CH
06BEIJING6530APRIL 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NO PLANS FOR HAMAS
[...] Key points made at the April 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: - There are no plans for Palestinian FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China. - VFM Wu Dawei will travel to Tokyo to meet with the other heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations, but will not attend the NEACD. - China hopes [...]
2006-04-06 11:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH JP
06BEIJING6531PRC/HAMAS: BEIJING BACKS OFF INVITE BUT LEAVES
[...] (C) MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao's announcement at the regular MFA press briefing that "there is no plan for Foreign Minister Zahar to visit China" (ref C) leaves open the possibility of a visit at a later date. This followed an earlier statement to AFP that "as far as we know, China at the pre [...]
2006-04-06 13:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING6612IS CHINA'S RIGHTS PROTECTION MOVEMENT REACHING THE
[...] (C) Summary: The rights protection movement in China has created a nationwide network in recent months, but insists on remaining a "virtual" network rather than a formal organization for fear of inviting a crackdown. The network centers on rights lawyers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Si [...]
2006-04-07 07:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06BEIJING6629PRC/UN: SCALE ASSESSMENTS AND UN REFORM
[...] (C) The PRC is concerned at Japan's proposal to change the UN Scale of Assessments and is working to solidify its support with G-77 members to block the changes, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao. Yang told Poloffs April 5 that Beijing is unhappy with the U.S. propo [...]
2006-04-07 12:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID UN CH
06BEIJING683U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS VFM QIAO ZONGHUAI
[...] (SBU) Maintaining close relations with the DPRK and Iran gives Beijing the ability to play a constructive role in resolving their nuclear issues, VFM Qiao Zonghuai told Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney on January 10. China remains dedicated to fulfilling commitments it made [...]
2006-01-13 04:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TSPA KIPR KN IR TW CH
06BEIJING6852APRIL 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT HU'S U.S.
[...] Key points made at the April 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - President Hu Jintao will visit the United States April 18-21, Saudi Arabia April 22-24, Morocco April 24-26, Nigeria April 26-27 and Kenya April 27-28. - Beijing hopes President Hu's U.S. trip will help reduce bilateral [...]
2006-04-11 10:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING696NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PROMOTING
[...] (SBU) Congressional U.S.-China Working Group Representatives Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney discussed bilateral relations, Taiwan and economic issues with National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo on January 10 at the Great Hall of the People. Representative Kirk outlined the Worki [...]
2006-01-13 06:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EFIN KIPR CH
06BEIJING697U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS WITH NPC FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Working Group led by Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Thomas Feeney, Chairman of the NPC Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu praised progress in U.S.-China relations in the past year. While noting the extensive recent pr [...]
2006-01-13 06:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING7041HUMAN RIGHTS: LEGAL EXPERTS TELL COURT NEW YORK
[...] (C) Summary: The defense attorney for jailed New York Times' researcher Zhao Yan has filed a statement to the court from six top Chinese legal scholars arguing that Zhao should have been released when prosecutors withdrew the fraud charge against him on March 17. New York Times Beijing Bureau [...]
2006-04-13 10:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06BEIJING7042APRIL 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFM CUI TO IRAN,
[...] Key points made at the April 13 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai will travel to Iran and Russia April 14-18 in an effort to help resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis. - China is concerned about Iran's recent announcement about its uranium enrichme [...]
2006-04-13 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7092MFA PREVIEWS PRESIDENT HU'S TRIP TO THE UNITED
[...] During a special April 14 MFA press briefing, Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi previewed President Hu Jintao's April 18-29 visits to the United States, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya. Beijing stands ready to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation with the United States and addres [...]
2006-04-14 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7112A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES CHINA-LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) China's objectives in Latin America are to establish a political partnership based on equality and trust, to develop a cooperative economic relationship and to deepen cultural exchanges, Communist Party Central Committee International Department (CCID) Director General for Latin America [...]
2006-04-14 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM
06BEIJING7115NDU DELEGATION MEETS WITH CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF
[...] (C) Chief of the PLA General Staff Liang Guanglie advocated increased bilateral mil-to-mil exchanges, called Chen Shui-bian's cessation of the NUC and NUG a "dangerous step" and gave a general explanation for China's increased military spending in his April 11 meeting with a delegation from [...]
2006-04-14 11:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH TW
06BEIJING7116A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH VFM YANG JIECHI ON LATIN
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told A/S Shannon and the Ambassador that A/S Shannon's visit and the launching of the U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S. China Senior/Strategic Dialogue have a special significance in the lead-up to President Hu Jintao's visit to the Un [...]
2006-04-14 12:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM
06BEIJING7118U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA SUBDIALOGUE: A/S
[...] (C) China attaches great importance to U.S.-China bilateral cooperation on Western Hemispheric affairs, MFA Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon at the commencement of the first U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S.-China Senior/ [...]
2006-04-14 12:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON CH
06BEIJING7119A/S SHANNON LUNCH MEETING WITH DG ZENG ON
[...] (C) Chinese companies have not been spared from the political and economic turmoil in Venezuela, MFA Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Director General Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon during their April 14 working lunch. Despite the "severe protectionism" that has hurt the bottom line of PRC i [...]
2006-04-14 13:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM
06BEIJING7229WHA A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH BEIJING BASED LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: During a luncheon hosted by Ambassador Randt for visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Beijing-based Ambassadors from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru discussed their bilateral relations with China and its influence in Latin America. Most agreed China is primarily [...]
2006-04-17 08:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV CH XM VE CU TW
06BEIJING7349WHA A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH
[...] (SBU) Over dinner with Chinese businessmen and academics on April 13, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon explained that the United States is launching consultations with China on Latin America as part of a broader dialogue. The Chinese executives explained that their firms operate in La [...]
2006-04-18 09:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EIND ETRD CH CU TW VE XM
06BEIJING7352APRIL 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFM CUI TO IRAN,
[...] Key points made at the April 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During his recent trip to Iran, AFM Cui Tiankai expressed China?s concern over recent developments concerning Iran?s nuclear program. - The "principal parties" to the Six-Party Talks should demonstrate their sincerity i [...]
2006-04-18 10:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7353MIDDLE EAST SCHOLAR DISCUSSES CHINA'S CONCERNS
[...] (C) Beijing believes that military conflict involving Iran would severely threaten China's oil imports from the region, according to prominent Middle East scholar Yin Gang. Chinese Government officials are frustrated with President Ahmadinejad because he fails to accept the possibility of an [...]
2006-04-18 10:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG IR CH
06BEIJING745U.S-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETING WITH DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, Representative Kirk outlined three proposals for U.S.-China military and space cooperation: a DOD-MND hotline, an International Space Station-compatible docking ring for China's Shenzhou spacecraft and increased transparency in C [...]
2006-01-13 07:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS OREP TSPA CH
06BEIJING746U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS WITH NPC SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Parliamentary exchanges between the United States Congress and the NPC have been very successful over the past year, NPC Secretary General Sheng Huaren told a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Working Group led by Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney. China is keeping [...]
2006-01-13 08:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING747U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS WITH GANSU GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) During a meeting between a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Working Group led by Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney and Gansu Governor Lu Hao, the two sides discussed increased educational exchanges between Gansu universities and University of Illinois. The space [...]
2006-01-13 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING7518APRIL 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] Key points made at the April 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China encourages the EU-3 and Iran to promptly resume talks in Moscow in order to promote a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue. - The United States should consider the interests of the international commun [...]
2006-04-20 11:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7652PRC/IRAN: MFA SAYS TEHRAN SHOWS LITTLE FLEXIBILITY
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai went to Tehran April 15)16 to deliver the message that Iran must stop its uranium enrichment activities in order to prevent the current situation from spiraling out of control, according to MFA Iran Desk Director Xu Wei. Xu, who served as Cui's inter [...]
2006-04-21 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR CH
06BEIJING7653PRC/CAMBODIA: MFA GIVES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON
[...] (C) MFA Asian Affairs Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Chen Dehai's April 20 readout to Poloff of Premier Wen's April 7-8 visit to Cambodia tracked closely with reftel. While calling the trip a "full success," Chen admitted that much of the results touted by the leader [...]
2006-04-21 10:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH CB
06BEIJING7692PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING CONCERNED SITUATION MAY
[...] (C) Beijing is worried that the situation in Nepal is deteriorating, and believes that civil war is "an immediate possibility," Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei told the CDA April 24. After requesting the meeting to share PRC concerns over the deteriorating situation in Nepal and ask for U.S. v [...]
2006-04-24 22:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP CE CH
06BEIJING7696 NEW CAPITAL ACCOUNT LIBERALIZATION MEASURES SET
[...] (SBU) Summary. China's financial authorities recently announced a series of capital account liberalization measures and provisions for introducing the long-awaited qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) program. By allowing more forex to leave China and opening up the country's tig [...]
2006-04-25 00:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING7835PRC/AFRICA: PREPARATIONS FOR NOVEMBER CHINA-AFRICA
[...] (C) China has invited the heads of state, foreign ministers and commerce ministers of 47 African countries to Beijing for the triennial Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),to be held November 1-5, according to an MFA Deputy Division Director. The MFA is already grappling with the logi [...]
2006-04-25 10:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID TW CH
06BEIJING7837APRIL 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU VISIT, NEPAL,
[...] Key points made at the regular April 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: - The United States apologized for the Falungong incident but has to answer for the lapse in security. Washington should take firmer steps to stop FLG activities. - The MFA spokesman said he had no specifics on th [...]
2006-04-25 12:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH
06BEIJING7838PRC/NEPAL: CHINA ENCOURAGED BY KING'S SPEECH BUT
[...] (C) China has already issued a statement of support for the agreement reached by the King and the Seven-Party Alliance to restore order and stability to Nepal, according to MFA Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. In an April 25 meeting, Huan [...]
2006-04-25 13:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP CE CH
06BEIJING7890PRC EVACUATES OVER 300 CHINESE FROM SOLOMON
[...] (C) The PRC evacuation of over 300 overseas Chinese and Hong Kong residents from the riot-torn Solomon Islands has been front page news for the past two days. The efforts included 5 chartered planes, although the first only arrived in Honiara two days after the cessation of violence. China [...]
2006-04-26 04:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL CH PP
06BEIJING7918MFA RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL ON UNSC 1267
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER KNPP UNSC CH
06BEIJING7924Safety Watchdogs Make Improvements in Mine Safety
[...] (SBU) Summary: The State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS),Ministry of Labor and Social Security and All-China Federation of Trade Unions have deployed over 50,000 mass safety supervisors in China's coal mines, according to the Deputy Director General of the Mine Safety Department of SAW [...]
2006-04-26 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD EMIN PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING7927Safety Watchdogs Make Improvements in Mine Safety
[...] (SBU) Summary: The State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS),Ministry of Labor and Social Security and All-China Federation of Trade Unions have deployed over 50,000 mass safety supervisors in China's coal mines, according to the Deputy Director General of the Mine Safety Department of SAW [...]
2006-04-26 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD EMIN PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING8027AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES IRAN, NEPAL, HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the CDA that Beijing welcomes the May 9 New York meeting of P-5 plus one Foreign Ministers and appreciates close consultation with the United States on Nepal. Raising the apparent detention of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, the CDA pointed ou [...]
2006-04-27 11:41:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING8028APRIL 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] Key points made at the April 27 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China is awaiting IAEA Director General ElBaradei's upcoming report on Iran and expects the report to provide a comprehensive and objective assessment. - China firmly opposes Taiwan political figures conducting activiti [...]
2006-04-27 11:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR TW
06BEIJING8109 China Raises Interest Rates to Rein in Overheated
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced an increase in loan interest rates, with rates on the benchmark one-year lending rate rising by 27 basis points to 5.85 percent. Local observers interpret this move as a response to fears that the economy is overheating [...]
2006-04-28 09:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING8115HISTORIAN STRIKES BACK AT CONTROVERSIAL "FREEZING
[...] (C) The recent rebuttal by Zhongshan University Professor Yuan Weishi, who wrote the article that spurred censors to suspend China Youth Daily's provocative Freezing Point insert in January (ref A),is causing a stir among Beijing's elite. Yuan's latest effort is a detailed refutation of a r [...]
2006-04-28 11:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING8117PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES,
[...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...]
2006-04-29 02:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ
06BEIJING8257EAP SENIOR ADVISOR MCGANN DISCUSSES STRAITS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28 EAP Senior Advisor Steven McGann briefed MFA Asian Affairs Department Counselor Guo Yan on the 2005 Jakarta International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting and the February 2006 Alameda &Enhancing the Safe Use of the Strait of Malacca Conference.8 McGann explained t [...]
2006-05-04 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IMO EFIS ETTW KTIA ASEC CH
06BEIJING8331 CHINA SECURITIES REGULATOR TELLS FED VISITORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The head of the Research Department at the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) advised a group of analysts from the New York Federal Reserve Bank on April 17 that China's stock market reform process is moving forward, with a new listing process, successful conversion [...]
2006-05-05 09:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING8333PRC ON RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND AND
[...] (C) PRC relations with Australia and New Zealand are smooth with frequent high-level dialogues, common ground on sensitive issues and growing economic and trade ties, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Counselor Zhang Ping told EAP Senior Advisor Steven McGann (incoming EAP/ANP Director) [...]
2006-05-05 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH AS NZ FJ PP
06BEIJING8334CHINA INFORMED OF RELEASE TO ALBANIA OF FIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-06 00:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREF PTER CH AL
06BEIJING8355SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI STEEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 04:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
06BEIJING8419SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI STEEL MILLS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 05:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
06BEIJING8473Foreign Investors Lining Up to Invest In China
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on April 18, Xie Ping, CEO of China SAFE Investments (aka "Huijin"),told a group of New York Federal Reserve Bank analysts that he is seeing more and more international interest in investing in Chinese banks. The successful Hong Kong listings of Bank of Communic [...]
2006-05-09 09:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING8474Foreign Investors Lining Up to Invest In China
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on April 18, Xie Ping, CEO of China SAFE Investments (aka ?Huijin?),told a group of New York Federal Reserve Bank analysts that he is seeing more and more international interest in investing in Chinese banks. The successful Hong Kong listings of Bank of Communic [...]
2006-05-09 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING8476 FOREIGN DIRECTORS OF CHINESE BANKS HELPING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch on April 19 lunch with analysts from the New York Federal Reserve Bank, three foreign directors of four Chinese banks (Minsheng Bank, China Everbright Bank, Bank of Beijing and Xi'an City Commercial Bank) shared their experiences. On the question of governance, [...]
2006-05-09 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING8480 MAY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS,
[...] Key points made at the May 9 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China strongly opposes Albania's acceptance of the five Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay, who Beijing considers East Turkestan terrorist suspects, and demands their immediate repatriation. - China does not support [...]
2006-05-09 10:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR TW
06BEIJING8615SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent visits to two Hebei Province steel mills provide an insightful look into how steel industry reforms in China will play out during the next several years. Handan Iron and Steel Group Company, a large state-owned steel mill, has been selected by the Central Government to b [...]
2006-05-10 07:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
06BEIJING8787PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON U.S.-JAPAN 2-PLUS-2
[...] (C) China appreciates the fact that the USG provided information in a transparent manner regarding the U.S.-Japan 2-plus-2 meeting held in Washington on May 1, MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong said in response to Polmincouns? delivery May 10 of reftel talking points on th [...]
2006-05-11 08:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ENRG PINR JA CH
06BEIJING8788CHINESE MUSLIM COMMUNITY MARKED BY DIVISIONS,
[...] (C) The most significant trend in Chinese Islam is the rise in factions within the Muslim community, largely due to increasing domestic migration and closer ties with the Muslim world, several Chinese Islam scholars observed recently. The Saudi Arabian- influenced Salafiyya, for example, adv [...]
2006-05-11 08:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KISL CH
06BEIJING8798MAY 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S
[...] Key points made at the May 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Noting remarks by "U.S. officials," referring to Deputy Secretary Zoellick's May 10 Congressional testimony, the MFA spokesperson asserted that China has made contributions to ensure a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and prom [...]
2006-05-11 10:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM ECON KNNP CH IR TW JP
06BEIJING8801DDG QIU ON JAPAN-CHINA DIALOGUE
[...] (C) China and Japan agreed to hold the fifth round of talks on the East China Sea dispute next week and to discuss dates and venues for a possible Foreign Minister-level meeting, according to MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong. During the May 7-9 Japan-China Comprehensive [...]
2006-05-11 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING8803ARF INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING ON COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 26-28 ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-sessional Meeting on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime focused on discussing "root causes" of terrorism but also gave participants an opportunity to exchange views on recent developments and national experiences in combating t [...]
2006-05-11 11:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ARR ARF CH
06BEIJING8804PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY
[...] (C) The PRC is concerned about "expanding" UNSCR 1559 and setting precedents for the Security Council involving itself in calling for establishment of diplomatic relations as well as demarcation of borders, is disappointed that the P-3 have not shared a draft text of the proposed resolution bu [...]
2006-05-11 11:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC LE SY CH
06BEIJING8836PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON'S DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Pacific Command Commander Admiral Fallon stressed the importance of transparency and engagement between militaries in the Asia-Pacific region during a May 10 discussion with Chinese academics hosted by the Ambassador. Admiral Fallon reviewed U.S. commitments and responsibilities in the ar [...]
2006-05-12 01:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING8879 STEEL CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESEARCHERS, STATE-OWNED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese steel industry analysts and insiders consistently point to China's private steel mills as the target of the Central Government's call for reductions in domestic steel production capacity. Beijing will use environmental protection and energy conservation laws and regulat [...]
2006-05-12 06:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
06BEIJING8918PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETS WITH BEIJING
[...] (SBU) At an upbeat discussion with Beijing University students May 11, Pacific Command Commander Admiral Fallon underlined that the U.S. military's goal in the Asia-Pacific region is to create stable conditions that will allow people to prosper and lead productive lives. Iran and Japan were [...]
2006-05-12 09:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING8919URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST: PARTICIPATION IN MAY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 12:56:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL SNAR CH RS TI
06BEIJING9009PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing agreed to adjust his schedule to allow for a meeting with Admiral Fallon in spite of his heavy commitments in the run-up to a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. FM Li told Admiral Fallon that the aim of China's military development is to safegua [...]
2006-05-15 03:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW KN JP
06BEIJING9010PACOM COMMANDER FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH PLA
[...] (C) President Hu discussed with President Bush the need for the United States and China to view their bilateral relationship from a strategic level with a long-term perspective, PLA Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Ge Zhenfeng told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon during a May 10 meeti [...]
2006-05-15 05:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP
06BEIJING9041PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH CENTRAL
[...] (C) During an extended discussion, Central Military Commission Vice Chairman and Defense Minister General Cao Gangchuan told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon that the PLA sought more military exchanges with the United States; discussed the PLA's strategy and budget priorities; and repeated fami [...]
2006-05-15 06:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP
06BEIJING9091PLAGIARIZE OR PERISH? SCANDALS ROIL CHINESE
[...] (C) Headline-grabbing scandals have erupted at the most prestigious Chinese universities as a wave of plagiarism and academic misconduct is stimulating sharp debate on campuses, in courtrooms and in the media. The Propaganda Department has banned coverage of one case involving a prominent la [...]
2006-05-15 11:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING9289PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY
[...] (C) The PRC remains opposed to a new UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon and continues to seek watering down of any UNSC call for Lebanon and Syria to establish diplomatic relations, but would be willing to support a Presidential Statement stronger than what Russia has proposed. During [...]
2006-05-16 10:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC LE SY CH
06BEIJING9290MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO, U.S.- CHINA
[...] Key points made at the May 16 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Beijing appreciates the positive efforts of the EU-3 to resolve the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue. - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has invited leaders from all observer nations to attend the mid-June S [...]
2006-05-16 10:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ECON CH IR KN JP
06BEIJING9397PRC/HAMAS: HAMAS FOREIGN MINISTER INVITED TO
[...] (C) MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Deputy Director General Chen Xiaodong called in poloffs at 8:45 a.m. May 17 to inform that Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al- Zahhar has been invited to Beijing for the second meeting of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum to [...]
2006-05-17 07:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING9501CHINA'S AMBITIOUS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AGENDA FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Minister Bo Xilai announced in early 2006 an ambitious plan for nine free trade agreements (FTAs) covering twenty-seven countries, according to MOFCOM officials. These twenty- seven countries represent 18 percent of China's imports and 11 [...]
2006-05-18 06:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON CH AS NZ SA
06BEIJING9504CHINA: NONPAPER ON U.S. PLANS TO TABLE DRAFT ARMS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC CDG CH
06BEIJING9507MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO SUMMIT,
[...] Key points made at the May 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China stands ready to help solve the Iran nuclear issue and hopes the EU-3 proposal will prove to be feasible and acceptable to Iran. -- The leaders of all SCO member states and observer states, including Iran President [...]
2006-05-18 11:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ECON KNNP CH IR JP
06BEIJING9665QINGHAI MUSLIMS BUYING CLOUT, BUILDING MOSQUES AS
[...] (C) Tensions between Muslim communities in ethnically diverse Qinghai Province, particularly in relations between the traditional Qadim group and the Saudi Arabian-influenced Ikhwan and Salafiyya movements (see ref A),were apparent during a mid-May visit by poloff to the cities of Xining and [...]
2006-05-19 08:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL CH
06BEIJING9666PRC/RUSSIA: BRIEFING ON RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held very productive bilateral talks with China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Russian Senior Counselor Evgueny Tomikhin told the A/DCM in a May 18 meeting. On May 16, Lavrov was received by President Hu Jintao and held extensive talks with [...]
2006-05-19 08:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL RU CH IR
06BEIJING9673SCO: MFA, SCO SECRETARIAT AND RUSSIAN EMBASSY
[...] (C) Senior Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) official Du Wei, who serves as Assistant to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang, expressed understanding of U.S. concerns regarding the possibility of statements critical of the U.S. presence in Central Asia being issued at the June SCO Summi [...]
2006-05-19 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR RS CH KZ TI UZ
06BEIJING9677 Will Draft Labor Contract Law Improve Conditions
[...] (SBU) Summary: The draft Labor Contract Law (LCL),considered by the National People's Congress (NPC) at its March session and published for comment through April 20 by the NPC Standing Committee, gives workers increased protections by providing fixed-term contract protections for workers who [...]
2006-05-21 22:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING9758PRC/IRAQ: RESPONSE TO SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 10:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ CH
06BEIJING9934PRC MAY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK FM TO VISIT
[...] Key points made at the May 23 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun will visit China May 30-June 6 for talks on bilateral and regional security issues, meet senior PRC leaders and tour Guangzhou. -- EAP A/S Christopher Hill will visit Beijing May 24- 2 [...]
2006-05-23 10:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH JP KN GE
07BEIJING1TAO VICE MINISTER RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHEN
[...] (C) China is concerned about Chen Shui-bian's "dangerous" plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform and expects Chen to emphasize this theme in his New Year speech, Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Administrative Vice Minister Zheng Lizhong told the Charge Decem [...]
2007-01-01 01:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
07BEIJING1015FEBRUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING
[...] Key points made at the February 13 MFA Press Conference were: -- News on the Six-Party Talks will be released later in the day after a "important meeting" has concluded. -- Journalists must abide by new Olympic regulations and local regulations when working in Tibet, along with the constr [...]
2007-02-13 11:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
07BEIJING1028CAPTION TEST ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 05:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDANET
07BEIJING1064FEBRUARY 14 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: DE- SINIFICATION,
[...] Key points at the February 14 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- A firm condemnation of Chen Shui-bian's "de- Sinification" and "de jure independence" tactics at the opening of the press briefing. -- TAO is paying attention to events surrounding Ma Ying-jeou's resignation [...]
2007-02-14 12:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING1065REINCARNATE LAMA DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: According to a well-respected reincarnate lama from Gansu Province, the Chinese government has a secret plan to select the next reincarnation of the Dalai SIPDIS Lama, but cautioned that people would not respect a Government choice. The Rinpoche said the Chinese Government a [...]
2007-02-14 23:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF CH
07BEIJING1077CHINA'S WOMAN OF COURAGE: EDITOR HU SHULI
[...] Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate Hu Shuli, editor in chief of Caijing magazine, to receive the Secretary's inaugural International Women of Courage SIPDIS Award (ref). Hu has not just broken through the glass ceiling many professional women in China face -- she has shattered it. In [...]
2007-02-15 06:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN KPAO CH
07BEIJING1081Rural Policy Remains Government's Top Priority in 2007,
[...] (SBU) On January 29, the State Council issued its Number One Document, naming rural policy as the leadership's top priority for the fourth year in a row. As expected, the Number One Document supported the outcome of the December 2006 Rural Work Conference and emphasized the importance of moder [...]
2007-02-15 06:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1094FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: OECD VISITOR ON CHINA'S LIMITED
[...] (SBU) China has a growing but still limited willingness to discuss its emerging role as a donor, to be transparent about its programs, and to coordinate development assistance issues with other countries, according to Richard Manning, Chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC),[...]
2007-02-15 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID CH XA XB XC XD XE XF DAC
07BEIJING1101ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROCUREMENT EFFORTS BY
[...] (S) China will investigate the additional information provided by the United States regarding efforts by the Pakistan Heavy Mechanical Complex to procure ring-rolling and flow forming machines in China, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Acting Deputy Director He Yi s [...]
2007-02-15 10:28:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE KSCA PK CH
07BEIJING1102FEBRUARY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points made at the February 15 MFA press conference were: -- Six-Party Talks have entered a "substantive stage." The Spokesperson outlined the structure of working groups and called for the United States and DPRK to resolve financial issues. -- China is ready to expand imports from th [...]
2007-02-15 10:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD UNSC CH KN JA IR IN RS XA
07BEIJING1103REFORMERS SHRUG OFF SHRILL LEADERSHIP SPEECH ON
[...] (C) Several academic and media contacts assessed that the recent rule of law speech given by Politburo Standing Committee member Luo Gan and reprinted in a Party journal (reftel) does not represent new trends in the thinking of the Central Government. The speech generally reflects concerns ab [...]
2007-02-15 11:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING1116URBAN-RURAL INCOME GAP NARROWING IN JIANGXI THANKS TO
[...] (SBU) Remittances from rural-to-urban migrants have boosted rural incomes in Jiangxi Province, lowering the urban-rural income gap to below the national average. Provincial and municipal level government officials believe agricultural sector modernization, including renewed emphasis on agro-pr [...]
2007-02-16 03:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING113DOUBLING LAND USE FEES: RURAL WATCHERS HOPE
[...] (SBU) China's Central Government, seeking to slow development in urban areas and protect farmland, implemented a new regulation on January 1 to double land use fees. The regulation, announced by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Land Resources, and People's Bank of China in November 2006, [...]
2007-01-05 09:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1130CHINA INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 04:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR CH
07BEIJING1145(C/NF) AFM HE YAFEI POSITIVE ON DR. GAO CASE
[...] (C) Following a meeting requested by Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on a separate topic (septel),the Charge in a one-on-one pull aside expressed serious concern about the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, currently prevented by local authorities from traveling to the United States to participate [...]
2007-02-16 07:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING1154AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO INTERCEDE WITH COURT
[...] (C) China is dissatisfied with the United States Government's inaction in preventing the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York from entering a default judgment in the Falun Gong case against China Central Television, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge F [...]
2007-02-16 08:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING1156LUNAR NEW YEAR: CHINA'S MAD DASH HOME FOR THE
[...] (C) China's annual rush home for the Lunar New Year, a holiday that stresses family unity, hit its peak February 15-16, with throngs of travelers flooding bus and train stations in big cities around the country. More than 100 million migrant workers are set to return to their hometowns. Des [...]
2007-02-16 08:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI CH
07BEIJING1158CHARGE REQUESTS CLARIFICATIONS ABOUT THE XINHUA
[...] (C) The Charge raised United States Government concerns about Xinhua News Agency's recent actions that linked renewal of foreign financial information distributors' annual licenses to the September 2006 media regulations with Xinhua News Agency's Vice President Lu Wei on February 14. Vice Pre [...]
2007-02-16 10:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN KPAO KIPR ECPS PREK ABLD CH
07BEIJING116AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO "PREVENT" CHEN
[...] (C) China urges the United States to take steps to prevent Chen Shui-bian from transiting the United States en route to Nicaragua next week, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge d'Affaires January 5. Claiming that the transit stops violate the United States' one-China policy a [...]
2007-01-05 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING117PRC/BURMA: MESSAGE ON UNSC RESOLUTION DELIVERED;
[...] (C) The PRC is prepared to block a UN Security Council resolution on Burma but appears confident there will not be enough support to bring such a resolution to a vote, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Cong Jun. MFA Director General for International Organizations tol [...]
2007-01-05 12:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
07BEIJING119BURMA NEEDS A GOVERNMENT THAT REPRESENTS ITS
[...] (C) Burma needs a government that represents the Burmese people and that provides more freedom to its citizens, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Hu Zhengyue told visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen on December 21. Hu said that China has been "working on" Bur [...]
2007-01-05 14:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM JP
07BEIJING120CHINA'S EXPORTCONTROLS - THE SYSTEM AND ITS
[...] (C) Although China's export controls are a work in progress that continue to undergo periodic revision since first promulgated in the 1990s, enforcement is opaque and considered the weakest link in the export control system. Despite official pronouncements that the PRC has prosecuted "scores o [...]
2007-01-05 14:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC ETTC BEXP ETRD CH
07BEIJING1210CENTRAL CHINA'S JIANGXI PROVINCE SEEKING TO REPLICATE
[...] (SBU) Jiangxi Province aims to replicate Coastal China's model of attracting investment in export-oriented manufacturing and processing industries as the basis for rapid economic development. Receiving renewed attention from the Central Government under the Central China Rising strategy, Jiangx [...]
2007-02-23 08:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1223DG LIU JIEYI WARNS AGAINST CHEN SHUI-BIAN EFFORTS
[...] (C) Washington should be vigilant about the risk that Chen Shui-bian will push for de jure independence in the run-up to Taiwan's 2008 election, stated MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi on February 12. The MFA is also concerned that the State Department's official website refers to Chen [...]
2007-02-26 08:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH TW
07BEIJING1238CHINA'S BLOGS: NATIONALISM, SEX AND ONLINE
[...] (C) The blossoming world of blogs, ranging from patriotic to religious to racy, is captivating China's surging population of Internet users, with some unexpected results. -- A blog petition launched by a popular television anchor calling for the Forbidden City Palace Museum to boot Starbuc [...]
2007-02-26 11:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1267FEBRUARY 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM KYE-GWAN TO
[...] Key points made at the February 27 MFA press conference were: -- Kim Kye-gwan has no plans for meetings with Chinese officials en route to the United States and China hopes that the United States and the DPRK can realize full diplomatic relations. -- Qin called China's military buildup na [...]
2007-02-27 11:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH NK JP CE BM
07BEIJING1268PRC-BURMA: MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) An MFA International Organizations Department official told us that State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan discussed Beijing's ideas about Burma's political situation during his visit to Burma that ended February 27. Responding to reftel demarche on next steps for the international community regard [...]
2007-02-27 11:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ELAB BM CH
07BEIJING1269CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) China encouraged Burma to accelerate its democratic and national reconciliation processes, develop its economy and improve the lives of the Burmese people, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told Burmese generals on his February 25-27 visit to Burma. According to a readout provided to the DCM b [...]
2007-02-27 13:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH
07BEIJING1314CHINA AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR ARF NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) China has agreed to the United States' proposal (reftels) to hold an intersessional meeting on nonproliferation in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF),Asia Department Deputy Director Tan Qinsheng said. China increasingly values ARF as the pre-eminent organization for discussing security issu [...]
2007-02-28 08:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ARF CH
07BEIJING1320LITERARY THRILLER: CHINESE AUTHOR PLANS TO SUE
[...] (C) A controversial author's preparations to sue China's General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) for banning her book about early 20th Century Beijing opera stars has created a stir in Beijing's literary world. The book, by Zhang Yihe, is one of eight that were blacklisted at [...]
2007-02-28 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1321FEBRUARY 28 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: 2/28 INCIDENT,
[...] Key points at the February 28 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO views the "2/28 incident" - of 1947 as a day in which Taiwan compatriots resisted the KMT in an act of patriotism and democracy and hopes memorial activities will not promote "Taiwan independence." - [...]
2007-02-28 10:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW
07BEIJING1322TWO FORMER PRISONERS DESCRIBE PRISON LABOR
[...] (C) Summary: Two former prison inmates recently discussed their prison labor experiences with Laboff. Although at completely different prisons, their accounts were similar. Both reported that labor was involuntary, and consisted of light industrial work for private companies that made outso [...]
2007-03-01 02:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS ELAB PGOV ETRD CH
07BEIJING1361IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS CHINESE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 10:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING1362MARCH 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] Key points made at the March 1 MFA press conference were: -- China expects a positive outcome from talks in New York between DPRK VFM Kim Kye-gwan and A/S Hill. -- The Spokesperson repeated the schedule for Deputy Secretary Negroponte's visit. SIPDIS -- China hopes Iran will abide by [...]
2007-03-01 11:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ELAB IR KN JA CH GH NP
07BEIJING1391AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA
[...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]
2007-03-02 12:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING1393AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA
[...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]
2007-03-02 12:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING1396AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA
[...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]
2007-03-02 12:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING1402MFA EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER
[...] (C) MFA North American Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi called in the DCM on March 2 to express China's "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to the announcement of planned U.S. sales of AMRAAM and Maverick missiles to Taiwan. Speaking from prepared points and with a high level of [...]
2007-03-02 12:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING1403LEGISLATING HARMONY? CHINA'S ANNUAL POLITICAL
[...] (C) China's annual legislative confab will soon get under way, with the national legislature convening on March 5 and the top advisory body opening on March 3. Although few surprises are expected at this highly scripted event, the public and media scrutiny of delegates and discussions will re [...]
2007-03-02 16:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1404NPC PRESS BRIEFING REPORTS DEFENSE SPENDING
[...] (SBU) National People's Congress (NPC) press spokesman Jiang Enzhu touched on all the hot-button issues in his opening NPC press conference, convened on March 4, the day prior to the NPC's official opening. Jiang said: -- China's military budget will increase by 17.8 percent in 2007, -- [...]
2007-03-04 12:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR ECON CH TW
07BEIJING1438NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG GUOBAO: CHAMPION OF
[...] (C) Summary. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao outlined China's growth in energy consumption and plans for expansion of production of a variety of energy sources at a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador on February 8. Zhang expressed his bureaucratic [...]
2007-03-05 08:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV ETTC PGOV CH IR
07BEIJING1444HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT REBIYA
[...] (C) Poloff expressed concern to MFA Human Rights officer Xu Jing on March 5 over reports that Rebiya Kadeer's son Ablikim, who awaits sentencing in Xinjiang Province on charges of subverting state power and ethnic separatism, is in critically poor health and urgently needs medical treatment. [...]
2007-03-05 10:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM CH
07BEIJING1448DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH AFM
[...] (S) If the United States wants to make a difference on Burma, it should engage directly with General Than Shwe, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP DAS Eric John on March 5. In a separate meeting, MFA Director General for Asian Affairs Hu Zhengyue stressed that State Councilor Tang [...]
2007-03-05 12:08:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL UNSC CH XC BM ID TH RP TT
07BEIJING1482PREMIER STAYS THE COURSE ON REFORM, DOLES OUT PORK
[...] (C) In China's version of the State of the Union address, Premier Wen Jiabao emphasized continued economic reform, balanced growth and social justice in remarks to open the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5. Wen promised to open state coffers to fund a number of social programs to a [...]
2007-03-06 14:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1484AFM CUI TIANKAI ATTEMPTS TO BROKER BETTER TIES
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan February 6-9 in an effort to broker better relations between the two countries in light of recent tensions, according to an MFA official. While in Afghanistan, Cui negotiated an agreement to improve the security s [...]
2007-03-07 06:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID AF PK CH
07BEIJING1505LABRANG MONASTERY: CENTER OF BUDDHIST SCHOLARSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Labrang Monastery in Gansu Province is one of the six major Glug monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism. Historiclly, it maintained relationships with over 130 branch monasteries, and today still draws monks from around China. The monastery is home to 2,000 registered and 1,500 "unregi [...]
2007-03-07 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID SOCI SCUL CH
07BEIJING1508PRC/NEPAL: MFA THINKING ON FUTURE DEALINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. China considers the Maoists to have joined the political mainstream in Nepal, despite the ongoing struggle between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance to strike a power sharing arrangement, MFA Asian Department India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Division officer Zhi Luying st [...]
2007-03-07 23:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER NP CH
07BEIJING1518DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, VIETNAM AND JOINT
[...] (C) Chinese scholars of Southeast Asian affairs told EAP DAS Eric John that Burma presents a major challenge and opportunity for United States-China relations following China's veto blocking a Burma resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The academics said China wants to cooperate wit [...]
2007-03-08 04:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD UNSC CH BM VN XC
07BEIJING152CHINA URGES UNITED STATES TO BAR MEDIA, PUBLIC
[...] (C) China urges the United States to prevent Chen Shui-bian from conducting public or media events during his upcoming transit stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge January 8. Expressing China's strong dissatisfaction over and continued o [...]
2007-01-08 07:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING1528NDRC CHAIRMAN: SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE ON
[...] (C) National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai said at a press conference on March 7 that the Central Government's macroeconomic control measures aim to send a clear message to the provinces to develop in a responsible way. Emphasizing the quality of development over th [...]
2007-03-08 08:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV CH
07BEIJING1566MARCH 8TH MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT,
[...] Key points made at the March 8 MFA Press Conference were: -- China's State Council issued a report on the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006 as "a mirror for the United States to view its own human rights" situation and to question American "double standards" in criticizing othe [...]
2007-03-09 04:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ENRG XM JA AO PE CH
07BEIJING1590PREMIER'S WORK REPORT: SICHUAN AND SHANGHAI
[...] (C) Provincial leaders alternatively stressed parochial interests and fealty to the center's objectives when discussing Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 7. Zhou Yongkang, former Sichuan Party Secretary and current Mini [...]
2007-03-09 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1591NPC PREPARES TO ENDORSE PROPERTY RIGHTS LAW,
[...] (C) The revised version of China's oft-delayed and highly controversial "Property Rights Law," currently under discussion at the annual National People's Congress (NPC),contains new language designed to defuse criticism that the party is abandoning socialist principles. However, it also tak [...]
2007-03-09 10:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING1596BEIJING LEADERSHIP AND REFORMERS BOTH KEEP CLOSE
[...] (C) Summary. Despite another round of warnings from National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on "ensuring a smooth election" for Hong Kong Chief Executive on March 25, Beijing-based reformers continue to watch the Hong Kong process with an eye toward implications for China's own p [...]
2007-03-09 10:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH HK
07BEIJING1615RURAL POLICY GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AT NPC,
[...] (C) Government leaders have once again made rural policy a focus of the "Two Meetings," as they attempt to address concerns about the growing urban-rural income gap and the lack of social services in the countryside. Premier Wen Jiabao, in his March 5 speech, devoted considerable attention to [...]
2007-03-12 08:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EFIN PGOV CH
07BEIJING1625IRAN SANCTIONS: FOLLOWING-UP ON MISSILE
[...] (S) China appreciates the additional information provided by the United States about possible missile- related cooperation between Chinese companies and Iran, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue told Poloff on March 12 in response to delivery [...]
2007-03-12 10:11:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC IR CH
07BEIJING1626(S) CHINA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE SANCTIONS ON
[...] (S) China appreciates United States' efforts to provide further information about conventional weapons transfers to Iran but China's strong opposition to sanctions on Chinese companies pursuant to American domestic legislation, such as the Iran-Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA),remains unchan [...]
2007-03-12 10:37:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC IR CH
07BEIJING1627MFA PREPARING FOR PM WEN'S VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] (C) China and Japan hope to clarify and expand on the nature of their "strategic, mutually supportive partnership" during Premier Wen's planned mid-April visit to Tokyo, Asia Department DDG Qiu Guohong told Polmincouns March 12. Premier Wen's visit will be the first visit to Japan by a Chines [...]
2007-03-12 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL JA CH
07BEIJING1668WU YI INTERVENES AS DR. GAO CASE LAYS BARE
[...] (C) Vice Premier Wu Yi personally intervened in the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie in order to break an impasse between the Central Government and Henan Province authorities, xxxxx unusually candid comments, along with other observations from MFA staffers, reveal a glimpse into central-local dissonance and [...]
2007-03-13 09:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING1672LI YUANCHAO DISCUSSES REFORM, PROPERTY LAW AT
[...] (C) Pressing ahead with political and economic reform poses the biggest challenge for Jiangsu, provincial Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador March 8. Interest groups that are unwilling to compromise, especially on issues such as health care, are slowing pos [...]
2007-03-13 10:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1676MARCH 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING
[...] Key points made at the March 13 MFA press conference were: -- The first denuclearization working group meeting will be held on March 17 chaired by VFM Wu. -- IAEA Chief ElBaradei was briefed by VFM Wu on the Six-Party Talks in Beijing en route to Pyongyang. -- Australia and Japan should [...]
2007-03-13 11:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
07BEIJING1679PRC-RUSSIA: SNAPSHOT OF RELATIONS AS HU JINTAO
[...] (C) Hu Jintao will visit Moscow later this month at a time when many Chinese analysts believe the China-Russia relationship is at an all-time high, according to a leading Chinese academic on Russia. Hu's visit will kick off the Year of China in Russia and will serve as an opportunity for him [...]
2007-03-14 03:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG MARR RU CH
07BEIJING1688INVITATION TO FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 07:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIJING1689 USTR PROPOSES BILATERAL LABOR DIALOGUE WITH CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6 Assistant USTR Tim Stratford met with the Chinese Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSS) and proposed that the United States and China initiate a bilateral labor dialogue that would help the United States sustain and improve trade ties with China. USTR has coor [...]
2007-03-14 07:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD CH
07BEIJING1690KEY CHINESE ACADEMIC SEES CROSS-STRAIT TIES
[...] (C) A leading Chinese commentator on foreign affairs disagreed with China's standard line on Taiwan and told visiting EAP/CM Director John Norris that from his perspective Chen Shui-bian is a diminishing threat to Beijing. After other scholars offered familiar points about the danger of Chen [...]
2007-03-14 07:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW JA
07BEIJING1691CHINESE ACADEMICS STILL CANNOT EXPLAIN ANTI-
[...] (C) Chinese scholars still have no explanation for China's anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) test and claim that they do not have information about the test some two months after the launch, EAP/CM Director John Norris was told March 13. Chinese scholars have not yet received any information abou [...]
2007-03-14 07:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR JA AS CH
07BEIJING1697SECRETARY PAULSON, VICE PREMIER WU YI DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 7 meeting at Beijing Capital International Airport, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson urged Vice Premier Wu Yi to offer more liberalization of Chinese services sectors, highlighting financial services, civil aviation and environmental services in preparation f [...]
2007-03-14 10:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD SENV OVIP KIPR CVIS PREL CH
07BEIJING1698FARE HIKES SPARK HUNAN RIOTS, CROWDS TURN ON POLICE
[...] (C) A Hunan security officia confirmed a Xinhua News Service report that the March 9-10 violent protests over bus fare hikes in Yongzhou have tapered off. He denied foreign and Hong Kong news reports that a sudent was killed in the tumult. Security officials are now engaged in two investiga [...]
2007-03-14 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING1700COURT AND PROCURACY REPORTS STRESS ANTI-
[...] (SBU) During his March 13 presentation of the Supreme People's Court Work Report at China's annual legislative session, Court President Xiao Yang discussed death penalty reforms and made repeated reference to the need for supervision of the judiciary. Procurator-General Jia Chunwang highligh [...]
2007-03-14 10:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON KJUS KIPR CH
07BEIJING1734CHINA/ENERGY: REFINING HOW OIL IS PRICED
[...] (SBU) China presently has in place an interim oil pricing mechanism that will eventually lead to the integration of domestic prices with global prices, according to National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Bi Jingquan, as quoted by media on March 11. Bi's comment caps ye [...]
2007-03-15 03:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING1753ADB's NGO PROJECT GETTING HIGH MARKS IN JIANGXI
[...] (SBU) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its Chinese Government partners launched the second phase of the NGO-Government Partnerships in Village-Level Poverty Alleviation project on January 19. The pilot project, based in Jiangxi Province, was inaugurated in December 2005 (see reftel). Gov [...]
2007-03-15 07:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1757CHINA WILL CONSIDER UN REFORM POINTS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ACABQ UNGA CH
07BEIJING1760FIFTH GENERATION STAR LI KEQIANG DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Liaoning Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to President Hu Jintao in 2012, described the challenges he faces as a provincial leader to the Ambassador over dinner on March 12. Engaging and well-informed, Li related that de [...]
2007-03-15 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1761MARCH 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA,
[...] Key points made at the March 15 MFA press conference were: -- China deeply regrets the U.S. Treasury Department ruling on Banco Delta Asia and seeks a solution conducive to the spirit of the Six-Party Talks and beneficial to Macau's stability. -- The denuclearization working group will mee [...]
2007-03-15 10:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MNUC KN KS JA CH PK
07BEIJING1776TWO CPPCC DEPUTIES SAY DEMOCRACY IS ON THE WAY
[...] (C) Two Delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) predicted to Econoff that China will be more democratic within a generation with or without the support of the Communist Party. Businessman Wang Chaobin said his positive experience in the CPPCC with offering [...]
2007-03-16 07:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PREL CH
07BEIJING1786MOST'S VIEWS ON SED DIALOGUES AND UPCOMING BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: ESTH Counselor met with Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Department of International Cooperation Deputy Director General Ma Linying March 14 to touch base following the SED Whitepaper meetings and hear MOST's views on SED preparations and other upcoming bilateral issues [...]
2007-03-16 09:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH
07BEIJING1790ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONCLUDES WITH PASSAGE
[...] (C) China's controversial Property Law passed with 97 percent of the vote at the March 16 closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC). As is the case every year, all 11 items on the docket at the final session were approved handily, though NPC deputies seemed genuinely surprised by [...]
2007-03-16 11:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1792QINGHAI GOVERNOR EMPHASIZES BALANCED DEVELOPMENT,
[...] (C) China's only female governor, Song Xiuyan of Qinghai Province, emphasized the need for balanced development that promotes rapid economic growth and raises living standards while also protecting the environment during a March 11 lunch with the Ambassador. Protecting Qinghai's environment b [...]
2007-03-16 12:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1795MARCH 16 PREMIER WEN JIABAO NPC PRESS CONFERENCE:
[...] At his March 16 press conference immediately following conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC),Premier Wen Jiabao made the following key points: -- China's anti-satellite (ASAT) test was neither aimed at nor threatened any country and did not violate any international treaties. [...]
2007-03-16 15:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR CH JA TW KN
07BEIJING1815FOR QINGDAO, INNOVATION MEANS MONEY
[...] (SBU) Qingdao is a young and growing port city, with economic and science & technology (S&T) planners brimming with optimism. Local officials are promoting innovation, research and high tech development at every turn, with the primary goal being economic development rather than meeting all p [...]
2007-03-19 07:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALTSPL ECON PARM EINV CH
07BEIJING1838PRC-ZIMBABWE: CHINA UNLIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 10:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI CH
07BEIJING1839DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO SANCTIONS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 10:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CG XA CH
07BEIJING1840ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY TOUTS ECONOMIC SUCCESSES
[...] (C) Summary. Zhejiang Province Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping, a contender to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2012/2013, describes Zhejiang as a driving force behind national economic growth. Zhejiang ranks high for income, low for income disparities, and makes substantial contributions to mig [...]
2007-03-19 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN SCUL ELAB SOCI CH
07BEIJING1841PRC-JAPAN HISTORY DIALOGUE: COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE
[...] (C) Chinese and Japanese historians meet in Tokyo March 19-20 to conduct the second round of a dialogue on modern history intended to calm tensions in both countries, scholars and officials involved with the project told us. Officials say press reports that Premier Wen will cut short his April [...]
2007-03-19 10:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI JA CH
07BEIJING1842UN REFORM: CHINA BELIEVES REFORM ISSUES SHOULD BE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 11:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ACABQ UNGA CH
07BEIJING188SECURITY FORCES RAID PURPORTED XINJIANG TERRORIST
[...] (C) Local Xinjiang security forces raided a suspected terrorist camp in a mountainous region of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region near the Pakistan border on January 5, killing 18 and arresting 17 suspects, according to Chinese media and officials. According to Xinjiang public security officia [...]
2007-01-09 12:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER CH
07BEIJING1882DAUSTR BHATIA DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Although the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) will be an important legacy of the United States-China bilateral relationship, it is essential that the SED produce positive, practical results, Deputy United States Trade Representative Karan Bhatia told Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Ma [...]
2007-03-20 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW
07BEIJING1884INTERNET ADDICTION SCARE IN CHINA REVEALS DEEPER
[...] (C) The perils of "Internet addiction" have been a hot human interest story in Mainland media in recent weeks, as newspapers and (of course) Internet news sites run a steady diet of cautionary tales about youths losing their way thanks to too much time online. The Ministry of Culture has ann [...]
2007-03-20 10:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1885GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION,
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para. 2. 2. (SBU) China is pleased to see expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and particularly welcomes the announcement that Ukraine has joined the Initiative, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told [...]
2007-03-20 10:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH
07BEIJING1886CO-SPONSORHIP OF ARF INTERSESSIONAL SIGNALS
[...] (C) China's agreement to co-sponsor with the United States an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation exemplifies China's desire to increase its emphasis on security cooperation through ARF, rather than APEC, MFA Asia Department Regional Security Division D [...]
2007-03-20 10:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ARF APEC CH
07BEIJING1887MARCH 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points made at the March 20 MFA press conference were: -- The Sixth Round of Six-Party Talks opened with bilateral consultations and an opening ceremony. China hopes the agreement reached on Banco Delta Asia will be conducive to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The Spokesm [...]
2007-03-20 11:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MNUC KN RS IR JA CH AS PP FR
07BEIJING189JANUARY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ANTI-TERROR RAID,
[...] Key Points at the January 9 MFA Press Conference were: -- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region public security forces "responded to resistance" at a terrorist training camp of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM),killing 18 terrorists and arresting 17. -- China firmly opposes the Unite [...]
2007-01-09 12:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KN KS JA TW CH
07BEIJING1895BISHKEK IN AUGUST: SHANGHAI COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 04:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KG ZK RU CH
07BEIJING1900CHINA PREPARES RESUMED AND EXPANDED
[...] (S) China is prepared to immediately resume and expand nonproliferation cooperation with the United States, MFA Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan told the DCM. Zhang's proposals include: - immediately resuming nonproliferation consultations with ISN A/S Rood at the [...]
2007-03-21 05:58:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING1925Assistant Foreign Minister Briefs on Hu
[...] President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to Russia from March 26-28 meeting with President Putin, PM Fradkov, SpeakerGryzlov, and Tatarstan Republic President Shaeymiev, AFM Li Hui announced in a special March 21 press briefing. Hu and Putin will atten the China Year in Russia's opening ce [...]
2007-03-21 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC RS CH
07BEIJING1936HUMAN RIGHTS: PETITIONERS AND ACTIVISTS FACE
[...] (C) Following the close of China's annual legislative confab, the National People's Congress (NPC),on March 16, many activists who had been detained or under police scrutiny have been released. Several contacts indicated that security during the "two meetings" was heightened this year, in par [...]
2007-03-21 12:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING1937CHINA SEEKING SOLUTION AGREEABLE TO ALL ON UNESCO
[...] (C) China will try to find a solution to the proposal for a UNESCO special session on the Old City of Jerusalem that satisfies all parties, MFA International Organizations Counselor Jiang Qin told PolMinCouns in response to reftel demarche. The Chinese Chairman of UNESCO's Executive Board wil [...]
2007-03-21 12:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL UNESCO CH IS
07BEIJING1960KOSOVO: CHINESE MFA SEES POSITIONS HARDENING
[...] (C) China sees positions concerning Kosovo as hardening, both between Serbs and Kosovars and among some UNSC members, the Deputy Director for MFA's Balkans Division told poloff. China supports Special Envoy Ahtisaari's efforts, but Beijing's position that it will only back a result agreed to b [...]
2007-03-22 08:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ZL CH RS SR
07BEIJING1963HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL LEADER GAO
[...] (C) Exchanges with United States religious institutions are extremely valuable for Chinese Protestants, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary Vice President and China Christian Council (CCC) Standing Committee member Gao Ying told Poloff during a March 15 meeting. Now is an especially opportune [...]
2007-03-22 08:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING1966MARCH 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points made at the March 22 MFA press conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks continued with bilateral meetings despite reports that DPRK VFM Kim Kye-Gwan was at the airport ready to depart Beijing. -- The Talks have run into "unexpected" technical and procedural problems regarding the [...]
2007-03-22 10:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MNUC KN KS JP CH FR SU
07BEIJING1986DARFUR: CHINA SEEKS CONSENSUS RESOLUTION IN HUMAN
[...] (C) China believes the Human Rights Council should address the issue of Darfur and is urging the European Union and Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) to find a consensus text on a resolution, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Dong Zhihua told polof [...]
2007-03-23 06:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHCR CH SU
07BEIJING2009AUSTR STRATFORD DISCUSSES XINHUA REGULATIONS WITH
[...] (C) On March 14, AUSTR for China and Mongolia Affairs Tim Stratford raised with Xinhua News Vice President Lu Wei WTO concerns over the September 2006 regulations requiring foreign financial information providers to sign a service contract with Xinhua's wholly-owned distributor. AUSTR Stratfo [...]
2007-03-23 11:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN KIPR PREL CH
07BEIJING2016CHONGQING LEADER WANG YANG SAYS "THE WORLD IS
[...] (C) Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang, one of China's youngest regional leaders, told the Ambassador that continued good United States-China relations will depend on continued growth in bilateral economic ties. Wang frankly discussed the challenges he faces in Chongqing, but insisted that [...]
2007-03-26 03:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING2042CHINA: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 13:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KNNP CH IR
07BEIJING2043UK URGES CHINA TO PRESS IRAN FOR THE RELEASE OF UK
[...] (C) China will do all it can to persuade Iran to return the British military personnel Iran is now holding, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu said to British Polmincouns Peter Wilson on March 26 in response to Wilson's request that Beijing intervene with Tehran o [...]
2007-03-26 14:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UK CH IR
07BEIJING2058CHINA URGED TO IMPLEMENT SWIFTLY UNSCR 1747
[...] (S) China will fulfill its international obligation to implement fully UN Security Council Resolution 1747, MFA International Organizations Department Acting Director Sun Xiaobo told Poloff on March 27 in response to reftel points, urging China to implement swiftly the sanctions mandated by UN [...]
2007-03-27 09:51:00Embassy BeijingSECRETKNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AE CH
07BEIJING2059MARCH 27 PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, PM WEN
[...] Key points made at the March 27 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman said no date has been set for the next round of Six-Party Talks, discussed DAS Glaser's visit on the Banco Delta Asia issue and ducked other questions about why last week's Talks broke down. -- Premier Wen will [...]
2007-03-27 10:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RS ST SP IN PK
07BEIJING2060"NAIL HOUSE" ROCK: PROPERTY PROTEST STIRS
[...] (C) A Chongqing family's refusal to abandon a building in the face of developers' bulldozers has captured the attention of Chinese media, scholars and netizens over the past week. The media have dubbed the building "the Nail House," referring to a Chinese term describing a person who refuses [...]
2007-03-27 11:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2073CHAIRMAN OF JCS GENERAL PACE'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) The United States and China are not only important stakeholders in the international community but also "constructive partners" working together closely to serve the common interests of the world's people, stated FM Li Zhaoxing during a March 23 meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chief [...]
2007-03-28 09:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING2076MARCH 28 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: SPOKESPERSON SLAMS
[...] Key points at the March 28 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- In response to a planted question, spokesman Yang Yi stated strong opposition to a Second Republic Constitution, calling it a plot to "freeze the Constitution" and push through "one country on each side" separati [...]
2007-03-28 12:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING2091U/S LAVIN, MOFCOM VM MA DISCUSS SED, JCCT, MARKET
[...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary Lavin informed Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong that unaddressed market access and IPR issues, the possibility of countervailing duty cases against China this year and the potential for a deterioration in the bilateral economic and trade rel [...]
2007-03-29 09:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BEXP KIPR WTRO EINV CH
07BEIJING2096MARCH 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING
[...] Key points made at the March 29 MFA press conference were: -- China has always viewed the Six-Party Talks "rationally" with neither pessimism nor optimism. -- The "so-called" stealing of United States military secrets was groundless and had ulterior motives. -- It is unfair for the Unite [...]
2007-03-29 10:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC XV CH KN KS JA RS CE PP SU NUIN
07BEIJING2100UNHCR'S BEIJING REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES REFUGEES
[...] (S) Some 160 refugees and 62 asylum seekers are currently receiving UNHCR protection in Beijing, including individuals from North Korea, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran and Iraq, UNHCR Regional Representative for China and Mongolia Veerapong Vonguarotai told Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population R [...]
2007-03-29 12:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREF PREL KN CH
07BEIJING2101CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION:
[...] (SBU) Summary. This is the first of two cables to assist Washington, DC agencies in their Section 301 decision making for China. This cable focuses on non- enforcement related IPR issues, including policy developments, legislative developments and patent and trademark prosecution. Post reco [...]
2007-03-29 12:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2103CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION:
[...] (SBU) This is part two of the Mission's reporting on "Special 301" related developments. The Mission's recommendations that China should once again be placed on the Priority Watch List, with Section 306 monitoring, and considered for an appropriate WTO case on IPR, were set forth in the first [...]
2007-03-30 00:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2130HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING
[...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]
2007-03-30 09:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2138HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING
[...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]
2007-04-02 01:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2139EMBASSY RAISES FALUN GONG REFUGEE REPATRIATION
[...] (C) Post contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Human Rights division March 30 to inquire about the reported unlawful repatriation from Russia March 28 of refugees Ma Hui, a Falun Gong practitioner, and her daughter Ma Ding (ref). Xu Jing, an offi [...]
2007-04-02 01:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF CH RS
07BEIJING2152GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, ANSWERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 07:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH
07BEIJING2178XIAN AIRCRAFT CORPORATION VISITED BY EMBASSY
[...] (S) Embassy Export Control Officer (ECO) visited Xian Aircraft Industry (Group) Ltd., a/k/a Xian Aircraft Corporation (XAC) on November 24, 2006, at the invitation of the Boeing Corporation (STRICTLY PROTECT) and under the direction of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). The purpose of [...]
2007-04-03 06:35:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
07BEIJING2187QINGHAI NGOS DISCUSS PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Qinghai Province told Chengdu- based Poloff that local NGOs have grown rapidly in the last several years. NGOs in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai have invested 40 million RMB (USD 5.2 million) in so [...]
2007-04-03 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07BEIJING218817TH PARTY CONGRESS TO BOOST HU JINTAO'S
[...] (C) Embassy contacts uniformly predict that the 17th Party Congress scheduled for this fall will boost Party chief Hu Jintao's ideological authority by listing his doctrinal slogans together with those of his predecessors. The relative weight that will be given to Hu's various ideological sl [...]
2007-04-03 11:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING219017TH PARTY CONGRESS: PERSONNEL RUMORS HINT AT
[...] (C) This fall's 17th Party Congress provides Hu Jintao with the opportunity to consolidate his power and leave a long-lasting imprint on the Party, both in terms of policy and in the selection of China's next generation of leaders. In terms of personnel, nothing is guaranteed, beyond Hu Jintao [...]
2007-04-03 23:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING2217KOSOVO: CHINA FEARS PRECEDENT SET BY INDEPENDENCE,
[...] (C) China fears the precedent that could be set by UN action granting supervised independence to Kosovo, according to Chinese scholars from a Ministry of State Security-affiliated think tank. UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan to grant Kosovo independence without Serbian consent could someday [...]
2007-04-04 07:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNMIK CH YI RS
07BEIJING2250APRIL 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the April 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Spokesman avoided placing blame for difficulties in the Six-Party Talks process, in response to questions by reporters about the Talks "falling apart." -- Vice Admiral Wu Shengli is visiting the United States from April 1-8 and [...]
2007-04-05 10:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KPAL KN KS JA CH AO TC IS SA
07BEIJING2251PRC/RUSSIA: MFA ADDS DETAILS ON SECURITY AND TRADE
[...] (C) Personal friendship between Presidents Hu and Putin contributed to the success of Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia, according to an MFA official who accompanied Hu on the trip. The MFA readout emphasized cultural and trade activities associated with opening of the China Year in Rus [...]
2007-04-05 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG RS CH
07BEIJING2261HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES TREATMENT OF KADEER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 06:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
07BEIJING2283 ILO SEEKS DONOR FUNDING FOR CHINA MINE SAFETY
[...] Summary: The International Labor Organization (ILO) and China's State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) seek US$1.9 million in funding for a three year project on improving occupational safety and health in China's coal mines. The project would use a tripartite approach to review mine saf [...]
2007-04-06 09:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EMIN EAID CH
07BEIJING2321CHINA "HAS NO PLANS" TO SEND AN OFFICIAL TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 10:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA PARM IR CH
07BEIJING2338COOKED STATS, RAW NERVES: UPBEAT PROTEST NUMBERS
[...] (C) China's Ministry of Public Security has made a point in the early part of 2007 of publicizing statistics showing that "mass incidents" across China are on the wane, particularly in rural areas. MPS Vice Minister Liu Jinguo announced in January that the number of "mass incidents," which h [...]
2007-04-10 02:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2360APRIL 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the April 10 MFA Press Conference by MFA Spokesman Qin Gang were: -- The MFA would not comment on the likelihood of the DPRK's meeting the April 13 deadline, nor would they give details on A/S Hill's visit to Beijing or a possible meeting with VFM Wu. -- Asked if China was [...]
2007-04-10 10:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KPAL PK VM
07BEIJING2409APRIL 11 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: LIEN CHAN TO VISIT
[...] Key points at the April 11 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Honorary KMT Chairman Lien Chan will attend the Third CCP-KMT sponsored "Cross-Strait Forum on Trade and Culture" April 28-29 in Beijing. -- The spokesman did not comment on the possibility of new KMT Chairman [...]
2007-04-11 10:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING2435CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED IN
[...] (C) No Chinese officials participated in the April 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Department's Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei during an April 12 meeting. Xu stated that China is well aware of its international obligations, [...]
2007-04-12 08:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA PARM CH IR
07BEIJING2436ILSA: CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OIL DEAL IN THE WORKS
[...] (C) China understands the United States' concerns about sending the "wrong signal" to Iran and is well aware of its obligations under UN resolutions, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Affairs Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei. During an April 12 meeting, Xu said China's representative to th [...]
2007-04-12 09:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR
07BEIJING2443APRIL 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA,
[...] Key Points at the April 12 MFA Press Conference by MFA Spokesman Qin Gang were: -- Asked repeatedly about BDA, Qin said China hopes the situation can be properly resolved as soon as possible, that the handling of the BDA issue will be conducive to the social and financial stability of Macau [...]
2007-04-12 10:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KN KS VM JA KG CD IN SU
07BEIJING2455USPTO U/S DUDAS AND SUPREMEPEOPLE'S COURT DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Jon Dudas met with Supreme People's Court (SPC) Deputy President Zhang Jun on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and innovation in China. The two discussed China's crimi [...]
2007-04-13 03:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING2459RESIDENCE PERMIT REFORM: "OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE"
[...] (C) An official announcement that residence permits in 12 provinces and regions will no longer classify citizens as rural or non-rural has pushed debate over China's household registration system back to the fore in media and academic circles. But as with previous declarations of reform, the [...]
2007-04-13 07:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2463U.S. COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL
[...] (U) United States Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement Chris Israel met with China General Administration of Customs officials on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. China Customs expressed their interest in moving forward quickly wit [...]
2007-04-13 08:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2471AMBASSADOR RAISES VOA BROADCASTS, INTERNET
[...] (C) China's blocking of Voice of America radio and television broadcasts and censorship of United States Government Internet sites undermines the kinds of exchanges China itself wants to foster, the Ambassador told State Council Information Office Director Cai Wu on April 9. The programs and [...]
2007-04-13 09:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING2477Tibetan Scholars: Cultural Preservation
[...] (SBU) Tibetan scholars and monks in Gansu Province advocated focused, selective cultural preservation in discussions with Poloffs during a recent visit, but stressed that making culture a boutique luxury is not the path to success in this effort. Acknowledging that some aspects of Tibetan cu [...]
2007-04-13 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING2481PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO JAPAN DOMINATES NEWS CYCLE
[...] (C) Mainland media has presented saturation coverage of Premier Wen Jiabao's trip to Japan this week as print, online and broadcast media have given the visit top billing. With few exceptions, the treatment has been straightforward and upbeat. The official and popular press has emphasized P [...]
2007-04-13 12:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH JA
07BEIJING2482PROMOTING TIBETAN EDUCATION HELPS QUELL SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Tibetan monks from Qinghai and Gansu Provinces recently described efforts to reintegrate traditional cultural and religious elements into the curricula of two privately funded schools for underprivileged nomadic Tibetans in Qinghai's Golok Prefecture. Resettled Tibetan nomads a [...]
2007-04-13 13:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07BEIJING2484GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION
[...] (C) MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan called in poloff and Russian Embassy poloff April 13 to raise questions about the process for expansion and admission of new members in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the Initiative). China agrees that the most im [...]
2007-04-14 06:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING2486(S) CHINA INFORMED OF SHIPMENT OF SODIUM
[...] (S) China will look into the shipment of sodium perchlorate, ammunition and fuzes from China to Iran MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue said April 14 in response to Poloff's delivery of Ref A message. Undertaking to report our information t [...]
2007-04-14 14:41:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING2514STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES NORTHEAST ASIAN
[...] (SBU) China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Japan expert Jin Xide told Staffdel Mixter that Premier Wen's visit to Japan aims to enhance China's image in the minds of the Japanese public. Energy, including cooperation on energy conservation and the dispute over gas in the East China Sea, is [...]
2007-04-17 01:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV CH JA KS KN
07BEIJING2517STAFFDEL MIXTER'S VISIT TO INNER MONGOLIAN
[...] (SBU) Officials of China's Shenhua Company told Staffdel Mixter that their factory for direct coal liquefaction could begin producing diesel fuel from coal with minimal environmental impact by the end of this year. During an April 6 tour of Shenhua's eighty percent-complete facility in Erdos, [...]
2007-04-17 01:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG KIRF CH
07BEIJING2535 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting on March 28, 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) informed Mark Ginsberg, Member of the Board of Directors, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Ginsberg),that the Ministry of Construction (MOC) has the lead in negotiating the Ene [...]
2007-04-17 06:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH
07BEIJING2536 U.S. -CHINA ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On the margins of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Green and Energy Efficient Building Technologies and Products Expo (Intelligent Building Technology Conference),Vice Minister of the Ministry of Construction (MOC) Qiu Baoxing shared his vision for expanding t [...]
2007-04-17 06:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH
07BEIJING2543APRIL 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, PM
[...] Key points at the April 17 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- The Banco Delta Asia issue is close to being resolved but the DPRK still "needs confirmation" before moving ahead with the implementation of the initial actions. -- The MFA has noted reports of acti [...]
2007-04-17 10:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV MNUC ASEAN KS KN SU CU JA MN SN
07BEIJING255PRC/FRANCE: SEGOLENE ROYAL VISITS BEIJING
[...] (C) Segolene Royal, the head of the French Socialist Party who hopes to become France's first female President in elections in April and May, had a positive visit to China, according to French Embassy Political Counselor Erkki Maillard. During her four-day trip to Beijing ending of January 9 [...]
2007-01-11 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EU CH FR
07BEIJING2555GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION,
[...] (SBU) China welcomes ref A information about the expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to include Armenia, Romania, Cambodia and Macedonia, MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan told poloff April 17. Poloff noted that we did not yet have any informat [...]
2007-04-18 06:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING2566USTR CONCLUDES PROVINCIAL IPR REVIEW IN BEIJING
[...] (U) USTR Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Stanford McCoy and USTR Senior Director for China Affairs Amy Celico visited Beijing on March 16 to conclude a series of provincial review meetings in several Chinese cities. They discussed Internet copyright issues at the B [...]
2007-04-18 06:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING258JANUARY 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING
[...] Key points made at the January 11 MFA press conference: -- The United States and China exchanged positions during the ongoing Natsios talks regarding Sudan. -- China has no position on the planned troop increase in Iraq. -- PM Wen met with Israeli PM Olmert and called for resuming dia [...]
2007-01-11 12:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER IS CA SU CH
07BEIJING259STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED) OPENING SESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 14 opening of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi and National Development and Reform Chairman Ma Kai,s presentations on China,s development road and strategy broke little new ground and drew largely from 11th Five-Year Plan documents. [...]
2007-01-11 12:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN WTRO PREL SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING2599BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS DIALOGUES,
[...] (C) Beijing-based human rights watchers reported that: -- Chinese officials referred to the Nangpa La Pass shooting incident on the Nepal border as "an accident" during the recent UK-China human rights dialogue. -- Germany will host the 23rd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue in mid-May in [...]
2007-04-18 11:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07BEIJING262SED SESSION TWO: RURAL AND URBAN BALANCED
[...] (SBU) In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) luncheon session on rural and urban balanced development, Finance Minister Jin Renqing outlined a recurrent SED theme ) how to raise the standard of living in China's countryside to narrow the rural-urban income gap. Policies to achiev [...]
2007-01-11 12:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN SOCI SENV ENRG PREL CH
07BEIJING263SED SESSION THREE: SUSTAINING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on sustaining economic development, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke discussed how a flexible exchange rate will help balance China's economy. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai raised [...]
2007-01-11 12:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING2631PRC/INDIA: 10TH ROUND OF BORDER TALKS TO TAKE
[...] (C) Executive Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo will arrive in New Delhi April 20 to conduct the tenth round of China-India border negotiations, stated MFA Asia Department officer Xu Liyi. On April 19, Xu told poloff that EVFM Dai, who also holds the title of China's Special Representative to [...]
2007-04-19 08:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
07BEIJING2632APRIL 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA,
[...] Key points at the April 19 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- The spokesman repeated previous statements that the relevant parties are close to solving the BDA issue, but some technical questions remain. -- China says now is "not the proper time" for sanctions [...]
2007-04-19 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KS KN SU JA CA CO
07BEIJING264SED SESSION FOUR: PROMOTING TRADE AND INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on promoting trade and investment, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez described the mutual SIPDIS benefits of United States-China trade, urged China to open further its services market, and underscored the need [...]
2007-01-11 13:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING265SED SESSION FIVE: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on energy, environment, and sustainable development, National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai, Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, State Environmental Protection Administration Minister Zho [...]
2007-01-11 13:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING266STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: President Hu Jintao congratulated the United States Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) delegation on a successful first dialogue and stressed the importance of United States-China economic ties to regional and world prosperity. Treasury Secretary Paulson said the dialogue had bee [...]
2007-01-11 13:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING267CHINESE OPPOSITION TO BURMA RESOLUTION UNCHANGED;
[...] (C) Calling the Charge to a 9:00 pm "urgent meeting," Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said China has "clearly" told the United States that Burma is a matter of national security for China, that there is no present threat from Burma to regional peace and security, that none of Burma's ne [...]
2007-01-11 14:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
07BEIJING2670CHINA-VIETNAM: BEIJING PRESSURING HANOI ON ENERGY
[...] (C) Chinese protests last week over Vietnamese energy exploration and survey activity in the South China Sea were especially "heavy-handed" and timed to gain leverage during the visit of Vietnam's National Assembly Chair to Beijing, according to a Vietnamese diplomat. MFA officials confirmed [...]
2007-04-20 09:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PHUM CH VN PF
07BEIJING2680PRC-JAPAN: PREMIER'S TRIP CONTINUES THAW BUT
[...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan, the first bilateral trip to Tokyo by a Chinese leader in seven years, produced concrete economic agreements and opened new channels for political and security talks but failed to resolve tough bilateral issues, Chinese diplomats and analyst [...]
2007-04-20 09:57:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL ENRG SENV CH JA KS
07BEIJING2711PARTY SCHOOL CONTACTS ON COMING LEADERSHIP CHANGES
[...] (C) Two Central Party School (CPS) scholars predicted that there will be only a few changes in the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at this fall's 17th Party Congress, but that the Politburo is in for substantial changes and maybe even an expansion. In discussing the impetus for and limits [...]
2007-04-23 13:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING2712CHINA'S SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST TRIP
[...] (SBU) China sees its role in the Middle East as one of trying to persuade all parties to continue looking for a way toward peace, China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Sun Bigan told Poloffs during a briefing on his April 9-20 visit to Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Br [...]
2007-04-23 23:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IS CH XF
07BEIJING2746APRIL 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA,
[...] Key points at the April 24 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- Technical questions remain on the Banco Delta Asia issue, specifically how DPRK parties can acquire their money through normal transfer of funds. -- Liu made no comment on whether FDA officials woul [...]
2007-04-24 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KS KN IN PK AF RS
07BEIJING2748 TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' VISIT TO CIVIL
[...] (U) Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters visited the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) in Beijing on April 13 to deliver a speech on United States- China aviation cooperation. Tian Baohua, President of CAMIC, hosted the Secretary, and Minister Yang Yuanyuan of the Gen [...]
2007-04-24 09:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2757ERITREAN SEEKS REFUGE AT EMBASSY BEIJING, REFERRED
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In the early morning hours of April 20 a man telephoned the Embassy seeking assistance. He said he was a member of an Eritrean delegation visiting China and believed he would be in danger if he returned to his country. After a face to face discussion with the man and RSO co [...]
2007-04-25 04:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRETASEC CH PREF PREL
07BEIJING2782APRIL 25 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: WHO MEMBERSHIP, LIEN
[...] Key points at the April 25 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Taiwan cannot join the WHO as a "member," "associate member" or "observer." -- Specific arrangements are still being discussed for a possible meeting between KMT's Lien Chan and President Hu. -- The planned r [...]
2007-04-25 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING2786TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS? MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters discussed a broad range of bilateral aviation issues during her meeting with General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Minister Yang Yuanyuan on April 13, 2007. The meeting included a signing ceremony for a record of [...]
2007-04-26 00:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2793TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' MEETING WITH MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters highlighted opportunities for cooperation in railway expansion and economic development and advocated on behalf of United States railroad equipment suppliers in her April 14 meeting with Chinese Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun. Minist [...]
2007-04-26 05:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2798TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters on April 14, Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao stressed that public transportation is a priority in China. He announced his attention to visit the United States in June or July to discuss implementing the soon to be sign [...]
2007-04-26 05:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN BEXP PGOV KOLY OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2799SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters and Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin agreed that a bilateral agreement on safe transportation of hazardous materials could and should be concluded in the very near future. Secretary Peters outlined cooperation with China [...]
2007-04-26 05:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ELTN SENV PREL CVIS OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING2802PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER AZIZ'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (C) Prime Minister Aziz's April 16-20 visit to China focused on promoting economic cooperation, stated MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming. China and Pakistan signed several agreements that were "firsts" for China including the China-Pakistan Joi [...]
2007-04-26 08:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID AF PK CH
07BEIJING2812APRIL 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA, DPRK-BURMA,
[...] Key points at the April 26 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- Relevant parties are still making contact and consultations in an effort to solve the BDA issue. -- The MFA has taken note of reports of the arrests of United States citizens in Tibet where the case [...]
2007-04-26 11:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KS KN CA FR BM ET
07BEIJING284STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH PREMIER
[...] (C) Summary: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and members of the U.S. delegation to the December 14-15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on December 15. Both sides hailed the inaugural SED. Premier Wen said Japan and the EU had approached China about similar t [...]
2007-01-12 03:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL KIPR SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING2857MOST MINISTER XU GUANHUA TO RETIRE; TONGJI UNIVERSITY
[...] (SBU) Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology, has retired and will be replaced by fifty-five year old automotive engineer and returnee Wan Gang, currently president of Tongji University in Shanghai. His appointment was approved by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congres [...]
2007-04-27 09:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL ENRG KSCA PINR TSPL CH
07BEIJING2896NORINCO CLAIMS TO BE FORGOING SALES TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: The United States decision to permanently waive missile proliferation sanctions against NORINCO (reftel) confirmed for company officials that they had made the right decision to forgo sales to Iran, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association Secretary General Li Genxin told Po [...]
2007-04-30 08:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING2903CICIR, PARTY SCHOOL SCHOLARS ASSESS TOP LEADERS
[...] (C) China's top leadership approved in general terms the testing of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) technology, but they most likely were unaware in advance of the details of the January test, including the precise date, scholars from the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes of Contemp [...]
2007-04-30 09:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR CH
07BEIJING2907U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW
[...] (SBU) In response to questions posed by a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation led by USCC Chair Carolyn Bartholomew, scholars from the MFA-affiliated Chinese Institute for International Studies (CIIS) noted that China-Russia relations are enjoying the [...]
2007-04-30 10:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IAEA CH IR RU
07BEIJING2908U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Scholars from the People's Liberation Army- affiliated Academy of Military Science expressed the view to a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation that while United States' global strike capabilities may raise the threshold for the United States resorting t [...]
2007-04-30 10:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CH IR
07BEIJING2909U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Chair Carolyn Bartholomew and a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation used a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director General Xie Feng to urge China to do more to produce concrete results on key economic issues, to allow American FDA inspectors to [...]
2007-04-30 11:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING2949MANDARIN DROWNING OUT UIGHUR LANGUAGE AMONG YOUTH
[...] (C) Young people, teachers and parents are optimistic about Xinjiang's economic future but are also concerned about the loss of Uighur cultural roots, Poloff learned during a recent trip to the region. Official Xinjiang media and Government policy confirm that speaking Chinese is the key to [...]
2007-05-04 08:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3058New Ministers of Water and Land Resources Named
[...] (U) China announced the selection of Xu Shaoshi as the new Minister of Land and Resources and Chen Lei as Minister of Water Resources following confirmation by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress April 27. Minister Xu was previously Deputy Secretary General of the State Cou [...]
2007-05-08 09:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH
07BEIJING3060SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT
[...] (C) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat political staff member Li Yan confirmed to poloff May 8 that invitations for the August 15-16, 2007 summit meeting of SCO heads of state in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan have not yet been issued. Separately, Chinese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director [...]
2007-05-08 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF ZK KG CH
07BEIJING3063MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES TO SUDAN;
[...] Key points at the May 8 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Jiang Yu were: -- The MFA said arms sales to Sudan are limited to conventional weapons and such sales to African nations are generally "small-scale." -- In light of PM Abe's reported gift to the Yasukuni Shrine, China hope [...]
2007-05-08 10:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA KN CA PM MX IV RW VM
07BEIJING3078KEY ECONOMIC ADVISORS ON FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
[...] (C) The NDRC Director General for Fiscal and Financial Affairs said that Chinese monetary officials are &doing the best they can8 managing the increasingly difficult policy challenge of maintaining price and financial stability while facing a flood of liquidity in the financial system due to a [...]
2007-05-09 08:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
07BEIJING3083CHINA/ENERGY: PETROCHINA ANNOUNCES MAJOR BOOST TO CHINA'S
[...] (SBU) China's largest oil producer, PetroChina, announced a major oil discovery in the Bohai Bay (water near Beijing-Tianjin) last week. The oil is considered to be of high quality and is easily recoverable, according to our contacts. Although estimated by the company to be around 7 billion b [...]
2007-05-09 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING3085CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2007: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY
[...] (C) Government officials and businessmen descended on Zhengzhou April 26-28 for the second Central China Expo. The Expo, a featured part of the Central Government's six-province "Central China Rising" strategy, was well attended despite the poor organization of volunteers who were ill-prepare [...]
2007-05-09 08:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK
07BEIJING3107ANALYST DISCUSSES ANTI-JAPANESE SENTIMENT,
[...] (C) A visiting American analyst of Asian regional affairs discussed Sino-Japanese relations with four scholars from three different Chinese government think-tanks during his mid-April visit to Beijing, soon after Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan. Scholars felt that key points in the often [...]
2007-05-10 09:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ASEAN CH JA
07BEIJING3117MAY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPECIAL REP FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS; DARFUR; TAINTED PRODUCTS; BUSH-HU; HUANG JU; DALAI LAMA; SED; IPR; VISITS
[...] Key points at the May 10 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokeswoman Jiang Yu were: -- Liu Guijin has been appointed to the newly created position of "special representative for African affairs" where he will focus on the Darfur issue. -- China will send a team of 275 engineers to Darfur [...]
2007-05-10 10:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPRE ETRD SU XA XW ZU PM UK NL BE
07BEIJING3120GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION,
[...] (SBU) China welcomed refs A and B information about expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to include ten new members, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told poloff May 10. China continues to urge that the process for adding new members be refined, as [...]
2007-05-10 11:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING315PM OLMERT'S CHINA VISIT
[...] (C) The January 9-11 China visit by PM Olmert, the first visit to China by an Israeli Prime Minister in nine years, was very good with regard to atmospherics, with the Chinese accentuating the positive on areas of Israel-China policy agreement on Iran and the Middle East, although there were n [...]
2007-01-12 10:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH IS
07BEIJING3155CHINA/ENERGY: WESTERN ENERGY COMPANIES DISCUSS MECHANICS OF
[...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable discussion in Beijing with representatives from several United States energy companies on April 24, 2007. The companies noted problems in the nature of their ties with Chinese partn [...]
2007-05-11 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING3169VFM ZHANG YESUI TAKES U.S. AFFAIRS ROLE, WILL
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has been made the VFM-level supervisor of the North American and Oceanian Affairs Department, though MFA contacts say that Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei will continue to supervise the Department on a day-to-day basis. Zhang, not Foreign Minister Yan [...]
2007-05-11 11:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH
07BEIJING3171PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING SEES EARLY ELECTION DATE AS
[...] (C) The Government of Nepal needs to set a date for the constituent assembly elections as soon as possible, according to MFA Asia Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The postponement of the elections could reignite political differences between the "eight parties." [...]
2007-05-11 12:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH NP
07BEIJING3172SHANGRI LA CONFERENCE: EVFM DAI BINGGUO WILL NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 12:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING3173PRC: BORDER TALKS WITH INDIA MAKING STEADY
[...] (C) The last round of border talks between China and India was the most in depth to date, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The two countries' differences on the Eastern section of the border remain quite large. Beijing and New De [...]
2007-05-11 12:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CH
07BEIJING318FOREIGN JOURNALISTS TEST CHINA'S RELAXED MEDIA
[...] (C) Foreign journalists have had mixed results in testing China's newly relaxed travel and interview rules (reftel). Several dissidents and controversial figures have given interviews to foreign media outlets with no official interference or repercussions, our contacts told us. Nonetheless, [...]
2007-01-12 11:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING3207SUBJECT: U.S.-CHINA HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC
[...] (FOUO) The April 17-18 U.S.-China High-Technology and Strategic Trade Working Group (HTWG) meeting in Hangzhou set a positive tone for the high technology and export control dialogue. The delegations agreed on &Guidelines for U.S.-China High-Technology and Strategic Trade Development8 (reprin [...]
2007-05-14 08:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNTAGS
07BEIJING3232NEW PROPAGANDA BLITZ ON MODEL TEACHER AIMED AT
[...] (C) According to Embassy contacts, a major propaganda campaign launched in April to celebrate the character and achievements of a PLA Navy political theory professor is the Party's latest effort to narrow the ideological chasm between official Party doctrines and the personal beliefs of cadres [...]
2007-05-14 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING3234PRC/AFRICA: CHINA'S NEW SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFRICAN
[...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Envoy for African Affairs Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan shortly, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Deputy Division Director Weng Meihui said, adding that his division is working on the logistics of the trip. Weng echoed the MFA's public line that Liu wi [...]
2007-05-14 10:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN CH SU
07BEIJING3239S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST CONSULTATIONS IN BEIJING
[...] (C) China has the capability to be a vital contributor and partner in global reconstruction and stabilization (R/S) efforts, Ambassador John Herbst told officials from the Ministries of Foreign and Civil Affairs and representatives from Chinese think tanks April 27-28. In the meetings, Ambas [...]
2007-05-15 03:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRS CH
07BEIJING3245ARF: CHINA SUPPORTS MOST U.S. INITIATIVES FOR
[...] (C) China's Foreign Ministry will consider carefully the United States' proposals for the May 25 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila, Asia Department Regional Security Division official Yang Shichao told poloff May 14 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. [...]
2007-05-15 08:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ARF CH
07BEIJING3259CHINESE POP PHILOSOPHER SPARKS CONFUCIAN SENSATION
[...] (C) The sudden spectacular popularity of Yu Dan, a media professor whose televised lectures on Confucianism have broken ratings records, has set Beijing's chattering classes buzzing about ideology, Yu's integrity and China's spiritual needs. Telegenic and plainspoken, Yu has inspired compari [...]
2007-05-15 09:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3260PRC/AFRICA: PRC NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR
[...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Representative for Sudan/Africa Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan from May 18-24 to meet with Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and other senior leaders, Liu told Polmincouns. A stop in Darfur is not currently scheduled. Liu looks forward to working [...]
2007-05-15 11:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH SU UN
07BEIJING3261MAY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TRADE AND SED; SUDAN;
[...] Key points at the May 15 MFA Press Conference were: -- United States-China trade is "win-win," trade frictions are natural given the volume of trade and China has made efforts to revalue the rmb. Such topics will be discussed in the upcoming Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). -- China pla [...]
2007-05-15 11:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD CH SU JA XA XW VM PM KS KN ZK
07BEIJING3273CHINA/IPR: U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 23 meeting with the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that focused on the state of IPR protections in China, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) North American Affairs Deputy Director General Jin Xu told USCC Chairwoman Carolyn Bartholomew and othe [...]
2007-05-16 06:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EIND PREL WTRO CH
07BEIJING3274OBSERVERS MAY BE INVITED TO SHANGHAI COOPERATION
[...] (C) Observers from the defense attache corps in Moscow, including from the United States, will probably be invited to observe this summer's "Peace Mission 2007" military exercise conducted by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Russia, MFA Director General for Eurasia Chen Guoping to [...]
2007-05-16 07:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL RU ZK CH
07BEIJING3291MAY 16 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: FRANK HSIEH CANDIDACY;
[...] Key points at the May 16 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- TAO Spokesman Li deflected questions on DPP Presidential Candidate front-runner Frank Hsieh and the newly appointed Premier Chang Chun-hsiung. -- The fifth round of "technical consultations" on cross-Strait touri [...]
2007-05-16 10:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING3292PRC/ETHIOPIA: MFA DETAILS PRC RESPONSE TO APRIL 24
[...] (C) China was shocked "top to bottom" by the April 24 dawn attack by some 200 Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels o a Chinese oil facility near the Somali border in the Ogaden region, MFA Deputy Division Director Zhou Haihong told us on May 16. Describing the incident as "totally un [...]
2007-05-16 11:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC PREF CH ET
07BEIJING3311JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON WEN VISIT, YASUKUNI SHRINE
[...] (C) Chinese and Japanese leaders made calculated decisions that allowed Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan to succeed, Japanese Ambassador to China Miyamoto told the Ambassador in a May 9 meeting. Japanese PM Abe judged that a successful Wen visit would help his domestic [...]
2007-05-17 08:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD JA CH
07BEIJING3316CHINA BANKS GIVEN LIMITED CHANNEL TO INVEST IN FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) New rules allow banks with Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) quotas to invest in equities in addition to fixed-income instruments, which are already permitted. Hong Kong registered funds will for now be the sole beneficiaries, since no other overseas regulatory body has ye [...]
2007-05-17 09:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV CH HK
07BEIJING3321MAY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BDA FUNDS; AFRICA
[...] Key points at the May 17 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA has taken note of reports from the DPRK Foreign Ministry that BDA funds are being moved. -- Jiang reiterated that assistance to African nations has "no political strings attached." -- The MFA has taken note of reports that th [...]
2007-05-17 10:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA XA XW KS KN SO AS UK HR FR
07BEIJING3322COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE LEADER HU CHUNHUA
[...] (C) Communist Youth League First Secretary Hu Chunhua told the Ambassador that 70-80 percent of China's rural youth seek work in urban areas and this sort of social change, plus the unprecedented number of university graduates seeking jobs, presents serious challenges. Scrutiny of new appli [...]
2007-05-17 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3411ILSA: CHINA: MFA CHARACTERIZES YADAVARAN OIL DEAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 08:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR
07BEIJING3416MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER TECRO WASHINGTON EVENT
[...] (C) MFA DDG for North America Xie Feng called in Polmincouns on May 21 to express Beijing's concern over a May 9 TECRO-hosted event in Washington at which TECRO representatives reportedly flew the "so-called" Republic of China (ROC) flag, played the ROC national anthem and made remarks emphasi [...]
2007-05-21 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW
07BEIJING3450DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MULTIPLE SHIPMENTS OF SODIUM
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message encouraging Chinese officials to investigate past and future shipments of sodium perchlorate to entities in Iran designated in the Annexes to UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Third Secretary [...]
2007-05-22 06:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING346 ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH NDRC
[...] (SBU) Summary. China views the sustainability of its economic growth to rest on its domestic economy, with trade only recently becoming a more significant factor. Future cooperation on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and nuclear power will be the focus of post-Strategic Economic Dialogu [...]
2007-01-16 06:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY PREL OVIP CH
07BEIJING3462PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3463PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) The United States' and China's common interests are "on the rise" in response to increasingly diversified global threats, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Zhang Yesui told United States Pacific Command (PACOM) Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating on May 11. Zhang said China wants to continue [...]
2007-05-22 09:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3466MAY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, INDIAN GENERAL'S
[...] Key points at the May 22 MFA Press Conference were: -- Jiang outlined Vice Premier Wu Yi's planned schedule of meetings, including with the President, during the upcoming SED session in Washington. -- The visit by India's Army Chief of Staff aims to improve bilateral military ties. -- T [...]
2007-05-22 10:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU UK CV DR IN PE GM
07BEIJING347 SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman discussed the Global Nuclear Energy Program (GNEP),Generation IV International Forum (GIF),ongoing cooperation under the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology (PUNT) and potential areas for new cooperation with China Atomic Energy Authority (CA [...]
2007-01-16 06:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP KOLY PTER OVIP CH
07BEIJING3489PRE-LICENSE CHECK D372865 - WAVELAB TELECOM
[...] (U) REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check end-use visit to determine the reliability and suitability of WAVELAB TELECOM EQUIPMENT CO LTD to receive controlled United States goods and technology. BIS License Application D372865 was submitted by WAVELAB INC., 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 3, R [...]
2007-05-23 09:07:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
07BEIJING3503CORRUPTION TALES: WHEN THE DOG BARKS, BUT DOESN'T
[...] (C) Former head of China's General Administration for Press and Publications (GAPP) Long Xinmin, recently replaced by Liu Binjie, was sidelined over corruption charges, according to an American academic who knows Long well. Beijing real estate developer Liu Jun, charged with bribery and implic [...]
2007-05-23 09:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3512CHINA/ILSA: SINOPEC REITERATES YADAVARAN DEAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 07:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR
07BEIJING3535MAY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, ENVOY TO SUDAN,
[...] Key points at the May 24 MFA Press Conference were: -- IAEA and UNSC decisions must be implemented, but all parties must intensify diplomatic efforts so as to arrive at an enduring, comprehensive solution that serves the interests of all, said the spokeswoman. -- China hopes the Sudanese G [...]
2007-05-24 10:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA KN IR PM BM MX IN GM
07BEIJING3578ZHENGZHOU WELCOMES EMBASSY'S FIRST VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST IN
[...] (SBU) The China Mission launched its first Virtual Presence Post (VPP) in Henan Province's Zhengzhou city during a major commercial Expo in the city. Despite local officials' initial uncertainty, the media and residents of Zhengzhou welcomed the new initiative, which built on more than a year [...]
2007-05-29 03:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH KPAO KIIP
07BEIJING3587CHINESE OPEN DOOR ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCE...MAYBE
[...] (SBU) In a possible indication of greater openness to talking about development finance, officials from China's foreign aid bureaucracy told a visiting Treasury official that they look forward to more exchanges on the topic. Long reluctant to discuss foreign aid-related issues (see reftels),t [...]
2007-05-29 09:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID CH
07BEIJING3601MAY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL VISIT, SUDAN,
[...] Key points at the May 29 MFA Press Conference were: -- A/S Hill will visit Beijing on May 30 to exchange views on the Six-Party Talks and other international and bilateral issues. -- China seeks a comprehensive solution to the Darfur issue, Spokesperson Jiang replied when asked about EU pr [...]
2007-05-29 11:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA IN KS ID GE
07BEIJING3621MAY 30 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CHEN SHUI-BIAN PLOTS,
[...] Key points at the May 30 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO is highly concerned about Chen Shui-bian and the DPP's push for a referendum on applying for membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." -- Japan should abide by the three political joint documents betw [...]
2007-05-30 07:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING3631STRUCTURAL ISSUES WORKING GROUP AND TRADE REMEDIES WORKING
[...] (SBU) The Structural Issues Working Group (SIWG) convened on April 17, 2007, in Beijing and the Trade Remedies Working Group (TRWG) met on April 18, 2007. The SIWG was established in the April 2004 meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) to provide a forum for th [...]
2007-05-31 00:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING3648PRC-JAPAN: EAST CHINA SEA TALKS, LEE TENG-HUI
[...] (C) The first round of East China Sea talks following Premier Wen's landmark visit to Tokyo clearly outlined the difficulty of bridging gaps between Beijing and Tokyo and moving toward joint exploitation of East China Sea resources, according to MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun. To [...]
2007-05-31 08:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG JA CH KS
07BEIJING3658SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS
[...] (C) China does not favor expanding sanctions on Sudan and seeks more time for diplomacy, PRC Special Representative for Africa/Darfur Liu Guijin said in response to Polmincouns' delivery of Ref A message on the President's announcement of United States' sanctions on Sudan over lack of progress [...]
2007-05-31 09:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD UN CH SU AU
07BEIJING3661MAY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL IN BEIJING,
[...] Key points at the May 31 MFA Press Conference were: -- A/S Hill discussed Six-Party Talks and BDA with VFM Wu Dawei and bilateral issues and Sudan with AFM He Yafei on May 30. -- China strongly objects to Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan. -- Japan should recognize demands for compensation [...]
2007-05-31 10:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV ETRD SU JA IN KS GE SW RS BM
07BEIJING3706THAI PM MEETS CHINESE LEADERS AND SIGNS FIVE-YEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanot visited Beijing and Kunming May 28-29, meeting with President Hu, Premier Wen and State Councilor Tang. The PM was accompanied by Thailand's Defense Minister, who met separately with PRC Defense Minister Cao and state-run arms procurement [...]
2007-06-01 08:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD CH TH
07BEIJING371PRC SUGGESTS LIMITS ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL
[...] (C) China believes the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) should be extended for only six more months, that the February extension should be MINUSTAH's final extension and that the scope of the mission should be reduced to the size it was when the mission was first establ [...]
2007-01-16 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW
07BEIJING3717UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VIEWS ON ECONOMIC REFORM: ENJOYING THE
[...] (SBU) Students at two of China's most prestigious universities said they are optimistic about China's economic growth prospects and feel fortunate to be graduating from college during this period in China's development. While they remain concerned about finding a good job after graduation, the [...]
2007-06-04 06:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING3718MIGRANTS FUEL SHAANXI PROVINCE'S RURAL ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Rural-to-urban migration is the primary driver of Shaanxi Province's rural economy -- even in one village that receives strong financial support from the local government and an American NGO. Rural residents in Shaanxi are increasingly looking for opportunities in urban areas for both wag [...]
2007-06-04 06:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING3719WESTERN CHINA'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO LAG BEHIND COAST
[...] (SBU) During a May 19-23 visit, officials in Shaanxi Province lamented the relatively slower pace of economic development in Western China. Shaanxi, considered to be China's gateway to the West, has enjoyed rapid growth during the past 10 years, but the province's economy remains far weaker th [...]
2007-06-04 06:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI INRB CH
07BEIJING3724DISSIDENTS HOLD VIRTUAL RALLY AS TIGHT SECURITY
[...] (C) The eighteenth anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square passed without incident in Beijing. Security presence in the Square was more visible and aggressive than last year, but in a break from past precedent, only a handful of activists were detained in advance of the [...]
2007-06-04 11:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3725DEATH OF VICE PREMIER HUANG JU TO HAVE LITTLE
[...] (C) The death of Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju on June 2 is unlikely to have an impact on Chinese policymaking, given that he had long been suffering from cancer and already had ceased playing an active role in Chinese politics. Nor should his death greatly upset personnel arrangements for th [...]
2007-06-04 23:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CH
07BEIJING376JANUARY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST ASIA SUMMIT,
[...] Key points made at the January 16 MFA press conference: -- China supports the East Asia Summit (EAS),believes ASEAN-Plus-Three is the main venue for regional cooperation and discussed the Korean Peninsula during a PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral meeting in Cebu, Philippines. -- Premier Wen discu [...]
2007-01-16 11:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEAN PTER KN CH
07BEIJING3761JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY,
[...] Key points at the June 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- When asked about the anniversary of Tiananmen the spokesperson noted China's progress over the past 20 years and slammed comments by American officials as "groundless attacks on China's internal affairs." -- China believes a United Sta [...]
2007-06-05 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM GE BM KS CH
07BEIJING3765CHINA/STEEL: MERGER EFFORTS HIGHLIGHT PROTECTIONIST
[...] (SBU) Reflecting concerns about energy, environmental efficiency, and competitiveness in the steel industry, China's State Council recently adopted policies aimed at eliminating excess capacity, facilitating mergers, and reducing resource intensity. Econoff's recent meetings with industry reps [...]
2007-06-05 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING3769CHINA WELCOMES NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 10:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC PARM PREL CH
07BEIJING3770NE ASIAN TRILATERAL DISCUSSES DPRK, CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) The June 3 Northeast Asian Trilateral Foreign Minister's Meeting focused on discussion of the North Korean nuclear issue, regional cooperation and policies towards Central Asia and the Middle East, MFA Asia Department Multilateral Affairs Division Deputy Director He Xiangqi told poloff. T [...]
2007-06-05 10:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG JA KN KS CH ZK XF
07BEIJING3771CHINA/SUDAN: BEIJING OPPOSES CONGRESSIONAL
[...] (C) China is strongly dissatisfied with and opposes two proposed Congressional resolutions related to China's role in Darfur, Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the Charg on June 5. Liu contended "Darfur is moving in the direction of being resolved" and th [...]
2007-06-05 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD UN CH SU AU
07BEIJING3861JUNE 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT BUSH-KADEER
[...] Key points at the June 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA called President Bush's decision to meet with Rebiya Kadeer a "blatant interference in China's internal affairs." -- China and Costa Rica have established diplomatic ties. -- If the Korean nuclear issue is raised at G-8, the [...]
2007-06-07 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM GE KS NS CS RP
07BEIJING3870ZHENGZHOU CHINA-AFRICA SYMPOSIUM EXPOSES CENTRAL CHINA'S
[...] (SBU) A recent China-Africa Trade and Investment Symposium in Zhenzhou, held in conjunction with the Central Chin Expo, attracted a large number of local Chinse businesseople but failed to provide many pportunities for dialogue with African counterparts. Although it might have been the Expo's [...]
2007-06-08 03:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV ELAB CH AX
07BEIJING3884CHINA'S DRAFT CHARITY LAW
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy has obtained a copy of China's draft "Charity Law" (para. 5). The Law would create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China for the first time, but whether it will serve as a stimulus to the development of Chinese civil society, or as a means for the [...]
2007-06-08 07:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KOLY ELAB CH
07BEIJING3892PAKISTANIS FEARING DEPORTATION HIDE OUT AT UNHCR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-08 09:59:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREF PREL ASEC KN KS CH
07BEIJING3895CONTACTS CITE LEADERSHIP CONCERNS OVER FUTURE
[...] (C) While Chinese across the country continue to obsess over the latest moves of the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses (reftel),Beijing contacts caution that frenzied stock market investment (over 100 million Chinese hold shares as of early June) is an increasing concern for Beijing's leaders. [...]
2007-06-08 12:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON CH
07BEIJING3896STUDENTS RIOT IN ZHENGZHOU OVER BEATING OF
[...] (U) More than 1,000 students rioted in Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the evening of June 6 over the beating by city inspectors of a female vendor who was a student at a local university, according to international and Chinese media reports on June 8 (see Ref A). The situation spiraled out of c [...]
2007-06-08 12:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM CH
07BEIJING390 LABOR CONTRACT LAW: NATIONAL PEOPLE's
[...] (U) On December 25, 2006, the National People's Congress (NPC) debated a new, second draft of the Labor Contract Law (LCL). The LCL is intended to complement existing labor legislation and specifically address prevalent abuses of workers? rights. The second draft is substantially different [...]
2007-01-17 08:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING3916CHINA WELCOMES FIVE NEW MEMBERS OF GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 06:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC PREL PARM RS CH
07BEIJING3921SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT DEMARCHE
[...] (S) China appreciates cooperation with the United States on issues concerning Central Asia and invites further dialogue, MFA Deputy Director General for Eurasia Zhang Xiao said in response to Acting Political Minister Counselor's delivery of reftel points on the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation O [...]
2007-06-11 09:01:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL AF KG ZK CH
07BEIJING3948JUNE 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMERICAN TARIFFS,
[...] Key points at the June 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- China opposes politicization of economic issues and will respond if Congress drafts legislation raising tariffs on Chinese goods. -- EVFM Dai will meet Deputy Secretary Negroponte for the 4th Strategic Dialogue June 20-21 in Washingto [...]
2007-06-12 10:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ETRD KOLY KPAL GE KS KN SU IR AS
07BEIJING395JANUARY 17 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Key points at the January 17 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman reviewed achievements in 2006, including cross-strait trade surpassing US$100 billion and the travel of over 4.4 million Taiwan residents to the Mainland. -- He warned that Taiwan "Constitutiona [...]
2007-01-17 11:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING3974JUNE 13 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: UN MEMBERSHIP
[...] Key points at the June 13 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman began the briefing with a strong condemnation Chen Shui-bian's referendum on joining the UN under the name "Taiwan." -- Yang denied knowledge of a case of a Taiwan fugitive reportedly in Guangzhou [...]
2007-06-13 10:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
07BEIJING398EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREA WITH CCID
[...] (C) Resumption of the Six-Party Talks in December 2006 was highly significant and no easy task, Miao Weicheng, Acting Director General for Asia at the International Department of the Communist Party Central Committee (CCID),told visiting EAP PDAS Kathy Stephens on January 16. Financial issues [...]
2007-01-17 12:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS
07BEIJING399MILITARY THINK TANKERS STRESS TAIWAN CONCERNS TO
[...] (C) Academics from military-related think tanks stressed to EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens that Taiwan remains the most important security issue in the U.S.-China relationship. Following an overwhelming stress on Taiwan, they also noted North Korea, security for the Olympics and potential differen [...]
2007-01-17 13:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KOLY CH TW KN JA KS
07BEIJING3998EXPANSION OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE ALBANIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 07:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING4010JUNE 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the June 14 MFA Press Conference were: -- China has taken note of reports indicating the imminent transfer of North Korean funds from Macau's Banco Delta Asia and hopes relevant parties take steps toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- Not responding directly to [...]
2007-06-14 11:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EFIN KJUS KS KN RS PO VM NU IZ
07BEIJING4048CHINESE MFA ON BURMESE JUNTA'S CALL TO RECONVENE
[...] (C) MFA Burma Desk officer Liang Jianjun told poloff June 14 that the Burmese regime's recent announcement that it will reconvene the National Convention July 18 was no surprise. Liang said the regime's leaders told Chinese officials they aim to finish a statement of principles for drafting a n [...]
2007-06-15 08:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING4057[PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D372172: TIANJIN QIANGYING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-17 22:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETTC ETRD CH
07BEIJING4075SMALL PROTEST AT JAPANESE EMBASSY OVER LEE
[...] (SBU) Chinese authorities allowed a small group of approximately 20 protestors to stage a demonstration at the Japanese Embassy on the morning of June 18 over the recently completed visit of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to Japan. Emboff observed the demonstrators, who claimed to be pa [...]
2007-06-18 09:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH JA
07BEIJING4084CHINESE INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382
[...] (C) Poloff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi on May 18 of six new Iranian entities designated under Executive Order 13382 for activities supporting Iran's nuclear program. Poloff emphasized that such designations are part of our efforts [...]
2007-06-18 09:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP KN IR EUN CH
07BEIJING410PRC UNDERLINES URGENCY OF CONCERNS ABOUT HAITI,
[...] (C) China feels a strong sense of urgency regarding its concerns about Haiti and the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu stressed to Polmincouns on the evening of January 17 follow a conversation on an unrelated subject [...]
2007-01-18 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO CH HA TA
07BEIJING4107TAIWAN SCHOLARS CITE DANGERS OF DETERRENT
[...] (C) In a series of recent meetings, Beijing-based Taiwan experts acknowledged that the Chinese Government believes the next year is a "period of high danger" in cross-Strait relations and warned that Chen Shui-bian may resort to extreme measures to assure a DPP electoral victory. They express [...]
2007-06-19 05:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI CH TW
07BEIJING411CHINESE OFFICIAL POLLING: SURVEY SAYS, YOU'RE
[...] (C) The Chinese Government at various levels is increasingly turning to opinion polling to measure public satisfaction with officials' performances and with provision of social services. The Ministry of Supervision (the Government analog to the Party's Central Discipline Inspection Commissio [...]
2007-01-18 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING413JANUARY 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S DPRK
[...] Key points made at the January 18 MFA press conference were: -- China welcomes the meeting between Assistant Secretary Hill and DPRK nuclear envoy Kim Kye-Gwan in Berlin and supports direct contact between the sides. -- The MFA confirmed A/S Hill's planned visit to Beijing "in the coming [...]
2007-01-18 23:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KIRF CH XA KN JA
07BEIJING4132JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIP
[...] Key points at the June 19 MFA Press Conference were: -- The spokesman said the DPRK's invitation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) affirms the DPRK's political will to implement the initial actions of the February 13 Joint Document. -- The Chinese Government places importanc [...]
2007-06-19 10:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EFIN ETTC KN JA IZ SU SP PM VT CH
07BEIJING4133BEIJING SCHOLAR DESCRIBES SHIFT IN CHINA'S FOREIGN
[...] (C) A number of "exceptional" events over the past year demonstrate a subtle shift underway in Chinese foreign policy, according to well-known Beijing academic Jin Canrong (strictly protect). Last year's "unprecedented" Foreign Affairs Work Conference, chaired by President Hu Jintao, highligh [...]
2007-06-19 12:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING4190JUNE 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL AND FM YANG'S
[...] Key points at the June 21 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes A/S Hill's visit to the DPRK will help to implement he Initial Actions Agreement and to improve Unied States-DPRK relations. -- FM Yang will visit the DPRK July 2-4. -- Population and developed nations' contributions to [...]
2007-06-21 09:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV KS KN IZ MG JA SU ID NL CH
07BEIJING4234AUSTR STRATFORD PRESENTS WHITE PAPER ON XINHUA WTO
[...] (C) AUSTR for China Tim Stratford met with Xinhua News Vice President Lu Wei for the second time on April 20 to discuss Xinhua regulations requiring foreign financial information providers to sign a service contract with a Xinhua agent company. As a follow-up to a commitment he made in the [...]
2007-06-22 10:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PREL CH
07BEIJING4237AMERICANS EXPELLED FROM XINJIANG FOR RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) A number of American citizens either resident in or visiting Xinjiang were expelled from China between February and June 2007, apparently because of their involvement in Christian religious activities. Xinjiang security officials reportedly questioned these persons about their religious a [...]
2007-06-22 12:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CASC PREL KIRF OLY CH
07BEIJING4269MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN,
[...] (C) MFA North America Director General Liu Jieyi called on the United States to stop all arms sales to Taiwan and to "explicitly oppose and curb" the attempts of the "Chen Shui-bian authorities" to achieve de jure independence during a June 25 meeting with DCM Piccuta. Liu expressed China's " [...]
2007-06-25 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW
07BEIJING429Embassy Visit to Mine Safety Program Site
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United States Department of Labor's (USDOL) program on Mine Safety and Health in China is proceeding well. Both the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) and the Yangquan Coal Group (YCG),the project's industrial partner, report that the project has opened their ey [...]
2007-01-19 04:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAID EMIN PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING4301JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, A/S
[...] Key points at the June 26 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA thanked all parties for their efforts in solving the BDA issue, but gave reporters no information on when the Six-Party Talks would resume. -- IAEA DDG Heinonen will brief Beijing on his trip to the DPRK upon its completion an [...]
2007-06-26 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN UNSC KS KN JA IZ CI TU PK CH
07BEIJING4321JUNE 27 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CROSS-STRAIT SHARED
[...] Key points at the June 27 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The Mainland supports resuming consultations on a cross-Strait "common market" based on the "1992 Consensus." -- The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) has been fair, open and transparent [...]
2007-06-27 06:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW
07BEIJING4325CHINA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO ROME RULE OF LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 09:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKJUS SA AF IBRD CH
07BEIJING4331 CHINA/ENERGY - PDAS FREDRIKSEN HOLDS WIDE-RANGING ENERGY
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: United States Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen discussed a wide range of bilateral energy issues during a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)/Energy Bureau Deputy [...]
2007-06-27 23:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN SENV TRGY KNNP CH
07BEIJING4357JUNE 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES,
[...] Key points at the June 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA noticed reports of DPRK missile launches yesterday and the Chinese and Japanese Foreign Ministers discussed the Korean nuclear issue over the phone this morning. -- China is actively engaged in Iraq reconstruction and efforts [...]
2007-06-28 09:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KS KN JA IZ VT SP CH
07BEIJING4401JUNE 12-13 DISCUSSIONS OF CHINA'S PROPOSED CHARITY
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel provided the text of a draft of China's proposed Charity Law, which would, for the first time, create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China. A participant in a June 12-13 conference on the Charity Law, sponsored by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs [...]
2007-07-02 02:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB CH
07BEIJING4420HU JINTAO SPEECH SETS TONE FOR FALL PARTY CONGRESS
[...] (C) In a June 25 speech at the Central Party School, President Hu Jintao provided a preview of the key themes likely to set the tone for the 17th Party Congress this fall. While the speech breaks little new ground and lacks sufficient detail to know how it might translate into concrete actio [...]
2007-07-02 17:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING4457JULY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: YANG DPRK VISIT, PAPAL
[...] Key points at the July 3 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA said FM Yang would meet with DPRK leader Kim Jong Il this afternoon. -- China holds an open attitude toward the restarting of the Six-Party Talks and all parties should jointly set a date for the resumption of talks. -- The [...]
2007-07-03 11:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KS KN JA VT MP RS SN MY SY EC
07BEIJING4460CHINA CELEBRATES HONG KONG REVERSION ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) China celebrated the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's reversion on July 1 amid an all-out media blitz, with official press providing round-the-clock coverage of President Hu Jintao's travel to Hong Kong for the official commemoration ceremonies. PRC media lauded the success of the one coun [...]
2007-07-03 17:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING4483JULY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the July 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- It is imperative for all sides to fulfill commitments to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and China holds an open attitude toward the resumption of Six-Party Talks. -- China hopes Defense Minister Nelson's upcoming visit will streng [...]
2007-07-05 10:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KS KN JA PM GT PA AS DR RS VT
07BEIJING450Rural Work Conference Promotes Modernization As
[...] (SBU) The annual Rural Work Conference, held in Beijing December 22-23 2006, emphasized that modernization, including agricultural technology, rural finance reform, and energy efficiency, will be one of the Central Government's top priorities in the coming year. The conference also aimed to a [...]
2007-01-19 07:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING4508PRC TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR TELLS EAP DAS
[...] (C) Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's planned referendum on joining the UN under the name of Taiwan is a poorly disguised means of achieving Taiwan independence, may threaten the peace and security of the entire Asia-Pacific region, and must be stopped, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Dire [...]
2007-07-06 07:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING4517PLA-AFFILIATED SCHOLARS WARN THAT TAIWAN'S UN
[...] (C) The mere process of holding a referendum on participation in the UN under the name "Taiwan," even if it does not pass, could trigger a response from China under the Anti-Secession Law, three scholars from a PLA-affiliated think tank told EAP DAS Christensen on July 4. A raging debate on t [...]
2007-07-06 08:56:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING4521EAP DAS TOM CHRISTENSEN WITH MFA NORTH AMERICA DG
[...] (C) China will press Sudan to accept a peacekeeping force in Darfur under UN command and control and welcomes bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea, MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen on July 5 [...]
2007-07-06 09:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC
07BEIJING4577JULY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, U.S.
[...] Key points at the July 10 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes for a Heads of Delegation meeting in "mid-July," but setting a date requires the consent of all parties. -- China calls for immediate corrective action in response to reports of an FBI advertisement in San Francisco local [...]
2007-07-10 09:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KS KN BM PK NG IZ AF CH
07BEIJING459GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINA RESPONSE ON PLAN OF WORK
[...] (C) China has no current plans to host activities to implement the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism but will actively participate in activities hosted by others, MFA Arms Control Department official Yang Yi told poloff. China has a generally positive attitude about the activities, [...]
2007-01-19 09:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIJING460EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREAN PENINSULA AND
[...] (C) The United States and China share the key goal on the DPRK nuclear issue of implementation of the 2005 Joint Statement, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens told Chinese scholars January 17. Resolving the DPRK nuclear issue is an urgent priority for Beijing, the scho [...]
2007-01-19 11:55:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV CH KN KS
07BEIJING461TOPICS OF CHINA'S JANUARY 19-20 NATIONAL FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's National Financial Working Conference, to be attended by Premier Wen Jiabao and members of the Politburo, will be held on January 19-20, and focus on advancing financial reforms, particularly in the rural sector. This event, which takes place once every five years, will [...]
2007-01-19 13:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN
07BEIJING4642SUBJECT: JULY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY
[...] Key points at the July 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA announced the meeting between the Six-Party Heads of Delegation July 18-19 in Beijing. -- The spokesman has noticed reports of a campaign to expel foreign missionaries, consulted relevant departments in China and found that no [...]
2007-07-12 10:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KS KN BM NG IS JO EG MK RS TX
07BEIJING4644CHINA INFORMED OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-12 10:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIC IAEA CH
07BEIJING4718MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI PROTESTS POTENTIAL
[...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about U.S. planned arms sales to Taiwan during this "very sensitive and dangerous time," MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told the DCM July 17. Liu warned that such sales "could seriously harm overall U.S.- China bi [...]
2007-07-17 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TW CH
07BEIJING473PRC/ASAT: AFM HE SAYS "TEST" POSES NO THREAT; NO PLANS FOR FURTHER TESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 07:12:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
07BEIJING4740CZECH DEPUTY FM VISITS BEIJING, DEFENDS U.S.-CZECH
[...] (C) Summary: Czech Republic First Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar defended the Czech Republic's negotiations with the United States on participation in a U.S. or NATO missile defense system in a July 18 speech in Beijing. He said the Czech Republic's discussions with the United States on b [...]
2007-07-18 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM NATO UNSC IR CZ CH
07BEIJING4780SCLAO DISCUSSES ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials raised United States concerns about China's draft Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) and proposed amendments to its 1993 Anti-Unfair Competition Law (UCL) in a March 30 meeting with State Council legislative Affairs [...]
2007-07-19 08:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV PGOV WTRO CH
07BEIJING4799CLOSURE OF NGO "CHINA DEVELOPMENT BRIEF" CAUSE FOR
[...] (C) The recent decision by Beijing City authorities to shut down the China Development Brief (CDB) newsletter has caused concern, but not alarm, among local NGOs and foreign foundation representatives. Embassy contacts were unsure precisely why the organization, which served as an information [...]
2007-07-20 09:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING4801EAP A/S HILL WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON IRAN, DARFUR,
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui told EAP A/S Hill July 20 that the Iran nuclear issue should be solved through dialogue, but China does not oppose "a certain level of pressure" on Tehran. China believes the UN Security Council members should first assess progress in Iran-IAEA negotiatio [...]
2007-07-20 11:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4826AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN,
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...]
2007-07-23 23:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER IR IZ CH
07BEIJING4827AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN,
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...]
2007-07-23 23:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IR IZ CH
07BEIJING483U/S HUGHES URGES INCREASED EXCHANGES, MEDIA
[...] (SBU) During a packed two-day visit to Beijing, Undersecretary Karen Hughes in concert with Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan visited a middle school classroom, Beijing University's Women's Legal Aid Center, a Special Olympics training facility, attended a church service and met with State [...]
2007-01-22 12:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL PHUM KOLY KPAO KIRF CH
07BEIJING4844AMBASSADOR'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH AFM HE YAFEI:
[...] (C) The United States must make "firmer and clearer warnings" to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian not to hold the "dangerous" UN referendum, and giving Chen a visa to transit the United States would counter U.S. statements against the referendum, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Amb [...]
2007-07-24 09:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNUC MARR IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4871XINJIANG: AMCIT REPORTS HAJJ RESTRICTIONS,
[...] (C) Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on Xinjiang's Uighur population by collecting Uighurs' passports to prevent unauthorized Hajj travel, according to an American citizen businessman in Xinjiang and other Embassy contacts. A low-ranking PLA officer reportedly told the businessma [...]
2007-07-25 23:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIF KISL SOCI CASC CH PK SA
07BEIJING4875CHARGE PRESSES CHINA ON ARF NONPROLIFERATION ISM
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Zhang Yan July 25, voicing U.S. concerns that the proposed name change for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation would broaden the meeting's scope beyo [...]
2007-07-26 01:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ARF CH
07BEIJING4898CHARGE PROTESTS PRC INTERFERENCE WITH U.S. NAVAL
[...] (C) Summary: The USNS LOYAL is a sovereign immune vessel engaged in lawful military activities in international waters and should enjoy complete freedom from interference by Chinese forces, Charge told MFA Department of Treaty and Law Director General Duan Jielong on July 25. Drawing from Ref [...]
2007-07-26 07:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH
07BEIJING4899PDAS STEPHENS' CHINA EXCHANGES ON NEAPSM
[...] (C) Summary: China views the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a positive future outgrowth of the Six-Party Talks to resolve problems and promote cooperation within the region, senior MFA officials told EAP PDAS Stephens July 25. Responding to PDAS Stephens' presentatio [...]
2007-07-26 08:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MNUC KN KS RS JA CH
07BEIJING4901VIOLENCE AGAINST REPORTERS, SIDE EFFECT OF GROWING
[...] (C) Since the January death of a reporter at an illegal coal mine in Shanxi, China's media is becoming more aggressive in publicizing attacks against journalists, according to Embassy contacts. The July 4 beating of a reporter by county-level officials in Xiji, Ningxia has generated interest [...]
2007-07-26 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING4925POSSIBLE DETENTION OF AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN,
[...] (C) American citizen Meg Davis (protect),of the NGO Asia Catalyst, told Poloff on July 27 that Beijing-based AIDS activist Li Dan has been missing since 9:30 p.m., July 26, and Li's family believes he may have been detained by Chinese security authorities. Davis said Li disappeared on July 2 [...]
2007-07-27 10:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING4926PDAS STEPHENS' DISCUSSIONS ON NEAPSM WITH
[...] (C) Summary: China sees a Northeast Asia peace and security mechanism (NEAPSM) as the "logical outcome" of Six-Party Talks, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP PDAS Stephens July 26. AFM Cui finds U.S. thinking on core principles for the regional peace mechanism to be "useful" bu [...]
2007-07-28 07:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA KN KS RU
07BEIJING4959AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN RELEASED, WARNED AGAINST
[...] (C) AIDS activist Li Dan was released late Friday, July 27, after spending 24 hours in detention, according to Meg Davis (protect),the American citizen founder of the NGO Asia Catalyst. Per reftel, Davis had reported on July 27 that Li Dan had gone missing on July 26. Davis told Poloff she [...]
2007-07-30 10:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING499JANUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ANTI-SATELLITE
[...] Key points made at the January 23 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman confirmed the test of an anti- satellite missile earlier this month, said the test did not target any country and reaffirmed that China opposes the weaponization of space and will not participate in a space ar [...]
2007-01-23 11:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KIRF PREF CH KN JA XA LE PK
07BEIJING501HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL DEFENDS JUDICIAL
[...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing defended the Chinese Government's handling of Gao Zhisheng's case (reftel) during a January 22 meeting, claiming that Gao Zhisheng's legal rights were protected and that he received a "light sentence." Xu Jing said she will inquire about the Chinese Gover [...]
2007-01-23 12:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING5039(S) LIMMT INVESTIGATION
[...] (S) On July 25, in his capacity as Charge d'Affaires a.i., Dan Piccuta met with MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Director General Zhang Yan to urge him to share the results of China's investigations into the LIMMT (Dalian FTZ) Economic and Trade Organization's commercial activity [...]
2007-08-02 07:04:00Embassy BeijingSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCR KSCA IR CH
07BEIJING5041CHINA SUPPORTS U.S. RESOLUTION ON DRC ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the UNSC DRC Arms Embargo resolution to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Political Division Deputy Director SUN Xiaobo on August 2. 2. (SBU) Sun stated that the Chinese government does not support an arms embargo on [...]
2007-08-02 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM CH CG UNSC
07BEIJING5042CHINA SHOWS INTEREST IN DETAILS OF 123 AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met with MFA Department of Arms Control Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian to deliver reftel nonpaper and a copy of the U.S.-India Joint Statement regarding the United States-India Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation (123 Agreement). DOE China Executive Director p [...]
2007-08-02 09:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP
07BEIJING5064AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Canberra wants to be "in the loop" regarding discussions of a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),given that Australia is likely to be drawn into any conflict in the region, Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Ambassador Randt and Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyam [...]
2007-08-03 10:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM CH JP AS KS KN
07BEIJING5069PRC GOVERNMENT POUNCES ON RARE "GOOD NEWS" MEDIA
[...] (C) Relieved to have good news to report, China's media gave heavy coverage to the successful rescue of 69 miners from a flooded mine in Henan Province August 1-2. China Central Television (CCTV) pushed back coverage of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army to b [...]
2007-08-03 11:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING5113CHINA PROTESTS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH UN LEGAL
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei called the Ambassador August 4 to deliver an "urgent" demarche regarding (Taiwan President) Chen Shui-bian's recent letter to the UN seeking to apply for UN membership under the name "Taiwan." AFM He complained that a USUN official on August 3 suggested [...]
2007-08-06 22:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW
07BEIJING5139HU JINTAO ATTENDING BEIDAIHE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) President Hu Jintao will attend, or may have already attended, meetings at the resort town of Beidaihe to discuss leadership personnel arrangements in advance of the 17th Party Congress, according to two Embassy contacts. President Hu previously had "quietly" attended Beidaihe meetings at [...]
2007-08-07 10:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING5140AFTER THE JAPAN ELECTIONS, PRC CONTACTS FORESEE
[...] (C) Following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) upper house election defeat on July 29, most PRC officials and analysts we spoke with predicted stability in the Sino-Japanese relationship. The election results themselves will not have much impact on the current positive trend in bilateral [...]
2007-08-07 10:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ECON SENV CH JA
07BEIJING5142U.S.-BASED COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS CHIDES
[...] (SBU) The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) held a press conference in Beijing on August 7 to announce the release of a report highly critical of China's record on press freedom in advance of the Olympic Games. The press conference proceeded smoothly without incident, in contr [...]
2007-08-07 11:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI KCUL KOLY CH
07BEIJING5176INFORMAL FOREIGN AID DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) A Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official responsible for foreign aid told a visiting USAID official that the Chinese Government would welcome efforts by the United States to cooperate with China on economic development initiatives. The August 2 meeting followed a positive exchange with a [...]
2007-08-08 09:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID CH
07BEIJING5186MFA PROVIDES "TRANSPARENCY" ON SCO SUMMIT AND
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Officials called in the DCM to tell him the SCO Summit will cover economic development, counterterrorism (CT) and regional stability, with joint military exercises in Urumqi, China and Chelyabinsk, Russia to follow. The SCO heads of state, along with the Presidents of Afghani [...]
2007-08-08 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR ZK XD CH
07BEIJING5187CHINESE ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS CALL FOR "HUMANE"
[...] (C) In an indication of the domestic public relations and policy challenges China will increasingly have to grapple with in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, 39 mainland Chinese activists, lawyers, scholars, writers and journalists have signed an "open letter" calling on PRC leader [...]
2007-08-08 10:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING523A/S HILL MEETS WITH HE YAFEI, RAISES BILATERAL,
[...] (C) Relations between the United States and China advanced significantly in 2006 and both sides should work together to take advantage of more challenges and opportunities in 2007, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill January 21. On th [...]
2007-01-24 08:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAGR CH BM HA IR KS KN
07BEIJING5232MFA CALLS IN GERMANS ON TAIWAN LEGAL STATUS
[...] (C) German Charge d'Affaires Aristide Fenster briefed DCM Dan Piccuta August 7 on a Chinese "urgent demarche" delivered to the Germans on Sunday, August 6. He characterized the demarche as "aggressive" and said it was given in "not a good atmosphere." The demarche concerned Taiwan and the sta [...]
2007-08-09 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UN CH
07BEIJING5233CHINA KICKS OFF ONE-YEAR COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPICS
[...] (C) China kicked off the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games with an impressive ceremony in front of Chairman Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square August 8. Politburo Standing Committee Member Wu Bangguo gave the keynote address, reiterating Beijing's commitment to conduct a "humane" [...]
2007-08-09 11:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING5234MFA DG LIU PROTESTS NEWS REPORT OF HARPOON MISSILE
[...] (C) Citing an Agence France Press news report that the United States planned to sell sixty Harpoon missiles to Taiwan, Director General Liu Jie Yi of the Chinese MFA,s Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs reiterated China,s opposition to U.S. military weapons sales to Taiwan duri [...]
2007-08-09 11:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH MARR PGOV PREL TW
07BEIJING5237(S) AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHINA ON ITS RELATIONS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador urged China to support the approval of a new UNSC Resolution to "keep the pressure on Iran" during a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minster Cui Tiankai at the Foreign Ministry August 9. Drawing upon reftel A and previous demarches regarding arms shipments to Iran, [...]
2007-08-10 00:14:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA CH IR
07BEIJING5248CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...]
2007-08-10 06:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING5254CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...]
2007-08-10 07:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING5266AUSTRALIA-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HEATED
[...] (C) Australian Embassy Human Rights Officer Aviva Gulley described the July 30 Australia-China Human Rights dialogue as a mostly cordial exchange during which the Chinese side gave little ground and stuck to boilerplate responses. The Chinese delegation leader, Assistant Foreign Minister He Y [...]
2007-08-10 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CN AS
07BEIJING5269(S) CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE AND CEASE LIMMT'S
[...] (S) Following up on the Ambassador's August 9 demarche to Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai in which the Ambassador specifically noted the proliferation activities of the Chinese company LIMMT/Sunny Dalian (ref B),Poloff met with MFA Arms Control Missile Division Deputy Director Yu Dunha [...]
2007-08-10 11:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR CH KSCA MTCR
07BEIJING5295REP. HASTERT ENCOURAGES U.S.-PRC ENERGY COOPERATION
[...] (C) Visiting House of Representatives members Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and John Shadegg (R-AZ),accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged greater U.S.-China cooperation in developing clean coal and nuclear technology in an August 13 meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. FM Yang said the UN [...]
2007-08-13 13:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP ENRG CH
07BEIJING5307SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON
[...] (C) Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) urged Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui to "do everything possible" to stop the Iranian supply of weapons, particularly Chinese-made weapons, to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senator Lieberman advised Zhang to take Congressional bills on trade with C [...]
2007-08-14 03:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IN IR TW CH
07BEIJING531CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED
[...] (S) Poloff delivered Ref A message concerning the delivery of a false end-user certificate by a Pakistan missile entity to a Chinese supplier and attempts by Iran's Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group to procure steel plates in China to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Th [...]
2007-01-24 10:51:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE PK IR CH
07BEIJING5316INTERIM REPLY: FOREIGN MINISTER TO LEAD CHINA'S
[...] (SBU) MFA Department of International Organizations Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told PolOff informally on August 14 that FM Yang Jiechi will almost certainly lead China's delegation to the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) session. No other Chinese senior officials will attend. However, bec [...]
2007-08-14 06:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CH
07BEIJING5317REASSURANCE ON FREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 07:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFI PREL EINV CH
07BEIJING5323SENATOR LIEBERMAN ON FOOD SAFETY, DARFUR, IRAN,
[...] (C) China has been unfairly vilified over recent product safety scandals in U.S. media, National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Jiang Enzhu told visiting Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) August 6. China is taking action to identify and shut down unlicensed, non-compliant [...]
2007-08-14 09:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC TW CH
07BEIJING5325NO RESPONSE YET FROM CHINESE ON OVERCOMING DARFUR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Chen Zhishan of the MFA's Department of International Organizations on August 13. Chen said he would convey our message but noted that the UN Security Council had passed resolution 1769 [...]
2007-08-14 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING5326TAIWAN: CHINESE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER
[...] (C) Beijing continues to hope that Washington can block Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's plan to hold a referendum on membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." In an August 7 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressman, the Chairman f the National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Com [...]
2007-08-14 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING533ANTI-CORRUPTION ENFORCER DISCUSSES PARTY'S FIGHT
[...] (C) China's leaders continue to trumpet the Party's crackdown on corruption, with its Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) supplying the shock troops for the fight. CDIC staff recently told poloffs that the past year has been an exceptionally busy one because of the large number of [...]
2007-01-24 12:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING5360BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION DIALOGUE: SMALL GROUP
[...] (S) Summary: In a small group meeting concluding bilateral nonproliferation talks August 13, ISN PDAS McNerney outlined a U.S. proposal to work cooperatively to end proliferation by specific sanctioned Chinese companies with a view toward eventually removing sanctions on companies that demons [...]
2007-08-15 09:29:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR CH
07BEIJING5361CHINESE PROVIDE CASE BRIEFINGS AND CRITICIZE U.S.
[...] (S) Summary: In an afternoon session of bilateral nonproliferation talks August 13, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Zhang Yan touted China's actions on nonproliferation enforcement and criticized U.S. sanctions on Chinese firms and our "wide-scope" interpretation [...]
2007-08-15 10:10:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MNUC IZ IR IS LE KN CH
07BEIJING5387EAP A/S HILL'S AUGUST 14 MEETING WITH AFM HE
[...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill raised U.S. concerns on Iran and Darfur with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on August 14. AFM He stated that although our approaches often differ, China wants to cooperate with the United States on both issues. AFM He conveyed China's concern ove [...]
2007-08-16 03:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR ETRD CH IR SU TW
07BEIJING5453U.S. CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE UNITED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-17 08:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA CH
07BEIJING5496CHINA TERMS SCO SUMMIT "GREAT SUCCESS"
[...] (C) MFA Department of West Asian and North African Affairs Director General Song Aiguo told the DCM on August 18 that the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek laid the basis for future expansion. The SCO members (Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and [...]
2007-08-20 08:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR CH RS ZK IR
07BEIJING5497PRC PRESIDENT TELLS IRANIAN COUNTERPART TO WORK
[...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran should "answer all the concerns of the international community" over its nuclear program. According to MFA Department of West Asian and North African Affairs Director General Song Aiguo, President Hu, in an August 15 [...]
2007-08-20 08:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC PARM IR CH ZK
07BEIJING550HONG KONG: CG CUNNINGHAM'S MEETINGS IN BEIJING
[...] (C) The Mainland's chief objective for Hong Kong is maintaining long-term political and economic stability, Government officials and scholars told Consul General James Cunningham during discussions in Beijing January 18-19. Hong Kong has seen significant positive development since the end of [...]
2007-01-25 05:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EINV CH
07BEIJING5502 AQSIQ INVESTIGATING SOURCE OF LEAD PAINT IN GUANGDONG "LEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) General Director Wang Xin told econoffs August 14 that AQSIQ was investigating the paint pigment that Foshan Lee Der Company (Li Da) acquired from a supplier for the manufacturing of Mattel Fisher P [...]
2007-08-20 22:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL CH
07BEIJING5504[PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D372172: TIANJIN QIANGYING
[...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL A requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) end-use visit to determine the reliability of TIANJIN QIANGYING MACHINE ELECTRON TECHNICAL RESEARCH CO. LTD ("TIANJIN QIA [...]
2007-08-20 22:54:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP ETTC ETRD CH
07BEIJING552CHINA/STEEL: WRAP-UP OF SECOND SINO-UNITED STATES STEEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese and United States Government delegations supported by steel industry representatives from both countries conducted the Second Sino-United States Steel Dialogue in Beijing October 19-20, 2006. The dialogue included a broad range of presentations relating to the steel ind [...]
2007-01-25 07:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EINV WTRO CH
07BEIJING5554SECRETARY PAULSON, STATE FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 1, Secretary Paulson and State Forestry Administration (SFA) Administrator Jia Zhibang agreed on the need for the United States and China to collaborate on sustainable logging issues and asked staff to follow up at the working level. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Administr [...]
2007-08-22 07:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN ETRD EINV SENV
07BEIJING5556CHINA/SED: SECRETARY PAULSON AND NDRC CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai met on August 1, 2007, to discuss the Strategic Economic Dialogue, currency reform, and investment policy. Secretary Paulson emphasized the need to make the Strategic Economic Di [...]
2007-08-22 07:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET PREL SENV EINV CH
07BEIJING5558CHINA OFFERS TRADE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On August 22, China provided an official reply to ref (a) request for China's support for Ms. Felice Gaer's candidacy for re-election to the United Nations Committee Against Torture. China offered to support Ms. Gaer's ca [...]
2007-08-22 08:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA CH
07BEIJING5560A/S HILL DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, SIX-PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: Liaoning Province Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to PRC leader Hu Jintao in 2012, told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill on August 16 that he has personally followed the Six-Party Talks because o [...]
2007-08-22 08:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH KN
07BEIJING5562PBOC GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that he supports using dividend payments from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to help rebalance China's growth and that only a relatively small share of payments [...]
2007-08-22 09:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH
07BEIJING5565TREASURY SECRETARY PUSHES CAPITAL MARKET REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with Treasury Secretary Paulson, China Securities Regulatory Commission SIPDIS (CSRC) Chairman Shang Fulin described steps CSRC has taken to implement SED agreements, including licensing foreign stock market rep offices, resuming licensing new securities [...]
2007-08-22 22:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH
07BEIJING5566SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSSES BOND MARKET, EQUITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with Secretary Paulson, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Chairman Liu Mingkang reported that China is making significant efforts to step up its AML enforcement efforts, noting that banks are &getting a lot tougher.8 Second, he reported that the [...]
2007-08-22 22:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH
07BEIJING5578INFLATION SPIKE GETTING ATTENTION FROM LEADERSHIP, MEDIA,
[...] (SBU) With CPI inflation hitting a ten-year high of 5.6 percent in July, there is now widespread concern among the public, extensive coverage in the media, and evident attention from China's senior leadership to rising prices. The spike over recent months is generally viewed as resulting from [...]
2007-08-23 07:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING5579UNSC RESOLUTION 1540: DEMARCHE ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) Pooff delivered reftel demarche to He Yi of the MA Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division on August 23, emphasizing the importance of transparency to the effectiveness of the UNSCR 1540 Committee's efforts. He Yi said he would pass the information to his supervisors and to the Chinese [...]
2007-08-23 08:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP CH SF ID
07BEIJING5584PARTY ENACTS "SAFE" POLITICAL REFORM BY
[...] (C) The Chinese media has trumpeted nationwide, local-level reorganization of Communist Party committees over the past year as an example of political reform desiged to increase efficiency and "inner-Party deocracy." The most visible change has been reduction of the number of local Deputy Par [...]
2007-08-23 08:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING5599NINGXIA BENEFITING FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE BUT
[...] (SBU) Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of China's poorest provinces, has benefited from Central Government funding under both the Great Western Development Program and New Socialist Countryside policy. As a result, Ningxia has improved its infrastructure and expanded its energy sector as wel [...]
2007-08-24 05:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING5601NINGXIA: FARMERS GETTING INCOME BOOST FROM CASH CROPS AND
[...] (SBU) Farmers in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region's Zhongning County have enjoyed a significant income boost in recent years as a result of both expanding opportunities for non-farm work and Zhongning's production of wolfberries, a cash crop which is earning historically high prices in the interna [...]
2007-08-24 05:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING5608AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM YANG ON IRAN, DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Pressed to work more effectively with the United States on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions and destabilizing behavior, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told the Ambassador that China shares U.S. goals vis- a-vis Iran and has pressed Iran to "take stock of the current situation" and "adopt fle [...]
2007-08-27 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNNP ETRD MARR MNUC CH TW IR KN
07BEIJING5639CHINA/SOE REFORM: THE LOCAL VIEW, AS SEEN FROM QINGDAO
[...] (SBU) Coverage of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in China tends to focus on the 155 large national firms managed from Beijing by the central State Assets Supervisory and Administration Commission (SASAC). Easily overlooked, however, are the tens of thousands of companies run by the 32 pro [...]
2007-08-28 08:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING5640CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES TAIWAN, MIL-MIL
[...] (C) Taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, Chairman of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu told the visiting Congressional delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) in an Aug [...]
2007-08-28 09:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM ETRD KIPR TW CH
07BEIJING5652CODEL SKELTON-FORBES MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI
[...] (C) CODEL Skelton cited strong constituent concern in urging Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on August 27 to cooperate with efforts to solve the Iran nuclear issue, take steps to alleviate the American public's worries over the safety of Chinese exports and the U.S.-China trade deficit and d [...]
2007-08-29 02:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV PMUC PTER IR SU KN CH
07BEIJING5655CODEL SKELTON ADDRESSES MILITARY TRANSPARENCY,
[...] (SBU) The United States and China share a long history and have many common interests that will only grow deeper and more plentiful, National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo told CODEL Skelton August 27. The delegation raised tough questions concerning military exchan [...]
2007-08-29 04:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KIRF ETRD PARM CH
07BEIJING569PRC/AFRICA: MFA PRESS BRIEFING ON HU JINTAO'S
[...] Key points made by Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun at the January 24 MFA press briefing on President Hu's upcoming visit to Africa were: -- Hu will visit Africa from January 30 to February 10, including stops in Cameroon (Jan. 30-Feb. 1),Liberia (Feb. 1),Sudan (Feb. 2-3),Zambia (Feb. [...]
2007-01-25 10:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV XA SU CH
07BEIJING5705BEIJING MAYOR WANG QISHAN DISCUSSES OLYMPICS, CITY
[...] (C) As Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in August 2008, the city is taking a number of measures to lessen air pollution, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan told the Ambassador over dinner on August 29, calling this month's four-day experiment in which half the city's cars were taken off the road " [...]
2007-08-30 08:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV KOLY ECON SENV ABLD ELTN PINR CH
07BEIJING5706PARTY CONGRESS TO OPEN OCTOBER 15; PERSONNEL
[...] (C) The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC),which will determine China's new Party leadership lineup and policy direction for the next five years, will open October 15 in Beijing, official media announced August 28. No ed date for the Congress was given, though the e [...]
2007-08-30 09:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING5707CHINA NUCLEAR FORCE COMMANDER REITERATES "NO FIRST
[...] (C) China's strategic nuclear and conventional missile force commander General Jing Zhiyuan told CODEL Skelton August 27 that China's "no first use" policy remains unchanged and will "never change." He stressed that China's strategic missile force is solely for self defense. On force moderni [...]
2007-08-30 09:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MNUC PARM CH TW
07BEIJING5755CHINESE ACADEMY OF MILITARY SCIENCES DESCRIBES
[...] (SBU) PLA General Zheng Shenxia told CODEL Skelton that transparency in strategic intent and expanded military-to-military exchanges enhance our bilateral relations and contribute to the stability of the Taiwan Strait. General Zheng, Director of the Academy of Military Science, discussed the [...]
2007-08-31 10:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PINS PREL PTER MCAP CH TW
07BEIJING5757PRC DEFENSE MINISTER STRESSES CHINA'S PEACEFUL RISE
[...] (SBU) In a public address in Tokyo August 30, PRC Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan countered arguments that China poses a threat to the region and underscored China's increasing defense transparency. The Minister stated that the PRC has no military allies and its defense policy will not change, [...]
2007-08-31 11:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING5776CHINESE CENTAL ASIA WATCHERS UPBEAT ON RESULTS OF
[...] (C) Summary: Three Chinese observers of Central Asian affairs lauded the mid-August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, citing counter-terrorism cooperation, military exercises, trade and energy. The scholars told us China is increasingly looking to its SCO partners for resources [...]
2007-09-04 08:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS
07BEIJING5791IN SCANDAL'S SHADOW, HENAN OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 08:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH
07BEIJING5792SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COMPUTER HACKING,
[...] Key points at the September 4 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls allegations that the Chinese military hacked into Pentagon computer systems "groundless" and representative of a "Cold War mentality." -- China will begin annual reporting to the UN on military spending and resume partic [...]
2007-09-04 09:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV SOCI PINR MARR UNSC KS KN IR AS
07BEIJING5793PRC URGES USG TO CONVINCE U.S. CONGRESS, MEDIA AND
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Government should engage the American people, Congress and media and urge them to stop politicizing the Darfur issue and linking it to the Olympics, Assistant Foreign Minister Affairs Zhai Jun says in an August 31 letter to AF Assistant Secretary Frazer. The letter, delivered to [...]
2007-09-04 09:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING5794HUMAN RIGHTS: YUAN WEIJING PREVENTED FROM
[...] (C) On August 31 Yuan Weijing, wife of imprisoned legal activist Chen Guangcheng (reftel),was prevented from traveling to Beijing, where she planned to campaign for her husband's release, and was forcibly returned to her home in Shandong Province, according to Jiang Tianyong (protect),one of [...]
2007-09-04 10:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
07BEIJING5797IN SCANDAL'S SHADOW, HENAN OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Under the impetus of the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Party Secretary's recent visit to Henan Province, local officials have launched an interdepartmental working group to address the challenges of local enforcement of Bei [...]
2007-09-04 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH
07BEIJING5801CENTRAL CHINA RISING: HENAN PLEASED WITH PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with EconMinCouns, Henan Provincial Government officials painted a picture of a province whose strategy of economic opening has resulted in three years of GDP growth above 14 percent as well as growing participation of foreign companies in local industry. The Cent [...]
2007-09-05 02:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV SOCI KPAO KIIP CH
07BEIJING5818NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY,
[...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...]
2007-09-05 09:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH
07BEIJING5820HUMAN RIGHTS: DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG'S ARREST
[...] (C) On August 27 more than 1,000 Chinese intellectuals and activists issued an open letter addressed to President Hu Jintao and delegates to the 17th Party Congress calling for the release of Zhejiang dissident writer Lu Gengsong and other jailed activists nationwide. According to lawyer Li J [...]
2007-09-05 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KOLY CH
07BEIJING5836CODEL LARSEN-KIRK DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, TRADE,
[...] (SBU) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) strongly urged China to address U.S. concerns about the safety of Chinese products and the RMB exchange rate in an August 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei. Representative Kirk encouraged China's cooperation [...]
2007-09-06 05:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PGOV PTER ETRD IR TW AF CH
07BEIJING5888TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM REMAINS SERIOUS CONCERN,
[...] (C) Current tensions over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's UN referendum, while serious, have not yet become a crisis, in part because of careful management by Washington and Beijing, in part because Chen has yet to cross China's "red line" of de jure independence, Embassy contacts commented [...]
2007-09-07 06:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING5898XINJIANG POLICE: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM THREATENS
[...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) visited Urumqi, Kashi and China's border with Kyrgyzstan during an August 29-31 trip to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Public Security Bureau officials simultaneously touted the success of anti-terrorism efforts in Xinjiang w [...]
2007-09-09 22:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER OREP SNAR PREL PRGOV TI PK KG AF CH
07BEIJING5899 CHINESE AUTHORITIES LAUNCH PUBLIC FOOD AND PRODUCT SAFETY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese authorities launched a massive campaign in late August to publicize their improvements to China's food safety and product quality systems. The TV, print, and internet coverage coincided with the release of the August 20 "White Paper on the Food Safety and Quality Situa [...]
2007-09-09 22:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH
07BEIJING5902CHINESE SCHOLAR DESCRIBES INTERNAL DEBATE OVER
[...] (C) Summary: China's Iran policy is the subject of heated debate within China's academic and foreign policy establishment, said Yin Gang, a Chinese research professor who recently returned from an officially sponsored trip to Iran. One camp, led by a senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) sch [...]
2007-09-10 00:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING5918CHINA TO CONSIDER FORMAL UNSC BRIEFING ON BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary: China will consider supporting a formal briefing of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by Special Envoy Gambari (reftel),MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 10. Liang said the MFA had conveyed to the Burmese gov [...]
2007-09-10 09:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING592THAI CNS CHAIR SONTHI DISCUSSES ARMS PURCHASES,
[...] (C) Summary: Thailand's Council of National Security Chair General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin discussed military ties and arms purchases during his January 21-24 visit to China. Sonthi met with Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and other military officials and visited Chi [...]
2007-01-26 07:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH TH
07BEIJING594 LABOR CONTRACT LAW: SECOND DRAFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National People's Congress (NPC) has invited the American Chamber of Commerce in China (Amcham) and the US-China Business Council to submit comments on the second draft Labor Contract Law (LCL) which the NPC published on December 25. Amcham hosted a breakfast for members [...]
2007-01-26 08:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EINV PGOV CH
07BEIJING5941INVITATION TO THE GPOI GLOBAL CLEARINGHOUSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 07:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS PGOV CH
07BEIJING5943DPRK TO STAFFDEL: WE WANT TO DEEPEN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: DPRK officials lamented the technical difficulty of the denuclearization process and indicated a desire to continue deepening relations with the United States during StaffDel Baron's visit to Pyongyang August 28 to September 1. The DPRK officials expressed frustration that the U [...]
2007-09-11 07:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC EAID KN KS CH
07BEIJING5946SEPTEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NUCLEAR EXPERTS
[...] Key points at the September 11 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Teams of Chinese and Russian nuclear experts have arrived in Pyongyang to discuss specifics of the disablement of DPRK nuclear facilities. -- No date has been set for the upcoming Six-Party Talks. -- The PRC is working with the i [...]
2007-09-11 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KOLY SENV KS KN PK RS SR JA CH FR
07BEIJING5950WAL-MART PULLS CHICKEN JERKY PET FOOD STRIPS FROM SHELVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy APHIS Attache and HHS Health Attache were informed separately on August 30 by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of Wal-Mart's recent decision to remove chicken jerky pet food strips manufactured by two Chinese firms from [...]
2007-09-11 23:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD TBIO ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING5969CHINA URGES UNITED STATES TO OPPOSE INDIA'S UNSC
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request (paragraph 4). 2. (C) MFA Inernational Organizations Department United Naions Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun expressed to poloff September 12 China's concern over an Indian proposal in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) concerning UN Security Coun [...]
2007-09-12 06:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNGA UN IN CH
07BEIJING5973SEPTEMBER 12 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN'S UN
[...] Key points at the September 12 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- If Chen disregards the "condemnation of the international community" regarding his "independence provocations," he will "bear responsibility for all consequences." -- Olympic Committees on both sides of the [...]
2007-09-12 09:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW
07BEIJING5976EX-SOLDIERS RIOT OVER FEES AT RAILWAY VOCATIONAL
[...] (C) Around 2,000 ex-soldiers rioted at three separate railway vocational schools in Baotou in Inner Mongolia, Baoji in Shaanxi Province, and Wuhan in Hubei Province on September 3, wire services reported September 11, citing the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy [...]
2007-09-12 11:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MARR CH
07BEIJING5977DESPITE POTENTIAL HICCUPS, PRC PUSHES FOR IMPROVED
[...] (C) In the wake of Japanese PM Abe's September 12 resignation, his earlier cabinet reshuffle, landmark August visit to India and multilateral naval exercises, Embassy contacts underscored China's continued desire to improve China-Japan relations. Neither Abe's resignation nor his recent cabin [...]
2007-09-12 12:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING598LATEST ROUND OF CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER TALKS BREAK
[...] (C) Chinese negotiators walked out of Sino-Vietnamese border talks without agreement January 20, leaving the Vietnamese delegation feeling disappointed and overlooked, according to our contacts. "Golf diplomacy" by Chinese VFM Wu Dawei and Vietnamese VFM Vu Dung could not overcome a negative [...]
2007-01-26 08:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG CH VN PF
07BEIJING6004SEPTEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PM ABE'S
[...] Key points at the September 13 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Abe's resignation is an internal affair of Japan and China attaches great importance to the development of Sino-Japanese ties. -- The choice of a new Russian prime minister is an internal affair of that country. China and Russia h [...]
2007-09-13 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV JA CH RS ID IR
07BEIJING6005CHINA REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS REGARDING U.S.
[...] (SBU) On September 13, 2007, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) American and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General (DDG) Wang Hongbo summoned Embassy Deputy Senior Commercial Officer and USTR Senior Trade Representative to inform them that the Chinese Government will file a request for consultati [...]
2007-09-13 11:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD CH
07BEIJING6006CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. INVESTMENT CLIMATE FROM SOVEREIGN
[...] (SBU) In meetings held September 10 and 11, top officials involved in the formation and investment decisions of the Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC, the new sovereign wealth fund) warned of a growing perception in China that the U.S. is decreasingly open to trade and investment. One of the [...]
2007-09-13 22:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING6018AQSIQ AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS TO CHINA'S
[...] (SBU) This report is Sensitive But Unclassified, for official United States Government use only and not for release to the media. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Congressional Committee on Commerce and Energy Staff Delegation led by investigator David Nelson met China's food safety ministerial and r [...]
2007-09-14 05:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH JA
07BEIJING6042FM YANG: "NEED TO STUDY AND DISCUSS THE BEST WAY
[...] (C) In a September 14 meeting requested by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on other subjects (see septels),the Ambassador, drawing from talking points contained in ref e-mail, stressed our joint commitment to a two-track resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue. In addition to the IAEA effort, w [...]
2007-09-14 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6044FM YANG: TAIWAN'S CHEN SHUI-BIAN TO DECLARE
[...] (S) Summary: Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called in the Ambassador September 14 to report that according to Chinese intelligence information, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian will formally declare that Taiwan is a sovereign independent state at a large rally in Taiwan on Saturday, 15 September [...]
2007-09-14 10:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING6045CHINESE MFA PROTESTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALES OF
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui both protested to the Ambassador the recent announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying that such actions "send the wrong signal" to Taiwan and embolden Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's independence efforts. VFM Zha [...]
2007-09-14 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING6070CHINA/CFIUS: TREASURY DAS DALY, CHINESE OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Nova Daly held discussions with Chinese Government officials and business leaders relating to bilateral investment issues on September 10, 2007. During the meetings DAS Daly provided an introduction to the new Committee for Financial [...]
2007-09-17 06:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV ETRD EFIN CH
07BEIJING6075BURMESE FM WELCOMES GAMBARI IN MID-NOVEMBER; READY
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 17 that during a September 13-14 visit to China, FM Nyan Win explained to PRC State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan and FM Yang Jiechi the Burmese government's perspective on the recent turmoil [...]
2007-09-17 09:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6076PRC URGES IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENVOY TO RESPOND TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Director General for West Asian and North African Affairs Song Aiguo informed us September 17 that Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi told PRC officials September 13-14 that the Iran nuclear issue is "on the right track" and urged China to oppose new sanctions. Ac [...]
2007-09-17 11:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6082DEMARCHE ON LEBANON TRIBUNAL CONTRIBUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 00:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PTER LE CH
07BEIJING609CHINA'S FIRST FTA SERVICES AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: China signed its first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Services with the ten countries of ASEAN in January, 2007 during the 12th Annual ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines. While initially opening a limited set of services, the agreement brings China and ASEAN closer to realiz [...]
2007-01-26 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON EINV CH XC AS NZ
07BEIJING6114ILSA: IRAN-CHINA YADARAVAN OIL FIELD AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolOff conveyed U.S. concerns about new reports that Sinopec plans to sign an agreement to develop the Yadavaran oil fields in Iran to Xu Wei, Deputy Director of the MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Iran and Turkey Division on September 18. Xu r [...]
2007-09-18 08:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR NL CH
07BEIJING6121SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 10:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN FR SF IN SU
07BEIJING614FIRST THE PRD, THEN THE YRD... NOW THE BOHAI RIM?
[...] (SBU) China's Central Government has backed the Bohai Rim Economic Circle (BREC) in Northern China as a key region for economic development in a manner often compared to the Pearl River Delta (PRD),emanating from Shenzhen-Guangzhou, and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD),anchored by Shanghai. The [...]
2007-01-26 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6155CHINA APPROVES SHANGHAI PORT FOR MEGAPORTS PILOT
[...] (SBU) The Chinese State Council has approved the deepwater port of Yangshen in Shanghai as the Chinese location for the Megaports pilot program, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Song Jia told Poloff on September 19. FM Yang Jiechi will notify Secretary Rice of the Chinese de [...]
2007-09-19 10:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH
07BEIJING6156CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED
[...] (S) Poloff conveyed reftel points concerning efforts by Pakistan to acquire missile-related equipment from Chinese firms to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on September 19. 2. (S) Wang told Poloff that Beijing's policy on missile expor [...]
2007-09-19 11:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK
07BEIJING6157REVISION OF PARTY CONSTITUTION: "BEGINNING OF HU
[...] (C) This week's announcement that the Chinese Communist Party Constitution will be revised at the October Party Congress, apparently to incorporate key concepts associated with General Secretary Hu Jintao, signals a clear advance in Hu's consolidation of power and marks the "beginning of the H [...]
2007-09-19 11:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING6158LIU GUIJIN: U.S. VISIT A SUCCESS; DISCUSSES SUDAN,
[...] (U) Summary: PRC Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin described his recent trip to the United States as a success that resulted in increased understanding of China's Darfur policies at a September 18 press briefing. In response to questions, he said that the security situation in Darfur is im [...]
2007-09-19 11:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH ZI ET
07BEIJING6159SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: CHINESE AID TO
[...] (C) Summary: China's aid policy toward Zimbabwe has not changed, and the current spate of reports regarding Chinese aid to Zimbabwe are all the result of a misunderstanding, MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer Wang Xiao told PolOff September 19. The rumors re-ignited following a September 18 press conf [...]
2007-09-19 11:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH ZI XA
07BEIJING6168 AUSTR STRATFORD'S MEETING WITH MOF A/S ZHU
[...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging discussion September 13 with Ministry of Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangyao, Assistant USTR for China Tim Stratford outlined U.S. expectations for the upcoming Joint Committee on Trade and Commerce (JCCT) and discussed the status of various follow-up items from the [...]
2007-09-20 02:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING617A/S SILVERBERG AND AFM CUI DISCUSS BURMA, HAITI,
[...] (C) United Nations successes in 2006 benefited from P-5 cooperation, especially between the United States and China, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (IO) Affairs Kristen Silverberg told Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. U.S.-China cooperation resulted in the selecti [...]
2007-01-26 10:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CH BM IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING619A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETINGS WITH FM LI, IO DG WU AND
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told A/S Silverberg Beijing hopes U.S.-China cooperation on international organizations issues will continue in 2007, with the United States and China addressing problems arising in various hotspots based on a constructive, cooperative, win-win approach. FM L [...]
2007-01-26 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CH IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING6197CORRECTED COPY: SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING
[...] Key points at the September 18 MFA Press Briefing were: -- No new date has been set for the Six-Party Talks. -- The Chinese government opposes the Dalai Lama's meeting with German Chancellor Merkel. -- China and Japan will hold consultations on the East China Sea in late October. -- T [...]
2007-09-20 09:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN FR SF IN SU
07BEIJING6198SEPTEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the September 20 MFA Press Briefing were: -- No new date has been set for the Six-Party Talks and Chinese heavy fuel assistance to the DPRK is under "active preparation and implementation." -- DPRK VFM Kim Yong-il met with VFM Wu Dawei in Beijing on September 18 and is curren [...]
2007-09-20 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SENV CH JA KN KS RS TW IS GZ GM
07BEIJING6199(S) CHINA URGED TO RECALL MISSILE-RELATED STEEL EN
[...] (S) Poloff delivered retel message concerning China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation's efforts to supply Syria's Mechanical Construction Factory with missile-usable specialty steel to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on Se [...]
2007-09-20 10:12:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KS SY
07BEIJING620"DEMOCRACY IS A GOOD THING" ARTICLE IGNITES DEBATE
[...] (C) An article in the influential weekly Study Times strongly endorsing democracy as "the best" political system has stimulated sharp discussion in Chinese media and intellectual circles. Our contacts speculated that "Democracy Is a Good Thing," by progressive scholar and author Yu Keping, i [...]
2007-01-26 11:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING6201 Staffdel Knauer Discusses Drug Export Safety with China
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Staffdel Knauer on September 3, officials at China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) described a rigorous inspection system for imports and exports of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs),but admitted that there is a "fatal" gap in the system be [...]
2007-09-20 22:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL HHS ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING621HUMAN RIGHTS: AMCIT NASDAQ REP DETAINED THEN
[...] (C) Chinese security officials detained and questioned AmCit Lawrence Pan, NASDAQ's chief representative in China, on the morning of January 26 in connection with NASDAQ's alleged "support" for Falun Gong activities in the United States. He was released the same afternoon, Hong Kong-based NA [...]
2007-01-26 11:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CASC CH
07BEIJING622XINHUA RENEWS PRESSURE ON FOREIGN MEDIA PROVIDERS
[...] (C) Representatives of the Associated Press (AP),Reuters, and Dow Jones (DJ) recently told emboffs that Xinhua is using the occasion of foreign financial wire services renewing their annual licenses to require them to sign distribution agreements with China Economic Information Service (CEIS [...]
2007-01-26 12:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL KPAO KIPR ECPS CH
07BEIJING6233CHINESE TERRORISM EXPERT CALLS HIZB UT-TAHRIR A
[...] (C) Ma Pinyan, a terrorism expert at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, told Poloff September 1 that while violent terrorism is on the decline, Xinjiang authorities are concerned by the growth of non-violent fundamentalist movements like Hizb ut- Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Party of Libera [...]
2007-09-21 08:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV TI PK KG AF KZ CH
07BEIJING6234BEIJING LEGAL SCHOLAR ALLEGES DPP UN REFERENDUM
[...] (C) A Chinese legal scholar and National People's Congress (NPC) adviser specializing in Chinese constitutional issues, Wang Zhenmin (protect),alleged that passage of a Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) referendum endorsing UN membership "in the name of Taiwan" would be legally equiva [...]
2007-09-21 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL TW CH
07BEIJING6253CHINA/SCO ECONOMIC CONFERENCE - FEWER SPEECHES,
[...] (SBU) A September 2007 forum on economic cooperation among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) had far fewer and lower ranking speakers than the previous year. The SCO Secretary General highlighted China's leading role in deepening friendship, cooperation and mutual economi [...]
2007-09-24 03:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK
07BEIJING6256THE HALAL NETWORK - NINGXIA REACHES OUT TO THE MUSLIM
[...] Emerging economic ties between Ningxia Province and Islamic countries suggest a broader potential for expanded commercial interaction between China's Muslims -- which likely exceed 20 million and may number as many as 100 million according to unofficial estimates -- and their brethren in the M [...]
2007-09-24 03:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6264 CHINA'S NATIONAL RECALL SYSTEM: AN UNFUNDED MANDATE
[...] (SBU) China unveiled its new national recall system for toys and processed food on August 31, a program spearheaded by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Administration, and Quarantine (AQSIQ),the regulatory agency in charge of inspection for some aspects of domestic productio [...]
2007-09-24 22:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING6266CHINESE MFA ON UNGA
[...] (C) Drawing on Department guidance (Ref A),Poloff discussed the 62nd UNGA session with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on September 24 (the first date the MFA was available). Yao's key po [...]
2007-09-24 22:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA SENV IR SU IZ BM LE CH
07BEIJING6267CHINESE MFA ON UNGA
[...] (C) Drawing on Department guidance (Ref A),Poloff discussed the 62nd UNGA session with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on September 24 (the first date the MFA was available). Yao's key po [...]
2007-09-24 22:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA SENV IR SU IZ BM LE CH
07BEIJING6286PARTY CONGRESS ECONOMIC POLICY IMPACT SEEN AS
[...] (SBU) Several ECON contacts have told us that next month's Party Congress is unlikely to affect China's macroeconomic policies. One economic analyst opined that personnel changes at the Ministry of Finance could play a role in China's fiscal policy, but said the overall direction of reform wou [...]
2007-09-25 07:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING6294SEPTEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA
[...] Key points at the September 25 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Stabiity in Burma serves the interests of Burma and the international community; China sticks toa policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. -- No information on upcoming high-level visits between Japan [...]
2007-09-25 09:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN KS RS TW BM GM
07BEIJING6318RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING THE USE OF RAPE AS AN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 08:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI
07BEIJING6321SEPTEMBER 26 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN'S UN
[...] Key points at the September 26 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO expressed appreciation for U.S. opposition to Taiwan's referendum on UN membership and its efforts to enter the UN under the name "Taiwan." -- Taiwan will "get burned if it plays with fire," said the [...]
2007-09-26 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW
07BEIJING6338CHINA TELLS BURMA TO RECEIVE GAMBARI QUICKLY,
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador per ref A urging China to press the Burmese regime to exercise restraint, begin an inclusive dialogue on democracy, and accept a visit of UN Special Envoy Gambari immediately, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei stressed in a meeting on Septem [...]
2007-09-27 08:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6339SEPTEMBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA, SIX PARTY
[...] Key points at the September 27 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China hopes all parties in Burma can "exercise restraint" so as to avoid escalation of the situation. China also urged the press to report truthfully and avoid "exaggerated hype." -- The Six-Party Talks are set to begin this evenin [...]
2007-09-27 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CH KN KS RS BM
07BEIJING6342AFM HE YAFEI ON IRAN: CHINA SUPPORTS NEW UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: China supports a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran when appropriate, but a new resolution should not hurt either the Iranian people or the legitimate economic and energy interests of China or other countries, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador [...]
2007-09-27 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING6347AQSIQ VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES SALMONELLA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspecion, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Vice Minister Wei Cuanzhong discussed with FAS Mincouns September 26 the issue of poultry import restrictions in both countries, salmonella-contaminated Chinese fish exports, possible contamination [...]
2007-09-27 22:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING6365MIGRANTS, MICROFINANCE, AND MEAT -- SHANXI'S RURAL
[...] (SBU) Professors and students at Shanxi Agricultural University in Central China said on September 25 that rural development in the province is based on non-farm income, local microfinance models have been disappointing, and the province's residents are paying close attention to inflation. Loc [...]
2007-09-28 07:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV SOCI CVIS CH
07BEIJING6367CHINA/STEEL: XINJIANG MILL (SORT OF) CHARTS ITS OWN COURSE
[...] (SBU) Econoff recently held a series of steel related meetings in Xinjiang Province with local government officials and the Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel Company (Bayi). A Bayi executive told us that the company has successfully merged with Shanghai's Baosteel. Xinjiang Province Government supp [...]
2007-09-28 08:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
07BEIJING6374CHINA: FIVE REASONS FOR NO TELECOM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 13, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Policy Jonathan McHale, accompanied by Econoffs, met with Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General of WTO Affairs Wang Zhen to discuss JCCT [...]
2007-09-28 08:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
07BEIJING6376BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EURO-RMB
[...] (C) At the September 28 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese economic ministers to "work on" the current Euro-RMB currency imbalance after French Finance Minister Lagarde invited China's attention to it. German [...]
2007-09-28 08:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV ECON CH FR GM JA UK
07BEIJING6394DEMARCHE ON REDUCTION OF IRAQI DEBT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH
07BEIJING6395CHINESE MFA SAYS ONGOING CRISIS IN BURMA STILL NOT
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Western Embassy officials on September 28, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Yang Yanyi delivered now familiar points on China's position on the crisis in Burma: China is concerned and supports UN efforts; the Burmese government should "properly handle" [...]
2007-09-28 10:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6396ALL BUBBLES, NO BATH: HUNAN'S APPAREL FESTIVAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff's attendance at a recent apparel festival as part of a larger trip to Hunan province highlighted the provincial Party leadership's desire to attract foreign interest and investment, but exposed their limited understanding of how to actually do so. Despite flying in parti [...]
2007-09-28 10:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV BTIO EINV ECON CH
07BEIJING6402AMBASSADOR URGES IMPROVED PRC COOPERATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on bilateral issues (septel),the Ambassador urged improved Chinese cooperation on Burma, Iran and other international issues and pressed for General Jing Zhiyuan of the PLA Second Artillery to accept STRATCOM's inv [...]
2007-09-28 14:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM MARR MNUC CH BM IR SU
07BEIJING6403SCO SECRETARIAT, PRC SCHOLARS DISAGREE ON SCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Asian staff at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) secretariat and Chinese scholars offered clashing views on the SCO's mission, reflecting differences between China and other member states. Umad Azizov, an Uzbek at the SCO Secretariat, stressed the SCO's role in [...]
2007-09-28 14:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS
07BEIJING6456China/Central Asia - Weak Infrastructure and
[...] (SBU) Transportation and logistics issues continue to hamper regional economic growth linking China and Central, West and South Asia. The widely hyped Horgos Cross Border trade area featured at last year's High- Level Forum on Regional Economic Cooperation in Urumqi is still under constructio [...]
2007-10-04 08:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK
07BEIJING6458CHINA "CAUTIOUS" ON FORMAL UNSC MEETING, BELIEVES
[...] (C) Summary: In response to points in reftels, Chinese MFA officials referred to MFA press statements noting China's "positive appraisal" of UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's just completed mission to Burma. MFA officials advised caution on proceeding with a formal meeting of the UNSC on Bur [...]
2007-10-04 09:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
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