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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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07BEIJING6498DISH DIFFUSION: PIRATE SATELLITE TV THRIVES IN
[...] (C) China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) has been cracking down on illegal satellite television since July 2007, according to news reports. While police in several cities are confiscating illicit receivers, enforcement of China's long-standing ban on private sat [...]
2007-10-05 08:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP PHUM SOCI KCUL KIPR CH TW HK JA RP
07BEIJING6501LEADERSHIP RUMORS IN ADVANCE OF THE PARTY CONGRESS
[...] (C) Contacts continue to speculate on impending high-level personnel changes as Beijing prepares for the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress on October 15. Decisions have reportedly "largely" been made but remain "top sec ret," with last-minute changes still a possibility. A "core" o [...]
2007-10-05 12:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING6503LEADERSHIP RUMORS IN ADVANCE OF THE PARTY CONGRESS
[...] (C) Contacts continue to speculate on impending high-level personnel changes as Beijing prepares for the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress on October 15. Decisions have reportedly "largely" been made but remain "top secret," with last-minute changes still a possibility. A "core" of [...]
2007-10-08 22:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING6535CHINESE MFA ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 07:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV UNSC HA CH
07BEIJING6539PARTY SEVENTH PLENUM OPENS; FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR
[...] (SBU) Final, formal preparations for the October 15 Party Congress began today with the announcement that the Seventh plenary session (plenum) of the 16th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee opened the morning of October 9 in Beijing, as expected (Ref D). According to the Xinhua Ne [...]
2007-10-09 10:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING6540OCTOBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA UNREST,
[...] Key points at the October 9 MFA Press Briefing: -- Burma has "become calmer" through the efforts of both the Burmese government and the international community. Any action by the UN Security Council should be "cautious and prudent" and calculated to promote "stability" within Burma. The "pr [...]
2007-10-09 14:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CH IN KN BM
07BEIJING6579CHARGE PRESSES AFM HE TO BE FLEXIBLE ON P5-PLUS-1
[...] (C) Drawing on points in ref (A),Charge urged Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei on October 10 to remain constructively engaged on the P5-plus-1 process for dealing with Iran's nuclear program, and to attend the next Political Directors meeting. He also suggested that Beijing consider [...]
2007-10-10 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6580ILSA: IRAN-CHINA YADAVARAN OIL FIELD AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 10:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR CH
07BEIJING6581CHINA "STRONGLY DISSATISFIED" WITH LATEST UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese AFM He Yafei called in the Charge on October 10 to deliver a message describing China's efforts to improve the situation in Burma and to express the Chinese government's "disappointment and dissatisfaction" that the latest U.S.-circulated UNSC Presidential draft statement d [...]
2007-10-10 10:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6596CHINA MFA SIGNALS POSSIBLE WILLINGNESS TO APPROACH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points and concept paper on the "Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on the Spread of WMD in the ASEAN Regional Forum" in separate meetings with MFA Asian Affairs Department Regional Security Division Director Ma Jia and Arms Control and Disarmament Department Conventional [...]
2007-10-11 07:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ARF CH
07BEIJING6606CHINA TIGHTENS MEDIA CONTROLS AS PARTY CONGRESS
[...] (C) As the 17th Party Congress rapidly approaches, propaganda officials are telling Chinese news outlets to avoid "negative" reporting, according to numerous media contacts. News of accidents and disasters, especially mining accidents, will be tightly controlled. Media speculation about Part [...]
2007-10-11 09:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING6607OCTOBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA, ARREST OF
[...] Key points at the October 11 MFA Press Briefing: -- The situation in Burma is "relaxing" and is "turning in a good direction." The international community should offer "constructive" help to allow Burma to realize stability, reconciliation, democracy and development. -- ROK consulate off [...]
2007-10-11 10:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CH BM KN KS JA VE CO
07BEIJING6609CHINA INFLATION: ASSET AND CONSUMER PRICE PRESSURE IN
[...] (SBU) Rising asset and consumer prices, and Central Government reactions to the increases, continued to draw attention during the recently concluded "Golden Week" period. With the 17th Party Congress set to open on Monday, October 15, inflation remains a predominant domestic economic concern. [...]
2007-10-12 01:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING6637BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON BURMA, THE
[...] (C) At the October 12 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, UK Ambassador William Ehrman said that China's concerns in Burma are driven by the long common border, the 2.5 million ethnic Chinese in Burma, the 150,000 PRC citizens living there and the 3,000 Chinese companies active in the c [...]
2007-10-12 08:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH FR GM JA UK BM
07BEIJING6638CHINESE IRAN EXPERT SAYS PRC SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 11 People's Daily report, China's former ambassador to Iran suggested the Six-Party Talks model could be applied to the Iran nuclear issue but that the United States would have to negotiate directly with Iran. A Chinese researcher claimed to PolOff that Beijing is [...]
2007-10-12 09:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING6640NORINCO VP EAGERLY ACCEPTS MEETING PROPOSAL
[...] (S) Summary. China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) Vice President He Xiaodong eagerly accepted reftel invitation to meet in Washington the week of 29 October - 2 November. VP He understands the meeting is only for NORINCO executives and not for outside consultants. VP He stated that as [...]
2007-10-12 09:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL CH ETTC PARM
07BEIJING6641ROUNDUP OF DISSIDENTS, UNDESIRABLES AS BEIJING
[...] (C) Security authorities appear to be rounding up a large number of petitioners, dissidents and other "undesirables" in advance of the 17th Communist Party Congress, which opens October 15. Police are detaining petitioners in Beijing and forcibly returning them to their home towns, contacts r [...]
2007-10-12 10:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6652MEETING WITH MFA VICE MINISTER ZHANG YESUI
[...] (U) Summary. On October 9, Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia and Department of Commerce Acting Under Secretary Christopher Padilla told MFA Vice Minister Zhang Yesui that the JCCT preparatory meeting with VM Ma were constructive and much work remains for the JCCT and SED. China should send an unequiv [...]
2007-10-15 00:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL CH
07BEIJING6654UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...]
2007-10-15 03:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6655UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...]
2007-10-15 03:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6671CHARGE PRESSES MFA ON WSJ REPORTER'S VISA
[...] (C) Summary: Per ref A, the Charge d'Affaires met with the MFA Information Department DG October 12 to press him to issue a residency permit to a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal correspondent. The DG, Liu Jianchao, stressed that the visa denial for journalist Ian Johnson was due to [...]
2007-10-15 09:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH
07BEIJING6675U.S. FDA COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH CHINESE COUNTERARTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner traveled to Shanghai October 10-14 to deliver one of the keynote speeches at the Fifth Annual Sino-U.S Symposium on Medicine in the Twenty-First Century and to participate in the centennial anniversary c [...]
2007-10-15 22:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING6676U.S. FDA COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH CHINESE COUNTERPARTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner traveled to Shanghai October 10-14 to deliver one of the keynote speeches at the Fifth Annual Sino-U.S Symposiu on Medicine in th Twenty-First Century and to participate in the centennial anniversary cel [...]
2007-10-15 22:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH
07BEIJING6689CHINA DEFERS TO GAMBARI ON TIMING OF RETURN VISIT
[...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points October 16 to United Nations Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun. Yao said China supports UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's returning quickly to Burma, but "respects the judgment" of the UN Secretary-General and Special Envoy Gambari with regard to [...]
2007-10-16 08:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6690OCTOBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA VISIT
[...] Key points at the October 16 MFA Press Briefing: -- The U.S. presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor to the Dalai Lama will "seriously hurt" U.S.-China relations. -- Chinese participation in this week's scheduled P5-Plus-1 Political Directors' meeting was cancelled for "techn [...]
2007-10-16 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CH BM IR JA GM SU
07BEIJING6716GERMAN EMBOFF CONFIRMS CHINA CANCELLED RULE OF LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 08:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH GM
07BEIJING6720PARTY BUOYED BY GOOD SOCIAL STABILITY, BUT
[...] (C) China's leadership is holding its 17th Party Congress amid a backdrop of high economic growth and rising living standards that is keeping societal unrest in check, according to sociologists and mid- level government officials with whom we recently spoke. Most contacts say that the current [...]
2007-10-17 11:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6730CHINESE MFA ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Poloff on October 18 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Director Dong Zhihua reftel points soliciting support for U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assem [...]
2007-10-18 07:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA CH
07BEIJING6732OCTOBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA VISIT
[...] Key points at the October 18 MFA Press Briefing: -- China regards the Dalai Lama's visit to the United States as blatant interference in China's internal affairs that has greatly undermined the relationship between the United States and China. FM Yang strongly protested the visit in an Octo [...]
2007-10-18 09:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TU VM VT IN RS KN
07BEIJING6733FM YANG "STRONGLY PROTESTS" DALAI LAMA'S U.S.
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi expressed China's "strong opposition and indignation" to October 17 activities in connection with awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama. FM Yang said that the United States' actions will have "severe adverse consequences for bilateral relatio [...]
2007-10-18 10:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH IN
07BEIJING6760PRESS BRIEFING ON OLYMPICS HELD OCTOBER 19 ON
[...] A briefing on next year's Olympic Games was held October 19 as part of the series of press conferences staged in conjunction with China's ongoing 17th Communist Party Congrss. Liu Jingmin, who serves both as Beijing Vce Mayor and Executive Vice President of the Beijing Organizing Committee f [...]
2007-10-19 12:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY CH
07BEIJING6761CHINA'S 2008 WOMAN OF COURAGE: AI XIAOMING
[...] Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate feminist author, documentary filmmaker and activist Ai Xiaoming to receive the 2008 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Ai has overcome police detention, physical assault and state censorship to fight for the rights of Chinese women. I [...]
2007-10-19 13:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN KPAO CH
07BEIJING6774CHINESE MFA ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 06:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN UNGA
07BEIJING6777HU JINTAO EMERGES FROM PARTY CONGRESS STRONGER,
[...] (C) Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao has emerged from the 17th Party Congress stronger than before, but China's new leadership lineup revealed today indicates that he must continue to accommodate other interests within the Party. Hu Jintao was "reelected" to the top positions of Pa [...]
2007-10-22 10:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING6809BURMA POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 08:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6810OCTOBER 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DALAI LAMA,
[...] Key points at the October 23 MFA Press Briefing: -- China's new leadership committed to peaceful development and DPRK denuclearization process -- Regarding the Dalai Lama, the United States and China will hold "effective communication" -- EU-China dialogue on human rights "helpful" -- V [...]
2007-10-23 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING6822DARFUR HEAVY SUPPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Drawing upon reftel, Poloff urged China to boost its assistance to the UNAMID peacekeeping operation in Darfur in an October 24 conversation with MFA International Organizations Department UN Division official Diao Junshu. Diao responded that she would pass the U.S. request on to her superiors [...]
2007-10-24 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING6839CHINA MFA ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 04:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU CH
07BEIJING6844OCTOBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GAMBARI VISIT, J-10
[...] Key points at the October 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- UN Special Envoy Gambari met with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan on October 24-25. -- China has taken note of the "untrue and groundless" reports in the Russian media th [...]
2007-10-25 10:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH BM IR RS JA SU TU IZ PK
07BEIJING6845CHIA TO SEND DG TO P5-PLUS-1 MEETING, SEEKS U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador October 25 that he was unavailable to attend the P5-plus-1 Political Directors meeting on the Iran nuclear issue proposed for November 2 in London. Instead, China would send MFA Arms Control Department Director General [...]
2007-10-25 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TBIO MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING6848CORRECTED COPY (PASS LINE ADDED) - (S) CHINA
[...] (S) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche on the possible transit of military-related goods from the DPRK to a UN sanctioned entity in Iran through Beijing with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei (other subjects from that meeting reported septels) October 25. AFM He said China takes its nonp [...]
2007-10-25 11:18:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT KN CH
07BEIJING6849AFM HE YAFEI ON DAUB, RUSSELL AND SHAO CASES, U.S.
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei, accompanied by two MFA lawyers, raised the Daub lawsuit against the PRC Consulate General in New York with the Ambassador on October 25 and asked the USG to intercede and stop enforcement of the recent court order. He said the Chinese would have n [...]
2007-10-25 11:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OFDP CASC CJAN EAGR ECON ETRD WTRO
07BEIJING6850AFM HE: PRC STUDYING UNAMID HELICOPTER REQUEST,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador October 25 that the PRC was studying the request for helicopters in support of UNAMID deployment (reftels),but opined that Chinese helicopters "may not be up to the task." He alleged that the United States has influe [...]
2007-10-25 11:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING6851GAMBARI TO PUSH DIALOGUE IN BURMA; CHINA STILL
[...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari October 25 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of November." In addition to praising Chinese efforts on his behalf, G [...]
2007-10-25 23:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6857ECONOMIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE 17TH PARTY CONGRESS
[...] (C) The outcomes of the 17th Party Congress indicate agreement among China's top leaders that economic policy should continue to promote rapid growth but at the same time shift the forces behind that growth away from investment and towards domestic consumption. As such, future policies will l [...]
2007-10-26 05:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH
07BEIJING6859RISING PRICES, RAPID GROWTH REMAIN ECONOMIC FOCUS
[...] (C) China's most recent macroeconomic indicators showed inflation falling slightly, economic growth continuing to surge and asset prices spiraling upwards as the 17th Party Congress closed this week. Macroeconomic experts uniformly stated that recent food price pressure on the Consumer Price [...]
2007-10-26 06:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING6863DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Embassy on October 25 notified MFA in advance of the designation of Iranian entities. 2. (C) DCM Daniel Piccuta emphasized to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi October 26 that the new measures announced by Secretaries Ric [...]
2007-10-26 08:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP CH IR
07BEIJING6864PRC LIMITS COVERAGE OF BURMA "DISTURBANCE,"
[...] (C) Despite having taken a largely hands off approach to managing coverage of Burma by relying on editors to engage in "self-censorship," Chinese authorities nevertheless have required reporters to restrict their description of events in Burma to words like "disturbance," so as not to legitimi [...]
2007-10-26 10:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP CH BM
07BEIJING6872S/CRS WORKS WITH CHINA ON A RECONSTRUCTION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting officials from S/CRS participated in a successful Reconstruction and Stabilization Workshop in Beijing on October 24-25. The MFA organized the workshop, with attendance by representatives of several Chinese ministries. Each side briefed on its international emergency [...]
2007-10-29 05:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CH KCRS
07BEIJING6873CHINA REGRETS IT WILL NOT SUPPORT DAVID WALKER FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 05:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC UN UNGA
07BEIJING6889 TREASURYS SMITH AND MEDEIROS MEETING WITH MOF A/S ZHU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Chief of Staff Taiya Smith and Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Political Advisor Evan Medeiros discussed preparations for the third round of the SED with Ministry of Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangyao October 10. Smith and Zhu agreed that the SED should fo [...]
2007-10-30 06:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING6895MFA SAYS GAMBARI TO PUSH FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA;
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese Government has agreed to a November 5 visit by UN Special Envoy Gambari, and during that visit Gambari hopes to push for dialogue between the regime and Aung San Suu Kyi, a more inclusive constitutional process and measures to improve economic development, an MFA Inte [...]
2007-10-30 08:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6899OCTOBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the October 30 MFA Press Briefing: -- China has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction" and opposition to Canada's hosting of the Dalai Lama. Canada should correct its actions to avoid further damage to bilateral ties. -- Japan's actions against Chinese activists near the Dia [...]
2007-10-30 09:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH LA KN KS KZ JA VE CA IR
07BEIJING6919OCTOBER 31 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: 17TH PARTY CONGRESS
[...] Key points at the October 31 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman gave a summary of the "guiding ideology" and "overall requirements" for Taiwan-related work revealed in General Secretary Hu Jintao's political report at the recent 17th Party Congress. -- The s [...]
2007-10-31 11:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON MASS MNUC CH TW
07BEIJING6932MORE BLEAK CONDITIONS IN NORTH KOREA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The agricultural situation in North Korea continues to deteriorate according to UN FAO experts briefing Beijing-based diplomats. Although the spring harvest was better than usual, food shortages are still expected. Three major agricultural disasters hit the DPRK in 2007, includi [...]
2007-11-01 06:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR PGOV CH KN
07BEIJING6935CHINA AND SINGAPORE SUPPORT AN "INCLUSIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore and China expressed support for a more inclusive national reconciliation process in Burma during the October 26 visit of Singapore FM George Yeo to China, though neither Yeo nor Chinese FM Yang Jiechi articulated the elements of that process, according to MFA Asia Depar [...]
2007-11-01 09:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM SN
07BEIJING6936CHINA/ENERGY: TENSION AMID SHORTAGES AND PRICE HIKES
[...] (SBU) Amidst fuel shortages and even the death of a line-jumper at a gas station in Henan Province, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has raised refined oil prices by USD 9/barrel and gasoline/diesel prices at the pump by 20 US cents per gallon. The goal is to encourage [...]
2007-11-01 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV PGOV EPET EFIN CH
07BEIJING6937NOVEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA, BURMA,
[...] Key points at the November 1 MFA Press Briefing: -- Countries that meet with the Dalai Lama have been deceived or wish to meddle in the internal affairs of China. Seeking to undermine China's policy of peaceful development in Tibet is doomed to failure. -- China hopes the relevant parties [...]
2007-11-01 09:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS CA IR
07BEIJING6938PRC-ISRAEL: FM LIVNI PRESSES BEIJING TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli Embassy readout, visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni stressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that efforts to achieve international consensus on the way forward with Iran have weakened existing sanctions against the [...]
2007-11-01 09:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR IS
07BEIJING6939A/S HILL-VFM ZHANG BILATERAL MEETING, OCTOBER 31,
[...] (C) In an October 31 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui urged the United States to be cautious on the Taiwan issue during this sensitive period, expressed opposition to "protectionist" U.S. Congressional resolutions an [...]
2007-11-01 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD CVIS MASS CH TW KN XV
07BEIJING6957POST FOLLOWS UP ONGOING MISSILE PROLIFERATION
[...] (S) Poloff delivered ref A message informing China of an imminent shipment of ballistic missile parts from North Korea to Iran via a Beijing-bound Iran Air flight to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on November 3. 2. (S) Recalling Post' [...]
2007-11-03 05:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL CH KN IR
07BEIJING6971BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON FRENCH FM
[...] (C) At the November 2 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French FM Bernard Kouchner's visit to China was "extremely successful," with discussions on Burma, North Korea, foreign aid, the environment, human rights and Taiwan. Chief Iranian N [...]
2007-11-05 09:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CH FR GM JA UK BM IR
07BEIJING6974A/S SILVERBERG MEETING WITH MFA IO DG WU HAILONG
[...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, A/S Silverberg disagreed with her MFA counterpart's positive assessment of the situation in Burma; when MFA International Organizations Director General Wu Hailong called for the international community's patience, A/S Silverberg laid out specific steps the Burmes [...]
2007-11-05 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SY LE BM YI IR IZ KN
07BEIJING6975CHINA WISHES TO WORK WITH USG TO PROMOTE STABILITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: China is deeply concerned about the current state of emergency in Pakistan and hopes Pakistan President Musharraf will maintain stability there, according to MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue. Hu told Pol [...]
2007-11-05 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM MNUC PGOV CH PK
07BEIJING6976CHINA/RUSSIA/INDIA: PRC TALKS UP TRILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministers from China, Russia and India met in Harbin October 24 for the seventh in their series of trilateral meetings. The role of the UN in the Asia-Pacific region was a key issue in talks, as well as climate change, counter-terrorism and scientific and academic exchan [...]
2007-11-05 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS CH IN RU
07BEIJING6977ARGENTINA DEMARCHES CHINA ON INTERPOL RED NOTICES,
[...] (C) Poloff contacted the Argentine Embassy in Beijing regarding Argentina's effort to have INTERPOL issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national indicted by Argentine courts for their alleged roles in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mut [...]
2007-11-05 11:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AR CH
07BEIJING6978 Strategic Economic Dialogue Meeting on
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Chinese Government and industry representatives met October 29-30 to discuss transparency in administrative licensing, an outcome from the second round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) held in May. The sides exchanged information on general licensing requireme [...]
2007-11-05 23:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD CH
07BEIJING6979 2007 U.S.-China Legal Exchange
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce held the 2007 U.S.-China Legal Exchange in Xi'an, Beijing, and Shanghai from October 22-27. The program consisted of U.S. and Chinese presentations on each country's inbound investment and trade secrets regimes as well as [...]
2007-11-05 23:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING7004CONTACTS ASSESS HU JINTAO´S STRENGTH AFTER THE
[...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao succeeded in further elevating his authority at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress, most Embassy contacts believe, though they differ to what extent. A minority of observers, however, argue he fell short of his goals. Despite Hu´s apparent gains, [...]
2007-11-07 05:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING7005MFA: CHINA AND U.S. BOTH "GOOD INFLUENCES" FOR
[...] (C) In the wake of Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar's October visit to the United States and signing of the USD 285 million Millennium Challenge Account aid package, Chinese and Mongolian officials underscored the "special" nature of Sino-Mongolian relations, but differed on China's view [...]
2007-11-07 06:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH MG
07BEIJING7035OPEN BUT NOT TRANSPARENT: LOCAL REPORTERS
[...] (C) Although the Communist Party employed a more sophisticated media strategy during the 17th Communist Party Congress October 15-21, local contacts tell us they were disappointed with the Party's tight regulation of domestic coverage while the Congress was in session. Press controls inside China [...]
2007-11-08 10:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7036NOVEMBER 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, BIBLE BAN,
[...] Key points at the November 8 MFA Press Briefing: -- China requested that Iran "respond positively" and "attach importance to" the concern of the international community. (Note: some news organizations stated that China "demanded" Iran respond positively. The word in Chinese was "yaoqiu" whi [...]
2007-11-08 10:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS PK IR AF ID VE SN
07BEIJING7037COUNTERTERRORISM: PRC ADOPTING PRAGMATIC APPROACH
[...] (C) PRC citizens have increasingly been victims of violence overseas in recent years, including murders and kidnappings in Africa and attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite evidence that some of these incidents specifically targeted Chinese and clear signs that the PRC is experimenting [...]
2007-11-08 23:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL CASC PGOV CH PK XA IZ AF UN
07BEIJING7052 CHINA/ENERGY: FUEL SHORTAGES TIED TO INDEPENDENT COMPANIES' SWING CAPACITY
[...] (SBU) China's ongoing struggle with fuel shortages underscores the role of both independent refiners, which control approximately 15 percent of capacity, and independent retailers, which run half of the country's filling stations. Experts we spoke with believe that last week's gasoline and die [...]
2007-11-09 08:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH PGOV
07BEIJING7063POST RAISES ONGOING MISSILE PROLIFERATION MATTER
[...] (S) Poloff delivered Part II of ref B message, concerning an ongoing transshipment via Beijing of ballistic missile parts from North Korea to Iran, to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on November 9. (Note: According to the MFA, Director G [...]
2007-11-09 10:15:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH
07BEIJING7064BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON PRC
[...] (C) Discussion at the November 9 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering covered possible personnel changes resulting from the mid-October 17th Communist Party Congress and included speculation that Politburo members Zhang Dejiang, Li Keqiang and Wang Qishan would become Vice Premiers. The [...]
2007-11-09 10:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV CH FR GM JA UK BM
07BEIJING7069CHINA: GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION
[...] (C) Post recommends against commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Great White Fleet's visit to China. Although the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet was a significant moment in American naval history, Post believes that, in China, commemorating this first display of U.S. globa [...]
2007-11-13 00:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPEO MASS MPOS CH
07BEIJING7084NOVEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESS FREEDOM,
[...] Key points at the November 13 MFA Press Briefing: -- Reports that China is building a database with information on foreign journalists are "completely false." No such database is being constructed. -- The recent visit of UN Special Envoy Gambari to Burma resulted in progress. China will [...]
2007-11-13 10:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH JA IR BM
07BEIJING7086CHARGE URGES VFM ZHANG YESUI TO INVESTIGATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 10:33:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH
07BEIJING7097NOVEMBER 14 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES,
[...] Key points at the November 14 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO held discussions yesterday with six Taiwan companies on how to push for the early resumption of sand exports to Taiwan. -- The TAO deferred to the MFA on the question of the United States' intention [...]
2007-11-14 08:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON MASS CH TW
07BEIJING7098CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON CHINA-JAPAN TIES DESPITE LACK
[...] (C) Chinese and Japanese contacts were cautiously optimistic about Japanese PM Fukuda's impact on China- Japan relations, highlighting his "balanced" approach, but they were hesitant to predict any significant developments in the near term. The October round of talks on joint energy explorati [...]
2007-11-14 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING7102UNGA RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA CH
07BEIJING7105S/P GORDON BILAT WITH VFM WANG YI: IRAN, BURMA,
[...] (C) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking with Policy Planning Director David Gordon November 13, stressed the need for the United States and China to continue their policy planning dialogue on long-term strategic issues. S/P Director Gordon emphasized to VFM Wang that the United St [...]
2007-11-14 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS ENRG SENV KNNP ASEAN CH XA BM IR
07BEIJING7107CONTACTS ON NEW POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Many Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that the elevation of "fifth generation" leaders Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress (Ref A) may be the Congress´s most significant outcome. Anointing Xi and Li as [...]
2007-11-14 10:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING7125INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE UN FOOD AND
[...] Poloff on November 8 conveyed to the MFA reftel points urging China to support the conclusions of the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and to support a leaner budget for the FAO. MFA International Organizations and Conferences [...]
2007-11-15 08:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AORC FAO UN CH
07BEIJING7126CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN ASEAN MEETINGS: TWO
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei and MFA Asian Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Yang Yanli separately previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Singapore for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus 3 meeting and other ASEAN-related events November 18-22. AFM He said [...]
2007-11-15 09:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH BM
07BEIJING7127NOVEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA
[...] Key points at the November 15 MFA Press Briefing: -- Foreign Minister Yang in Teheran urged Iran to "show flexibility and keep positive contact" with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU). -- China has seen the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review and [...]
2007-11-15 10:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH IR AF JA FR UK MX
07BEIJING7128PRC/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF FM YANG'S TEHRAN VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an MFA readout, in meetings with President Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki, and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Tehran, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said that after five years of addressing the nuclear issue, "there is currently no re [...]
2007-11-15 11:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR
07BEIJING7137DG LIU JIEYI WARNS CDA ON SERIOUSNESS OF ANN DAUB
[...] (C) MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi presented the same points to CDA as in DCM Zheng Zeguang's November 15 demarche to DAS Christensen (see ref) regarding the escalation of the Ann C. Daub Case. DG Liu emphasized that it is the responsibility of the United S [...]
2007-11-16 09:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CJAN CH
07BEIJING7153ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF
[...] (C) Poloff on November 19 conveyed to the MFA ref a points urging China to support U.S. candidate Pierre-Richard Prosper's reelection to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Committee). Guo Xiaomei of MFA's Treaty and Law Department, alluding to the P-5 "Gentleman's Agre [...]
2007-11-19 08:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA CH
07BEIJING7155IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON IRAN AND NEXT
[...] (C) Drawing upon reftel points, PolMinCouns in a November 19 meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy Director General Wu Haitao urged China to support adoption of a new UNSC sanctions resolution in response to Iran's failure to comply with its international obligations. [...]
2007-11-19 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC IR CH
07BEIJING7173XINJIANG: CONTACT SAYS DEMONSTRATION, ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary: A three-day protest in Xinjiang in September highlighted the presence in China of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (the Islamic Party of Liberation),according to a well-connected Muslim contact. The protest was especially significant because it occurred in the more ethnically Han northe [...]
2007-11-20 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER OREP CASC PGOV KIRF PK KG AF KZ CH TI
07BEIJING7174MFA RESPONDS TO U.S. INFORMATION ON ONGOING
[...] (S) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue responded on November 20 to the U.S. message (Ref C) concerning the ongoing transshipment via Beijing of ballistic missile parts from North Korea to Iran. 2. (S) Wang told Poloff he was instructed to [...]
2007-11-20 09:53:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH
07BEIJING7175MFA: CHINESE ENGINEERS DELAYED BY LOGISTICS, UN
[...] (C) Poloff on November 20 urged the MFA to speed deployment of the Chinese engineering force to Sudan and inquired about the reasons for the delay. Poloff noted that the delay in deploying the Chinese engineers is affecting follow-on deployments. MFA International Organizations and Conferenc [...]
2007-11-20 09:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING718JANUARY 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points made at the January 30 MFA press conference were: -- The third phase of the fifth round of Six-Party Talks will begin on February 8. The Talks will focus on implementation of the Joint Statement and how to promote progress. Progress made will determine the Talks' duration. - [...]
2007-01-30 10:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM TSPA CH KN XA SU TX LO
07BEIJING7192CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) On October 23-24, the China Mission held Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.'s Sixth Annual Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China, with the theme "IPR Protection on the Ground - What the United States Embassy is Doing to Support Rights Holders in China, and What [...]
2007-11-21 06:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING7197VFM WANG YI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BURMA VISIT;
[...] (C) Summary: Briefing the Ambassador on his recent trip to Burma, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the ongoing "political reconciliation and democratic process" are the domestic affairs of Burma and should therefore be addressed by the Burmese Government and people themselves. The internat [...]
2007-11-21 10:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING721THE TROUBLE WITH KIDS: 20-40 GENERATION GAP
[...] (C) It is fashionable among Chinese elites who were born in the 1960s or before to criticize current Chinese college students and recent graduates as self- absorbed and materialistic. Scholars and journalists have told us that in their view, a "20-40" generation gap is emerging between youn [...]
2007-01-30 10:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING7210CHINA'S TAIWAN CONNECTION IN OPPOSING KOSOVO
[...] (C) While denying that Kosovo independence would set any precedent for Taiwan, Chinese experts acknowledge that China's concerns over its own "sovereignty" and "territorial integrity" mean that China will be reluctant to support Kosovo's independence over the objections of Serbia. Views vary [...]
2007-11-23 09:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC CH TW YI
07BEIJING7213PRC/MEPP: PRC SUPPORTS ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's decision to send Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the November 26-27 Annapolis conference on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) demonstrates China's firm support for the international meeting, according to an MFA contact. Chinese public statements have played up the int [...]
2007-11-23 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG PTER MEPP CH IS
07BEIJING7226BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SARKOZY
[...] (C) At the November 23 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French President Nicholas Sarkozy will discuss with Chinese leaders the sale of two third-generation European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) nuclear reactors, an investment protection agr [...]
2007-11-27 00:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH FR GM JA UK
07BEIJING7229DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 03:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ CH
07BEIJING723CPA'S LIU BAINIAN SAYS CHINA HAS TRIED TO EASE
[...] (C) Vice-Chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) Liu Bainian said China sought to ease tensions with the Vatican in the lead-up to Gan Junqiu's ordination as bishop of Guangzhou Diocese. Liu says China informed the Vatican of the pending nomination and has postponed appointment of [...]
2007-01-30 12:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CH VT
07BEIJING7233OCTOBER PRICE SURGE ATTRACTS ATTENTION IN BEIJING AND
[...] (SBU) Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose to 6.5 percent year-on-year in October, tying with August's 11-year high, further exacerbating a major leadership concern (reftels). Food prices remain the primary contributor to price increases, as core inflation was low at 1.1 percent. Officia [...]
2007-11-27 07:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING7239NOVEMBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SIX-PARTY
[...] Key points at the regular November 27 MFA Press Briefing: -- FM Yang told Secretary Rice in a November 26 meeting that China would play a constructive role on the Iran issue. -- China is still consulting with other parties on the date of the next Six-Party Heads of Delegation meeting. -- Chi [...]
2007-11-27 23:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON MARR EFIN ETRD TBIO IR JA KN
07BEIJING7251OLYMPIC DISAPPOINTMENT IN CENTRAL CHINA AS HENAN ON OUTSIDE
[...] (SBU) Contacts in Henan Province said they are disappointed that Central China has been largely excluded from the events surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics even as they look forward to the Games as a "national event" and a "showcase." One official went so far as to say that because all of t [...]
2007-11-28 08:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KOLY ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7253BEIJING UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS ENGAGE S/P DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Meeting with prominent Beijing scholars, Policy Planning Director David Gordon discussed U.S.-China strategic policy issues, Taiwan, democracy and U.S. alliances in Asia. His Chinese interlocutors questioned whether the United States views China as a threat and noted the contradictions bet [...]
2007-11-28 08:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR MASS CH TW KS KN JA
07BEIJING7254NOVEMBER 28 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: AGRICULTURAL
[...] Key points at the November 28 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- SAIC DDG Pan Haimin discussed issues related to cross-Strait agricultural cooperation on the Mainland. -- The TAO had no comment regarding Chen Shui-bian's statements on use of martial law in Taiwan. -- Th [...]
2007-11-28 09:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON MASS CH TW
07BEIJING7262U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: CHINESE (AND
[...] (C) China's foreign policy must contribute to domestic economic development and be non-ideological and based on interests, not values, China's top policy planning diplomat told visiting U.S. Policy Planning Director David Gordon. U.S.-China relations have transcended the purely bilateral and a [...]
2007-11-29 04:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM SENV IR KN JP IN AU CH
07BEIJING7270DARFUR: THREATS TO CHINESE ENGINEERS WILL NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 09:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING7271CHINA SUPPORTS BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS IF BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 09:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA BM CH
07BEIJING7272SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: FRENCH PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...]
2007-11-29 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR
07BEIJING7273PRC DENIAL OF USS KITTY HAWK PORT VISIT
[...] (S) Summary: In response to our queries as to the reason for the recent PRC denial of port visit permission to the USS Kitty Hawk, officially the Chinese have been unwilling to say anything more than the United States "already understands" the reason. A Taiwan Affairs Office official, while c [...]
2007-11-29 09:52:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMARR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING7274(CORRECTED COPY) SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE:
[...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...]
2007-11-29 11:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR
07BEIJING7284(C) WHITHER NDRC? POST-PARTY CONGRESS RUMORS
[...] (C) Post-Party Congress rumors and speculation by Embassy contacts indicate that the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),China's top economic policymaking body, may soon undergo significant structural changes in the run-up to the March 2008 session of the National People's Congress [...]
2007-11-30 02:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING7295CHINA-INDIA DEFENSE TALKS BUILD CONFIDENCE, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The first Chinese-Indian "Annual Defense Dialogue," held in November, and mid-December's planned joint military exercises will bolster confidence in bilateral relations, according to Chinese MFA officials and academics and Indian Embassy officials. However, academics believe the [...]
2007-11-30 10:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN PK
07BEIJING7299PRC PREMIER WEN JIABAO AT ASEAN SUMMIT MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao's participation in the recent ASEAN Summit meetings in Singapore provided an opportunity for China to promote its vision of East Asia regional integration, according to MFA Asia Department ASEAN Division Deputy Director He Wei. Deputy Director He and Chinese s [...]
2007-11-30 11:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH ASEAN
07BEIJING7329QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS,
[...] (C) Government controls on Islam such as Hajj restrictions, training of imams and guidelines on mosque operations, persist in northwest China's Qinghai Province. During a September 14-19 visit, PolOff read a sign in one mosque in rural Haidong Prefecture that warns worshippers that religion m [...]
2007-12-04 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER CH PK SA
07BEIJING7330QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 2: FOREIGN LINKS GROW
[...] (C) Ties between Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province and those in the Middle East are on the rise because of widespread satellite TV use and an increasingly mobile populace. Qinghai contacts told PolOff September 14-19 (ref A) that many Muslim communities are trying to embrace more [...]
2007-12-04 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA
07BEIJING7331XI JINPING SLATED FOR PARTY SCHOOL PRESIDENT,
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts have told PolOffs that newly-promoted Politburo Standing Committee Member Xi Jinping will soon be appointed president of the Central Party School (CPS),replacing former Politburo Standing Committee Member Zeng Qinghong, who retired at the mid-October 17th Party [...]
2007-12-04 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING7333December 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, KITTY HAWK, NEW
[...] Key points at the December 4 MFA Press Briefing: -- Iran's nuclear issues: China opposes international proliferation of nuclear weapons -- China informed and allowed the USS Kitty Hawk to enter Hong Kong. -- New Catholic bishop in Guangzhou: Promote friendship between Vatican and China [...]
2007-12-05 00:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING7334December 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, KITTY HAWK, NEW
[...] Key points at the December 4 MFA Press Briefing: -- Iran's nuclear issues: China opposes international proliferation of nuclear weapons -- China informed and allowed the USS Kitty Hawk to enter Hong Kong. -- New Catholic bishop in Guangzhou: Promote friendship between Vatican and China [...]
2007-12-05 00:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING7362CHINESE STEEL FIRM MAY BID $200 BILLION FOR MINING
[...] (C) China's top steel maker, Baosteel, is considering a $200 billion bid for Rio Tinto, the UK-based mining giant currently targeted in a $134 billion offer from Australian mining firm BHP Billiton. Rio is among a handful of Western firms that dominate trade in the increasingly expensive iron [...]
2007-12-05 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PREL CH
07BEIJING7363U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: REGIONAL
[...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, both sides agreed that the Six-Party Talks and APEC represent important parts of the existing East Asian regional architecture, and China and the United States have common interests in those institutions. The post-Six- [...]
2007-12-05 11:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID APEC SENV KN JP RU TW CH
07BEIJING7364U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFRICA, ENERGY
[...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ma Zhaoxu said the United States and China have common concerns on African development issues. He expressed hope for the region and noted the importance of China as a model and [...]
2007-12-05 12:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD EAID APEC SENV CH XA
07BEIJING7371TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH CHINESE
[...] (S) Summary. Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey met Chinese financial regulators and bank leaders on November 13 to warn China of the increasing risk posed by Iran to the Chinese financial system, as European banks curtail their relationships with Iranian entities. U/S Levey detailed the t [...]
2007-12-06 06:38:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH ECON EFIN IR
07BEIJING7375TREASURY U/S QUESTIONS VFM ZHANG YESUI ON PRC
[...] (S) Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey met with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on November 13 to encourage the Chinese to do more in furtherance of international efforts to pressure Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program. U/S Levey outlined the threat posed to the integrity of the i [...]
2007-12-06 08:42:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH IR PREL ETTC EFIN PARM
07BEIJING7382CHINA/JAPAN HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, FORM WINS OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Form prevailed over substance at the first ever China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) in Beijing December 1, 2007. The meeting was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura. Topics included macroeconomic policies, ec [...]
2007-12-06 09:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING7383DECEMBER 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY
[...] Key points at the December 6 MFA Press Briefing: -- China believes the date for the next round of Six- Party Talks must be reached by consensus. -- China will "earnestly study" the NIE on Iran with relevant parties so as to push forward the proper settlement of the issue. -- On climate [...]
2007-12-06 11:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING7384AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE ACTION ON BURMA
[...] (C) Drawing upon Ref A talking points, the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei urged China to press the Burmese regime to engage in an authentic dialogue with the opposition and include the opposition in efforts to draft a constitution. Drawing upon Ref [...]
2007-12-06 11:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7385AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE ACTION ON BURMA
[...] (C) Drawing upon Ref A talking points, the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei urged China to press the Burmese regime to engage in an authentic dialogue with the opposition and include the opposition in efforts to draft a constitution. Drawing upon Ref [...]
2007-12-06 11:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7386EAP A/S HILL'S DECEMBER 6 MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG:
[...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill, accompanied by the Ambassador, raised U.S. concerns on Iran, Darfur, North Korean refugees, human rights and Burma with PRC Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on December 6. A/S Hill pressed the PRC to prevent further transfers of conventional weapons to Iran [...]
2007-12-06 12:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PREF PHUM MARR ETRD AMGT CH IR SU
07BEIJING7388PRC-IRAN: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS MFA ON NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador told Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei December 6 that the recently released National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program indicates the continued need for IAEA and Security Council action on Iran's nuclear program. AFM He said China is st [...]
2007-12-06 22:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC ETRD CH IR
07BEIJING7389NOT-SO-SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT: LOOKING FOR FAST GROWTH IN
[...] (SBU) Third-tier cities in Central China are aiming for more investment and faster growth even as the Central Government promotes "Scientific Development" following the 17th Party Congress. Hu Jintao's Scientific Outlook on Development calls for more balanced and sustainable development, but a [...]
2007-12-07 00:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7401BEIJING AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NEW HUMAN AI CASE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: China confirmed a human case of avian influenza on December 2, 2007. This is the fourth human case this year, three of which have died. The last case was reported in May 2007 (Ref A). In a divergence from past AI announcements, the Ministry of Health did not/not send around a form [...]
2007-12-07 07:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CH
07BEIJING7405PRC/MEPP: CHINA TO ATTEND PARIS CONFERENCE, LIKELY
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points urging China to attend the donors' conference in support of the Palestinians to be held in Paris December 17 to MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Levant Division Deputy Director Xu Chen. 2. (C) Xu said that China will attend the conference [...]
2007-12-07 08:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER MEPP CH FR IS
07BEIJING7407BEIJING TFCO CONTACT INFORMATION
[...] (U) Per reftel (State 164437),Embassy Beijing's Terrorist Finance Coordinator is Rachel Brunette-Chen, Second Secretary, Economic Section. Her contact information is as follows: 86-10-6532-3831 x. 6859; BrunetteChenR@state.gov; ChenRX@state.sgov.gov. 2. (U) Deputy Terrorist Finance Coordina [...]
2007-12-07 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PTER KTFN
07BEIJING7408DEMARCHE ON UNCITRAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 10:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UNCITRAL CH
07BEIJING7409CHINA'S "INDEPENDENT" PRESS: ECONOMIC OBSERVER
[...] (C) Managers and journalists from the Economic Observer, China's only "private" (non-Party- affiliated) newspaper, which was launched as a nation- wide, weekly paper in 2001 and is owned by a commercial provincial holding company, told PolOffs recently that the Observer is alive and well and [...]
2007-12-07 10:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7430EU-CHINA SUMMIT REACHES AGREEMENT FOR MORE TALKS
[...] (SBU) The EU-China Summit held in Beijing November 27-28, 2007 covered over thirty topics ranging from the EU arms embargo on China and human rights to macroeconomic issues and exchange rates. In a 47 paragraph joint statement, borrowing from last year's language, the two sides agreed to upgra [...]
2007-12-11 02:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON CH
07BEIJING7434 CHINA/IRAN: $2 BILLION YADAVARAN OIL
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed media reports that China state-owned energy giant Sinopec sealed a deal with Iran to develop the Yadavaran oil field in Southwestern Iran. Media reports, some quoting officials at the signing ceremony that took place December 9, describe a s [...]
2007-12-11 03:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR
07BEIJING7435CHINA/IRAN: $2 BILLION YADAVARAN OIL
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed media reports that China state-owned energy giant Sinopec sealed a deal with Iran to develop the Yadavaran oil field in Southwestern Iran. Media reports, some quoting officials at the signing ceremony that took place December 9, describe a s [...]
2007-12-11 04:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR
07BEIJING7445CHINA/IRAN: SINOPEC SAYS OIL DEAL DOES NOT HARM U.S.
[...] (SBU) On December 11, Sinopec's Director General for International Affairs confirmed and elaborated on several elements of its deal with Iran to develop oil production at Yadavaran. He told us the activities to be undertaken in Iran constitute a services contract, not an investment. He argued [...]
2007-12-11 23:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR
07BEIJING7446TIP: PRC RESPONSE TO USG CONCERNS PRIOR TO BEIJING COMMIT
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Treaty and Law Division Deputy Director Xu Yu on December 3. 2. (SBU) Noting that he shared our points with the Ministry of Public Security and o [...]
2007-12-12 02:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL CH BU
07BEIJING7449DECEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SINOPEC IRAN DEAL,
[...] Key points at the regular December 11 MFA Press Briefing: --Sinopec's Iran deal is a "business action" conducted on bases of equality and mutual benefit. The Chinese government does not need to comment on such a commercial deal. --Chen Shui-bian's UN referendum "seriously threatens peac [...]
2007-12-12 04:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD IR JA RU KN KS VM
07BEIJING7455CHINA TO SUPPORT DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 08:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ CH
07BEIJING7457CHINA HOPES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
[...] (C) PolOff on December 12 queried Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on China's reaction to the Troika's December 10 report on Kosovo. Yao said China appreciates the Troika's efforts to reach a solution acceptable to a [...]
2007-12-12 09:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC TW YI CH
07BEIJING7462MIGRANT MOTHER'S DEATH PROVOKES DEBATE ON
[...] (C) The death of a desperately poor migrant worker and her unborn child at a Beijing hospital has generated public uproar and a wave of social criticism by intellectuals. The migrant, 22-year-old Li Liyun, died November 21 when her common-law husband refused to sign a permission form to allow [...]
2007-12-12 11:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
07BEIJING7473DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the regular December 13 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei and ROK Ambassador Chun Yung-woo met this morning to discuss the Six-Party Talks and the "next stage of work." -- China hopes the Sudan Government can take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Sudan. [...]
2007-12-13 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV JA KN KS SA IT FM SG FR LE IS
07BEIJING7474TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSSES FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH CSRC CHAIRMAN SHANG
[...] (C) Summary. Treasury Secretary Paulsn met with CSRC Chairman Shang Fulin in conjunction with the SED in Beijing on December 11. Shang briefed Paulson on recent progress in raising the quota for foreign investors in Chinese capital markets to USD 30 billion. He also emphasized plans to resu [...]
2007-12-13 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EFIN
07BEIJING7476XI JINPING APPOINTED PARTY SCHOOL PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Xi Jinping, promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee at the mid-October Party Congress, has been appointed president of the Central Party School (CPS),according to University of Denver China scholar Zhao Suisheng (please protect). In a meeting with PolOff on December 11, Zhao (who is [...]
2007-12-13 11:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
07BEIJING7485ARMS WIDE OPEN, BEIJING WELCOMES U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Even after a week of United States toy recalls totaling almost 5 million units, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Rich O'Brien received a cordial welcome from Beijing authorities, private industry, and the China Toy Association during a four day November visit. Meetings [...]
2007-12-14 06:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
07BEIJING7486U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES NEXT ROUND OF STATE-NDRC DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery and the Vice Chairman of China's National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),Zhang Xiaoqiang, met on the margins of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on December 12 to discuss the upcoming 7th Ro [...]
2007-12-14 07:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7487MFA: CHINESE ENGINEERS TO DEPLOY BY JANUARY, NOT
[...] (C) China anticipates that the remaining engineers being provided to Darfur as China's contribution to the Heavy Support Package will deploy by the end of January, Diao Junshu, the MFA International Organizations Department UN Division officer responsible for Sudan, told PolOff December 14. [...]
2007-12-14 07:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING749PRC ACADEMICS ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (S) In three recent conversations on North Korea, Chinese counterparts were consistent in their frustration with the DPRK and their contempt for Kim Jong-Il. One scholar dismissed recent rumors that Kim had been detained by the North Korean military but hinted that the DPRK leader may be suff [...]
2007-01-31 11:03:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP CH KN
07BEIJING7498EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU
[...] (C) In a December 14 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi reviewed progress to date and challenges ahead for bilateral relations. He noted that the U.S. presidential election, the Olympic Games in Beijing, and the election [...]
2007-12-14 09:47:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM ETRD PHUM MARR CH TW IR BM SU UN
07BEIJING7499EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN PRESSES CHINA ON IRAN, BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Thomas Christensen told Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei that the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) only underscores the need for continued pressure on Iran, including via a third UNSC resolution. AFM He said that language in the UNSCR draft on export credits [...]
2007-12-14 10:11:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL KNNP MNUC ETRD CH IR SU BM
07BEIJING750JANUARY 31 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: POSSIBLE VISIT OF
[...] Key points at the January 31 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- TAO spokesperson Yang Yi would not confirm a possible visit by "President of the Legislative Yuan" Wang Jin-pyng in connection with the establishment of a national-level Taiwan Business Association. -- Yang c [...]
2007-01-31 11:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW
07BEIJING7513JADE IN OLYMPIC MEDALS: CHINESE, NOT BURMESE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 08:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KOLY CH BM
07BEIJING7518XINJIANG: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES, EXPORTS UIGHUR
[...] (C) Officials in the cities of Kashgar and Urumqi in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) told Poloffs that XUAR authorities created programs to move Uighur laborers from rural Xinjiang to China's booming coastal cities to boost incomes for young workers from southern Xinjiang and "change [...]
2007-12-17 10:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN CH
07BEIJING752CHINESE SCHOLARS COMMENT ON ANTI-SATELLITE TEST
[...] (S) Conversations with several Beijing scholars revealed that none were aware of China's January 11 anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test beforehand and were only able to speculate after the fact about its significance. President Hu Jintao would have known about the test in advance, though the [...]
2007-01-31 12:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MARR PGOV CH
07BEIJING753CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] Post is pleased to provide the names and thumbnail backgrounds of five women we consider the most influential in China (Ref A). Although women in China enjoy equal rights under law, in reality they often face considerable obstacles to advancement. The women we mention below have overcome th [...]
2007-01-31 12:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN CH
07BEIJING7535GUANGZHOU INSURANCE CONFERENCE NOV. 28-29
[...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at the 8th annual China Rendezvous Insurance Conference in Guangzhou November 28-29 discussed insurance challenges in the China market for foreign insurance and reinsurance companies. Industry participants lamented the lack of insurance product awareness among the [...]
2007-12-18 09:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTRO EFIN EINV CH
07BEIJING7537DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the regular December 18 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei is currently in Pyongyang to discuss the next phase of the Six Party Talks. -- Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda has expressed his willingness to visit China, but the two sides have not yet decided a date for the visit. [...]
2007-12-18 09:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV JA KN KS RS BL VM
07BEIJING7538CORRECTED COPY: DECEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING:
[...] Key points at the regular December 18 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei is currently in Pyongyang to discuss the next phase of the Six Party Talks. -- Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda has expressed his willingness to visit China, but the two sides have not yet decided a date for the visit. [...]
2007-12-18 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV JA KN KS RS BL VM
07BEIJING7545TIP: COORDINATED MEKONG MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) At the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and Inter Ministerial Meeting (IMM) in Beijing December 12-14, delegates from Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam discussed regional cooperation and coordination o [...]
2007-12-19 06:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING7550XINJIANG AUTHORITIES BLOCK UNSANCTIONED HAJJ
[...] (C) Summary: A well-placed contact told Poloff December 3 that Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) officials seek to eliminate all Hajj pilgrimages other than those arranged by the Islamic Association of China (IAC). The contact said that Saudi Arabia requested China to prohibit Chinese M [...]
2007-12-19 09:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH
07BEIJING7554CHINA: MODERATE INFLATION HERE TO STAY, EXPERTS SAY
[...] (SBU) Beijing-based economists said this week that moderate inflation likely will continue in 2008, and they expect further administrative tightening measures by the Central Government in order to control prices. Their comments followed the government's announcement earlier this month that Chi [...]
2007-12-20 01:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
07BEIJING7557SED SESSION II: INTEGRITY OF TRADE, DECEMBER 12, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 12 working lunch, the United States and China stressed that product quality and the safety of food and drugs pose a complicated new challenge in a global economy. Both sides said trading partners should increase dialogue and cooperation and called for science- [...]
2007-12-20 07:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR TBIO BEXP HHS CH
07BEIJING7567Avian Influenza Cases in Jiangsu - Latest Update
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the death of a twenty-four year old male from Avian Influenza (AI) in Jiangsu Province on December 2, the young man's 52 year old father developed symptoms and was confirmed positive for Influenza A H5N1 virus on December 6. The father had extensive close contact with [...]
2007-12-20 08:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC CH
07BEIJING7573CHINA'S CASTE SYSTEM: GOVERNMENT MOVES SLOWLY TO
[...] (C) China's leaders, several contacts tell us, are increasingly concerned by the social inequalities created by China's household registration system ("hukou"),a legacy of the Mao era that prevents migrants from enjoying many of the social services available to native urban dwellers. China's [...]
2007-12-20 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7575PM FUKUDA,S VISIT TO CHINA STILL IN THE PLANNING
[...] (C) Preparations for Japan Prime Minister Fukuda's upcoming official visit to Japan are underway even though the dates of the visit and the agenda have yet to be agreed, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told Poloff on December 19. Lu said the notional agen [...]
2007-12-20 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING7576LANZHOU: ISLAMIC LINKS, UNDERDEVELOPMENT KEEP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province in western China, told EmbOffs that Gansu sees things differently from Beijing on a range of issues. They stressed that western provinces now believe it is their turn to enjoy the fruits of China's rapid economic development and exp [...]
2007-12-20 11:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EINV CH TW
07BEIJING7577DECEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRODUCT
[...] Key points at the December 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- On U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama's reported call for a ban on U.S. imports of Chinese toys, China believes that a few defective products should not be the grounds for an overall ban. -- China believes all sides will continue w [...]
2007-12-20 11:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR EIND CH BM IN KS KN
07BEIJING7579SED III: OPENING SESSION, DECEMBER 12, 2007
[...] (SBU) At the December 12 opening session of the third round of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi said the SED has improved not only bilateral business ties, but also overall Sino-U.S. relations and has attracted widespread international attention. Wu said th [...]
2007-12-21 01:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV CH
07BEIJING7581SED SESSION V: MERGING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Session V of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focused on the environmental protection achievements of both countries and sustainable development recommendations for the future. Several successful collaborative efforts on environmental protection were highlighted [...]
2007-12-21 03:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD SENV KGHG TBIO CH
07BEIJING7591SURPRISINGLY SMALL INCREASE IN CHINESE HAJJ
[...] (C) Summary: Saudi Arabian Consul Majed Alshammary (protect) told Poloff December 13 that Saudi Arabia would admit 20,000 Chinese Hajj pilgrims annually if China permitted it, although China has stated it will allow 10,700 Hajj pilgrims in 2007. Alshammary said he is surprised that China did [...]
2007-12-21 06:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK MY SA CH
07BEIJING7593SED SESSION III: BALANCED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DECEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The third session of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focused on Balanced Economic Development. Both sides agreed on the need for further economic reforms, but Chinese interlocutors insisted that reforms take place gradually to avoid "overshooting." The Chinese [...]
2007-12-21 06:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD CH
07BEIJING7595SED SESSION VI: ADVANCING BILATERAL INVESTMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 13 investment session of the third SED, both sides agreed that increased Chinese investment in the United States would strengthen bilateral ties. Chinese officials expressed frustration over how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIU [...]
2007-12-21 09:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON CH
07BEIJING7600SED SESSION VII: CONCLUDING SESSION OF SED III,
[...] (SBU) At the Concluding Session of the Third Round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi said the meeting was held during a critical period of Sino- United States relations and that it was a complete success. She summarized three important accomplishments: a focus on a c [...]
2007-12-25 23:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTRO EFIN EINV CH
07BEIJING7610China Requests Date Change for UN ESCAP Meeting to May,
[...] (SBU) Mr. Geng Shuang, MFA Director of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences, called Embassy to request the United States support the Chinese sponsored change of date for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asi and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) meeting to May [...]
2007-12-27 05:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON CH
07BEIJING7634DECEMBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PM FUKUDA VISIT, EAST CHINA
[...] Key points at the December 27 MFA Press Briefing: -- China extends a warm welcome to FM Fukuda, scheduled to arrive in China December 27. -- The spokesman said that the majority of DPRK nuclear disablement will be completed by the end of the year and that China hopes all sides will follow [...]
2007-12-27 09:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN RS JA IN
07BEIJING7654PRC/PAKISTAN: CHINA CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) Beijing condemns the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as a terrorist act, MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming told PolOff December 28. China has sent condolences to Bhutto's family as well as the families of the [...]
2007-12-28 08:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CH PK
07BEIJING7657CHINESE DEMARCHE ON OPPOSITION "TURMOIL"
[...] (C) MFA Department of Asian Affairs Deputy Director for Burma Chen Chen delivered the following "unofficial demarche" to PolOff December 29: BEGIN UNOFFICIAL DEMARCHE: - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has heard that a "Myanmar opposition clique" is "considering turmoil" against the Myanm [...]
2007-12-29 08:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING769ROK FOREIGN MINISTER SONG VISIT TO EIJING
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Song Min-soon discussed bilateral relations with high-level Chinese officials and raised growing concerns about the treatment of North Koreans in China in a day-long series of meetings with ROK consular officers in the PRC on his recent visit to Beijing. Our PRC and ROK E [...]
2007-02-01 08:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CMGT CH KS KN
07BEIJING770FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES: PROBABLE INVESTMENT IN
[...] (C) Top officials from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in a January 25 meeting with Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Monetary Affairs Mark Sobel, Finatt Loevinger, and Econoffs, as well as a January 23 meeting that took place before Sobe [...]
2007-02-01 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV CH HK
07BEIJING772FEBRUARY 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: US-DPRK FINANCIAL
[...] Key points made at the February 1 MFA press conference were: -- Despite comments from VFM Wu that the Fifth Round of Six-Party Talks would last 3-4 days, the MFA gave no timetable and had no substantive comments on the recent financial talks between the United States and the DPRK. -- The [...]
2007-02-01 10:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
07BEIJING773MFA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTED U.S. SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) MFA North Americas Director General Liu Jieyi expressed concern to the DCM over Taiwan media reports alleging U.S. support for Taiwan's development of long-range attack capabilities. DG Liu cited reports of U.S. civilian companies' plans to sell equipment for Taiwan's Xiong Feng long-ran [...]
2007-02-01 11:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING792CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 06:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIJING800 CHINA'S LABOR MARKET: SURPLUS OR SHORTAGE?
[...] (SBU) Summary. China simultaneously faces both a large labor surplus and shortages of labor in certain segments of its labor market. Workers with skills have ample employment opportunities, and some industrialized regions are experiencing shortages of even marginally skilled workers, whose [...]
2007-02-02 02:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING804COMMUNIST PARTY SCHOOL PROFESSOR SAYS IVP CHANGED HIS
[...] (SBU) Niu Xianfeng, an Associate Professor at China's Central Communist Party School, said that participation in an International Visitor's Program (IVP) in the United States in September 2006 changed the way he teaches his students, many of whom are high-level Communist Party officials from pr [...]
2007-02-02 05:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SCUL KPAO OEXC SOCI CH
07BEIJING808BANK OF JAPAN REPRESENTATIVE'S CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S
[...] (SBU) The Bank of Japan (BOJ) Chief Representative to China, Kiyoyuki Seguchi, said that BOJ is concerned that China's large balance of payments surplus and rigid exchange rate are contributing to excess liquidity, over-investment, and asset bubbles in real estate and stocks, increasing the ris [...]
2007-02-02 06:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAGR WTRO CH JP
07BEIJING83Xie Zhenhua - sacked former Environment Minister - given
[...] (SBU) Xie Zhenhua, the former Minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA),who was sacked following the much publicized November 2005 chemical spill into the Songhua River, is about to be appointed as a Vice Chairman to the powerful National Development and Reform Commi [...]
2007-01-04 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH
07BEIJING830HUMAN RIGHTS: POST RAISES CASE OF CANADIAN CITIZEN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message concerning detained Canadian citizen Huseyincan Celil to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Human Rights officer Xu Jing February 1, underlining that Chinese authorities should inform Celil's family of his whereabouts and all [...]
2007-02-02 08:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH CA
07BEIJING837HUMAN RIGHTS: ZHAO YAN RELEASE BEFORE FEBRUARY 18?
[...] (C) Zhao Yan will "definitely" be released before Chinese New Year (which starts February 18),an unnamed Chinese government official told a Reporters Without Borders delegation visiting Beijing, according to New York Times Bureau Chief Joe Kahn. Kahn told Poloff on February 2 that Reporters [...]
2007-02-02 09:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING86JANUARY 4 MFA BRIEFING: IRANIAN ENVOY TO BEIJING,
[...] Key Points at the January 4 MFA Press Conference were: -- Ali Larijani, special envoy to Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will visit China January 4-5 to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue, bilateral relations and other issues of common interest. -- Although the MFA denies that the recen [...]
2007-01-04 12:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
07BEIJING860HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO YAOJIE BLOCKED FROM TRAVELING TO
[...] (C) Local authorities have blocked Dr. Gao Yaojie, a well-know AIDS advocate from Henan province, from traveling to Beijing February 5 to complete visa processing for an upcoming trip to the United States, post has confirmed. Police continue toprevent Gao from leaing her home, Guo Tufei prot [...]
2007-02-05 09:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING861MFA CONSIDERING PROPOSAL TO CO-HOST ARF
[...] (C) The MFA will consider carefully the United States' proposals (reftel) that China co-sponsor, co- chair and join in the announcement of an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting on Non- proliferation, according to MFA officials from the Asia and Arms Control Departments. Poloff [...]
2007-02-05 10:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ARF CH
07BEIJING886HUMAN RIGHTS: DAS CHRISTENSEN RAISES GAO YAOJIE
[...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen expressed deep concern about the detention of AIDS activist Dr. Gao Yaojie to MFA Director General for North American Affairs Liu Jieyi on February 6. Local authorities have prevented Dr. Gao, who exposed the widespread AIDS infections ca [...]
2007-02-06 10:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING887MFA ON JAPANESE RESEARCH VESSEL DISPUTE
[...] (C) The Chinese ship Dongfanghong, which was the subject of a February 5 Japanese diplomatic protest, is a civilian ship conducting normal scientific survey research, MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloff February 6. Beijing had notified Tokyo in 2006 of the ship's research [...]
2007-02-06 11:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH JA
07BEIJING888DAS CHRISTENSEN DISCUSSES BURMA WITH MFA ASIAN
[...] (C) EAP DAS Thomas Christensen underscored the need for continued international attention to Burma in a meeting with MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue on February 6. The United States was disappointed by China's veto of the Security Council resolution on Burma. China should fin [...]
2007-02-06 11:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH BM AF
07BEIJING889FEBRUARY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING
[...] Key points made at the February 6 MFA press conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume February 8. -- The Deputy Spokesperson refused to comment on detained AIDS activist Gao Yaojie, referring questions to local authorities. -- China's anti-satellite test does not pose a threat [...]
2007-02-06 13:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CH
07BEIJING917DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH DG LIU JIEYI
[...] (C) EVFM Dai Bingguo will represent China in the next Senior Dialogue following the expected confirmation of Deputy Secretary-designate Negroponte, MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen. China is prepared to hold subdialogue talks on the Middle East, Africa, [...]
2007-02-07 12:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNNP CH SU IR
07BEIJING921HUMAN RIGHTS: POST RAISES EXECUTION CASE OF UIGHUR
[...] (C) Post contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Human Rights officer Xu Jing February 8 to urge that China stay the execution of Uighur rights activist Ismail Semed, citing problems of due process and the requirement under Chinese law for a Supreme Court [...]
2007-02-08 05:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING925DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH BEIJING
[...] (C) EAP DAS Thomas Christensen expressed concern to leading Beijing University scholars about the implications of China's anti-satellite (ASAT) test. Dean of Beijing University's School of International Studies Wang Jisi (strictly protect) blamed "communication failure" within the Chinese Gov [...]
2007-02-08 08:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MNUC TSPA PGOV CH SU BM IR
07BEIJING935HUMAN RIGHTS: POST AGAIN RAISES CASE OF DR. GAO
[...] (C) The MFA is continuing to look into the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Chen Xu stated in response to Polmincouns' delivery February 8 of a demarche (ref A) urging that China let Dr. Gao travel to Washington to be honored at the Vi [...]
2007-02-08 09:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING938BEIJING WILL DECIDE POSITION ON MINUSTAH MANDATE
[...] (C) Beijing will decide its position on the length of mandate extension for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) after President Hu returns from Africa on February 12, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu said. Chen was responding to a demarc [...]
2007-02-08 10:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW
07BEIJING940FEBRUARY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points made at the February 8 MFA press conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks resumed today with an open- ended schedule. Goals are to implement the Joint Statement and establish a mechanism for further progress. Relevant parties should address financial sanctions issues to allow th [...]
2007-02-08 11:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MNUC KN JA CH XA
07BEIJING958GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 05:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIJING972DID HU JINTAO ASSESS VIETNAM'S POLITICAL REFORMS
[...] (C) An officer at the Vietnamese Embassy said he finds credible reports circulating among ASEAN diplomats in Beijing that President Hu Jintao wrote the phrase "this is not Socialism" on a document Hu was given describing political reforms at Vietnam's April 2006 10th Party Congress. The ques [...]
2007-02-09 12:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH VN
07BEIJING976HUMAN RIGHTS: POST DELIVERS SENATOR CLINTON LETTER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-10 07:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
07SECTION02OF03EIJING483U/S HUGHES URGES INCREASED EXCHANGES, MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 12:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL PHUM KOLY KPAO KIRF CH
08BEIJIG3760CHINA MFA: CHAVEZ VISIT PRIMARILY ECONOMIC, NOT A
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's September 23-25 visit to China focused on economic development and energy cooperation. Contrary to press reports, the two sides did not set firm numerical targets for oil exports, according to the Chinese MFA. MFA and academic contacts alike e [...]
2008-09-26 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD VE CH
08BEIJING1SED SESSION IV: MANAGING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a discussion focused on managing the economic impact of energy choices, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said both the United States and China are affected by high oil prices and are vulnerable to potential supply disruptions. National Development and Reform Commission Ch [...]
2008-01-02 00:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD SENV CH
08BEIJING1002NO MAJOR SURPRISES IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP DECISIONS,
[...] (C) There were no major surprises in the "elections" for Premier, Vice Premiers and other key State Council (Cabinet) positions at the March 16-17 plenary sessions of China's National People's Congress (NPC). Wen Jiabao was "reelected" Premier, Li Keqiang, Hui Liangyu, Zhang Dejiang and Wang [...]
2008-03-17 17:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
08BEIJING1020MARCH 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING:TIBET, SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the March 18, 2008 regular MFA press briefing were: -- Situation in Tibet is now stable and the violence reveals the Dalai clique's "essence." -- China supports the meetings between U.S. and DPRK negotiators and emphasizes that the nuclear issue is not a bilateral issue but [...]
2008-03-18 09:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA KSKN MI
08BEIJING1021CHINA DEMARCHES EU NATIONS ON TIBET
[...] (C) Summary: EU Embassy contacts reported March 18 that the Chinese Government on March 17 urged EU members not to publicly support or have contact with the Dalai Lama. MFA officials also protested Tibet-related demonstrations throughout Europe, particularly those that resulted in damage to [...]
2008-03-18 10:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING1022TIBET: RESTORING ORDER IS PRC'S PRIMARY FOCUS;
[...] (C) Summary: China's leadership is focused on restoring order and preventing the Tibet-related unrest of the last week from spreading nationwide, a well-connected scholar told PolOff March 18. Although international reaction to Beijing's response is a consideration for China's rulers, partic [...]
2008-03-18 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PREL PHUM KIRF CH
08BEIJING1023BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPAN,
[...] (C) At the March 14 bi-weekly Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, Japanese DCM Kunio Umeda said that PRC President Hu Jintao's trip to Japan is scheduled for May 6, but the poisoned dumpling issue could make the visit "difficult." Participants were unimpressed by the National Peopl [...]
2008-03-18 11:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KOLY SENV SOCI PTER AF CM CH FR
08BEIJING1024NPC CLOSES MARCH 18; PREMIER HOLDS PRESS
[...] (C) In the March 18 final session of the National People's Congress (NPC),President Hu Jintao called for continued reforms, effective and clean government, a spirit of pragmatism and innovation and the raising of China's international stature. Premier Wen Jiabao, in an extended press confere [...]
2008-03-18 12:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON CH TW
08BEIJING1038TAIWAN: CONTACTS PREDICT KMT VICTORY, DEFEAT OF
[...] (C) Three days before Taiwan's March 22 presidential election and vote on competing referenda concerning Taiwan's participation in the UN, Embassy contacts continue to predict a victory for the KMT's Ma Ying-jeou and defeat of the two referenda. Opinions continue to diverge, however, over Bei [...]
2008-03-19 09:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING1039CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE OF TIBET PROTESTS
[...] (C) China's media strategy in covering the Tibet protests appears aimed at offering a coordinated "official" version of events for domestic and international audiences. On the evening of March 15, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi provided a propaganda-heavy description of the protests to [...]
2008-03-19 10:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC CH
08BEIJING1045TIBET: JOURNALISTS CITE GOVERNMENT "RESTRAINT,"
[...] (C) Summary: China's leadership has ordered security forces to show "restraint" and not discharge their weapons in responding to Tibet-related unrest, according to two editors at official Chinese newspapers. One source said that despite these orders, "isolated shooting incidents" may have occ [...]
2008-03-20 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM PREL CH
08BEIJING1046PREMIER WEN AND PM BROWN TALK ABOUT DALAI LAMA;
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: UK PM Gordon Brown called Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao March 19 to inform the Chinese Government that Brown will meet the Dalai Lama in May, urge Chinese restraint in responding to protests and call for an end to the violence in Tibet. Brown also noted that the Dalai Lama had "me [...]
2008-03-20 10:37:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM CH UK
08BEIJING1047MARCH 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA CLIQUE,
[...] Key points at the regular March 20 MFA press briefing: -- Wen Jiabao expressed grave concern to UK PM Gordon Brown over his plans to meet the Dalai Lama. Reports that Wen has agreed to meet the Dalai Lama are incorrect, as the Dalai Lama has not yet met the preconditions for dialogue. His [...]
2008-03-20 10:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PHUM PREL CH KS JA
08BEIJING1049(S) PRC REQUESTED TO RECALL M/V SEVENTH OCEAN
[...] (S) PolMinCouns delivered reftel information to MFA Arms Control Department Counselor Li Song on March 19, urging China to recall a shipment of potassium perchlorate seized in Dubai from the M/V Seventh Ocean and to take appropriate steps to ensure PRC companies cease trade with Iranian entiti [...]
2008-03-20 10:59:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL AE IR CH
08BEIJING1050FOLLOW-UP ON CHINA NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION
[...] (S) PolMinCouns and MFA Arms Control Counselor Li Song discussed our bilateral plan to enhance nonproliferation cooperation on March 19. Li said China was very pleased with the January export control workshop and noted that China is "ready for more" cooperation of this sort. PolMinCouns upda [...]
2008-03-20 11:06:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CH
08BEIJING1069MAINLAND TAIWAN EXPERTS DISCUSS ELECTIONS, FUTURE
[...] (C) Two senior PRC Taiwan experts predicted this past week that Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Ma Ying-jeou will win Taiwan's March 22 presidential election with a margin of 5-10 percentage points because of his effective campaigning and widespread discontent over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's [...]
2008-03-21 07:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
08BEIJING107JANUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL VISIT, SENIOR
[...] Key points at the January 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- The MFA announced that EAP A/S Hill was to meet with VFM Wu Dawei that afternoon in Beijing and stated that, regarding the Six-Party Talks, Second-Phase Actions are "moving along smoothly." -- The Fifth U.S.-China Senior Dialogue will take [...]
2008-01-10 09:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY CH TW XY XW ZU XI RM SZ MI IN KN
08BEIJING1075TAIWAN: EMBASSY CONTACTS DOWNPLAY POTENTIAL FOR
[...] (C) On the eve of Taiwan's March 22 presidential election and vote on UN referenda, three Embassy contacts tell us they are "not worried" about the upcoming vote leading to a cross-Strait crisis. While both referenda on Taiwan's UN membership are expected to fail, even if one were to pass, Be [...]
2008-03-21 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING1076CHINA INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 10:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR BA CH
08BEIJING1081HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA PROPOSES "FRAMEWORK AGENDA" FOR
[...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Acting Director Yan Jiarong on March 21 conveyed China's proposal for the next round of human rights dialogue with the United States. China proposes holding the next dialogue meeting during the last ten days of May, in Beijing, at the DRL Assistant Secretary a [...]
2008-03-21 11:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1083AMBASSADOR URGES PRC TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
[...] (C) Summary: In light of the March 22 election results in Taiwan, the Ambassador urged China to seize the opportunity to work with the newly elected leaders in Taiwan to improve cross-Strait relations. In a lengthy prepared response, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi said that China's com [...]
2008-03-23 15:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS CH TW
08BEIJING1111PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...]
2008-03-24 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING1113CHINA SUPPORTIVE OF TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) In a March 18 meeting between Assistant United States Trade Representative Tim Stratford and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) WTO Director General Zhang Xiangchen, DG Zhang referenced the February 15 meeting with Econ Minister Counselor Robert Luke and EU Counselor for Trade and Investment [...]
2008-03-25 00:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING1123March 25 MFA Press Briefing: Selected Journalists To Lhasa,
[...] Key points at the March 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- Selected foreign journalists will participate in a reporting trip to Lhasa. -- China is open to dialogue with the Dalai Lama as long as he gives up separatist activities. -- China will continue to follow the One China policy to further d [...]
2008-03-25 12:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH TW
08BEIJING1128CORRECTED COPY (PARA 4: Ganzi Prefecture) - March 25 MFA
[...] Key points at the March 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- Selected foreign journalists will participate in a reporting trip to Lhasa. -- China is open to dialogue with the Dalai Lama as long as he gives up separatist activities. -- China will continue to follow the One China policy to further d [...]
2008-03-26 01:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH TW
08BEIJING1141STAFFDEL JANUZZI DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN,
[...] (C) Current bilateral cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation and export control is "remarkable," MFA Department of Arms Control Director General Cheng Jingye told Staffdel Januzzi March 24. Nevertheless, there is a "perception" that the United States counts on China's support on nonprolifera [...]
2008-03-26 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KN CH IR
08BEIJING1142AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIBET,
[...] (C) Senate Staffel members urged Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei to help convince DPRK leaders that if they fulfill their obligations under the Six-Party Talks framework, the United States stands ready to do the same. The DPRK must disclose information on its uranium enrichment program and [...]
2008-03-26 09:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN KS KN RS JA TW CH PK
08BEIJING1143SCO: MFA COY, SECRETARIAT POSITIVE ON IRAN'S BID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A contact at the Chinese Foreign Ministry declined to comment on whether China would support Iran's bid to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),but said there are "ample reasons" for Iran's admission to the organization, including the potential for energy cooperation [...]
2008-03-26 11:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS IR
08BEIJING1144STAFFDEL JANUZZI DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN,
[...] (C) Current bilateral cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation and export control is "remarkable," MFA Department of Arms Control Director General Cheng Jingye told Staffdel Januzzi March 24. Nevertheless, there is a "perception" that the United States counts on China's support on nonpro [...]
2008-03-26 11:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KN CH IR
08BEIJING11452007 KITTY HAWK PORT CALL REFUSAL SHEDS LIGHT ON
[...] (C) The PRC's refusal of the USS Kitty Hawk port visit to Hong Kong for Thanksgiving in November 2007 was a last-minute decision by the Central Military Commission (CMC) made in anger over the November 9, 2007 announcement of further U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan, according to a majority of scho [...]
2008-03-26 11:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CH TW
08BEIJING1159U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: BILATERAL
[...] (C) U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong shared proposals for enhancing bilateral counterterrorism cooperation during the March 25 U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue in Beijing. A [...]
2008-03-27 08:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KOLY CVIS CH
08BEIJING1160U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: CSI,
[...] (C) At the March 25 U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue in Beijing, the U.S. and Chinese delegations, led respectively by U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong, agreed that the Unite [...]
2008-03-27 09:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN ECON ENRG KNNP ASEC TW CH
08BEIJING1164CHINA CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY FOR SAN FRANCISCO
[...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about security for the April 9 San Francisco Torch Relay participants and their charter plane, said MFA Director General Zheng Zeguang, during a March 26 meeting with the Charge. China expects "anti-China forces" to step up their efforts to sabotage the event [...]
2008-03-27 09:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KOLY ASEC CH
08BEIJING1166U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: At a March 26 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi at the conclusion of the U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey urged the PRC to put concrete pressure on Syria to shore up its borders and prevent the flow of [...]
2008-03-27 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING1169CHINA "REINFORCES" ITS CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (C) China wants to "reinforce" its concern about the Sinopec-Yadavaran deal and urged the United States to keep in mind that Sinopec is "not just a company," said Director General of the MFA's North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Zheng Zeguang, during a March 26 meeting with the Char [...]
2008-03-27 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL ECON PGOV EINV CH IR
08BEIJING1170CHINESE ACADEMIC VIEWS ON A NORTHEAST ASIA PEACE
[...] (C) Many Chinese academics view the eventual establishment of a North East Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a "natural outgrowth" of the Six-Party Talks. While there is no agreement among scholars on what a future NEAPSM will look like, many believe that it will start with the Six [...]
2008-03-27 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING1171PERSONNEL CHANGES AT MOFCOM MAY AFFECT EXPORT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In an informal off-the-record meeting, a working-level official provided hints of imminent personnel changes at the Minstry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and opined on the possible impact of these changes on export control cooperation with the U.S., including implementation of the Vali [...]
2008-03-27 09:55:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL
08BEIJING119BEIJING AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: REPORTED OUTBREAK IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Chinese authorities confirmed in the domestic and international media that there had been an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza amongst poultry in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region beginning December 29, 2007. Reports indicated a die-off of about 5,000 birds and control measures culling [...]
2008-01-11 09:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING1201NORINCO BRIEFS EMBASSY ON ITS EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (C) NORINCO management wants to end the "distorted image" of the firm and become a "decent member of the international community," NORINCO Vice President Zhi Yulin told the Charge in a March 27 meeting. Zhi believes the firm's experience building infrastructure projects creates an opportunity [...]
2008-03-31 07:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM ETTC PREL CH
08BEIJING1203VISITING STAFFDEL MEETS NORINCO OFFICIALS
[...] (C) NORINCO Vice President He Xiaodong told Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Frank Januzzi and Puneet Talwar that NORINCO can serve as an educator and lobbyist on the subject of export control compliance. VP He said NORINCO unilaterally stopped exporting "explosives" to Syria a [...]
2008-03-31 08:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PHSA PREL CH IR SY
08BEIJING1209CHINA HAS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS REGARDING A HONG
[...] (U) This is an action request; please paragraph 3. 2. (S) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi asked PolOff on March 31 if the United States can provide additional information to assist China with its investigation of a possible delivery of Chin [...]
2008-03-31 10:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR HK
08BEIJING1210TIBET: MFA ORGANIZES TIGHTLY CONTROLLED TRIP TO
[...] (C) With less than 24-hours notice to participating Embassies, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Government, organized an overnight trip to Lhasa March 28 to 29. Fifteen Beijing-based diplomats, including PolOff, participated. Diplomats we [...]
2008-03-31 13:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF NP IN JA BR GM CA IT
08BEIJING1225U.S.-CHINA DIALOGUE ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: YOUR
[...] (SBU) Your meeting with Ministry of Commerce Vice Minister (VM) Yi Xiaozhun in Tokyo will be an excellent opportunity to discuss the launch of the U.S.-China Dialogue on Foreign Assistance, which was proposed by Deputy Secretary Negroponte during his January meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao. We [...]
2008-04-01 05:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFIN CH
08BEIJING123CHINA URGED TO EXPLAIN JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE
[...] (S) China has explained many times its position on its January 2007 anti-satellite test and wishes the United States would put this issue behind us, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Deng Hongbo told us January 11 in response to our expression of continued concern o [...]
2008-01-11 10:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
08BEIJING1237April 1 MFA Press Briefing: Tibet Protests, Olympics, Hu
[...] Key points at the April 1 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama continues to incite unrest and undermine the Olympic Games. -- Foreign officials who boycott the Olympic Games are "flattering themselves" and undermining their country's interest. -- China blocks websites which contain [...]
2008-04-01 11:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH TW JP KS EK TC NZ
08BEIJING124SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-CHINA SENIOR DIALOGUE,
[...] (C) The upcoming 5th round of the U.S.-China Senior Dialogue kicks off an important year for China and for bilateral relations. Taiwan's presidential and UN referenda votes in March and the PRC's hosting of the Olympics in August are the focus of Chinese concerns, and the Chinese believe the [...]
2008-01-11 11:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR CH TW
08BEIJING1247CHINA IMPLEMENTING IRAN TRAVEL BAN
[...] (C) PolOff on April 2 delivered to MFA reftel points on travel-related provisions in UN Security Council Resolutions 1803, 1737 and 1747 and sought details about the status of China's implementation of these provisions. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division De [...]
2008-04-02 06:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP UNSC IR CH
08BEIJING1248CORRECTED COPY (PARA 11: NIMITZ) April 1 MFA Press
[...] Key points at the April 1 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama continues to incite unrest and undermine the Olympic Games. -- Foreign officials who boycott the Olympic Games are "flattering themselves" and undermining their country's interest. -- China blocks websites which contain [...]
2008-04-02 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH TW JP KS EK TC NZ
08BEIJING125MFA AND SCHOLARS DESCRIBE CHINA’S EFFORTS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current "stand [...]
2008-01-11 11:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1252CHINA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (C) Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs delivered points in reftel March 27 to Tang Xu, Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau. Tang responded that over the past two years, the PBOC has increased its attention to interactions between Chinese bank [...]
2008-04-02 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD PARM EINV CH IR
08BEIJING1253CHINA'S RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK,
[...] (C) Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs delivered points and non-paper in reftel March 27 to Tang Xu, Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau. Tang responded that over the past two years, the PBOC has increased its attention to interactions betw [...]
2008-04-02 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN PARM KNNP MNUC CH BA IR
08BEIJING1263(S) SHIELD S06-08/S18-05/S26-06: CHINA URGED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 09:16:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CH KN
08BEIJING1264(S) PRC INFORMED OF UPDATED SCHEDULE OF AIR KORYO
[...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Acting Deputy Director He Yi on April 3 of the scheduled change from March 11 to April 11 of a planned Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Syria with a stop in Iran. PolOff reminded He Yi that we suspect [...]
2008-04-03 09:22:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL KNNP KN XB XG ZK ZL XD XF CH IR
08BEIJING1265HUMAN RIGHTS: HU JIA SENTENCED TO THREE AND A HALF
[...] (C) Summary: Amid tight security, a Beijing court on April 3 sentenced rights activist Hu Jia to three and a half years in prison, with deprivation of political rights for an additional year. PolOff and nearly a dozen third-country diplomats were denied entry into the court to observe the tr [...]
2008-04-03 10:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1267 April 3 MFA Press Briefing: Hu Jia Case, Olympic Boycott,
[...] Key points at the April 3 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China has handled the Hu Jia case according to law and will not accept criticism. -- The IOC is right to reject calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics and the torch relay should not be disrupted. -- Reports China supplied the IAEA with [...]
2008-04-03 11:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW
08BEIJING128MFA and Scholars Describe China's Efforts on Burma
[...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current [...]
2008-01-12 04:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1280COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL TO BEIJING APRIL 9
[...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on April 9 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell: [...]
2008-04-07 08:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08BEIJING1284The United States-China Economic and Security Review
[...] (SBU) A "responsible government" would never "initiate, sponsor or support" cyber attacks on other countries, a scholar from the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences told United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission members on April 1. However, the scholar described cyber warfare [...]
2008-04-07 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PARM CH
08BEIJING1290UNITED STATES AND UK JOINTLY DEMARCHE CHINA ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Chinese MFA says deploying new helicopters to Darfur is not a priority while China focuses on deploying the remainder of its engineering contingent. The remainder of the Chinese engineering force should deploy in early April. MFA made no immediate response to PolOff's request [...]
2008-04-07 10:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH
08BEIJING1291FM YANG DEFENDS CHINA'S ACTIONS IN TIBET
[...] (C) China's actions in Tibet were prompted by violent crimes instigated by the Dalai Lama "clique," Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told Treasury Secretary Paulson April 2. Diplomats and journalists have been given access to Tibet, and China's actions have garnered broad international support, [...]
2008-04-07 11:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH TW
08BEIJING1294MONGOLIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OYUN VISITS CHINA MARCH
[...] (C) Mongolian Foreign Minster Sanjaasuren Oyun's March 24-28 visit to China resulted in PRC assent to open a Mongolian consulate in Shanghai, transfer prisoners from southern China to Inner Mongolia and support Mongolia's inclusion in APEC. FM Oyun also sought China's support for Mongolia's i [...]
2008-04-07 11:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH MG
08BEIJING1308China Investment Corporation Meeting with
[...] (SBU) Summary: China Investment Corporation General Manager Gao Xiqing met with Commissioners of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 31, 2008. Gao suggested that U.S. officials be patient with CIC as it evolves relative to sovereign wealth fund (SWF) best practice [...]
2008-04-08 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL EINV CH
08BEIJING1309(S) SHIELD S05-08: PRC INFORMED OF IMMINENT
[...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 8 that China Northern Chemical and Minerals Company is planning to load 1000 metric tons of sodium sulfide flakes on the M/V Iran Teyfouri as early as April 10 for shipment to I [...]
2008-04-08 07:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING1311(S) CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED
[...] (S) PolOff urged China to take immediate steps to investigate the transfer of missile-related material by a Chinese company to Syria, including via a North Korean intermediary, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 8. [...]
2008-04-08 08:20:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KN SY
08BEIJING1316 April 8 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch,
[...] Key points at the April 8 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama "lies for a living" and wants to bring emancipated Tibetans back to slavery. -- United States and Chinese officials have been in contact to ensure safe passage for the Olympic torch in San Francisco. -- China will hold [...]
2008-04-08 11:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW
08BEIJING1331CHINA NOW WILLING TO JOIN JOINT DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff April 9 that "in light of recent developments" China has changed its position and would be willing to join a "joint P5 demarche" on Chad and Sudan (ref a) "if the P5 can agree on a [...]
2008-04-09 08:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CD SU CH
08BEIJING1333MFA EXPRESSES "SERIOUS CONCERNS" OVER PROPOSED UN
[...] (C) PolOff on April 9 conveyed to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Burma. Noting that UN Special Advior Gambari has said a PRST would be helpful to his mission and that after a total of five Gambari visits the Burmese government [...]
2008-04-09 09:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC CH BM
08BEIJING1351SEARCHING FOR THE DALAI LAMA IN QINGHAI PROVINCE
[...] (C) During a February 24-25 trip taken prior to the Tibet-related unrest that began in mid-March, PolOff observed ethnic Tibetans in Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, displaying their reverence for the Dalai Lama in low-key, sometimes clandestine, ways to avoid confrontation with public [...]
2008-04-10 09:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF SCUL CH
08BEIJING1354M/V IRAN TEYFORUI: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHARED
[...] (S) PolOff provided additional information on the shipment of sodium sulfide to Iran on board the M/V Iran Teyfouri (ref A) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 10. He urged China to investigate and prevent the transfer to Iran. W [...]
2008-04-10 10:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING1355April 10 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 11:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH AS FR IR TW IN
08BEIJING1373(S) M/V IRAN TEYFOURI: PRC SAYS INVESTIGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 11:08:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING1374PRC/IRAQ: CHINA WANTS TO PLAY "POSITIVE" ROLE, BUT
[...] (C) As instructed reftel, Poloff delivered points on demonstrating support for the Iraqi government to Attache Wu Xiaofeng of the Iraq office at the MFA's West Asian and North African Affairs Department. Wu said that China would participate "in a positive way" in the up-coming Neighbor's Conf [...]
2008-04-11 12:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH
08BEIJING1390DRAFT UNSCR ON REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
[...] (C) PolOff on April 14 conveyed to MFA reftel points on the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) proposed by South Africa on regional organizations, the April 16 open debate hosted by South African President Thabo Mbeki, and the April 17 joint UN Security Council-African Union (AU) Peace and [...]
2008-04-14 07:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SO SU ZI CH
08BEIJING1396BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON TIBET, THE
[...] (C) At the April 11 bi-weekly Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicolas Chapuis noted that there is much confusion in Paris regarding Sarkozy's "conditions" or "elements" involved in his ultimate decision to attend or not attend the Beijing Olympics. President Hu Jinta [...]
2008-04-14 10:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KOLY SOCI SENV CH FR GM JA UK
08BEIJING1416APRIL 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TORCH RELAY, DALAI
[...] Key points at the regular April 15 MFA press briefing: -- Past successful legs of the Olympic Torch Relay have come about through cooperation with the relevant countries; any disruptions in future legs of the torch run will show the "true nature" of Tibetan separatist forces. China hopes th [...]
2008-04-15 10:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI PHUM CH JA
08BEIJING1450APRIL 16 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: HU-SIEW MEETING, DIRECT
[...] Key points at the April 16 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefings were: -- The April 12 Hu-Siew meeting has "very important significance" for the improvement of cross-Strait relations under "new circumstances" (xin xingshi) and the promotion of cross-Strait economic cooperation. -- P [...]
2008-04-16 10:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW
08BEIJING1454HU JINTAO IN CHARGE OF TIBET POLICY; LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) President Hu Jintao remains firmly in charge of China's policy on Tibet, with the leadership unified over Beijing's current hard-line stance and buoyed by rising PRC nationalist sentiment, xxxxx. Given Hu's background and experience in Tibet, as well as the "extremely sensitive" nature of the i [...]
2008-04-16 10:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING1462AFM LIU JIEYI EXPRESSES PRC OPPOSITION TO APRIL 21
[...] (C) In an April 16 conversation with the Ambassador, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed China's "strong opposition" to an April 21 meeting between Under Secretary Dobriansky and the Dalai Lama. AFM Liu said the SIPDIS Dalai Lama was responsible for the recent "beating, smashing, [...]
2008-04-16 11:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING1463(S) PRC URGED TO INVESTIGATE A CHINESE FIRM'S
[...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 16 of recent efforts by the Shanghai Technical By-Products International Corporation (STBPI) to supply missile-useable aluminum, steel, wire and integrated circuits to Iran (ref [...]
2008-04-16 12:12:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR TW
08BEIJING1473CHINA INFORMED OF STEEL SHIPMENTS OF PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 05:25:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE KNNP CH KN
08BEIJING1488CHINA-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. China declined to support Japan's bid for a permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) seat during April 14 consultations with visiting Japanese MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Kawai Chikao, according to the Chinese MFA. China refused even to endorse a statement similar to China [...]
2008-04-17 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM JA CH
08BEIJING1489CORRECTED COPY: CHINA-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON UN
[...] (C) Summary. China declined to support Japan's bid for a permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) seat during April 14 consultations with visiting Japanese MFA Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Kawai Chikao, according to the Chinese MFA. China refused even to endorse a statement similar to [...]
2008-04-17 11:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM JA CH
08BEIJING1490APRIL 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TORCH RELAY, DALAI
[...] Key points at the regular April 17 MFA press briefing: -- The torch relay in Pakistan was "warm and grand," and the people of India have "shown their enthusiasm for the relay." -- The Beijing Olympic Committee will arrange a specific media group to cover the Mount Everest leg of the torch [...]
2008-04-17 11:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI PHUM CH JA
08BEIJING1492TOY SAFETY IMPROVES, BUT OFFICIALS WARY OF IMPOSED CHANGE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Eight months after the spate of massive toy recalls in the United States, Chinese toy exporters are paying more attention to the safety of their products and compliance with U.S. toy safety standards. Conversations with industry representatives, standards experts, and other observ [...]
2008-04-18 01:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING150JANUARY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MALAWI, TAIWAN, OLYMPICS,
[...] Key points at the January 15 MFA Press Briefing: -- China and Malawi on December 28 after "friendly consultations and negotiations" established diplomatic relations. -- Some organizations with "ulterior political motives" use the Olympics to "tarnish China's image" and "exert pressure" on t [...]
2008-01-15 22:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH TW NL KS KN MI FJ IN FR
08BEIJING1506RURAL FINANCE INITIATIVES STILL STRUGGLING
[...] (SBU) New rural finance initiatives continue to struggle in China's countryside one year after their introduction because they are not commercially viable. Promoting private banks' involvement in the rural sector through the establishment of Village Banks is the right approach, by increasing c [...]
2008-04-18 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
08BEIJING1507A FLURRY OF VISITS SETS THE STAGE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka visited Beijing April 14-15 to address three issues in advance of President Hu Jintao's May 6-10 visit to Japan: the poisoned dumpling case, the East China Sea dispute and Tibet. Japanese Embassy officials report that the dumpling investigati [...]
2008-04-18 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG CH JN
08BEIJING1511CONTACTS REPORT CONTINUED MONASTERY PROTESTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Demonstrations and arrests are continuing in Tibetan regions, according to Tibetan poet and blogger Wei Se (aka "Oser", strictly protect). Wei Se told PolOff she had learned of a recent demonstration at Lhasa's Drepung Monastery by monks protesting the lack of adequate food. Sh [...]
2008-04-18 11:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING1512CHINA CONFIRMS HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Australian diplomat Nicholas Purtell told PolOff that China on April 17 confirmed its participation in the Sino-Australian human rights dialogue round already provisionally scheduled for May 1 in Canberra, with AFM Liu Jieyi serving as head of the Chinese delegation. China is willing to d [...]
2008-04-18 12:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV AS CH
08BEIJING1513OUTSIDERS BANNED FROM TIBETAN AREAS OF GANSU AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 16-21 trip to Gansu and Qinghai Provinces to investigate Tibetan area unrest reports, EmbOffs encountered well-coordinated government efforts to prevent foreigners from traveling to Tibetan regions of both provinces. In Lanzhou, capital of Gansu, EmbOffs saw a hea [...]
2008-04-18 12:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING1529MFA PLEDGES POSITIVE CONSIDERATION FOR HUMAN
[...] (C) While emphasizing that China's formal reply will come at a later date, MFA IO Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing on April 21 shared with PolOff her "preliminary reactions" to U.S. proposals for resuming the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD). China will give "positive consi [...]
2008-04-21 11:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1550APRIL 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HARASSMENT OF CHINESE STUDENT,
[...] Key points at the April 22 MFA press briefing were: -- Domestic and Overseas Chinese demonstrations are "spontaneous" expressions of patriotism that are "encouraging and touching." -- A "U.S. State Department official" ignored Chinese opposition, violated "basic norms of international relat [...]
2008-04-22 12:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH FR KS KN JA RS HK XG
08BEIJING1565CHINA STILL SUPPORTS MUSHARRAF; IS CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese schoars downplayed the significance of Pakistan President Musharraf's April 10-15 visit to China in recent discussions with PolOff, but scholars and Chinese Government officials alike reaffirmed Chinese support for Musharraf despite his declining authority in the wake of [...]
2008-04-23 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG EPET MNUC CH PK
08BEIJING1568MFA: ARMS TO ZIMBABWE PART OF "NORMAL TRADE"
[...] (C) Summary: China's recent shipment of arms to Zimbabwe is part of the normal trade in arms between two sovereign nations and is not connected to the current political situation, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missiles and Conventional Weapons Division Director Zhang Jun'an told [...]
2008-04-23 09:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH ZI SADC
08BEIJING157CHINESE SCHOLARS' INITIAL TAKE ON PM SINGH VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Echoing adulatory press coverage of Indian PM Singh's January 13-15 visit to Beijing, several Chinese scholars told PolOff the visit significantly enhanced trust between Chinese and Indian senior leaders and between the two countries' militaries. China, the scholars said, was als [...]
2008-01-16 09:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS ECON ETRD MARR CH IN
08BEIJING1570SINO-FRENCH RELATIONS: DESPITE OUTCRY, IT COULD BE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite recent well-publicized protests and calls for boycotts of French companies, Sino-French relations are not in a downward spiral, French Embassy Counselor Erkki Maillard told PolOff April 23. The Chinese Government appears to be taking a firm public line on France to assuag [...]
2008-04-23 10:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KOLY FR CH
08BEIJING1598MFA: FINISH ZIMBABWE RECOUNT BEFORE FURTHER ACTION
[...] (C) Summary. The international community should wait for the election recount to be completed before taking any action on Zimbabwe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Africa Department Southern Africa Division Director He Meng said April 24. The crisis in Zimbabwe should be left to Africans to [...]
2008-04-24 09:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH ZI SADC
08BEIJING1600APRIL 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ZIMBABWE ARMS SHIPMENT,
[...] Key points at the April 24 MFA press briefing were: -- A Chinese cargo ship will return to China with arms intended for Zimbabwe. -- An EU resolution critical of China's involvement in Africa is "irresponsible" and "groundless." -- The Syria-DPRK nuclear issue should not affect the Six-P [...]
2008-04-24 11:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY CH FR KN JA SY PA XG ZI
08BEIJING1618GOVERNMENT REINS IN ANTI-FRENCH PROTESTS ON
[...] (C) Chinese authorities this past week have moved to curtail anti-French and anti-Western demonstrations in China. Official propaganda has tried to steer the public toward more "rational" displays of patriotism, with security and Party officials bluntly telling university students in Beijing t [...]
2008-04-25 11:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIFR CH
08BEIJING1619CHINA'S MEDIA MESSAGE ON TIBET CONTROLLED BY HU
[...] (C) China's media guidance for the Tibet unrest story is coming directly from President Hu Jintao through the Central Propaganda Department (CPD),according to a range of contacts. The guidance is often conveyed informally and has shifted somewhat over time in response to events and the effec [...]
2008-04-25 15:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
08BEIJING1625SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD PUSHES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. United States Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud met with Ministry of Housing Urban-Rural Construction (MHURC) officials and construction industry leaders on April 21 and 22 to follow-up on the March 4th United States [...]
2008-04-27 23:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL ENRG EFIN BTIO IAEA CH
08BEIJING164BOHAI FUND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOME-GROWN STATUS
[...] (SBU) The establishment of the new renminbi (RMB) 20 billion (USD 2.7 billion) Tianjin-based Bohai Industrial Investment Fund, the first of a series of home-grown RMB-denominated private equity (PE) funds backed by state-owned entities, represents an effort by Chinese authorities to expand non [...]
2008-01-17 08:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCH ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD PGOV SOCI
08BEIJING1643HIZB UT-TAHRIR, MUSLIM MISSIONARIES AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Counterterrorism experts at the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) described to PolOffs on April 15 an ongoing Islamic "resurgence" in western China, encouraged by rising wealth among Chinese Muslims and increasing contac [...]
2008-04-28 09:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH
08BEIJING165JANUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SENIOR DIALOGUE,
[...] Key points at the January 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- Iran Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili is visiting Beijing January 17-18 for meetings with Chinese officials. -- During Senior Dialogue meetings this week, China will exchange views on important issues of bilateral interest with the Un [...]
2008-01-17 11:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH TW GM IR UK
08BEIJING1653PRC WILL INVESTIGATE DPRK MISSILE PARTS SHIPMENT
[...] (S) PolOff urged MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi to investigate reftel shipment of missile parts transiting China from the DPRK to Syria. PolOff told He Yi that we believe the shipment is still in Ningbo, but is likely to depart for Syria ver [...]
2008-04-29 07:16:00Embassy BeijingSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC CH KN SY
08BEIJING1656PRC TOLD TO REFRAIN FROM INTERFERING WITH U.S.
[...] (S) Summary: The continued harassment of U.S. vessels conducting lawful activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is "provocative and potentially dangerous," the Charge told MFA Treaty and Law Department Director General Duan Jielong on April 28. Duan called the surveys "very close" [...]
2008-04-29 07:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING1660CHINA: UNSC SHOULD PROCEED "VERY CAUTIOUSLY" ON
[...] (C) PolOff on April 29 conveyed to MFA reftel points on the need for the international community to act decisively on Zimbabwe, on the need for an end to government-sponsored violence against opposition parties in Zimbabwe, on the urgent need for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to consider in a [...]
2008-04-29 09:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ZI CH
08BEIJING1661XINJIANG: LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
[...] (C) Job discrimination continues to fuel ethnic tension in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),according to academics and Beijing-based Uighurs. Well-known Xinjiang scholar Yang Shengmin (strictly protect) of Beijing's Central University for Nationalities also acknowledged that unem [...]
2008-04-29 09:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ
08BEIJING1662APRIL 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Torch Relay, Dalai Lama,
[...] Key points at the April 29 MFA press briefing were: -- Chinese students who attended the torch relay in Seoul intended to defend the dignity of the torch. -- China's willingness to meet with the Dalai Lama's representatives shows China's "consistent policy" and "forgiveness." -- Seven Ch [...]
2008-04-29 11:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PTER CH KS KN JA PK GM BB
08BEIJING1671PRICES STILL RISING BUT PROVINCES REMAIN CALM
[...] (SBU) Commenting on inflationary trends in their respective localities, government officials and citizens in two provinces outside Beijing recently expressed optimism that prices are stabilizing and said their regions have not so far experienced widespread social unrest or hoarding. Their comm [...]
2008-04-30 02:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING1681HU FIRMLY IN CHARGE OF TAIWAN POLICY, CONTACTS SAY
[...] (C) Summary: President Hu Jintao's position as the chief Taiwan policymaker has been strengthened as a result of Ma Ying-jeou's victory in the March 22 Taiwan presidential election, according to two Embassy contacts. Hu's decisions to break from former President Jiang Zemin's timeline for re [...]
2008-04-30 06:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
08BEIJING1690RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -- CHINA
[...] (U) INTRODUCTION: This report is Mission China's response to reftel, which requested input on the impact of food and commodity price increases. It is a composite of analysis and data compiled by Embassy Beijing as well as by Econoffs in Consulates General Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, and She [...]
2008-04-30 09:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING1691NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS LIMIT
[...] (C) Ningxia is not fertile ground for the further spread of Islam, despite the substantial ethnic Muslim concentrations that live there. Government controls on religious education, the freedom of worship among Muslim CCP members and other aspects of religious life, as well as echoes of the de [...]
2008-04-30 09:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG
08BEIJING1692CHINA ADVISES BURMA TO RECONSIDER GAMBARI
[...] (C) Responding to reftel points delivered by PolOff, MFA Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen on April 30 said that the Chinese Government has "advised" the Burmese Government to "positively reconsider" previous suggestions offered by UN Special Adviser Gambari t [...]
2008-04-30 09:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1695APRIL 30 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: MAC CHAIRPERSON-DESIGNATE,
[...] Key points at the April 30 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- China does not have a position on Chairperson-designate Lai Shin-yuan's suitability as head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council. -- Discussions in both the ARATS-SEF and KMT-CCP channels are useful. -- Aske [...]
2008-04-30 11:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW
08BEIJING1696FRENCH EMBASSY HINTS THAT SARKOZY HAS STUMBLED
[...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Herve Ladsous told the Charge April 29 that the recent turbulence in Sino-French relations stemmed not from the protests during the Paris leg of the Olympic Touch Run, but from French President Sarkozy's linkage of his participation in the Olympics Opening Ceremo [...]
2008-04-30 11:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD KOLY FR CH
08BEIJING1697TIBET: SCHOLARS PRAISE DECISION TO RESTART CONTACT
[...] (C) China's decision to reopen talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives was largely a result of international pressure, Beijing University Sociology Professor Ma Rong (protect),a leading expert on Tibetan social issues, told PolOff. Both sides are under pressure to show some results at th [...]
2008-04-30 11:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIFR CH
08BEIJING1698NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 2: BUDDING FUNDAMENTALISM
[...] (C) The Salafiyya movement, a Saudi Wahhabist import which promotes a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, has established a small but significant presence in Ningxia in recent years, according to scholars and imams in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Surprisingly, the Gove [...]
2008-05-01 05:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG
08BEIJING1699Ningxia Muslims, Part 3: The Sufi King of Tongxin County:
[...] (C) Hong Yang, a Peking University-educated imam in Ningxia's Tongxin County, heads a Sufi order which he says has over 2,000 imams, serving at 1,500 mosques with a total population of over one million Hui followers. An entourage of imams surrounded Hong as he entertained PolOff on an April vi [...]
2008-05-02 01:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK EG CH SA
08BEIJING1715TIBET: MFA SAYS TALKS WITH DALAI LAMA
[...] (C) The meeting between CCP Central Committee United Front Work Department Deputy Directors (Vice Minister equivalent) Zhu Weiqun and Sitar ("Si Ta" in Mandarin) and personal representatives of the Dalai Lama Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen "marks a new beginning," said Director General of the [...]
2008-05-05 08:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING1718AMBASSADOR AND PRC EVFM WANG DISCUSS TIBET,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion during a lunch hosted by the Ambassador May 5, PRC Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed that China is willing to continue talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives but that the success of the talks hinge on the Dalai Lama's "sincerity." [...]
2008-05-05 11:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KOLY KIRF ASEC PTER CH
08BEIJING1719MFA CONFIRMS HRD DIALOGUE DATES; REFUSES REQUEST
[...] (C) On May 5, MFA International Organizations Human Rights Division Director Yan Jiarong told PolOff that China "agrees" to move forward with one-half day of formal U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) on May 26 and with related meetings on May 27, although she said China has "flexibility" to [...]
2008-05-05 12:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1727DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA: BILATERAL
[...] (C) DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun's April 26-29 visit to Shanghai and Beijing was a reciprocal visit for PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's visit to North Korea last July, said MFA Asian Affairs Department Korea Division Deputy Director Fang Kun. Pak met with Vice President Xi Jinping, St [...]
2008-05-06 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING1728SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 11-12
[...] (C) China's leaders are preoccupied with managing the domestic dimensions of and international fallout from the Tibet crisis, determining how to deal with the new leadership in Taiwan and ensuring that nothing mars a successful Olympic Games. Despite seemingly strong domestic popular approval [...]
2008-05-06 10:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM ABLD KIRF KOLY MASS PARM ECON
08BEIJING1729PRC/IRAQ: CHINA TO ATTEND STOCKHOLM ICI MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH
08BEIJING1731MAY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, TIBET, VISAS, BURMA,
[...] Key points at the May 6 MFA press briefing were: -- Iran enjoys the right to peaceful nuclear energy use, but also should show a sense of "responsibility." -- Central Government policy toward the Dalai Lama is "consistent and clear-cut" and the "door for contact is always open." -- China [...]
2008-05-06 22:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY MARR CVIS TW CH KS KN JA
08BEIJING1734UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...]
2008-05-07 03:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH
08BEIJING1749AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES OLYMPIC PROTEST ZONES AND
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi May 7 and stressed the importance the USG places on the upcoming U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue. He told AFM Liu that he hopes the Dialogue will show tangible results. AFM Liu responded that the Chinese Government al [...]
2008-05-07 11:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING1760HUNAN'S RETURN MIGRATION?
[...] (SBU) Contacts in Hunan Province claim that rural-to-urban migrants who previously had worked in factories on the coast in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) appear to be returning home in greater numbers than before to Hunan's countryside. The trend is not necessarily a new one -- many temporary mig [...]
2008-05-08 08:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING1768U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR
[...] (C) PolOff on May 8 conveyed to MFA reftel points noting that the United States has submitted a 60-day report on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 and urging China to submit its own report. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Direc [...]
2008-05-08 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR CH
08BEIJING1771MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA, ZIMBABWE, HU JAPAN VISIT,
[...] Key points at the May 8 MFA press briefing were: -- China urged the Burmese Government to cooperate and consult with the international community on disaster aid. -- Contrary to media reports, the Chinese arms shipment did not reach Zimbabwe. -- President Hu Jintao reached an important co [...]
2008-05-08 10:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY KS JA VT ZI BM
08BEIJING1777USITC IS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 25, 2008, International Trade Commission (ITC) Chairman Daniel Pearson met with Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister (V/M) Yi Xiaozhun and Director General (DG) Li Ling. V/M Yi proposed closer cooperation on information sharing and said China wants to work with [...]
2008-05-09 02:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING178THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH CHINESE
[...] (U) January 16, 2008; 7:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ambassador's Residence. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Mrs. Diana Negroponte Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Randt Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC [...]
2008-01-18 05:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CH TW KN KS IR IZ PK RS
08BEIJING1780AFM LIU JIEYI SUGGESTS BURMESE GOVERNMENT OPEN TO
[...] (C) Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi called the Ambassador May 9 to follow up on their May 7 and May 8 discussions (ref emails) regarding the U.S. offer, including by PACOM, to deliver disaster assistance to Burma and PACOM Commander Admiral Keating's request to place a telephone ca [...]
2008-05-09 04:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID MARR CH BM
08BEIJING179DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE PROPOSAL DELIVERED
[...] (C) Policy Planning (S/P) Director David Gordon met with Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Deputy Director General for American and Oceanian Affairs Wang Hongbo on January 17 to deliver the Director of Foreign Assistance's (DFA) proposal for a Development Assistance Dialogue with China. Wang prom [...]
2008-01-18 06:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ETRD PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1792PRC COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS WANT TO VISIT THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) MFA External Security Affairs Department Director Xia Jingge told PolOffs May 8 that Chinese counterterrorism officials are interested in visiting the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Recalling the March 25 U.S.-Ch [...]
2008-05-09 09:40:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPTER PREL PINR CH
08BEIJING1799CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged China on May 10 to support a draft resolution prepared by France calling on Burma to remove obstacles preventing the delivery of humanitarian assistance. MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director [...]
2008-05-11 10:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC CH BM
08BEIJING1814TAO DIRECTOR CHEN YUNLIN MANAGES EXPECTATIONS FOR
[...] (C) Taiwan Affairs Office Director Chen Yunlin told visiting DAS Thomas Christensen that there has been a positive change in cross-Strait relations, but that the situation remains complex and sensitive. He said the two sides need time to rebuild mutual trust and the United States should neith [...]
2008-05-12 14:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CH TW
08BEIJING1815MFA DG TALKS TAIWAN, NEAPSM, DALAI LAMA WITH EAP
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen May 10, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Zheng Zeguang emphasized the importance President Hu places on his relationship with President Bush and China's willingness to work cooperatively with the [...]
2008-05-12 14:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM KOLY CH TW IR KN
08BEIJING1840DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES BILATERAL DIALOGUES,
[...] (U) May 11, 2008; 3:00 p.m.; Beijing, Ministry of National Defense, Ba Yi Building. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Sedney, Deputy Ass [...]
2008-05-13 09:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS MCAP CH TW BW
08BEIJING1843DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES BILATERAL DIALOGUES,
[...] (U) May 11, 2008; 3:00 p.m.; Beijing, Ministry of National Defense, Ba Yi Building. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Sedney, Deputy Ass [...]
2008-05-13 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS MCAP CH TW BM
08BEIJING1844MAY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE, BURMA
[...] Key points at the May 13 MFA press briefing were: -- China welcomes offers of international assistance for disaster relief after the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. -- No foreign casualties from the earthquake have been reported, but the Foreign Ministry is looking into reports that a group [...]
2008-05-13 10:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY KS BM
08BEIJING1860PRC REPORTS BURMA WILL ACCEPT RELIEF TEAMS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador May 14 that Burma is inviting rescue teams from Bangladesh, China, India and Thailand to assist with relief efforts following Cyclone Nargis. Stressing the "positive change" in the attitude of the Burmese Government [...]
2008-05-14 08:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID MARR CH BM BG IN TH
08BEIJING1865MAY 14 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE,
[...] The May 14 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing was dominated by discussion of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan: -- The spokesman addressed the fate of 2,897 Taiwan compatriots who were traveling in Sichuan at the time of the quake, stating that 588 were stranded in Jiuzhaigou, 13 were [...]
2008-05-14 10:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
08BEIJING1870STATE COUNCIL RESEARCHER SAYS APRIL CPI DATA WARRANTS
[...] (SBU) China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 8.5 percent year-on-year in April, fueling further concern about inflation in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. Food prices again accounted for most of the increase, led by surging pork and cooking oil prices. A leading researcher at China' [...]
2008-05-15 05:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING1876CHINA TRIES TO ADJUST TO NEPAL'S NEW POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Local scholars' and officials' assessments of the recent Nepali election's implications for China-Nepal relations reflect Chinese uncertainty about the effect of the rise of the Maoist Party in the Nepal's political mainstream. An MFA official told us frankly that the Chinese Gove [...]
2008-05-15 08:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH IN NP
08BEIJING1879CHINA: PROGRESS ON OLYMPIC SECURITY, BUT STILL
[...] (S) While progress has been made in some areas of Olympic security, some issues remain outstanding, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein told Vice Minister for Public Security (VMPS) Liu Jing during a May 13 meeting. Outstanding issues include ve [...]
2008-05-15 08:28:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING188ADMIRAL KEATING'S JANUARY 14 MEETING WITH FM YANG
[...] (C) U.S.-China bilateral and military-to-military relations were strengthened in 2007, in part due to frequent high-level exchanges, FM Yang Jiechi told visiting PACOM Commander Timothy Keating on January 14. FM Yang said he hoped the U.S. presidential election would not affect bilateral ties [...]
2008-01-18 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CH TW
08BEIJING1880(S) PRC PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINESE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 09:37:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH PK
08BEIJING1881MAY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF, BURMA
[...] Key points at the May 15, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China appreciates international offers of assistance following the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. -- With the exception of Japan, China is still considering offers from countries to provide rescue teams to earthquake affected areas. [...]
2008-05-15 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CASC SENV CH BM
08BEIJING1882CHINA URGED TO TERMINATE CONVENTIONAL ARMS
[...] (S/NF) Beijing should take immediate action to terminate all weapons-related transfers to Iran and should insist that Tehran provide an accounting of all Chinese-origin weapons, PolOff urged in a discussion with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy Director Wang Daxue on May 15. [...]
2008-05-15 09:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL CH IR
08BEIJING1883ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT WAINSTEIN URGES MFA TO
[...] (S) To reassure the United States that China is addressing threats to the Olympics, Beijing must share information gleaned from Chinese investigations based on U.S.-provided threat information, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein told Assistant F [...]
2008-05-15 10:02:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING1898DEMARCHE ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE
[...] (C) PolOff on May 16 conveyed reftel points concerning the mechanism for UN staff to bring employment-based grievances to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo and MFA Treaty and Law Department Treaties Division Officer Li Bingzhuo. N [...]
2008-05-16 08:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAORC APER PREL UNGA CH
08BEIJING1905CHINA INFORMED OF FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 10:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR IZ CH
08BEIJING1927REQUEST TO SECURE CHINESE SUPPORT FOR UN 1267
[...] (C) PolOff on May 19 conveyed reftel points requesting China's support for adding the names of four operatives of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the list of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or al-Qaida that are subject to UN Security Council (UNSC)-mandated san [...]
2008-05-19 08:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN KTFN UNSC CH
08BEIJING1930UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...]
2008-05-19 08:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH
08BEIJING1938PRC INFORMED OF IRAN'S IR-2 CENTRIFUGE CRITICAL
[...] (U) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei told PolOff on May 19 that the PRC will closely examine reftel nonpaper and color photographs delineating Iran's critical equipment needs for their IR-2 centrifuge program. Sun asked several times if the [...]
2008-05-20 02:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC CH IR
08BEIJING1955MAY 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE, SIX-PARTY
[...] Key points at the May 20 MFA press briefing were: -- China is grateful for foreign assistance and condolences. -- The Six-Party Talks have maintained momentum and China hopes recent meetings will produce results. -- Taiwan is "ineligible" for observer status at the World Health Assembly [...]
2008-05-20 10:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY KS GM RS IR TW
08BEIJING1970CHINESE GRATEFUL FOR U.S. EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Th Ambassador spoke to Chinese Assistant Ministerof Foreign Affairs Liu Jieyi May 21. AFM Liu provided official thanks from the Chinese Government and people to President Bush, the First Lady, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Hadley and NSC Senior Director Wilder fo [...]
2008-05-21 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH
08BEIJING1991MAY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE, BAN KI-MOON
[...] Key points at the May 22 MFA press briefing were: -- Only 400,000 of 3.3 million tents needed in the disaster areas of Sichuan have been delivered. -- Consultations are ongoing for a possible visit to China by Ban Ki-moon. -- Spokesperson had no information about a potential dirty bomb [...]
2008-05-22 10:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PTER TSPA KS IR TW VM ZI
08BEIJING20JANUARY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: India PM visit, China FM
[...] Key points at the January 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit China January 13-15. -- China hopes all parties in the Six-Party Talks process will honor the commitments they have made. -- Relevant PRC authorities will handle the case of detained activ [...]
2008-01-03 09:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING2009PRC OFFICIALS URGED TO FIND A BETTER
[...] (C) Chinese and foreign communications experts criticized the Chinese Government's handling of the negative publicity surrounding the Olympic torch relay at an off-the-record academic seminar attended by MFA and State Council Information Office officials (and PolOff) May 10. Participants cite [...]
2008-05-23 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPROP PREL PGOV KOLY KS AS CH
08BEIJING2010BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EARTHQUAKE
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing, the Japanese Ambassador reported that PRC President Hu Jintao has taken personal ownership of Sino-Japanese relations and made the final decision to travel to Japan over the opposition by some in the Chinese Government. Ambassador Miya [...]
2008-05-23 11:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM PGOV MARR KOLY SOCI SENV CH
08BEIJING2012COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on May 27-29 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell [...]
2008-05-27 01:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08BEIJING2030May 27 MFA Press Briefing: Upcoming South Korean President
[...] Key points at the May 27 MFA Press Briefing: -- South Korean President Lee arrives in China for a state visit May 27 and both countries aspire to bring their relationship to a "new level." -- VFM Wu Dawei will meet chief Six-Party Talks negotiators this week and China hopes "other relevant [...]
2008-05-27 10:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KS KN CH
08BEIJING2047SUDAN -- DESIGNATING FOUR INDIVIDUALS
[...] (C) PolOff on May 28 delivered to MFA reftel points on designating four individuals for targeted sanctions and urged China to refrain from putting a hold on the designations in the 1591 Committee. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yiny [...]
2008-05-28 08:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH
08BEIJING2048UNSC DISCUSSION ON WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (C) PolOff on May 28 delivered to MFA reftel invitation from Secretary Rice to Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi inviting FM Yang to participate in a minister-level public thematic debate on Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council on Thursday, June 19. MFA International Organizations [...]
2008-05-28 08:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAORC UN KWMN SOCI PHUM
08BEIJING2076 SED Ambassador Alan Holmer Previews SED IV During
[...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Ambassador Alan Holmer discussed plans for the fourth round of the SED with Chinese officials during a May 22-23 visit to Beijing. In his discussion with NPC Vice Minister Wu Xiaoling, Holmer praised Chi [...]
2008-05-29 07:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN ENV CH
08BEIJING2084CHINA REVISITS MANDATORY CERTIFICATION FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative Timothy Wineland met with the Chinese Government and United States industry representatives in Beijing from May 6-16 to discuss China's unprecedented proposal for mandatory certification requirements across a wide range of securi [...]
2008-05-29 09:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD PREL EINV WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING2086MAY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the regular May 29 MFA press briefing: -- Current bilateral negotiations within the framework of the Six-Party Talks will help build mutual trust and understanding. Dates have not yet been set for the next round of the Six-Party Talks, nor for the submission of North Korea's [...]
2008-05-29 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH JA KN KS NP IN
08BEIJING2087SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 10:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2101HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: A/S KRAMER MEETING WITH
[...] (C) The resumption of the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) is an important step that should promote bilateral relations, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer in a 45-minute meeting following the May 26 day-long formal HRD session. A/S Kramer agreed that [...]
2008-05-30 08:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2103THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, MORNING
[...] (U) May 26, 2008; 9:30 a.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse 2. (U) Participants: U.S. --- David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor (DRL) John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Dan Piccuta, Charge d'Affaires, [...]
2008-05-30 09:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KOLY CH UN
08BEIJING2104THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, WORKING
[...] (U) May 26, 2008; 1:30 p.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse 2. (U) Participants: U.S. David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secret [...]
2008-05-30 10:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KOLY NK BR CH
08BEIJING2127UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) PolOff on June 3 delivered to MFA reftel points urging Chinese support for a U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin said China in the past has sup [...]
2008-06-03 02:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UN UNSC PREL KWMN PHUM CH
08BEIJING2128PRC REQUESTED TO HELP EASE BURMESE RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] (C) PolOff on June 3 delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo and MFA Asian Department Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen reftel points on the U.S. Government's concern over the Burmese reg [...]
2008-06-03 05:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL CH
08BEIJING2143JUNE 3 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights, Sichuan
[...] Key points at the June 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China believes there is a "new opportunity" in the Six-Party Talks and hopes the relevant parties will show "flexibility" in overcoming differences. -- The U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue was "candid," "positive" and "constructive," helping [...]
2008-06-03 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR EAID IN JN KS KN CH
08BEIJING2155SFDA'S TREATMENT OF BAXTER IN CHINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Baxter Healthcare (protect) visited the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to present their concerns about the deterioration of relations with China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) amid concerns that the agency may try to shift responsibility for the hepar [...]
2008-06-04 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD HHS PREL CH
08BEIJING2157FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE AGENDA DELIVERED TO PRC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 09:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMIL EAID IZ CH
08BEIJING2159BEIJING POLICE KEEP TIGHT LID ON TIANANMEN
[...] (C) On the nineteenth anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, security presence in the Square was substantial, and restrictions on activists remained. Security forces prevented any commemoration or displays at the family compound of former Party chief Zhao Ziyang, who w [...]
2008-06-04 11:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
08BEIJING2160Chilly PRC Response to Delivery of TIP Demarche
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 23:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PGOV KPAO SMIG CH
08BEIJING217JANUARY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SENIOR
[...] Key points at the January 22 MFA Press Briefing: -- At the Senior Dialogue last week, Vice Foreign Minister Dai and Deputy Secretary Negroponte exchanged ideas on the international situation and how to ensure the long-term stable development of bilateral relations and cooperation on regional [...]
2008-01-22 10:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH TW GM IR UK
08BEIJING2172U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue: May 27 meeting with PRC
[...] (C) Visiting DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer pushed for greater press freedom and a reduction of restrictions on the Internet in a May 27 meeting with State Council Information Office Internet Department Deputy Director General (DDG) Liu Zhengrong. A/S Kramer told DDG Liu that China shoul [...]
2008-06-05 07:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING2173U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue: May 27 meeting with PRC
[...] (C) Visiting DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer pushed for greater press freedom and a reduction of restrictions on the Internet in a May 27 meeting with State Council Information Office Internet Department Deputy Director General (DDG) Liu Zhengrong. A/S Kramer told DDG Liu that China shoul [...]
2008-06-05 07:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING2174THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, MINISTRY OF
[...] (U) May 27, 2008; 3:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ministry of Justice 2. (U) Participants: U.S. --- David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Robert K. Harris [...]
2008-06-05 08:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KJUS KOLY CH
08BEIJING2179JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Security Dialogue, Tibet,
[...] Key points at the June 5 MFA press briefing were: -- The Security Dialogue held in Beijing was pragmatic and conducive to the development of security relations. -- Tibet is stabilizing "gradually." -- China has taken note of Australian Prime Minister Rudd's proposal for an Asia Pacific [...]
2008-06-05 10:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS ZI KN MG SA YM QA
08BEIJING2185PRE-NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST TO ADD AKAS TO 1267 COMMITTEE LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 02:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCN EFIN KTFN PINR PK PREL PTER
08BEIJING2201CHINA OPPOSES FOUR SUDAN-RELATED DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff June 6 that China will oppose adding the four Sudan-related names (ref B) to the asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the 1591 Committee. Sun said China takes a "cautiou [...]
2008-06-06 07:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH
08BEIJING2202PRC WILL ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 07:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMIL EAID IZ CH TC
08BEIJING2217CONCERN REGARDING LAWYERS' "DISBARMENT" CONVEYED
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 6 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns conveyed DRL A/S Kramer's reply letter to MFA International Organizations (IO) Director General Wu Hailong on the Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) as well as U.S. co [...]
2008-06-06 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2218CONTACTS SAY WANG YI APPOINTMENT SIGNALS
[...] (C) Embassy contacts say veteran diplomat Wang Yi's appointment as Director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) signals an effort to improve cross-Strait relations. Appointing a diplomat to handle Taiwan also sends a strong signal regarding Beijing's recognition of the need to ad [...]
2008-06-06 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
08BEIJING2219BEIJING SCHOLARS SAY PRC SEES TAIWAN'S MA
[...] (C) A senior PRC American affairs expert said that despite some initial misgivings, the PRC Government is convinced that Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's tenure provides an important opportunity to improve cross-Strait relations. He noted that Ma's campaign rhetoric regarding Tibet, his "insult [...]
2008-06-06 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CH TW
08BEIJING2220A/S KRAMER DISCUSSES TIBETAN AND UIGHUR ISSUES
[...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with State Ethnic Affairs Commission Vice Minister Wu Shiming, DRL A/S Kramer urged China to seize the opportunity to seek "real results" in the dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representatives. Vice Minister Wu replied that progress does not depend on the Chinese side a [...]
2008-06-06 10:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF SOCI CH
08BEIJING2221ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS CHINESE RIGHTS
[...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer, Beijing-based defense attorneys detailed the extensive problems in China's judicial system and the need for reforms. One lawyer claimed that even the new Lawyer's Law that goes into effect June 1 will be pointless without parallel c [...]
2008-06-06 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KJUS CH
08BEIJING2247JUNE 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DIAOYU ISLANDS COLLISION,
[...] Key points at the June 10 MFA press briefing were: -- China is gravely concerned and "strongly dissatisfied" by the Japanese Coast Guard's "illegal" activities near the Diaoyu Islands. -- China hopes the talks between the DPRK and Japan "promote the normalization of bilateral relations." [...]
2008-06-10 22:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS KN JP SU FR UN
08BEIJING2275PRC AFM HE YAFEI, TAO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON POSITIVE
[...] (C) Reflecting sentiments he expressed during the June 4 U.S.-China Security Dialogue (septels),PRC Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on June 6 told visiting U.S. experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that conflict with Taiwan is "extremely unlikely." AFM He [...]
2008-06-11 09:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS PGOV MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING2277CHINA URGED TO RECONSIDER FOUR SUDAN-RELATED
[...] (C) Per ref A instructions, PolMinCouns on June 11 urged China to support the addition of four names to the UN Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) Sudan Sanctions Committee's consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list. MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General L [...]
2008-06-11 09:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH
08BEIJING2281U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE - MORNING SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 23:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MCAP MNUC CH TW KN KS JA RS
08BEIJING2300NORWEGIANS SAY TIBET DIALOGUE MAY BE IN JULY
[...] (C) Press reports of a "secret Norwegian communication channel" with representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese Government are significantly overstated, Norwegian First Secretary Jo-Inge Bekkevold told PolOff June 12. The Norwegian Government has relatively good contacts with the Dalai [...]
2008-06-12 08:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF NW CH
08BEIJING2303PRC/RUSSIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT CAST AS REAFFIRMATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 23-24 visit of Russian President Medvedev to Beijing aimed to reaffirm the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," to emphasize the two countries' shared desire for a more multi-polar world, and to demonstrate their common approach to international hot-spot issues, said MFA [...]
2008-06-12 10:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG MASS KOLY RS CH
08BEIJING2304JUNE 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Iran, Arms Sales to Taiwan,
[...] Key points at the June 12 MFA press briefing are: -- AFM Liu Jieyi will join EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and representatives from Russia, France, Germany and the UK on June 14 in delivering a "talk resumption plan" to Iran. -- China requests that the United States honor the commi [...]
2008-06-12 10:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY ENVR PHUM KS KN JP FR UN RS XU XV
08BEIJING2305U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY
[...] (C) In a June 5 meeting at the Ministry of National Defense with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Rood, PRC Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian summarized the People's Liberation Army's major arms c [...]
2008-06-12 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MNUC KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING2322U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING LUNCH: STRATEGIC SECURITY, MISSILE DEFENSE, SPACE, NONPRO, IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 06:01:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV MNUC MCAP MAPS PARM PTER CH TW IR
08BEIJING2324CHINA ON ARF STATEMENT ON REGIONAL DISASTER
[...] (C) PolOff on June 12 conveyed to MFA reftel points on issuing an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness at the July 24 ARF Ministerial Meeting in Singapore. MFA Asian Department Asian Multilateral Security Division Director Ma Jia said China "stron [...]
2008-06-13 07:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF EAID ASEAN CH
08BEIJING2331CHINA/ENERGY: NEAR-TERM FUEL PRICE HIKES UNLIKELY
[...] (SBU) Beijing appears unlikely to raise retail fuel prices significantly in the near-term amidst policymakers' ongoing concerns about CPI inflation and social stability. The most commonly purchased blend of gasoline is held at USD 2.92/gallon, while diesel is USD 2.89/gallon. Against the back [...]
2008-06-13 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PREL CH
08BEIJING2333FRENCH AMBASSADOR: BEIJING PUNISHES FRANCE BY
[...] (C) Summary: The Beijing Tourism Bureau recently ordered all Beijing-based travel agencies to remove brochures and catalogues advertising trips to France, and to stop selling packages, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous told the Charge June 7. Ladsous said the order has resulted in a two-thirds [...]
2008-06-13 10:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS ETRD KOLY FR CH
08BEIJING2334ROK PRESIDENT LEE VISITS BEIJING; AGREES TO
[...] (C) South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and PRC President Hu Jintao, during Lee's May 27-30 visit to China, agreed to "upgrade" bilateral relations to a "strategic cooperative partnership," China's highest category of bilateral relations. An ROK Embassy official, however, dismissed the "upgr [...]
2008-06-13 10:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KS
08BEIJING234UK PM GORDON BROWN IN CHINA: EXPANDING TRADE,
[...] (C) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's January 18-20 visit to China focused largely on economics but also covered Sudan, Burma, Iran, human rights and Hong Kong, British Embassy contacts told us January 21. Brown gave a qualified welcome to China's new sovereign wealth fund (the China Inve [...]
2008-01-23 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EINV ETRD SENV EFIN PGOV PHUM UK
08BEIJING235PRC/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF JALILI VISIT TO BEIJING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian National Security Advisor Saeed Jalili said during his January 17-18 visit to Beijing that the recent U.S. National Intelligence Estimate "proves" the peaceful nature of the Iran nuclear program, the MFA told us January 23. Jalili acknowledged past "ambiguities" regarding [...]
2008-01-23 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR
08BEIJING2371INDIAN FM MUKHERJEE'S VISIT TO CHINA: MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Government and South Asia scholars agree that Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's June 4-7 visit helped maintain momentum in China-India relations though the two sides achieved no progress on substantive bilateral issues. Chinese scholars note the Indian [...]
2008-06-17 09:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS ECON ETRD MARR CH IN
08BEIJING2372JUNE 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST CHINA SEA, DIAOYU ISLANDS,
[...] Key points at the June 17 MFA press briefing were: -- China and Japan are currently discussing the details of an agreement on East China Sea gas exploration. -- The Diaoyu Islands are an inseparable part of China and Japan's actions there are "illegitimate." -- Vice President Xi Jinping [...]
2008-06-17 09:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN SA JP
08BEIJING2386UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ARMED
[...] (SBU) PolOff on June 18 delivered to MFA ref b points urging Chinese support for consensus adoption of a U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict and China's agreement to withdraw from suggested amendments that would weaken key elements of that resolution [...]
2008-06-18 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UN UNSC PREL KWMN PHUM CH
08BEIJING2389COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL AND DELEGATION TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on June 20-27 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cel [...]
2008-06-18 09:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA RS
08BEIJING2391(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON LIMMT SHARED WITH
[...] (S) PolOffs delivered reftel message urging China to share substantive information on China's investigation of LIMMT before June 27 to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan on June 18. PolOffs also shared new information with Zhang indicating that LI [...]
2008-06-18 09:56:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING2392Liu Jieyi Expresses PRC Opposition to Possible Inclusion of
[...] (C) In a June 18 conversation with the Charge, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed China's "grave concern and clear opposition" to the inclusion of any reference to Tibet in the agendas, discussions or outcome documents of any upcoming G-8 meetings. AFM Liu said China has informatio [...]
2008-06-18 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING2393CHINESE PROTEST AT JAPANESE EMBASSY OVER EAST CHINA SEA
[...] (SBU) Summary: A small group of Chinese demonstrators chanted and waved flags in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing in protest against a Sino-Japan joint gas exploration deal on June 18. Security was tight at the government-sanctioned protest, with an estimated 150 municipal police and Pe [...]
2008-06-18 22:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI CH JP
08BEIJING2414XINJIANG: OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY BRINGS TIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: One government contact in Xinjiang described Urumqi as a city paralyzed by inconvenient security measures, while Urumqi netizens on a Xinjiang Government-run news portal complained of minor hassles. Local media were more upbeat; they took the arrival of the Olympic torch relay to [...]
2008-06-19 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF KOLY PK KZ CH
08BEIJING2415JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST CHINA SEA
[...] Key points at the June 19 MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Foreign Miniter Wu Dawei briefed journalists on the East hina Sea agreement. The agreement does not undermine China's sovereignty claims over the East China Sea, nor does it recognize a median line. China and Japan will work to mak [...]
2008-06-19 12:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY ENRG PHUM KS KN SA JP CH
08BEIJING2431SARKOZY POSTPONES ANNOUNCEMENT OF OLYMPIC PLANS
[...] (C) The French Government has postponed until July 9 the announcement of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision on whether to attend the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, French DCM Nicolas Chapuis told the Charge June 20. Beijing's current tourism boycott of France (reftel) [...]
2008-06-20 09:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS ETRD KOLY FR CH
08BEIJING2433CHINA/ENERGY: SIGNIFICANT AND SURPRISING PRICE HIKES
[...] (SBU) In a surprise move that came late on June 19, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced significant energy price increases. Effective June 20, gasoline rose 16.7 percent, diesel 18.1 percent, and jet fuel 25.2 percent; effective July 1, electricity will rise an [...]
2008-06-20 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2435TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE PROVIDES UPBEAT READOUT OF
[...] (C) The June 11-14 dialogue between the Mainland and Taiwan, on hiatus for nearly a decade, "exceeded expectations," Li Li, office director in the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Bureau for Hong Kong, Macao and Overseas Affairs, told PolOff on June 18. He said Chen Yunlin's planned trip to Taiwan [...]
2008-06-20 09:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM CH TW
08BEIJING2436PRC/IRAN: CHINA URGES DIALOGUE, SEEKS "COMMON
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Arms Control Department DDG Wu Haitao told Acting PolMinCouns that the atmosphere around Javier Solana's June 14 presentation of the P5-plus-1 incentives package to Iran was "active and constructive." Wu argued that the P5-plus-1 preconditions for negotiations could be reso [...]
2008-06-20 11:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING2437EARTHQUAKE: PARTY BENEFITS, ANGER IN QUAKE ZONE
[...] (C) The Chinese public is giving high marks to the Central Government, and especially to Premier Wen Jiabao, for its quick response to the May 12 Sichuan earthquake, and our contacts believe the Party and Central Government have received a boost in legitimacy as a result. Although managing th [...]
2008-06-20 11:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PROP SOCI CH
08BEIJING2458OPEN QUAKE COVERAGE UNPRECEDENTED, LONG-TERM
[...] (C) Chinese journalists jumped at the chance to cover the devastating May 12 Sichuan earthquake without waiting for (or ignoring) guidance from the Party Propaganda Department, according to a variety of Embassy contacts. Premier Wen Jiabao's prompt appearance at the quake's worst-hit areas pr [...]
2008-06-23 11:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SCUL CH
08BEIJING2483A/S HILL MEETING WITH AFM LIU JIEYI
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador and A/S Christopher R. Hill that inclusion of Tibet in the G8 Ministerial statement would "not help U.S.-China cooperation." Hill said the United States understands China's concerns and would discuss them with G8 counterparts. He a [...]
2008-06-24 07:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH
08BEIJING2484HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HRD DELEGATION'S MAY 27
[...] (U) May 27, 2008; 9:00 a.m.; Beijing, United Front Work Department. 2. (U) Participants: United States ------------- David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas C [...]
2008-06-24 08:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KOLY CH UN
08BEIJING2486JUNE 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, ZIMBABWE
[...] Key points at the June 24 MFA press briefing were: -- The spokesman would not speculate on the timing of the North Korea nuclear declaration. -- China is "concerned" about the situation in Zimbabwe and calls on all parties to carry out the Presidential election peacefully. -- The spokes [...]
2008-06-24 08:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN JP ZA
08BEIJING2487A/S HILL MEETING WITH AFM LIU JIEYI
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador and A/S Christopher R. Hill in a June 23 meeting that inclusion of Tibet in the G8 Ministerial statement would "not help U.S.-China cooperation." Hill said the United States understands China's concerns and would discuss them with G [...]
2008-06-24 08:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH
08BEIJING2524SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE IN BURMA
[...] (C) PolOff on June 26 delivered to MFA reftel points seeking China's help in shaping the international responses to a revised UN appeal and the imminent UN report on needs in Burma after Cyclone Nargis. Drawing on reftel points, PolOff emphasized that China should join the international commun [...]
2008-06-26 09:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID BM CH
08BEIJING2525DRAFT UNSCR TO RENEW MANDATE OF 1267 MONITORING
[...] (C) PolOff on June 26 delivered to MFA reftel points seeking China's support for a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) to renew the mandate of the UNSCR 1267 monitoring team. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said [...]
2008-06-26 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH
08BEIJING2526ADVANCE ARRANGEMENT OF EAST CHINA SEA AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The framework of the East China Sea joint gas exploration agreement was established prior to the June 18 announcement, but the announcement was delayed due to Chinese fears of a public and media backlash. Negotiations began in October 2004, but only started to come to fruition ear [...]
2008-06-26 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG CH JN
08BEIJING2528JUNE 26 MFA STATEMENT ON DPRK NUCLEAR DECLARATION
[...] PRC Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei held a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2008 to announce that the DPRK "will submit" its nuclear declaration to the Chinese on June 26 and that the United States will "implement its obligations" to remove the designation of the D [...]
2008-06-26 10:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN
08BEIJING2529JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, ENGINEERS TO
[...] Key points at the June 26 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The DPRK has not yet released a declaration of its nuclear programs, said the MFA spokesman. -- The "remaining portion of Chinese military engineers" will deploy in mid-July to assist in infrastructure projects. -- In spite [...]
2008-06-26 10:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP ZI RS TH CY SU
08BEIJING2530HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HRD DELEGATION WORKING DINNER WITH
[...] (C) Making human rights a positive aspect of the U.S.-China relationship is our shared goal, PRC Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer during a working dinner on May 26 following the conclusion of the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) earlier that d [...]
2008-06-26 23:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2548PRC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR SCHULTE EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The international community must use a dual track approach of incentives backed by diplomatic pressure and sanctions to ensure Iran does not continue to develop its enrichment program in violation of its Security Council obligations, U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic En [...]
2008-06-27 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG MARR CH IR
08BEIJING2550(S) PRC SAYS NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON LIMMT
[...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's investigation into LIMMT and eleven other companies. Director Zhang provided no new information on actions taken against LIMMT, stating only that invest [...]
2008-06-27 12:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING2564POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION CHECK: D375609 NANJING
[...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NANJING ElECTRONICS CALIBRATION CO. ("NE [...]
2008-06-30 05:48:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
08BEIJING2569VICE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT LETTER TO DOT
[...] (U) On June 30, post received via facsimile diplomatic note No. (2008)090 dated June 26 from the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) transmitting a letter (Note: Courtesy translation provided by MOT. End Note) from MOT Vice Minister Weng Mengyong to Unite [...]
2008-06-30 08:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ELTN CH
08BEIJING2570CHINA HOPES FOR UNANIMOUS VOTE ON UNSC 1735
[...] (C) PolOff on June 30 delivered reftel points to MFA asking China to support publicly the follow on resolution to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1735. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China and the United State [...]
2008-06-30 08:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH
08BEIJING259PRC/RUSSIA: OBSERVERS SAY WARMING TREND IS REAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese and Russian leaders are celebrating a relationship they call "the best in history." Chinese scholars say the warming trend is rooted in a new alignment of PRC and Russian interests. This convergence of interests stems from expanding trade, shared perceptions of external [...]
2008-01-24 09:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG MASS RS CH
08BEIJING2592GUIZHOU RIOT: AUTHORITIES FOCUS ON STABILITY,
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Beijing - ConGen Chengdu cable. 2. (C) Following the massive riot in Guizhou Province that reportedly involved 30,000 people on June 28-29 over allegations of a cover-up in the rape and murder of a 15 year-old girl, Chinese authorities are moving to rest [...]
2008-07-01 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2593AMBASSADOR PROTESTS ACTIVISTS' DETENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 11:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OVIP CH
08BEIJING260SINO-GERMAN RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK
[...] (C) Several high-level German officials plan to visit China in the wake of the recent thaw in Sino-German relations, which soured after Chancellor Merkel's September 23 meeting with the Dalai Lama. German Embassy Second Secretary Dirk Lechelt told PolOff January 24 that German SIPDIS Forei [...]
2008-01-24 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH GM
08BEIJING2609China on IRISL: UNSCRs Require Adequate Proof to
[...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel points regarding implementation of the cargo inspection clause of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 to MFA Arms Control Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Division Deputy Director Yu Dunhai on July 2. Yu responded that China implements UNSCRs in s [...]
2008-07-02 10:07:00Embassy BeijingSECRETECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN
08BEIJING261JANUARY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DARFUR, OLYMPICS,
[...] Key points at the regular January 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is playing a constructive role in Darfur and any attempt to link the Olympics and Darfur "goes against the Olympic spirit." -- The Dalai Lama is not a religious or spiritual leader but someone who seeks to undermine Chinese [...]
2008-01-24 10:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KN VT KS IR SU TW CH
08BEIJING2610China Unchanged on Kosovo: No Recognition, No
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points urging China to recognize the independence of Kosovo to MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Director Hua Yafang on July 1. Hua thanked PolOff, but responded that the information provided "does not affect China's position" and that China wi [...]
2008-07-02 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV CH
08BEIJING2613CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT UNSC CHAPTER VII
[...] (C) PolOff on July 2 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to Randt [...]
2008-07-02 11:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CH
08BEIJING2614AUSTRALIA GROUP'S OUTREACH TO CHINA ON
[...] (S) In a June 25 meeting with Australia Group (AG) Chair Ian Biggs, PRC MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control Li Song objected to news that an AG representative would be dispatched to Taiwan "shortly" as part of the AG's outreach program. Biggs said that China should not be surprised by [...]
2008-07-03 00:24:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM KSTC PREL PGOV ETTC ETTRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING2616CORRECTED - CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT UNSC CHAPTER
[...] (C) Poloff on July 2 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. MFA International Organizations and conferences Department UN Division Counselor Sun Minqin said that China is also concerned by events in Zimbabwe. China's position is that the interna [...]
2008-07-03 01:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CH
08BEIJING2628CHINESE COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS STILL
[...] (S) Chinese counterterrorism officials expressed interest in visiting the U.S. National Counterterorrism Center (NCTC) after the Olympic Games, MFA External Security Affairs Department Deputy Director Wu Shifan told Poloffs June 17. Wu proposed setting up bi-monthly meetings with the U.S. Emba [...]
2008-07-03 07:03:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH KOLY PINR PREL PTER
08BEIJING2631JULY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Olympics Politicization,
[...] Key points at the July 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- All attempts to interfere in China's internal affairs by politicizing the Olympics are doomed to failure. The spokesperson refused to comment further on the specific case of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's attendance at the Opening Ceremonie [...]
2008-07-03 09:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH MX
08BEIJING2644AFGHAN ARMY SIZE INCREASE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points regarding increasing the size of the Afghan Army to MFA Asian Affairs Department Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Division Deputy Director Xu Wei on July 3. On July 7, Xu said that the Chinese Government had received information that the Afghan Army was p [...]
2008-07-07 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO AF CH
08BEIJING2645PRC: A TAIWAN POLICY "HAWK" RECANTS
[...] (C) Tsinghua University Professor Yan Xuetong, a prominent advocate of using military force to reunify with Taiwan, penned a recent article in the Global Times in which he "apologizd" for his prediction of war before 2008. In the article, he assessed that th cross-Strait situation will be pea [...]
2008-07-07 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS PGOV CH TW
08BEIJING2648(S) CHINA PROVIDES RESPONSE TO U.S.-RAISED
[...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's response to twelve proliferation-related cases raised by the United States. Zhang provided additional information on four cases and otherwise largely r [...]
2008-07-07 10:42:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE ETTC CH IR SY
08BEIJING2649PRC: DIALOGUE WITH DALAI LAMA REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (C) During July 1-2 talks between the Chinese Government and representatives of the Dalai Lama, Chinese official statements slightly modified earlier Chinese demands, saying the Dalai Lama should "not support" rather than "stop" independence, violence, actions of the Tibetan Youth Congress, an [...]
2008-07-07 11:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING2665THAI PM IN CHINA: CONTINUITY NOT SUBSTANCE
[...] (C) Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej stressed the continuity of warm Chinese-Thai relations in his first visit as PM to China. Samak made the de rigueur expressions of support for a one China policy, Chinese sovereignty over Tibet and a successful, "non-politicized" Olympics, achieving C [...]
2008-07-08 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD TH CH
08BEIJING2666JULY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DALAI LAMA
[...] Key points at the July 8 MFA press briefing were: -- A Six Party Talks Heads of Delegation meeting will convene on July 10, as will both the Denuclearization and the Energy and Economic Cooperation Working Groups. -- China protects human rights and freedom because that commitment is enshr [...]
2008-07-08 10:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KIRF KS KN JP SU CH
08BEIJING2674CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE AND HALT SHIPMENT
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel message urging China to investigate and prevent the shipment of Chinese-origin diphenylamine to Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on July 9. 2. (S) Wang promised [...]
2008-07-09 08:13:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING2675CHINA WILL NOT SUPPORT UNSC ZIMBABWE RESOLUTION
[...] (C) PolOff on July 9 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China would have "major difficulty" supporting a resolution at the current time. S [...]
2008-07-09 08:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ZI CH
08BEIJING2676CHINA WOULD SUPPORT LIBYAN DRAFT OF SETTLEMENTS
[...] (C) PolOff on July 9 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to instruct its UN Mission to join the United States in asking the Arab Group not to present its draft UN Security Resolution on Israeli settlements before negotiations are complete. MFA International Organizations and Conference [...]
2008-07-09 08:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS SY LE CH
08BEIJING2679TIBET: TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND TIGHT SECURITY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite pronouncements from authorities in Beijing that life has returned to normal in ethnic Tibetan areas of China, travel restrictions for foreigners persist in and around a center of Tibetan culture in Gansu Province. While roads into Tibetan areas of Qinghai Province are open [...]
2008-07-09 09:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KOLY IN CH
08BEIJING2680PRC: MFA BRIEFING ON UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S VISIT
[...] (C) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged China to take a more active leadership role on global food security, climate change, and the Millennium Development Goals during a July 1-3 visit to Beijing. Chinese leaders told Ban that China strongly supports the UN's efforts on all these issues [...]
2008-07-09 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO ECON EAID EAGR SENV KOLY MNUC
08BEIJING2681CHINA ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THE SALE TO PAKISTAN OF
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel message asking China to investigate the February 2008 sale of a fiber coil winding machine and integrated optical chips to Pakistan's Advanced Engineering and Research Organization (AERO) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Directo [...]
2008-07-09 10:02:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH SY
08BEIJING2682TIBET: TENSION, RESENTMENT REMAIN FRESH AFTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the aftermath of the post-March 14 security crackdown, the military and police presence in ethnic Tibetan areas of Gansu and Qinghai provinces has increased and tensions are simmering between Tibetan inhabitants and government authorities. Several monks separately told visitin [...]
2008-07-09 10:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIFR KOLY CH IN
08BEIJING2701JULY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DEPORTED UK CITIZEN, OLYMPICS,
[...] Key points at the July 10 MFA press briefing were: -- Dechen Pemba, a UK citizen deported from Beijing July 8, is a leading member of the Tibetan Youth Congress, a "separatist organization." -- The issue of a "verification mechanism" will be discussed during this week's Six-Party Talks He [...]
2008-07-10 10:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM PTER MNUC KS KN JP SU CH FR
08BEIJING2718AMBASSADOR URGES PRC SUPPORT FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi the Ambassador pushed strongly for China to support bringing a resolution on Zimbabwe to a vote in the UN Security Council and to vote for that resolution. AFM Liu said China opposes the draft resolution and claimed that the [...]
2008-07-11 12:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU CH
08BEIJING2720DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MAJOR ISSUES AT
[...] (U) This is an action request (please see para 7). 2. (SBU) On June 25, post delivered reftel diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). On June 30, post faxed reftel points to MFA and faxed reftel points and a copy of the diplomatic note to the State Postal Bureau (SPB),wh [...]
2008-07-13 23:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ECON ETRD WTRO CH
08BEIJING2734BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON OLYMPICS
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing July 11, the French Ambassador reported that Sino-French relations have entered a "difficult period" following continuing friction over the Dalai Lama and President Sarkozy's public linkage of his attendance at the Olympic Opening Ceremo [...]
2008-07-14 08:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KOLY NATO CH FR JA UK
08BEIJING2737DEMARCHE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CH
08BEIJING2753JULY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN AND INTERNATIONAL
[...] Key points at the July 15 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is "gravely concerned" over the charges filed in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir. -- China is in consultations with other nations regarding a potential U.N. resolution pro [...]
2008-07-15 22:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP RS SU
08BEIJING2761PRC: "NO PROBLEM" WITH CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INPUT;
[...] (C) MFA Asia Department Asian Multilateral Security Division Director Ma Jia told PolOff July 16 that from the MFA perspective, China has "no problem" with the substance of points (ref A) the USG would like included in a regional disaster preparedness section of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) [...]
2008-07-16 06:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ASEAN CH
08BEIJING2766POLITICAL REFORM UNLIKELY IN "THOUGHT LIBERATION"
[...] (U) This cable contains input and reporting from Consulate General Guangzhou as well as Embassy Beijing. 2. (C) Summary: Calls for reform and new ways of thinking by a powerful and rising young Communist Party leader have triggered speculation (and hope) that the Party may be considering ma [...]
2008-07-16 08:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
08BEIJING278CHINA SUGGESTS BURMA RECONSIDER GAMBARI VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese officials suggested to Burmese Special Envoy and Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint during his January 21 visit to Beijing that the Burmese regime reconsider UN Special Advisor Gambari's request to visit Burma prior to the April timeframe offered by Burma, MFA Asia Dep [...]
2008-01-25 10:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETRD CH BM
08BEIJING2793CHINA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ICC INDICTMENT OF
[...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo and International Criminal Court (ICC) Affairs Desk Officer Li Jun expressed concern to PolOff July 17 that the ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir would "further complicate" t [...]
2008-07-17 10:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08BEIJING2794CHINESE VIEWS ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a July 26-27 conference on the Darfur hosted by the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs-affiliated China Institute of International Studies (CIIS),Chinese Government officials and scholars attributed the conflict in Darfur to poverty, resource scarcity, effects of global warmin [...]
2008-07-17 10:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH
08BEIJING2795JULY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN, DIAOYU ISLANDS, IVORY
[...] Key points at the July 17 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is willing to exchange views with "relevant countries" who seek to avoid the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if Sudan hands over other war criminals. -- China holds that it has "indisputable sovereignty" [...]
2008-07-17 22:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH
08BEIJING2817CHINA'S RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel non-paper to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei on July 17, and Econoff delivered the non-paper to the People's Bank of China International Department's Foreign Affairs Division Director Cao Li on July 18. MFA Deput [...]
2008-07-18 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP EFIN CH IR
08BEIJING2818BEIJING HOUSING DEMOLITION HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A simmering dispute between the residents of a Beijing neighborhood and local authorities over plans to demolish the area's old housing came to a head last week when some residents refused to move. The incident highlights the continuing resistance of local officials t [...]
2008-07-18 09:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING2827THE U.S.)CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, AFTERNOON
[...] (U) May 26, 2008; 3:00 p.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant [...]
2008-07-21 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF KOLY CH UN
08BEIJING2837U/S PADILLA PUSHES FOR LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary. United States Department of Commerce (DOC) Under Secretary (U/S) Christopher Padilla and USTR General Counsel (GC) Warren Maruyama met with State Council Legislative Affairs Office (SCLAO) Vice Minister Zhang Qiong on July 16 to discuss SED 4 transparency initiatives and raise [...]
2008-07-22 08:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV EFIN CH
08BEIJING2839GUIZHOU RIOT PROMPTS LEADERSHIP CONCERN, CONTACTS
[...] (C) The large-scale June 28-29 riot in Weng'an County, Guizhou Province (reftel),constitutes a dangerous new type of social protest that has become more prominent in the past four years and has increasingly prompted top leadership concern, according to Embassy contacts. In addition to being [...]
2008-07-22 15:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING2840JULY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OLYMPICS AND FREEDOM, KUNMING
[...] Key points at the July 22 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All athletes should promote friendship while in China, said the spokesmen when asked to respond to President Bush's comments that athletes should be ambassadors of freedom. -- The MFA continues to "urge all relevant department [...]
2008-07-22 23:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KOLY PHUM KN VM ZI LI
08BEIJING2861MEDIA REACTION: OLYMPICS, NORTH KOREA, U.S. MILITARY
[...] OLYMPICS "Chinese people have the right to get respect" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(07/23): "Western media have run different understandings about what President Bush said at the farewell to the American delegation to the Olympi [...]
2008-07-23 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING2864XINJIANG RESIDENTS CONFIRM PRE-OLYMPICS RAIDS,
[...] (C) Summary: Xinjiang residents confirmed Western press reports of a public execution of three alleged separatists in a closed city near Kashgar July 9. Posters announcing the executions in both Uighur and Mandarin were posted in multiple locations in Kashgar, as well as in two other cities [...]
2008-07-23 10:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF KOLY CH
08BEIJING2865BOCOG: BEIJING DESIGNATES OLYMPIC PROTEST ZONES
[...] (SBU) BOCOG officials reported at a July 23 press conference that the Beijing Public Security Bureau has designated specific areas to be used for demonstrations, complaints and protests during the Olympic Games. Protesters will need to apply and receive approval in advance to hold demonstratio [...]
2008-07-23 23:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH
08BEIJING2868JULY 22 VICE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT LETTER TO
[...] (U) The July 22 letter from VM Weng comes in response to a July 10 letter from Deputy Secretary Barrett regarding the bilateral Transportation Forum launched during the Fourth Strategic Economic Dialogue in Annapolis (Ref A). 2. (U) On July 23, post received via facsimile diplomatic note N [...]
2008-07-24 02:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ELTN CH
08BEIJING2876JULY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Nepal, Six-Party Talks,
[...] Key points at the July 24 MFA Press Briefing: -- China rejects the accusation that it pressured the Government of Nepal to arrest Tibetan protestors. -- Much progress has been made towards the denuclearization of North Korea. All parties involved laud China's positive efforts in the Six-P [...]
2008-07-24 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH RS NP
08BEIJING2877PRC INFORMED OF DPRK-TO-IRAN FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper regarding a planned July 28 Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan. PolOff informed Director Zhang that we suspect the aircraft is transporting DP [...]
2008-07-24 09:56:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMNUC PARM PREL MTCR AF KG KZ TI UZ CH
08BEIJING2878Mofcom DG Wang discusses Steel Dialogue with AUSTR
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) Director General for Foreign Trade Wang Shouwen met with AUSTR Timothy Stratford in Beijing on July 14 to discuss plans for the next U.S.-China Steel Dialogue. Wang and Stratford agreed that the Dialogue will include discussion of the competitiveness of the s [...]
2008-07-24 22:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL ENRG EPET CH
08BEIJING2887PRC INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
[...] (S) PolOff delivered ref A demarche and non-paper regarding the concurrent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Tehran and the July 28 DPRK-to-Iran flight of proliferation concern to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan on July 25. PolOff stressed [...]
2008-07-25 05:26:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMNUC PARM PREL MTCR AF KG KZ TI UZ CH
08BEIJING2891CHINESE ACADEMIC DISCUSSES PRC OIL EXPORTS TO
[...] (C) Ninety percent of the oil consumed in North Korea, including a large portion of the DPRK's jet fuel, is supplied by China, according to a Beijing University expert. China, through state-owned Sinopec, provides North Korea with approximately half a million tons of oil annually "for the sak [...]
2008-07-25 07:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET PARM ENRG PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING2897PUSHING FOR TRANSPARENCY ON MEDICAL DEVICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy FCS officers and Econoff met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Department of Planning and Finance Director General Zhao Zilin and MOH International Health Exchange and Cooperation Center (IHECC) Centralized Purchasing Office Director Li Ling on July 24 to push for greater t [...]
2008-07-25 09:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD CH KIPR WTRO EFIN EINV EIND PGOV
08BEIJING2898CHINA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL
[...] (SBU) The PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Chinese delegation to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will include Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. See formatted response, as requested reftel, below. A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- President Hu Ji [...]
2008-07-25 10:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA
08BEIJING2899CHINA AGREES ON NEED TO TERMINATE UNMEE; WANTS
[...] (C) China agrees on the need to terminate the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) in its current form, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Officer Cheng Lie told PolOff on July 25 in response to reftel points. However, Cheng said China hopes t [...]
2008-07-27 23:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH ER ET KPKO PBTS PREL UNSC
08BEIJING2909CHINA NOT YIELDING ON CERTIFICATION SCHEME
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 18 meeting with the National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA),United States Trade Representative (USTR) Chief Legal Counsel Warren Maruyama, Assistant USTR Tim Stratford, Deputy Assistant USTR Tim Wineland, USTR Director for China and Taiwan David [...]
2008-07-28 06:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD PREL EINV WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING2913BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SIX-PARTY
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing July 25, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto and French DCM Chapuis agreed that "too many things" are being considered a security threat to the upcoming Olympics. The Chinese Government has given the domestic press free reign to report on viole [...]
2008-07-28 09:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KOLY PTER CVIS CH FR JA UK KS
08BEIJING2915PAPER REPRIMANDED FOR TIANANMEN PHOTOGRAPH
[...] (C) Beijing's influential daily, The Beijing News, recently violated the Party's taboo against media comment on the Tiananmen massacre of 1989 by publishing a photo of a wounded Tiananmen protestor. The error was the result of ignorance by the paper's young editors, according to Beijing News [...]
2008-07-28 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2927PRC MULLING OVER INTERNATIONAL SPACE FOR TAIWAN
[...] (C) Mainland policy makers are devoting considerable study and discussion to the question of Taiwan's international space, recognizing that the issue will have to be addressed in September if/when Taiwan makes its annual bid to rejoin the UN. State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director [...]
2008-07-29 09:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UN CH TW
08BEIJING2928JULY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECURITY, INTERNET CENSORSHIP,
[...] Key points at the July 29 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The Kunming bus bombings were not connected to the Olympics, and China is focused on ensuring the safety of those who attend the games. -- You can "get all the information you need" from the Internet in China, but some foreig [...]
2008-07-29 10:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KOLY ENRG PHUM RS FR
08BEIJING2941CHINESE COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS SEEK COOPERATION
[...] (C) In a July 22 meeting with EmbOffs, MFA External Security Affairs Department Division Director Xia Jingge asked if the United States could provide additional training for the Chinese air marshal program. Xia also sought an update on China's request for access to the FBI's terrorism databas [...]
2008-07-30 07:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KOLY UN PHUM CH PK SYTH
08BEIJING2944CHINA'S REACTION: PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY OUTREACH
[...] PolOff shared reftel summary of the May 28-29 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Senior-Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue, and repeated U.S. thanks for Chinese attendance at the meeting. Po [...]
2008-07-30 08:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KNNP CH
08BEIJING2946AS PRC OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS HIT THE FINAL SPRINT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Stories in official media focusing on security concerns, threats of terrorism, incidents of explosions and alleged uncovered terrorist cells in the run-up to the Olympics have led to intense government scrutiny of and fear among the local population. Despite some accusations aim [...]
2008-07-30 11:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING2964JULY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Bush Visit, Bush Meeting with
[...] Key points at the July 31 MFA Press Briefing: -- President Bush will meet with Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, and Vice-President Xi Jinping during the Olympics to hold discussions to develop bilateral ties, Liu said. They will discuss "many different issues" of mutual interest. [...]
2008-07-31 11:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY OVIP FR EZ RS KN KS BU HU JA
08BEIJING2965CHINESE SCHOLARS ON PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese contacts agree that continuing political uncertainty and the resulting diffusion of authority in Pakistan have distracted Pakistan's leadership from addressing counter-terrorism and economic concerns. They say that the Pakistan Government's negotiation approach with tribal [...]
2008-07-31 11:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MNUC CH PK AF IN
08BEIJING2985BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: SITUATION REPORT #1,
[...] (SBU) This is the first situation report (sitrep) from the USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The JOC commenced 24/7 operations on 08/01/2008 at 0700 hours local time and will continue operations until 08/26/2008. This daily report will contain [...]
2008-08-01 08:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PTER
08BEIJING2987IRANIAN SCO MEMBERSHIP LOOKS UNLIKELY, SAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat, Chinese MFA and Russian Embassy told PolOff separately that it is unlikely Iran will join the SCO in the near future. Rather than adding new members, the SCO intends to have "dialogue partners" to promote cooper [...]
2008-08-01 09:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN IR MG PK RS
08BEIJING2988PRC/RUSSIA: BOTH SIDES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 21-22 visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and July 26-27 visit of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Beijing reinforced the "strategic partnership" between China and Russia and provided another sign of warming ties between the former adversaries, according [...]
2008-08-01 10:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD ENRG RS CH
08BEIJING2995BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-02 09:48:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING2997BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-03 07:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3002BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/04/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-04 08:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3005PETITIONERS' FRUSTRATION HIGHLIGHTS CENTRAL-LOCAL
[...] (C) In response to several recent episodes of local unrest, the Chinese Government issued regulations July 24 threatening administrative punishment, including dismissal, for officials who fail to handle correctly citizens' petitions to higher levels of government to redress perceived injustice [...]
2008-08-04 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KOLY CH
08BEIJING3006TIBET: DUTCH DIPLOMAT REPORTS TENSION, HEAVY
[...] (C) Summary: A Beijing-based Dutch diplomat (protect) who traveled to Lhasa and Shigatse July 21- 25 told PolOff August 1 that tensions remain very high between Han Chinese and Tibetans, noting that working- level Han and Tibetan government officials he met with were openly contemptuous of on [...]
2008-08-04 10:29:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KOLY CH NE EU
08BEIJING3007VFM ZHANG YESUI CALLS AUGUST 4 KASHGAR "TERRORIST
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui called the August 4 "terrorist attack" in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (reftel),"rare and tragic" during an August 4 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics reported septels). According to VFM Zhang, at 08:00 on August 4, a truck with two [...]
2008-08-04 11:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KOLY PGOV CH
08BEIJING3008AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT TOWARD PROTESTS DURING
[...] (C) China should deal with protests during the Olympics prudently and carefully, avoiding any violent overreaction, the Ambassador urged Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui during an August 4 meeting (other topics reported septels). While it is possible that some groups could attempt to generate [...]
2008-08-04 11:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KOLY PGOV CH
08BEIJING3010POTUS VISIT: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PREPARATIONS
[...] (C) During an August 4 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui (other topics reported septels),Ambassador Randt raised U.S. concerns over several outstanding issues regarding the President's upcoming visit to Beijing, leaving behind a non-paper (below). While thanking VFM Zhang for the [...]
2008-08-04 15:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KOLY CH TW
08BEIJING3018BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/05/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-05 07:51:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3021BEIJING OLYMPICS: DISSIDENTS EXPERIENCE TIGHTER
[...] (C) The Chinese Government has increased efforts to monitor and control dissidents in the run-up to the Olympics, which begin August 8. Olympics-related restrictions vary. Some high-profile dissidents, such as writer Yu Jie, have been placed under house arrest, while others have been warned to [...]
2008-08-05 10:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3024China: Central Bank Interested in Anti-money Laundering
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's Central Bank official responsible for anti-moneylaundering (AML) issues confirmed Chinese concerns regarding the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) recent draft guidance papers on implementing the financial provisions of UNSR 1803 regarding Iran. The Chinese welcome [...]
2008-08-05 13:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL EINV CH PTER
08BEIJING3030 Realizing Mao's Vision of Water for the North in Time for
[...] (U) With the start of the Beijing Olympics set for August 8, Northern China's water shortage has received widespread attention in both local and international press, with accounts of what the Chinese government has done in recent years to address the problem. Instead of addressing the water sho [...]
2008-08-06 03:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO PREL CH
08BEIJING3034IRAN: CHINA CAUTIONS AGAINST FURTHER SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Associated Press report that P5-plus-1 countries agreed to new sanctions on Iran is a "misinterpretation" of the results of the August 4 P5-plus-1 Political Directors conference call, Chinese MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sh [...]
2008-08-06 08:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING3035BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/06/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-06 08:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3039CHINA’S RESPONSE TO EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN PROCUREMENT IN CHINA
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper regarding prevention of Iranian procurement in China of specific controlled commodities needed to expand uranium enrichment activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen. PolOff stressed the proactiv [...]
2008-08-06 09:01:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL PTER MNUC ECON KNNP IR CH
08BEIJING3041CHINA'S RESPONSE TO EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper regarding prevention of Iranian procurement in China of specific controlled commodities needed to expand uranium enrichment activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen. PolOff stressed the pr [...]
2008-08-06 13:48:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL PTER MNUC ECON KNNP IR CH
08BEIJING3047PRC INFORMED OF DPRK-TO-IRAN FLIGHT OF
[...] (S/NF) PolOff conveyed reftel flight information regarding an August 7 Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on August 6 and delivered non-paper the morning of August 7. Noting the suspicious [...]
2008-08-07 06:01:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MTCR MNUC BG BM IN IR KN CH
08BEIJING3049BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 08:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING305ISA: PRC "GRAVELY CONCERNED" BY INDICATIONS THAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador January 28 that China is "gravely concerned" over indications that the USG is considering sanctions on Sinopec under the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for the recently concluded deal to develop the Yadavaran oilfield. He echoed f [...]
2008-01-28 14:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PARM ENRG EPET MNUC IR CH NL
08BEIJING3051OLYMPICS: MANY MIGRANTS AND MINORITIES LEAVE
[...] (C) The closing of construction sites and factories in and around Beijing has forced many of Beijing's migrant workers to return home during the Olympics. The loss of income caused by the Olympics-related workplace shutdown has caused anger and frustration. In some cases, authorities have repo [...]
2008-08-07 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3052AUSTR STRATFORD RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 14, Assistant USTR (AUSTR) for Asia Tim Stratford told State Postal Bureau (SPB) Deputy Administrator Wang Yuci that a provision in China's latest draft postal law is of great concern to the United States as it would seem to exclude foreign firms, but not domestic firms, [...]
2008-08-07 09:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3054STATUS OF USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE USED FOR SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE
[...] (SBU) On July 30-August 2, 2008, ESTHOFFS met with representatives from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Chengdu to review the status of the USD 500,000 donation disbursed by USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) on May 21 in response [...]
2008-08-07 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV CH
08BEIJING3055CHINA BUILDING INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR PLANT CONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting convened by the DOE China Office, Westinghouse China provided an update on China's nuclear reactor program, including progress at the Westinghouse AP1000 sites, plans for new reactors, and an assessment of China's overall current and future capacity to build new nuc [...]
2008-08-07 09:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3056TAO CHIEF TOUTS "FAMILY TIES" IN WELCOMING TAIWAN
[...] (U) On August 5 PRC State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Wang Yi greeted Taiwan Kuomintang (KMT) Party Honorary Chair Lien Chan and wife upon arrival at Beijing Airport and later that evening hosted a dinner for them at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, according to press reports. [...]
2008-08-07 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KOLY CH TW
08BEIJING3057TRAFFIC CONTROLS, SECURITY SAP ENTHUSIASM FOR GAMES
[...] (C) A security officer at Chinese national airliQ Air China (protectQold us the airline has increased the number of plain-clothes air marshals on flights toQd from Lhasa and Urumqi, capitals of China's restive Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions, respectively. Security has become the overridi [...]
2008-08-07 10:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PREL KOLY ASEC CH
08BEIJING3060BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: XXXXXXXXX [...]
2008-08-08 07:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3065BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 9, 08/09/2008
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/09/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-09 07:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER CASC CH
08BEIJING3067BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/10/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]
2008-08-10 07:09:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3076BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/11/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-11 07:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3078INVITATION TO APEC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Econoff conveyed reftel talking points to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Director of the Division of International Conference and Organization Cai Jianing on August 11, 2008. Division Director Cai told Econoff that China would send two representatives to the September [...]
2008-08-11 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD APECO CH
08BEIJING3079INVITATION TO APEC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Econoff conveyed reftel talking points to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Director of the Division of International Conference and Organization Cai Jianing on August 11, 2008. Division Director Cai told Econoff that China would send two representatives to the September [...]
2008-08-11 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD APECO CH
08BEIJING3080CHINESE POSITION ON THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS GG CH UNSC
08BEIJING3081ANNOUNCING A NEW CHINA ESTH ONLINE FORUM--BLUE SKIES OVER
[...] Embassy Beijing is pleased to announce the creation of a new internal blog on Communities (at) State, designed to provide a forum for information sharing and discussion of issues related to environment, science, technology, and health issues in China. "Blue Skies Over Beijing" will be administ [...]
2008-08-11 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO AMED KSCA TSPL TSPA TRGY TPHY ENRG KNNP
08BEIJING3091BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/12/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-12 07:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3102CHINA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche urging China to support the circulated draft exception for India at the August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Dep [...]
2008-08-13 06:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC AORC IN CH
08BEIJING3106BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/13/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-13 08:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3107CHINA WILLING TO ENGAGE IN UNSC DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG
08BEIJING3109AUGUST 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BUSH VISIT, DRUM TOWER
[...] Key points at the August 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Asked to provide a reaction to President Bush's comments regarding religious freedom, the spokesman said that the Chinese government safeguards the rights of its citizens, including religious freedom. -- China expressed its [...]
2008-08-13 11:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH KN JA GG RS PK
08BEIJING3117BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/14/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-14 08:10:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3118OLYMPICS: CENTRAL CADRES SENT TO PROVINCES TO MEET
[...] (C) China's Central Government, according to one Embassy contact at the Ministry of Environmental Protection (protect),is sending cadres out to the provinces to meet directly with petitioners in an effort to dissuade them from traveling to Beijing during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our [...]
2008-08-14 08:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3119SHI WEIHAN UPDATE: FAMILY REQUESTS MEDICAL EXAM,
[...] (C) PolOff spoke August 13 with Zhang Jing, wife of detained Bible printer Shi Weihan. Zhang said she is concerned about her husband's health and noted that he has lost 30 lbs. since his detention March 19. Zhang said Shi, who is in Beijing's main municipal jail, is receiving medicine to con [...]
2008-08-14 09:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH
08BEIJING3121BEIJING "PROTEST ZONES" ONLY ON PAPER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs have observed no protests or preparations for protests at any of the three officially-designated "protest zones" established by the Chinese Government for use during the Olympics. Though the Public Security Bureau (PSB) refuses to release any information regarding applic [...]
2008-08-14 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3122TFGG01: GEORGIA DISAPPOINTED WITH CHINA'S RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 09:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG
08BEIJING3139BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/15/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-15 08:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3146BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/16/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-16 08:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3147BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/17/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-17 08:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3155AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE (ACE) DUE DILIGENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: I have reviewed Cargill's performance as requested in reftel regarding nominees for the 2008 Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). I can reaffirm that the company's performance in China has been exemplary. End summary. 2. (U) Specific answers to the questions pos [...]
2008-08-18 05:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV TBIO SENV ELAB ETRD CH
08BEIJING3158BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/18/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-18 07:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING317JANUARY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, KIM
[...] Key points at the January 29 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China considers progress made so far on the Six-Party Talks to be "hard-won" and "worth treasuring," and parties should show patience and implement Six-Party agreements. -- The spokesperson had no information or comments on Kim Jong I [...]
2008-01-29 10:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY CH TW JA ID KS KN RS
08BEIJING3171BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/19/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-19 08:29:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3175CHINA SEEKS COOPERATION WITH UNITED STATES ON
[...] (C) China and the United States share a "huge" interest in helping Pakistan maintain political stability in the wake of Pakistan President Musharraf's August 18 resignation, MFA Asia Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming told PolOff August 19. In response to reftel [...]
2008-08-19 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER CH PK
08BEIJING3176CHINA OPPOSES TAIWAN ARMS SALES, DALAI LAMA VISIT;
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi requested a meeting with the Ambassador August 19 to warn of damage to bilateral relations and cross-Strait stability if the United States announces new advanced weapons sales to Taiwan. Liu expressed concern that Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou discusse [...]
2008-08-19 10:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM KIRF KOLY CH TW
08BEIJING3192CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) PolOff on August 20 delivered to MFA reftel points asking China to approach the UN Secretariat in support of holding a fifth round of talks on the Western Sahara before the end of the year and to express support for retaining Peter Van Walsum as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on th [...]
2008-08-20 07:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI CH
08BEIJING3200BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/20/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-20 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3205SED HAILED IN SECRETARY PAULSON'S MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In separate meetings with PRC Vice Premier Wang Qishan (August 13) and Finance Minister Xie Xuren (August 12),Treasury Secretary Paulson emphasized the importance of sustaining the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Paulson stressed that significant accomplishments are needed [...]
2008-08-20 08:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3208AUGUST 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, GEORGIA CEASE FIRE,
[...] Key points at the August 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All protestors require approval of the Public Security Bureau, however, pro-Tibet independence activities will not be welcomed by the Chinese people. -- China welcomes the cease fire between Russia and Georgia and hopes it [...]
2008-08-20 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KOLY PHUM CH JA GG RS PK KS
08BEIJING3210AUSTR STRATFORD DISCUSSES ENTERPRISE ANNUITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday July 18, Assistant USTR for China Tim Stratford and USDOC DAS Ira Kasoff discussed enterprise annuities with China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Director-General Li Fuan. Li Fuan outlined the current state of affairs regarding enterprise annuities and agreed th [...]
2008-08-20 09:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3216BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/21/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]
2008-08-21 08:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3218CHINESE OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN INCREASING
[...] (C) Chinese officials want to increase cooperation with the United States in prosecuting terrorists, Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) Public Prosecution Department Deputy Director General Wang Jun told United States Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Francis Schmitz August 14. Wang stat [...]
2008-08-21 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINR KCRM CH
08BEIJING3219PRC TAIWAN EXPERT COMMENTS ON MA'S U.S. TRANSITS,
[...] (C) A senior Beijing-based Taiwan expert told us August 20 that the PRC appreciates Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's recent "extremely low-key" transits of the United States and his "no surprises" approach to managing cross-Strait and U.S.-Taiwan relations. China welcomes the shift in Taiwan's [...]
2008-08-21 09:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA MASS PARM CH TW
08BEIJING3220CHINA HOPES FOR "UTMOST CONSENSUS" IN UN DEBATE ON
[...] (C) Responding to reftel points on the Georgia-Russia conflict, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Yang Zhiyu told PolOff August 21 that China is pushing for "utmost consensus" in the UN Security Council (UNSC) debate on the Russia-Georgia co [...]
2008-08-21 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG
08BEIJING3221DEATH OF FORMER PRC LEADER HUA GUOFENG QUIETLY
[...] (C) The August 20 death of former PRC leader Hua Guofeng, a transitional figure between Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, was covered quietly and carefully by Mainland Chinese media. Embassy contacts downplayed the significance of Hua's death, noting he had not held a position of real political im [...]
2008-08-21 12:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
08BEIJING3233Party Economist Looks to Control Prices,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 04:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN WTRO ENRG EAGR CH
08BEIJING3240FEW PETITIONERS AT BEIJING CALLS AND LETTERS
[...] (C) During an August 20 reconnoiter of Beijing's State Bureau for Letters and Calls (where petitioners from across China submit petitions to seek redress for grievances),PolOff observed a heavy security presence but few petitioners. PolOff witnessed security guards dragging a woman away from [...]
2008-08-22 08:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KOLY SOCI CH
08BEIJING3241BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/22/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-22 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3244AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE SUPPORT ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA
[...] (C) In an August 22 telephone call to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong, the Ambassador urged China to express in international and multilateral fora unequivocal support for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity withi [...]
2008-08-22 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG
08BEIJING3253BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/23/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-23 08:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3254BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/24/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-24 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3257Party Economist Looks to Control Prices,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic M/C met with Senior Communist Party Economist Zheng Xinli to discuss current economic issues. Zheng noted that the declining dollar was eroding the value of China's dollar-denominated assets. He thought China's inflation was the result of externalities such as rising [...]
2008-08-25 02:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN WTRO ENRG EAGR CH
08BEIJING3275BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/25/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-25 07:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3285CHINA'S VIEWS ON UN PEACKEEPING OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Over the past 30 years, China has metamorphosed from an open opponent to an active supporter of UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs),according to Chinese scholars. China currently deploys roughly 2,000 peacekeepers across ten UN missions. Our scholarly contacts say that PKOs are an easy wa [...]
2008-08-25 10:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH MARR MOPS PGOV PREL XA
08BEIJING3293PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL ON SOCIAL STABILITY, PRIDE IN
[...] (C) According to a prefecture-level Party Secretary from Anhui Province, new regulations on handling petitions will make local officials improve their efforts to deal with disgruntled citizens. Liu'an City Prefecture Communist Party Secretary Tang Linxiang (protect) told PolOff earlier this m [...]
2008-08-26 03:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3300BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/26/2008. KEY ISSUES ---------- 2. (SBU) Conclusion of JOC Operations: This is the final situation report from the [...]
2008-08-26 07:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3303PRC FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS' SNAP JUDGMENTS ON
[...] (C) In the aftermath of the Olympics there will be no great changes to China's traditional foreign policy emphasis on consensus and non-intervention, Chinese foreign policy experts stressed in recent meetings with PolOffs. Nonetheless, the coming months may be rocky because China and foreign n [...]
2008-08-26 09:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING3305AUGUST 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Olympics, Russia-Georgia
[...] Key points at the August 26 MFA Press Briefing: -- On Russia-Georgia, China "hopes that relevant countries can work through dialogue to find solution to the issue." -- China rejects the Dalai Lama's recent claims that Chinese security forces fired on ethnic Tibetans in Western Sichuan. - [...]
2008-08-26 22:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH RS NP
08BEIJING3307 AN OVERVIEW OF PRIVATE EQUITY IN CHINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Private equity finance is a useful tool for China's transforming economy, as private entrepreneurs and small business continue to have difficultly accessing financing from the bank dominated financial sector and capital markets. Moreover, in a tightening credit market and a b [...]
2008-08-27 03:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV TNDG CH
08BEIJING3311CHINA ECONOMY: OBSERVERS SEE LIQUIDITY HURTING,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with visiting Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Sobel and Financial Min-Couns, long-time China observers agreed on the basic condition of the Chinese economy, but disagreed dramatically on the likely outcomes. They agreed China's ability to sterilize [...]
2008-08-27 05:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN
08BEIJING3318ABKHAZIA AND OSSETIA: CHINA WILL NEITHER RECOGNIZE
[...] (C) China will not recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but will not publicly reject Russia's recognition of the two breakaway regions, a Chinese MFA official indicated August 27. China will continue to urge Russia, including in private discussions at the Shanghai Coopera [...]
2008-08-27 10:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR GG RU CH
08BEIJING3319CHINESE MFA VIEWS POSITIVELY GAMBARI VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) In an August 27 meeting also devoted to Georgia (septel),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Acting Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff (and accompanying UK and French Embassy PolOffs) that during the recent visit of UN Special Advisor Gambari the Burmese Go [...]
2008-08-27 11:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM CH
08BEIJING332Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission on Sino-German
[...] (C) At the January 25 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, German Ambassador Schaefer described the recent reconciliation between China and Germany, announced upcoming visits by the Vice-Chancellor and Minister of the Environment and called the recent P5-plus-1 meeting a "good show of solidar [...]
2008-01-30 09:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK BM
08BEIJING3320CHINESE MFA ON HANDLING TAIWAN ISSUE AT UNGA
[...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Acting Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff August 27 that China acknowledges that cross-Strait relations have improved greatly. China also notes that the UN General Assembly (UNGA) proposal sponsored by Nauru, Gambia, and [...]
2008-08-27 11:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA TW CH
08BEIJING3332CHINESE RESPONSE TO IRAN PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 08:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR CH
08BEIJING3335RUSSIAN EMBOFFS EXPRESS SATISFACTION WITH CHINA'S
[...] (C) In separate meetings August 27 and August 28 with PolOff, two Russian Embassy Officers said they are "quite satisfied" with China's response to the Russia-Georgia conflict. Russian Embassy Officers Andrey Chernyshov and Denis Agafonov both expressed satisfaction with China's unwillingness [...]
2008-08-28 09:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR UNGA RS CH GG
08BEIJING3336U.S. Presidential Delegation August 23, 2008 Meeting with
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB KOLY OVIP CH
08BEIJING3337POSSIBLE UNSC EMERGENCY SESSION ON GEORGIA AND
[...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on August 28 delivered to MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Li Junhua ref A points on rejecting Russia's recognition of Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence and ref B points on opposing Abkhazian and South Ossetian participation in UN Sec [...]
2008-08-28 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR GG RU CH
08BEIJING3339CHINA CHANGES LEAD BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY
[...] (C) On August 27 U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiators in Washington received an e-mail from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) informing them that China had designated a new lead negotiator for BIT talks scheduled September 2-5 in Beijing. On August 28 MOFCOM confirmed to Emb [...]
2008-08-28 09:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV TBIO PREL CH
08BEIJING334JANUARY 30 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CHEN SHUI-BIAN, NEW AIR
[...] Key points at the January 30, 2008 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO spokesman gave a lengthy summary of the cross-Strait situation over the past year, criticizing Chen Shui-bian's "Taiwan independence activities." -- The spokesman refused to answer questions rega [...]
2008-01-30 12:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON MASS MARR CH TW
08BEIJING3340U.S. Presidential Delegation August 23, 2008 Meeting with
[...] (U) August 23, 2008; 1045; Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound, Beijing, China. 2. (U) Participants: United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Ms. Karen Hughes Ms. Michelle Kwan Associate Deputy [...]
2008-08-28 10:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB KOLY OVIP CH
08BEIJING3342AUGUST 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Six-Party Talks,
[...] Key points at the August 28 MFA Press Briefing: -- China calls on parties to "stay patient," to "show wisdom and flexibility" and to try to "meet each other halfway" to overcome present difficulties in the North Korean denuclearization process. -- China is concerned by the latest developmen [...]
2008-08-28 22:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY MNUC PARM UNGA EINV CH TW RU
08BEIJING3343LABOR SECRETARY CHAO MEETS BEIJING MAYOR GUO JINLONG,
[...] (U) August 26, 2008; 11:00; Beijing Municipal Government North Building. 2. (U) Participants: United States: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui Dr. James Chao Michael Crain, U.S. Embassy Beijing Dan Kritenbri [...]
2008-08-28 22:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL OVIP PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3345Secretary Chao's August 25, 2008 Meeting with
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao met with Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang on August 25, 2008. Secretary Chao noted how much President Bush enjoyed the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics and expressed condolences from the American government and people regarding the Sichuan Earthquak [...]
2008-08-29 01:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL OVIP PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3346LABOR SECRETARY CHAO MEETS YIN WEIMIN, MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao met with Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) Minister Yin Weimin on August 22, 2008. Secretary Chao said she was honored to serve as head of the Presidential Delegation to the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic games, and ex [...]
2008-08-29 01:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL OVIP PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING335CENTER MOBILIZES TO DEAL WITH SNOWSTORM; MAJOR
[...] (C) At last grasping the severity of the disruptions caused by snowstorms in south and central China that have affected millions of travelers headed home for the Chinese New Year holiday (reftels),China's central leadership on January 29 and 30 launched an all-out effort to mobilize Party and [...]
2008-01-30 13:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH
08BEIJING3356PRC INFORMED OF CONCERNS RE PAKISTAN PLANS TO
[...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel talking points urging China to prevent Chinese firms from supplying flow-forming and ring-rolling machines to Pakistan's missile program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on August 29. Wang promised to relay t [...]
2008-08-29 07:48:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK
08BEIJING3358PRC INFORMED OF U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT SHIPS BEING
[...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel talking points urging China to prevent the transfer of Chinese-built ships that can carry cargoes of proliferation concern to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Dax [...]
2008-08-29 08:11:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL KNNP EFIN PINR KS CH IR
08BEIJING3361GEORGIAN EMBASSY SEEKS DEMINING EQUIPMENT FROM
[...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with PolOff, Georgian EmbOff Ioseb Abashidze said "we are pleased" with the Chinese position on the Russia-Georgia conflict as reflected in the final declaration of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, particularly the statement in support of "territo [...]
2008-08-29 09:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS UNGA RS CH GG
08BEIJING3362EFFECTIVE NUCLEAR ADVOCACY IN CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Effective advocacy for U.S. nuclear suppliers is essential to ensuring access to China's rapidly growing civil nuclear power market. With the exception of the bidding process that resulted in a contract for four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, all reactor purchases t [...]
2008-08-29 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3363CHINA'S INVESTMENT SECURITY REVIEW SYSTEM
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Recent publication of ministerial organizational plans reaffirms China's intent to establish a formal interagency national security review mechanism for foreign investments in China, with the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the National Development and Reform Commissi [...]
2008-08-29 10:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCM ENIV ETRD INRA
08BEIJING3366CHINA/IRAQ: $3 BILLION OIL SERVICE AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Chinese Government has confirmed that a major Chinese state-owned oil company has agreed to a contract to develop an oil field southeast of Baghdad. The exact details of the as-yet-unfinalized agreement are unclear, but appear to involve a fee-for-service arrangement, with [...]
2008-09-01 02:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET EINV CH IZ
08BEIJING3384MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN CHINA'S POSITION ON NUCLEAR
[...] (U) A September 1 commentary in the Chinese Communist Party official mouthpiece People's Daily by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Associate Researcher Fan Jishe called a U.S. proposal to provide an exception for India to Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) full-scope safeguard provisions a "doubl [...]
2008-09-02 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN
08BEIJING3385PARTY ENJOYS BOOST THANKS TO OLYMPICS, BUT SOME
[...] (C) China's top leadership and a sizeable majority of the Chinese public view the recent Beijing-hosted Olympic Games as a great success, according to Embassy contacts. Most academics and journalists we spoke with in the week following the August 24 closing ceremony told us the Chinese Communist Pa [...]
2008-09-02 10:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3386ECONOMIST WU JINGLIAN U.S. SPY RUMOR SCOTCHED
[...] (C) Beijing's reform-minded intellectual community was abuzz over the weekend with an Internet rumor that prominent reform economist and leadership advisor Wu Jinglian had been arrested as an American spy. Wu's State Council office was quick to publicly reject the rumor as false, and PRC media [...]
2008-09-02 12:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH
08BEIJING3387SEPTEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FUKUDA RESIGNATION, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 2 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda is an internal matter of Japan, but the spokesperson noted Fukuda's "great contributions to bilateral relations." -- China "hopes the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will f [...]
2008-09-02 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EAID PTER EFIN CH KN JA
08BEIJING3400AMBASSADOR URGES INVESTIGATION OF SHIPMENT TO IRAN OF CHINESE GOODS OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN (S)
[...] (S) The Ambassador conveyed the United States grave concern regarding Irans lack of cooperation on the Iranian nuclear issue, its support for terrorist organizations, its destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, and Chinese sales of dual-use material and items to Iran to MFA Assistant Foreign Min [...]
2008-09-03 10:07:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL PTER MNUC MASS IR CH UK AS
08BEIJING3401AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA AFM LIU ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) In a September 3 meeting with MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, the Ambassador urged China to support the draft exception for India at the upcoming Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary and the conclusion of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative this year. Completion [...]
2008-09-03 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN
08BEIJING3402AFM LIU JIEYI EXPRESSES CONCERNS RE TAIWAN ARMS
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi called in the Ambassador on September 3 to register firm opposition to possible U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying such sales would "seriously harm" bilateral relations, cooperation on international issues, and cross-Strait relations. AFM Liu expressed [...]
2008-09-03 10:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS MARR MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING3405Can't Please Everyone: Shanghai Party Secretary Describes
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng said managing differences among competing interest groups remains his biggest management challenge in China's most dynamic city. Making sure people do not get angry with the government will b [...]
2008-09-03 23:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV ELAB SOCI BEXP CH
08BEIJING3425AFGHANISTAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION POINTS
[...] (C) MFA Asian Affairs Department Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan Division Deputy Director Xu Wei September 4 offered no substantive response to reftel non-paper points on the expansion of the Afghanistan National Army, but promised to convey USG views to his superiors. Xu said China noted [...]
2008-09-04 09:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV CH AF
08BEIJING3426TENSION AND VIOLENCE IN WESTERN XINJIANG
[...] (C) Summary: New security measures were evident during PolOffs' August 25-29 trip to southwestern Xinjiang, the site of at least four incidents of ethnic violence in August, but the overall security environment during the first days of PolOffs' trip appeared more lax than on a July 17-21 trip [...]
2008-09-04 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING3427SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION,
[...] Key points at the September 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Relevant parties should "join hands" to solve the recent problems in the Korean denuclearization process. -- China has submitted a report on its military expenditures to the UN which is more complete than the report subm [...]
2008-09-04 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EFIN CH KN GG RS
08BEIJING3428OLYMPIC "PROTEST ZONES" -- SECURITY AUTHORITIES'
[...] (C) A lack of coordination between the Beijing Olympics organizing committee and security forces led to the poor implementation of the Olympics "protest zones," according to several Embassy contacts. While academics we spoke with felt the Games improved China's international image overall, th [...]
2008-09-04 10:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PROP KOLY CH
08BEIJING3458CHINA OFFERS OFFICIAL DONATION FOR HURRICANE GUSTAV RELIEF
[...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) North America and Oceania Division Director General ZHENG Zeguang called the DCM September 5 to inform us that the Government of the People's Republic of China has decided, as an expression of sympathy and support to the government and people of the United [...]
2008-09-05 07:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV CH
08BEIJING3459SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS AFTER PM FUKUDA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Although Japanese PM Fukuda was instrumental in improving Sino-Japanese relations and neither of his likely immediate successors are instinctively pro-China, Japan's growing economic reliance on China, coupled with pro-China Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders holding key posi [...]
2008-09-05 08:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
08BEIJING3461CHINA ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES
[...] (C) PolOff on September 5 delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing reftel points urging China not to support "no action" motions on country-specific resolutions in the UN General Assembly; to support planned resolutio [...]
2008-09-05 08:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN CH
08BEIJING3462ARREST OF MOFCOM OFFICIAL GUO JINGYI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Chinese publication reported on August 29 that a key official in the Ministry of Commerce has been detained and is charged with taking bribes. The official, Director-General Guo Jingyi played a key role in the drafting of many if not most of China's foreign investment related [...]
2008-09-05 09:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCM ECON EIND PGOV
08BEIJING3465CORRECTED COPY -(INFO ADDRESSES) - CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE:
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng said managing differences among competing interest groups remains his biggest management challenge in China's most dynamic city. Making sure people do not get angry with the government will b [...]
2008-09-06 04:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV ELAB SOCI BEXP CH
08BEIJING3476MINISTER OF CIVIL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PARALYMPICS,
[...] (SBU) In a September 5 meeting, Minister of Civil Affairs Li Xueju welcomed Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake, head of the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the Paralympic Games, and wished U.S. athletes success. Minister Li said that with assistance from the international community, [...]
2008-09-08 05:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS MOPS SOCI EAID SENV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3497U.S. Presidential Paralympics Delegation Meeting with
[...] (U) September 8, 2008; 10:40 am; Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing, China. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Kirk Bauer, Executive Director, Disabled Sports USA Jean Driscoll, Paralympic Gold Medalist LTC. G [...]
2008-09-09 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS KOLY OVIP CH NK IR TW
08BEIJING3499MFA: PRC HISTORICAL CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA NOT
[...] (C) Summary: According to a MFA Treaty and Law Department official, China's territorial claims in the South China Sea outlined on PRC maps by the nine-segment dotted line (called "Cow's Tongue" or "Nine Dashes") do not contradict the 1982 UN Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). As a "reflec [...]
2008-09-09 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
08BEIJING3500SEPTEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
[...] Key points at the September 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Premier Wang Qishan will visit the United States next week to discuss bilateral trade issues with U.S. officials as part of the Sino-U.S. Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade (JCCT). -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daw [...]
2008-09-09 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH KN TW IN PK EC
08BEIJING3501Positive Chinese Reaction to Fannie Mae and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese official and private reaction to news that the United States Government would place housing mortgage agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under conservatorship was generally positive. Vice Premier Wang Qishan appreciated the effort. Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangy [...]
2008-09-09 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3509USTR MEETING WITH STATE COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USTR officials Claire Reade and Tim Stratford discussed China's draft Postal Law with State Council Legislative Affairs Office Director General Zhao Xiaoguang on September 2. Zhao acknowledged that the current draft still restricts the rights of foreign companies to engage i [...]
2008-09-10 03:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELTN EINV EAIR CH
08BEIJING3513BIDEN STAFFER MEETS CHINESE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, Frank Januzzi, from the staff of Senator Biden (D-DE) and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with China's Vice Minister of Finance Zhu Guangyao. The two discussed the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) as a forum for bilateral cooperation and c [...]
2008-09-10 06:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDCM ECON PREL
08BEIJING353DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA ON CURRENT U.S. ACTIVITY IN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request (see para 8). 2. (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered ref A points and documents on the Singaporean draft Review of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) paper and the U.S. draft Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Workplan to MFA Asia Department Regional [...]
2008-01-31 09:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF APEC CH PTER
08BEIJING3538PRC/IRAN: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BEIJING, ASKS PRC TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6-7 visit to Beijing, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad thanked President Hu Jintao for China's "constructive role" in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and expressed hope the Chinese would "pass Iran's views" to the other P5-plus-1 countries. The MFA so [...]
2008-09-11 08:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING354MFA SAYS BURMA MAKING PROGRESS ON DEMOCRACY;
[...] (C) Summary: In China's view, the Burmese Government is progressing on the democratic process and in dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Yang Yanyi told PolMinCouns January 30 during an official readout of the January 20-21 visit to China of Burmese Spe [...]
2008-01-31 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING3542SEPTEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM JUNG-IL, JOINT
[...] Key points at the September 11 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has received no reports from the DPRK on the health of Kim Jung-il. -- China hopes the upcoming Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade will help the United States and China solve their disputes through "equal dial [...]
2008-09-11 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH JA VE KN
08BEIJING3546GOLD MEDAL HAUL SPARKS MEDIA DEBATE ABOUT STATE
[...] (C) The lukewarm reaction of many Chinese to the home team's take of 51 gold medals at the Beijing Summer Olympics, according to several contacts, stems from ambivalence over the non-mainstream sports in which the Chinese Olympians excelled and dissatisfaction with China's continuing poor per [...]
2008-09-11 09:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PROP KOLY CH
08BEIJING355VIETNAM DPM MAKES NO PROGRESS ON SOUTH CHINA SEA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH VM
08BEIJING3551VFM ZHANG YESUI STRESSES TAIWAN ARMS SALES WILL
[...] (C) In a September 11 meeting called by the Chinese side, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui stressed to the Ambassador that if the United States goes forward with a rumored USD eleven billion arms sale to Taiwan, then China will react strongly. Such a sale would jeopardize the progress in bil [...]
2008-09-11 13:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS MARR MOPS CH TW UN
08BEIJING356JANUARY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAINTED DUMPLINGS,
[...] Key points at the regular January 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is taking a "responsible attitude" regarding tainted dumplings that were exported to Japan, and Chinese authorities have issued a recall to distributors of the dumplings. -- The spokesperson could not confirm that EAP/K Dire [...]
2008-01-31 10:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD JA SU KN KS
08BEIJING3575CHINA-IRAQ OIL CONTRACT HIGHLIGHTS PRESSURES ON
[...] (C) Summary. Iraq drove the terms of the oil service contract with China signed in August 2008, and China will probably move slowly in implementing the terms of the agreement, according to Chinese energy experts. CNPC signed a USD 3 billion oil service contract to develop the Al Ahdab oil fiel [...]
2008-09-12 09:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ CN
08BEIJING3576CHINESE ACADEMIC CRITICAL OF NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The author of a September 1 People's Daily commentary critical of the agreement ultimately reached September 6 by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) allowing India to procure civilian nuclear material and technology views the NSG decision as having weakened the nonproliferation re [...]
2008-09-12 09:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AORC CH IN
08BEIJING3581CHINA ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[...] (C) PolOff on September 16 delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Specialized UN Agencies Division Director Yang Shaokun reftel points urging China to support the candidacy of Michel Sidibe for new Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV [...]
2008-09-16 06:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKHIV UNGA EAID CH
08BEIJING3585SEPTEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN AND IAEA, KIM
[...] Key points at the September 16 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China "hopes that Iran will keep up cooperation with the IAEA for the early settlement" of the Iran nuclear issue, however, "sanctions are not the way to resolve the issue." -- China and the United States "do not have co [...]
2008-09-16 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD PARM VE CH KN NZ IN
08BEIJING3588PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS SAY PRC INFLUENCE LIMITED AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes international efforts to deal with Iran's nuclear program have entered a "new phase" in which an increasingly confident Iran is rethinking the significance of its nuclear development, according to a PRC scholar who recently met with observers in Tehran. Chinese le [...]
2008-09-16 11:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING359FOOD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WON, BUT THE REAL BATTLE IS JUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese officials claimed success January 16 at the official wrap-up meeting for the four-month food and product safety "rectification campaign" and announced plans for a long-term regulatory structure to continue monitoring production quality of the nation's industries. Despite [...]
2008-02-01 00:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING3591BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON KIM
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing September 12, German DCM Hans Carl Von Werthern said that it is possible German doctors are in Pyongyang to assist Kim Jong-il. Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto reported that PM Fukuda raised the issue of poisoned dumplings in his recent bi [...]
2008-09-17 02:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH FR JA GM UK KN KS ZI
08BEIJING3598China's Food Security Concerns: Perception
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although China is largely self- sufficient in grain production, rising global and domestic food prices have reinforced longstanding Chinese concerns about food security. This has sparked a debate in China over whether China's current policies need to be adjusted to ensure Chin [...]
2008-09-17 06:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON WTRO EAGR ETRD EINV CH
08BEIJING36SARA VM WANG DISCUSSES PARTY VIEW ON RELIGION,
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) Vice Minister Wang Zuoan for a January 3 lunch. VM Wang said experts briefed Politburo members about trends in religious development at a December 18 "collective study" session. President Hu also spoke at the Decembe [...]
2008-01-04 09:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH TW
08BEIJING3602008 FOOD AND PRODUCT SAFETY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: China is preparing for a banner year in 2008 in food and product safety as authorities draft and review seven separate pieces of legislation or regulations. The most important piece of legislation, the Food Safety Law, is a comprehensive law encompassing all facets of the food p [...]
2008-02-01 00:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING3610LI JUNRU ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, UPCOMING CCP
[...] (C) Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Party School (CPS) scholars discussed U.S.-China Relations, the Party's upcoming Third Plenum and domestic reform issues at a September 11 lunch hosted by the Ambassador for CPS Vice President Li Junru. The scholars agreed that U.S.-China relations ar [...]
2008-09-18 08:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH
08BEIJING3612PRC: MFA OFFICIAL CALLS FOR PATIENCE ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: China supports UN Special Advisor Gambari's mission to Burma and the United States is "too impatient" with Gambari's mission and the political transition process in Burma, according to MFA Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen. Acknowledging that th [...]
2008-09-18 08:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON CH BM
08BEIJING3614SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAINTED MILK SCANDAL,
[...] Key points at the September 18 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China "will be responsible and will seriously handle the issue" of contaminated milk. -- China "firmly opposes" food smuggling to the DPRK and will continue to provide food assistance to the DPRK. -- China "supports t [...]
2008-09-18 10:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR VE CH GG KN
08BEIJING3625NUCLEAR LIABILITY ISSUES IN CHINA; CSC ACCESSION LIKELY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Per ref A, DOE China Deputy Office Director and ESTHoff on September 12 and 16, 2008, led a group of nuclear industry experts to discuss nuclear liability issues and the United States May 2008 ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuc [...]
2008-09-19 04:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3629FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) PolOff delivered points and text of invitation letter on the Friends of Pakistan group (reftel) to MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo on S [...]
2008-09-19 07:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CH PK
08BEIJING3632CHINA ON UNGA ISSUES
[...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff September 19 that China's positions on Georgia and Burma are clear and unchanged. China has consistently supported peaceful resolution of problems in the Middle East. China noted [...]
2008-09-19 09:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA CH GG AF IR IZ LE BM ZI
08BEIJING3633BEIJING-BASED TAIWAN EXPERTS COMMENT ON POSSIBLE
[...] (C) In September 18 meetings with PolOff, two senior PRC Taiwan experts claimed that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan would undermine the "fragile" progress made recently in cross-Strait relations. One expert claimed that U.S. arms sales at this time would be like "dropping a bomb" in U.S-China rela [...]
2008-09-19 09:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING3636SCO: PRC VIEWS DUSHANBE SUMMIT AS TURNING POINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO's) August 28 Dushanbe summit marked a transition to a more "mature" organization that has developed a strong foundation for increasing trust and strategic consultation among members, according to an MFA contact. Security [...]
2008-09-19 10:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
08BEIJING3650NO CHINESE COMMENT ON BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA UNTIL
[...] (C) PolOff on September 19 conveyed to MFA Latin American Affairs Department Andean Affairs Division Deputy Director Chen Rongning reftel points regarding the Venezuelan and Bolivian governments' declaring U.S. Ambassadors to those two nations persona non grata on spurious charges. Chen promis [...]
2008-09-22 08:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BL VE ASEC
08BEIJING3654CHINA'S RESPONSE TO ECUADOR WAIVER OF VISA INQUIRY
[...] (C) Chinese Immigration and Public Security officials evinced a cooperative attitude during a September 19 exchange with Embassy Officers regarding USG concerns about Ecuador's recent waiver of tourist visa requirements for all Chinese nationals. The Chinese shared data showing a five-fold in [...]
2008-09-22 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD CH HK EC CO
08BEIJING3655CHINA URGED TO OPPOSE ABKHAZIAN AND SOUTH OSSETIAN
[...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on September 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Li Junhua reftel points urging China to oppose the participation of separatist leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN Security Council discussions. Li made no substantive resp [...]
2008-09-22 09:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC CH RU GG
08BEIJING3662BEIJING WELCOMES COORDINATION IN FINANCIAL CRISIS; CONCERNS ABOUT GROWTH GOING FORWARD
[...] Summary. Chinese Government officials praised U.S. Government willingness to brief them regularly on developments in the financial sector, particularly given their exposure to GSE debt. Although the direct exposure of Chinese firms to other troubled financial institutions is limited, most Bei [...]
2008-09-23 05:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNOTAG
08BEIJING3677SEPTEMBER 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHAVEZ CHINA VISIT, MILK
[...] Key points at the September 23 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's relationship with Venezuela is a "normal state to state relationship" which is "not based on ideology or directed against any other country." -- China has taken a "responsible attitude" regarding the milk scanda [...]
2008-09-23 09:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR VE CH KN JP NZ
08BEIJING3679CORRECTED COPY (PARA 9: ASEM DATES) SEPTEMBER 23 MFA PRESS
[...] Key points at the September 23 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's relationship with Venezuela is a "normal state to state relationship" which is "not based on ideology or directed against any other country." -- China has taken a "responsible attitude" regarding the milk scanda [...]
2008-09-23 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR VE CH KN JP NZ
08BEIJING3681TIBET: AFM LIU EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER "FREEDOM
[...] (C) In a September 23 meeting called by the Chinese side, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed China's "firm opposition" to plans for President Bush to 1) include Dalai Lama representative Lodi Gyari in a September 23 Freedom Agenda Lunch in New York and 2) engage in communications wi [...]
2008-09-23 10:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MASS PGOV CH TW
08BEIJING3701SUDAN: PRC MFA SUPPORTS POSTPONING ICC PROCEEDINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China predicts "disastrous results" if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir and urges the United States to support a suspension of ICC proceedings against Bashir, MFA West Asian and North African Department Sudan Office Direc [...]
2008-09-24 09:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC SU CM
08BEIJING3702AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 DINNER WITH VICE
[...] (C) At a September 19 event for the diplomatic corps to celebrate the recent China-hosted Olympics and Paralympics, Vice President Xi Jinping expressed appreciation for President Bush's positive role in U.S.-China relations and acknowledged China's need for "change and reform." Also at the ev [...]
2008-09-24 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KOLY SOCI EAID CH TW
08BEIJING3703MFA AND RUSSIAN EMBASSY PREVIEW SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC
[...] (C) At least three Foreign Ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC" nations) will meet September 25 on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA),according to a Chinese MFA official. Items for discussion will include international development cooperation and the Millenniu [...]
2008-09-24 10:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SENV ENRG CH RU BR IN
08BEIJING3705AQSIQ STILL LACKING IN INFANT FORMULA RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 23:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR PREL HHS CH
08BEIJING3712ACTING EAP DAS JOHN NORRIS DISCUSSES POST-OLYMPICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China in the post-Olympics period will focus on domestic issues and maintain a low-key foreign policy, according to three Chinese scholars who met with visiting Acting EAP DAS John Norris September 20. Although they regard the Olympics as a success, the scholars pointed out that [...]
2008-09-25 02:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH RS GG
08BEIJING3728CHINESE SEARCH ENGINES CENSOR FOR CASH?
[...] (C) One consequence of the ongoing milk safety scandal in China has been the revelation that PRC search engines apparently regularly accept money from corporate clients to suppress negative news in online search results. Baidu, by far China's most popular search engine, has been criticized ov [...]
2008-09-25 09:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI CH
08BEIJING3729SEPTEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHAVEZ VISIT, MILK
[...] Key points at the September 25 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China did not discuss military cooperation with President Chavez during his recent visit, despite claims by Chavez that such cooperation was discussed. The two sides signed energy and trade agreements during the visit. [...]
2008-09-25 10:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ENRG EAGR PHUM TSPA CH VE KN JP
08BEIJING3730HUMAN RIGHTS: NYT'S ZHAO YAN RELEASED AFTER
[...] (C) Well-known New York Times researcher and PRC citizen Zhao Yan (protect) told PolOff September 22 that he had been detained for questioning in Beijing by Guangxi provincial security officials September 10-12 over his connection to several Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region residents who had t [...]
2008-09-25 11:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING3732CHINA/IPR: APPLE TAKES A BITE OUT OF
[...] (SBU) As amazing as it seems, computer maker Apple Inc. had no global security team - including inside China - until March 2008, when they hired away the team from Pfizer that formed and led a multi-year crackdown on counterfeit Viagra production in Asia. Now with Apple, Don Shruhan, based i [...]
2008-09-26 01:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING3733CHINA'S CNPC MANAGER COMMENTS ON OIL SERVICE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 01:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ CN
08BEIJING3742FOURTH SESSION OF THE ANTICORRUPTION WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) The Anticorruption Working Group (ACWG) of the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group (JLG) for Law Enforcement Cooperation held its fourth session in Beijing and Nanjing September 16-18. Interagency participants from the United States and China discussed the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement (ML [...]
2008-09-26 07:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KCRM KFRD KJUS CH XB
08BEIJING3744TWELFTH ROUND OF CHINA-INDIA BORDER TALKS PRODUCES
[...] (C) Summary: The twelfth round of the China-India border talks held in Beijing September 18-19 did not produce any significant breakthroughs, according to accounts from Chinese and Indian officials. According to Chinese scholars, the disposition of the Dawang region of Arunachal Pradesh remai [...]
2008-09-26 07:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PARM CH IN
08BEIJING375POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D365577 JIUJIANG
[...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at JIUJIANG PRECISION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ("JJ PRECISION MEASU [...]
2008-02-01 07:35:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
08BEIJING3750DEMARCHE DELIVERED--ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 07:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG CH RS
08BEIJING3756REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: SMALL ARMS
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, from the Chinese Tianjin Municipal Police, who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) Name [...]
2008-09-26 08:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CH
08BEIJING3758DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN SECURITY AND ECONOMIC CRISES
[...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Deputy Director Cao Jing on September 26, PolOff delivered reftel points asking China to urge Pakistan's leadership to undertake strong measures to resolve Pakistan's security and economic crises. Deputy Dire [...]
2008-09-26 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK
08BEIJING3759AFM LIU EXPRESSES CHINA'S "FIRM OPPOSITION" TO
[...] (C) In a September 26 meeting called by the Chinese, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed China's "strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition" to President Bush's September 23 telephone call to the Dalai Lama and the inclusion of Dalai Lama representative Lodi Gyari and Democracy Mov [...]
2008-09-26 10:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TW CH
08BEIJING376ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE MATTHEW BORMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007, Department of Commerce Acting Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Matthew Borman and Embassy Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Director-General (DG) WANG Qinghua, Department of Mechanic, Electronic and High Technology Industries, Ministry of C [...]
2008-02-01 07:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
08BEIJING3760CHINA MFA: CHAVEZ VISIT PRIMARILY ECONOMIC, NOT A
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD VE CH
08BEIJING3775Coca-Cola's Huiyuan Bid Illustrates BIT Challenges, AML
[...] (C) Summary. Coca-Cola Pacific Deputy Group President Paul Etchells briefed Acting Economic Minister-Counselor 9/17 on Coke's proposed acquisition of a leading Chinese juice maker for US$2.4 billion. Coke, which agreed to the meeting at our request, emphasized that it is not seeking U.S. Gove [...]
2008-09-29 06:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3779IMPLEMENTING CHINA'S ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT
[...] (C) As part of its effort to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),China is working to implement its National Plan of Action (NPA) issued by the State Council on December 13, 2007. Both the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are coordinating a national plan to combat [...]
2008-09-29 07:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KTIP PGOV KWMN PREL KCOR KCRM KFRD KJUS
08BEIJING3780CHINA CONSIDERS ACCESSION TO UN PALERMO PROTOCOL
[...] (C) China is seriously considering acceding to the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official. China will hold a symposium October 23-24, co-hosted by the UN Inter-Agency Project on Hum [...]
2008-09-29 07:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP KHUM KWMN KCRM CH
08BEIJING3782China Probes Intensified Taiwan Economic Engagement
[...] (C) Summary. Contacts from the public and private sectors and several academics at government-affiliated think tanks expressed optimism over the direction of cross-strait economic engagement, attributing warming ties to the election of Ma Ying-jeou in March and Taiwan's efforts to manage an ec [...]
2008-09-29 09:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV CN TW
08BEIJING3784New Quality Control Minister Boasts Anti-Corruption
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 21, China sacked General Administration on Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Minister Li Changjiang in the aftermath of China's biggest ever food and product safety scandal, the widespread contamination of milk products with the industrial chemi [...]
2008-09-29 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR PREL HHS CH
08BEIJING3788OCTOBER PARTY PLENUM: RURAL REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) Rural reform and development will be the primary theme of the upcoming plenary session ("Plenum") of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Central Committee scheduled for October 9-12 in Beijing. The Party's selection of this topic reflects the leadership's belief that solving rural problems [...]
2008-09-29 11:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING38CHINA'S PROPOSED AGENDA AND DATES FOR THE U.S.-CHINA
[...] (U) This is an action message: See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: China proposes that the first U.S.-China Counterterrorism Sub-Dialogue discuss Olympic security and protection, counterterrorism cooperation and training and the inclusion of East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO) on the [...]
2008-01-04 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3801CHINA ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA
[...] (C) PolOff on October 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points urging China to oppose a Serbian resolution to refer the question of the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division De [...]
2008-10-06 07:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNGA KV CH
08BEIJING3803TAIWAN ARMS SALES: PRC REACTS
[...] (C) In response to the October 3 notification to Congress of the sale of defense articles to Taiwan, on October 4 PRC Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei conveyed China's "strong protest" to visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill. Later that day, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei called [...]
2008-10-06 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR CH TW
08BEIJING3817MERMOUD VISIT: SINOSURE WELCOMES THIRD
[...] (SBU) Summary. China's Sinosure told State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud on September 18 that it would welcome third country cooperation with Ex-Im Bank on a joint project. In meetings with Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Developme [...]
2008-10-07 01:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL ENRG EFIN BTIO CH
08BEIJING3836October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, SIX-PARTY
[...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States' arms sale to Taiwan has "contaminated the atmosphere" of U.S.-China relations, "gravely jeopardized China's security" and "created obstacles to exchanges and cooperation" with the United States. --"The Si [...]
2008-10-07 10:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW
08BEIJING3851CHINA INFORMED OF IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 08:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING3853CHINA/AFRICA: A PROVINCIAL PERSPECTIVE FROM HENAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's efforts to expand trade and investment ties with Africa were prominently on display at the 5th China Henan International Investment and Trade Fair held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province August 26-28, although little concrete business materialized. A day-long "Go Global" inve [...]
2008-10-08 08:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD AX CH
08BEIJING3854CHINA INFORMED OF CONTINUED EFFORTS BY A CHINESE
[...] (S) PolOff delivered ref A message (informing China of continued efforts by a Chinese firm to supply missile production technology to Pakistan's Advanced Engineering and Research Organization (AERO)) to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on [...]
2008-10-08 08:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCR PREL ETTC CH PK
08BEIJING3855Bilateral Investment Treaty Negotiations: Deliberate Pace in
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China held the first round of bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations in Beijing, September 2-5, 2008. China concurred with the U.S. view that an agreement would be significant given the two countries' importance to the global economy as major investme [...]
2008-10-08 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3856CORRECTED VERSION OF BEIJING 3855 -- Bilateral Investment
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China held the first round of bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations in Beijing, September 2-5, 2008. China concurred with the U.S. view that an agreement would be significant given the two countries' importance to the global economy as major investme [...]
2008-10-08 09:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3857CHINA'S RURAL POLICIES: UPDATE ON THE STATE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The stated focus of the October 9-12 Third Plenum of the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee is rural reform. Scholars continue to debate China's current path of rural reform and doubts remain about implementation and whether China's current policy direction a [...]
2008-10-09 00:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
08BEIJING3874October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, FINANCIAL
[...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques, and oppose Taiwan in [...]
2008-10-09 11:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW
08BEIJING3875CORRECTED COPY: October 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS
[...] Key points at the October 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques and oppose Taiwan ind [...]
2008-10-09 11:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW
08BEIJING3877SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL
[...] (U) Senator Hagel, your visit comes at a momentous time in China's history and in our bilateral relationship. January 1, 2009, will mark the 30th anniversary of official United States-China relations. During those thirty years, the U.S. Government presence in China has grown dramatically. Th [...]
2008-10-10 03:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING3888TAIWAN ARMS SALES: IMPACT LIMITED TO "SHORT-TERM,"
[...] (C) The fallout from the October 3 announcement of arms sales to Taiwan will be limited to the "short-term," because PRC leaders know the U.S.-China bilateral relationship is "simply too important" to jeopardize, according to three Beijing scholars. The sales take place against a backdrop of [...]
2008-10-10 08:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV EFIN CH TW
08BEIJING3899China's SAFE Cautious about U.S. Lending
[...] (SBU) Summary. State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) Deputy Director General Liu Jiahua on October 9 said his agency remained very concerned about counterparty risk in repo market lending to U.S. financial institutions. While SAFE's policy towards U.S. Government-supported Enterpris [...]
2008-10-14 00:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING39PM FUKUDA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese MFA and Japanese Embassy officials called PM Fukuda's December 27-30 visit to China a success because it codified an improvement in bilateral relations and featured high-level symbolic gestures such as a game of catch between PM Fukuda and Premier Wen Jiabao. Contacts told [...]
2008-01-04 14:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
08BEIJING390WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO WREAK HAVOC; CENTER
[...] (C) China's worst snowstorm in 50 years continues to wreak havoc across southern and central parts of the country. Although some transportation networks over the past two days have started to return to normal, hundreds of thousands of travelers remain stranded and millions of residents face ha [...]
2008-02-01 11:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH
08BEIJING3907CHINA ON UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF
[...] (S) PolOff on October 10 conveyed to MFA ref A's updated Statements of the Case (SOCs) on one Chinese and three Pakistani individuals that the United States plans to propose to add to the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee list of individuals and entities associated with U [...]
2008-10-14 08:28:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER EFIN KTFN PINR UN CH
08BEIJING391PRE-LICENSE CHECKS RE PROPOSED EXPORT OF CARBON
[...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(C) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (S) SUMMARY: REFTELS A,B,C and D requested Pre-License Check end-use visits to determine the reliability of certain companies in China to receive controlled Unit [...]
2008-02-01 14:57:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL
08BEIJING3911October 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: President Zadari's Visit,
[...] Key points at the October 14 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China welcomes Pakistani President Zadari and looks forward to "in-depth discussions" and the signing of several "deals." -- China regains control of half of Heixiazi Island from Russia. -- China will "communicate and c [...]
2008-10-14 10:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PINR CH KN KS EC CS PK HK MC
08BEIJING392PRE-LICENSE CHECKS RE PROPOSED EXPORT OF CARBON
[...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(C) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (S) SUMMARY: REFTELS A,B,C and D requested Pre-License Check end-use visits to determine the reliability of certain companies in China to receive controlled Unit [...]
2008-02-01 15:01:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PARM PREL
08BEIJING3933COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM CLOSES, ISSUES COMMUNIQUE
[...] (C) The Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 17th Central Committee concluded on October 12, adopting a "Decision" on rural reform and development that, as expected, emphasized the importance of the countryside to China's overall development and pledged to devote considerable reso [...]
2008-10-16 02:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR EFIN SOCI CH
08BEIJING3934BEIJING OLYMPICS: AMCIT DETENTIONS/DEPORTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the period August 6-24, 2008, Chinese authorities detained 44 Amcits. Thirty-four were detained while staging or planning to stage Tibet-related demonstrations; four Christian activists were detained while protesting Chinese policies on abortion and religious freedom. [...]
2008-10-16 02:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCASC CJAN KOLY PHUM PREL CH
08BEIJING3941FM YANG AND SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) that the current global economic crisis "demands global leadership" and U.S.-China cooperation to overcome the lack of confidence in financial markets. He said that China will "do its best" to ensure a smooth transition of U.S.- [...]
2008-10-16 07:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MASS PTER PGOV TW PK KN KS CH
08BEIJING3942CHINA/AFRICA: A/S FRAZER AND EVFM WANG GUANGYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is open to greater cooperation with the United States in assisting Africa, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer October 15. China agrees with the United States on the need for UN Security Council (UNSC) ac [...]
2008-10-16 07:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC CH SU SO CG
08BEIJING3948NPC VICE CHAIR CHEN ZHILI MEETS WITH SENATOR HAGEL
[...] (C) National People's Congress Standing Committee Vice Chairperson Chen Zhili told Senator Chuck Hagel October 13 that China hopes Congress will act to cancel the recently-announced U.S. arms sale to Taiwan. The Chinese people see a contradiction between PRC efforts to help the United States [...]
2008-10-16 09:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MASS ECON SCUL SOCI CH TW GG
08BEIJING3949 CODEL HAGEL: CHINESE THOUGHTS ON WORLD FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-14, Senator Charles Hagel met Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, and Commerce Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong. The Vice Premier discussed weaknesses in the U.S. system that had led to the financial crisis, and asserted China's commit [...]
2008-10-16 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING3950OCTOBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ZARDARI VISIT,
[...] Spokesperson Qin Gang made the following key points at the October 16 MFA press briefing: -- China will take seriously any request from Pakistan to help that country weather the financial crisis. Qin would not, however, give details of any agreement on financial assistance reached between Ch [...]
2008-10-16 10:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM EFIN ECIN EAGR PL SN JA NK
08BEIJING3966TIBETAN UNREST AFTERMATH: SECURITY POSTURE STILL
[...] (C) During an unofficial visit to Tibetan areas in Qinghai and Gansu Provinces in September, EmbOffs witnessed wide variation in conditions at Tibetan monasteries six months after the outbreak of major unrest in March 2008. At one end of the spectrum was Lucang (Lutsang) Monastery in Guinan ( [...]
2008-10-17 09:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
08BEIJING3968DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 01:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN CG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS
08BEIJING3980DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 08:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN CG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS
08BEIJING3996U.S.-CHINA AFRICA SUB-DIALOGUE: A/S FRAZER AND AFM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China-Africa relations are open and transparent and do not pose a threat to other parties, Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer October 14 during the U.S.-China Regional Sub-dialogue on Africa. China's priorities in Afri [...]
2008-10-20 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID UNSC MASS CH SU SO CG TW
08BEIJING4002PRC/IRAN: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of the Treasury Undersecretary (U/S) Stuart Levey briefed the People's Bank of China (PBOC),the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Bank of China (BOC),and the China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) on Septembe [...]
2008-10-21 06:48:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ENRG ETRD EFIN IR CH
08BEIJING4003CHINESE OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL RISKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: People's Bank of China (PBOC) Director General Zhang Tao told us October 16 that the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) had been criticized internally by some senior Chinese leaders for its management of foreign exchange holdings, and now needed to mitigate risks to [...]
2008-10-21 07:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PREL CH
08BEIJING4006October 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TERRORIST LIST, NUCLEAR
[...] Key points at the October 21 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that "relevant countries will work with China to bring eight terrorists to justice." -- China's cooperation with Pakistan on civilian nuclear energy is "subject to International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA [...]
2008-10-21 23:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER PK IN SU XG
08BEIJING4019CHINA PROTESTS PENDING SANCTIONS AGAINST THREE
[...] (C) PolOff on October 22 informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials that the USG has determined that China Xinshidai Company, China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Corporation LTD and Huazhong CNC have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pu [...]
2008-10-22 08:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING4020SALE OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE EXPANDING IN CHINA,
[...] (C) The sale of Christian literature by private firms in China continues to expand, and rapidly so, according to Embassy contacts in the religious literature industry. Despite having first appeared only in 2002, Christian-themed bookstores now number 100 to 200 nationwide; one distributor has [...]
2008-10-22 08:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
08BEIJING4022HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY URGES CHINA TO RELEASE ZHANG
[...] (C) The U.S. Government is deeply concerned about reports that PRC authorities have detained prominent house church Pastor Zhang Mingxuan (aka "Pastor Bike"),and beaten and harassed his family members, PolOff told MFA Human Rights official Zhu Yanwei on October 22, urging Zhang's immediate re [...]
2008-10-22 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING4023MFA REVIEWS SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Responding to ongoing global financial turbulence, climate change and issues related to the G8-plus-5 grouping were the topics at the September 25 meeting of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC forum"),according to an MFA contact. Despite the regional and cu [...]
2008-10-22 09:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALBR CH ECON EG ENRG GG IN MX PREL RS SENV SF
08BEIJING4029CONTACTS CONTINUE TO DOWNPLAY TAIWAN ARMS SALES'
[...] (C) PRC scholarly contacts continue to downplay the impact of the October 3 U.S. announcement of arms sales to Taiwan (ref B). Largely echoing other observers' comments (ref A),several contacts called the sales "expected" and said they will neither strongly effect the bilateral relationship n [...]
2008-10-23 08:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR CH TW
08BEIJING4030SWISS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IN NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) North Korea recently concluded its first population census in fifteen years, with technical guidance and support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and financial assistance from the ROK and Swiss Governments, according to a Swiss contact familiar with the project. Our contact [...]
2008-10-23 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KN CH
08BEIJING4031PRC: MFA CONFIRMS UNSPECIFIED CIVILIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) China wishes to continue the development of its civilian nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming. In an October 23 briefing for the U.S. and U.K. Embassies on Pakistan President Asif Zardari's Oct [...]
2008-10-23 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK
08BEIJING4049LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION: JOINT LIAISON GROUP
[...] (SBU) U.S. members of the Repatriation Working Group of the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group (JLG) for Law Enforcement Cooperation recently held informal consultations with their counterparts from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on repatriating Chin [...]
2008-10-24 08:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KHLS SMIG CVIS CH IR
08BEIJING4061HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR URGES CHINA TO RELEASE
[...] (C) The U.S. Government is deeply concerned about reports that PRC authorities detained China House Church Alliance President Pastor Zhang Mingxuan (aka "Pastor Bike") and prevented one of Pastor Zhang's sons from receiving medical treatment after severely beating him and harassing Pastor Zhan [...]
2008-10-27 10:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING4062VFM HE YAFEI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei expressed to the Ambassador October 27 his belief that the United States and China should hold consultations before the November 15 G-20 summit, in part to ensure that European-sponsored proposals for an overhaul of the global financial system are tempered to [...]
2008-10-27 12:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN CH PK
08BEIJING4063CHINESE URGED TO MAKE PROGRESS IN TIBET TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 27 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei, the Ambassador urged China to make concrete progress in its upcoming talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama. VFM He responded with standard points that the Dalai Lama's side must stop inciting violence, end supp [...]
2008-10-27 12:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF CH IN
08BEIJING4064AMBASSADOR URGES CONTINUED NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (S) In an October 27 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on a range of topics (septel),the Ambassador stressed the importance of nonproliferation and of continuing the U.S.-China nonproliferation dialogue. Noting the unwillingness of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department offici [...]
2008-10-27 12:46:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCR PREL ETTC KSCA CH PK
08BEIJING4074OCTOBER 19-20 VISIT OF TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vice Premier Wang Qishan and other senior Chinese financial officials told U/S McCormick on October 20 that China welcomed recent U.S. Government actions to address the financial crisis. People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and other officials raised questions about t [...]
2008-10-28 09:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING40752009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE NOMINATION: ZENG JINYAN
[...] Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate rights activist Zeng Jinyan for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. An inspiration to many within her own country and throughout the world, Zeng represents not just courageous women activists, but all those who strive for justic [...]
2008-10-28 22:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KPAO CH
08BEIJING4078OCTOBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, SYRIA
[...] Key points at the October 28 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China condemns the killing of five kidnapped Chinese citizens in a rescue attempt by the Sudanese government. -- China "opposes any deed which harms another country's sovereignty and territorial integrity," said the spoke [...]
2008-10-28 22:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER ECON EFIN SU SY KN
08BEIJING4080CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS UNAFFECTED BY U.S. ARMS
[...] (C) U.S. arms sales to Taiwan will have little impact on cross-Strait relations, according to Embassy contacts, with Beijing choosing to "blame" Washington, rather than Taipei. In recent meetings with PolOffs, Chinese observers expressed differing views of U.S. intentions, with some arguing tha [...]
2008-10-29 05:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING4084 China/G-20 Summit: Hu Jintao will Attend, MFA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei asked CDA Daniel Piccuta to join him at the Ministry to inform him that President Hu Jintao would attend the Financial Summit. The Vice Minister asked for specific logistical arrangements, including a larger Chinese delegation, sea [...]
2008-10-29 08:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KPAO PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING4085ARATS PRESIDENT'S TAIWAN VISIT STILL ON; SCHOLARS
[...] (C) Chinese leaders hope the November 3-7 trip to Taiwan by Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) head Chen Yunlin will mark a "significant breakthrough" in cross-Strait relations and have decided to proceed with the visit despite concerns over Chen's personal security, Emb [...]
2008-10-29 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR CH TW
08BEIJING4088DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CNSA RESPONSE TO VENEZUELAN SATELLITE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On October 29, ESTHOFF conveyed points in REFTEL and discussed the issue directly by phone with Mr. XU Yansong of the China National Space Agency's (CNSA)International Cooperation Department, who is already at the launch site [...]
2008-10-29 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TSPA KSCA CH
08BEIJING408910/29 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CHEN YUNLIN VISIT, ZHANG MINGQING
[...] Key points from the October 29 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing: -- The Spokesman said that during Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) President Chen Yunlin's November 3-7 trip to Taiwan the two sides will implement agreements on maritime shipping, cargo char [...]
2008-10-29 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON CH TW
08BEIJING4090P-1 CABLE: NORTH KOREAN REQUESTS RESETTLEMENT IN
[...] (S) The North Korean asylum seeker currently living in the U.S. New Embassy Compound (NEC) has requested resettlement in the United States. Post submits the North Korean's biographical and life history information below to facilitate CLASS and SAO processing as well as OPE and DHS interviews. [...]
2008-10-29 09:42:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREF PREL KN KS CH
08BEIJING4092TIBETAN MONKS DEFIANT AT LABRANG MONASTERY,
[...] (C) Ethnic Tibetans in Xiahe (Sangchu),Gansu Province, told EmbOffs September 25 that authorities there continue to be on "high alert" against renewed unrest. Though, unlike in March, Xiahe is now readily accessible by car, foreigners are still not allowed to stay overnight. Han Chinese tour [...]
2008-10-29 10:04:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
08BEIJING4095SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Deputy Director Pistole, your visit comes at a momentous time in China's history and in our bilateral relationship. January 1, 2009, will mark the 30th anniversary of official United States-China relations. During those thirty years, the U.S. Government presence in China has grown dramati [...]
2008-10-30 00:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV SCUL KCRM PTER CH
08BEIJING4096REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR PRC CANDIDATES FOR ILEA
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following Chinese candidates from the Wuhan Municipal Police nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok. Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Post has no derogatory information on these candidates. 2. (SBU) Na [...]
2008-10-30 02:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH CH
08BEIJING4097CHINA'S SINOPEC SAYS NO PROGRESS ON ENERGY DEALS
[...] (C) Summary. A China Petroleum and Chemicals Corporation (SINOPEC) official stated that SINOPEC has not made any progress in its oil projects in Iran and that it must comply with guidance from the Chinese government and UN sanctions against Iran. A Chinese academic at an MFA affiliated think t [...]
2008-10-30 03:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCN ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG IZ
08BEIJING4100PLENUM DECISION TACKLES LAND, RURAL FINANCE, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The full text of the "Decision" approved by the Third Plenum of the CCP 17th Central Committee was released on October 19 (ref A),largely echoing the October 12 Plenum Communique (ref B) by pledging more Central Government support for efforts to boost peasant incomes, reduce t [...]
2008-10-30 07:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
08BEIJING410110/30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, FINANCIAL
[...] Key points at the October 30 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- In the case of kidnapped Chinese workers in Sudan, four of whom were killed October 27, a Chinese delegation will urge the Sudanese Government to "spare no effort to rescue the missing workers, bring the criminals to justic [...]
2008-10-30 08:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC ECON EFIN KN KS SU
08BEIJING4102THE CCP THIRD PLENUM: HOPEFUL BUT NOT HOLDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of China's poorest regions, expressed hope the decisions of the October 9-12 Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 17th Central Committee would translate into concrete policies to boost agricultural production, su [...]
2008-10-30 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH
08BEIJING4105CHINA/G-20 SUMMIT: OBJECTIVES AND BACKGROUND
[...] (U) To respond to the questions posed in ref 1 request, Post has drawn from a variety of sources, including publicly available statements, private conversations with officials (see ref 2 and 3),and knowledge of Chinese approaches to previous multilateral engagements. 2. (C) BEGIN ANSWERS [...]
2008-10-31 02:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON KPAO PREL CH
08BEIJING411CHINA WILL CONSIDER OUR REQUEST TO PRESS FOR AN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 10:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH CD SU
08BEIJING4114CHINA: ECONOMIC TRENDS IN COASTAL CITY OF QINGDAO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rising labor costs and declining exports are forcing companies to re-examine their business strategies in the coastal city of Qingdao, according to local government officials, scholars and a South Korean diplomat who met with EmbOffs during their October 22-24 visit to the city. [...]
2008-11-03 09:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH
08BEIJING412MFA CALLS TAIWAN ELECTION COMMISSION DECISION ON
[...] (C) The February 1 decision by Taiwan's Central Election Commission to hold a referendum on membership in the UN under the name of Taiwan is a "calculated provocation" to cross-Strait peace and stability and represents a "significant step" toward changing the cross-Strait status quo and achiev [...]
2008-02-04 11:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS CH TW
08BEIJING4121ASEAN+3 NATIONS MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS ON CURRENCY
[...] (U) Summary. Despite public announcements at the ASEM Summit of an $80 billion swap arrangement, ASEAN 3 nations were still discussing the multilateralization of currency swaps as part of the Chiang Mai initiative, and important elements are still unresolved. There is still no consensus on key [...]
2008-11-04 06:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDCN ECON EFIN KR PREL JA
08BEIJING412511/4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, DALAI
[...] Key points at the November 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Though the spokesperson is "following the U.S. election closely" the choosing of the next President of the United States is the job of the American people. -- The Dalai Lama should "take concrete actions to give up separ [...]
2008-11-04 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN FR GR CS CU PE
08BEIJING4126RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PLEASED BY HU JIA'S SAKHAROV
[...] (C) Following the October 23 announcement that prominent Chinese rights activist Hu Jia won the European Parliament's 2008 Sakharov Human Rights Prize (reftel),Hu's wife and fellow activist Zeng Jinyan (protect) told PolOff November 1 that she is "very happy" about the award, calling it "an a [...]
2008-11-04 11:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING413SARA MINISTER APOLOGIZES FOR CRITICAL IRAQ
[...] (C) State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) Minister Ye Xiaowen twice apologized for a February 1, 2007 People's Daily website article, "Bush Should Reflect Deeply," in which he criticized the President's handling of the Iraq war. Minister Ye told the Ambassador that the Communist P [...]
2008-02-04 12:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING4145ASEM IN CHINA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, CLIMATE
[...] (C) The seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, in Beijing October 24-25, focused on the current global financial crisis but also covered climate change, Iran, the DPRK and Burma. ASEM leaders reached consensus on increasing regulation and transparency in global financial markets, as well [...]
2008-11-06 06:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD GM RU AF KN BM IR CH
08BEIJING4147PRC-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION: CHINA WILL ABIDE
[...] (C) The United States need not be concerned about China-Pakistan civilian nuclear cooperation, because China will "strictly abide" by obligations and commitments it has made to the international community, MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming tol [...]
2008-11-06 07:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC PGOV AORC ECON CH PK
08BEIJING4152A/S SHANNON LEADS U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) China views Latin America as a stable region with great economic potential, MFA Latin American Affairs Department Director General Yang Wanming told Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon during the U.S.-China Latin America Subdialogue in Beijing on October 16 [...]
2008-11-06 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD CH XL XM
08BEIJING4153CROSS-STRAIT TALKS: CONTACTS PROVIDE UPBEAT
[...] (C) Embassy contacts provided an upbeat initial assessment of the ongoing visit to Taiwan by Chen Yunlin, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),noting that the agreements signed with Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) on November 4 represent comple [...]
2008-11-06 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
08BEIJING4154U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: PRC LEADERS SEND
[...] (C) Chinese media coverage of the U.S. presidential election on November 5 and 6 was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting congratulatory messages from PRC President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao and predicting continued progress in U.S.-China bilateral relations. In their messages to Pres [...]
2008-11-06 11:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL CH
08BEIJING415511/6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. ELECTION/WHITE HOUSE
[...] Key points at the November 6 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's leaders have congratulated President-elect Obama on his victory and China will work to help ensure smooth bilateral relations during the transition to the next administration. -- Taiwan is the most sensitive of th [...]
2008-11-06 23:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PHUM KIPR KS KN BM RU BG IN
08BEIJING416CHINA WILL CONSIDER OUR REQUEST TO PRESS FOR AN
[...] (C) At the end of a February 4 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi on Taiwan (septel),the Ambassador drew upon reftel points to urge the PRC to press the Sudanese Government to end its support of rebel groups in neighboring Chad. AFM Liu responded that the PRC Government takes t [...]
2008-02-04 23:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH CD SU
08BEIJING4163CHINA ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE IRAN, BURMA AND DPRK
[...] (C) PolOff on November 7 delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun ref A points urging China to support or at least to abstain on UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DPRK. PolOff stressed that [...]
2008-11-07 08:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
08BEIJING4168TIBET TALKS CONCLUDE; OBSERVERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) The most recent round of talks between representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Communist Party's United Front Work Department (UFWD) ended on November 5, with Embassy contacts unanimously predicting the discussions will fail to achieve measurable progress. The precise content of this lat [...]
2008-11-07 09:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN
08BEIJING4178CHINA ANNOUNCES STIMULUS PLAN AHEAD OF G-20 SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the G-20 summit China's leadership on Sunday took the unusual step of endorsing a long-anticipated stimulus package before its annual economic work conference later this month. The plan emphasizes infrastructure spending, but also includes targeted tax reductions, [...]
2008-11-11 22:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KPAO PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING4192FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN DEMARCHE; NO NEW INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Chinese MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Deputy Director Cao Jing offered no substantive response to U.S. views on the objectives and functions of the Friends of Pakistan (FOP) group (ref A). Cao said China will be represented at the next FOP meeting in Abu [...]
2008-11-12 08:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM ENRG ECON EAID CH PK
08BEIJING4193OVER 800 CHINESE SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AT ELECTION EVENT
[...] Summary: Embassy Beijing's U.S. Election Watch Event provided a variety of educational activities for over 800 Chinese students, academics, government employees, media representatives and business leaders. Guests stayed for hours, and emotions ran high as our Chinese guests contemplated the l [...]
2008-11-12 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP PHUM CH
08BEIJING4195MEDIA REACTION: CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA "A naturally occurring strategic promotion of relationships" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (11/11): "In the past month, the relationship between China and Latin American countries has greatly improved. Eviden [...]
2008-11-12 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4196TIBET: DCM URGES CHINESE FLEXIBILITY
[...] (C) The United States is concerned by the lack of progress in talks between the Dalai Lama's representatives and Chinese authorities and urges China to take a more flexible approach to achieve concrete results, DCM told United Front Work Department (UFWD) Vice Minister Si Ta on November 12. S [...]
2008-11-12 10:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH IN
08BEIJING4198AMBASSADOR HOLMERQS NOVEMBER 7 MEETINGS IN BEIJING
[...] (SBU) Summary. In November 7 meetings in Beijing, Chairman Liu He of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economics asked Ambassador Alan Holmer to convey ChinaQs support for the upcoming global financial summit and for measures taken individually and collectively by G-20 members. He rev [...]
2008-11-12 11:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4205MEDIA REACTION: G-20 SUMMIT, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] G20 SUMMIT "G20 summit shows an equal, mutually beneficial and win-win relationship" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao) (11/13): "Both developed and developing countries have high expectations in the upcoming G20 summit. Since its establishment, the G [...]
2008-11-13 08:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4208NOVEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: G-20 SUMMIT, SIX-PARTY
[...] Key points at the November 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the upcoming G20 Financial Summit will "send the positive message that countries are united." -- China had taken note of North Korea's comments that it will not allow sampling of its nuclear sites, but hopes the [...]
2008-11-13 22:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN KS KN BG IN TW CH
08BEIJING4222ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT DISCUSSED DURING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Beijing on October 26-30 (after stops in Chengdu and Shanghai),Congressional-Executive Committee on China (CECC) members Jonathan Stivers (Senior China Advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) and Gerry Waldron (Staff Director and Chief Counsel, House Select Comm [...]
2008-11-14 06:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENGRD EAID CH
08BEIJING4223HIGHLIGHTS OF WORKSHOP ON SIX-PARTY TALKS
[...] (C) Participants in an October 24 mixed government-academic-think tank workshop in Beijing on the Six-Party Talks generally viewed the Six-Party Talks as a useful mechanism to solve the nuclear issue, although some criticized North Korea-specific agreements that appear to be at odds with inter [...]
2008-11-14 06:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC KN CH KS
08BEIJING4226MEDIA REACTION: G-20 SUMMIT, AMERICA
[...] G20 SUMMIT "Role of a stakeholder" The official English-language newspaper China Daily China Daily (Daily, circ 200,000):"The participating countries have competing agendas. The host country is awaiting a leadership transfer. It would be unrealistic to expect the G20 Summit in Washington D [...]
2008-11-14 08:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4227LIMMT PROLIFERATION ACTIVITY: NONPAPER DELIVERED
[...] (S) PolOff passed ref A nonpaper urging the Chinese Government to stop PRC company LIMMT's Iranian missile-related proliferation activities to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Division Director Zhang Junan on November 14. Director Zhang offered no s [...]
2008-11-14 08:43:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING4230CHINA MAKES PERMANENT THE LIMITED,
[...] (C) Foreign correspondent and Chinese media contacts praised the October 17 announcement that the temporary, Olympics-related, relaxed rules governing foreign journalists were made permanent, though several interlocutors noted China remains a difficult place to work for reporters of all nation [...]
2008-11-14 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PROP KOLY CH
08BEIJING4231TIBET COMMUNIST PARTY FOUNDER DECRIES REJECTION OF
[...] (C) Phuntsok Wangyal (protect),the founder of the Tibetan Communist Party, decried the lack of progress in talks between Chinese officials and envoys of the Dalai Lama in a November 7 meeting with PolOff. The Chinese government, he argued, should not be so quick to denounce Tibetan proposals [...]
2008-11-14 10:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH IN
08BEIJING4240CHINA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT 2009
[...] (U) China has made progress since April 2008 in combating human trafficking. The implementation of the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Women and Children (2008-2012),led by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in coordination with 28 other agencies, underscores Chi [...]
2008-11-17 07:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
08BEIJING4245MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4250DATA EXCHANGE ISSUE DISCUSSED AT NOAA-SOA MARINE SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings at the margins of the World Ocean Week and U.S.-China Marine Science Forum in Xiamen November 7-10, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Assistant Administrator for Research Dr. Richard Spinrad raised with State Oceanic Administration (SOA) Depu [...]
2008-11-18 08:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL SENV TSPA PGOV PREL MARR CH
08BEIJING4251MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S THREAT, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] CHINA'S THREAT "China has constructed an aircraft carrier; the story heats up" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/18): "Recently the director of the Foreign Affair's Office of China's Ministry of National Defense indicated that the [...]
2008-11-18 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4252NOVEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TIBET,
[...] Key points at the November 18 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States should lift recently announced restrictions on Chinese imports "sooner rather than later." -- China hopes the United States will "retain" the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in the next administration. [...]
2008-11-18 09:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN IN TW CH RS CU PE CO SO
08BEIJING4253CHINA'S GROWING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LATIN
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao,s November 16-20 visit to Latin America, which includes stops in Peru for the APEC summit, Costa Rica, and Cuba, is intended to strengthen China,s rapidly growing economic relations with the region, according to Embassy contacts. To spur further trade [...]
2008-11-18 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALBR CN CS CU ECON ETRD MX PE PREL XM EINV
08BEIJING4254CHINA WARNED ON HARASSMENT OF U.S. NAVY VESSELS
[...] (C) PolOff and Naval Attache delivered ref A demarche and nonpaper warning China to cease harassment of U.S. Navy vessels in China's EEZ to MFA Treaty and Law Department Oceans and Law of the Sea Division Director Yang Li on November 18. 2. (C) Yang responded that China "cannot accept the b [...]
2008-11-18 10:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH
08BEIJING4261PRC: DEMARCHE ON BURMESE JUNTA'S CRACKDOWN
[...] (C) On November 18, PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Asian Affairs Department Burma Desk Officer Wang Hongsun. Poloff made the point that China should use its influence with the Burmese regime to achieve results on the release of political prisoners and progress towards a meaningful dialo [...]
2008-11-19 09:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
08BEIJING4278MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4279TIBET: PARAMILITARY PRESENCE IN LHASA NOTED BY
[...] (C) A Japanese diplomat who visited Lhasa October 30-November 4 reported that People's Armed Police (PAP) troops continue to patrol the Tibetan quarter of the city, with rooftop lookouts posted around the Jokhang Temple. The diplomat also saw PAP troops inside the Potala Palace. In Lhasa for [...]
2008-11-20 10:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH JP
08BEIJING4280NOVEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TAIWAN,
[...] Key points at the November 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has "already established" a "full export inspection system," and products found to be below standard will not be exported. -- China hopes that the two sides will continue to "show mutual respect, accommodate each oth [...]
2008-11-20 23:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM TW CH RS PE
08BEIJING4281PRC-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE COVERS IRAN, SUDAN,
[...] (C) In the first China-Egypt Strategic Dialogue, led by Foreign Ministers Yang Jiechi and Aboul Gheit, Egypt pressed China to take a more "comprehensive" approach in its Middle East policy and to avoid viewing topics like the Middle East Peace Process and the Iranian nuclear issue as isolated [...]
2008-11-21 01:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER AORC UN CH EG SU IR
08BEIJING4289CHINA ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (C) PolOff on November 21 conveyed to MFA reftel points urging China to oppose UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China would consider the U.S. views but noted that China has in th [...]
2008-11-21 08:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY CH
08BEIJING4290MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. DIPLOMACY
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "China prepares for the world's economic winter" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/21): "Recently, the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security denied the rumor of massive lay-offs and migrant worker [...]
2008-11-21 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4292SUSPENSION OF "PRO-CHINA" REPORTER AT GERMAN
[...] (C) The suspension of a Chinese journalist from the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle, allegedly for making public statements in defense of PRC policies, has been covered extensively by the Chinese official media amid charges of Western "hypocrisy" regarding press freedom (refs A, B). L [...]
2008-11-21 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPROP PHUM PGOV PREL CH GM
08BEIJING4293HOW TO ADDRESS CHINA'S DRAFT POSTAL LAW RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: China's recent release of its draft revised postal law confirmed the pre-release concerns of the global express delivery industry, including U.S. companies FedEx and UPS. If enacted, the law would exclude foreign express delivery companies from domestic docume [...]
2008-11-24 02:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON WTRO ETRD EAIR CH
08BEIJING4297IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE: CHINA AGAIN
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed ref A and B points and nonpaper urging China not to participate in the November 30 nuclear conference in Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Dai Huaicheng on November 24. Dai provided no substantive reply. (Note: MFA Arms [...]
2008-11-24 09:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC MNUC TRGY PARM KNNP CH IR
08BEIJING4298MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. DIPLOMACY, US-CHINA
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "China purchases American bonds to test American sincerity" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/24): "The most recent numbers have shown that China has become the biggest lender to the United States, exceeding Japan. [...]
2008-11-24 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4301DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT -
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the International Department, Ministry of Finance (MOF),the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),and the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Forei [...]
2008-11-24 09:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PREL UN CH
08BEIJING4304CHINA CONCERNED OVER FUTURE TEXTILE PROTECTIONISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 23:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTEX EIND CH
08BEIJING4307CHINA RESPONDS TO U.S. TRADE CONCERNS OVER STEEL AND YELLOW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 01:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ETRD EIND CH
08BEIJING4324MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, TAIWAN, CHINA'S RISE
[...] U.S. DIPLOMACY "Obama is not focused on China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/25): "An American expert has said that in the U.S., China studies programs are far less emphasized than studies concerning Europe, Russia, and the Mid [...]
2008-11-25 09:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4325EAP DAS ARVIZU DISCUSSES PRC TIES WITH NORTHEAST
[...] (C) ROK Deputy Chief of Mission Lee Hyun-ju told EAP DAS Alex Arvizu that China and the DPRK have a "traditional and neighborly" relationship, but observed that contact between Chinese and North Korean mid- and low-level military officers and officials is rare. The ROK Government has made repe [...]
2008-11-25 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC KN CH KS JP
08BEIJING4326REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR PRC ATTENDEES AT
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Chinese Defense Attache's Office in Washington, D.C., who have been nominated by the U.S. Special Operations Command for participation in the Sovereign Challenge Conference, pursuant to the Leahy Amend [...]
2008-11-25 10:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING4327CHINA'S ECONOMY: HOPING FOR THE BEST IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials and businesspeople in Western China's Xinjiang and Ningxia minority autonomous regions do not yet see a large impact from the slowing economy, and although they are concerned, some are also hopeful that their unique development circumstances may provide some [...]
2008-11-25 10:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL ZK CH
08BEIJING4328PRC TAIWAN WATCHERS PRAISE ARATS-SEF MEETINGS,
[...] (C) Beijing's Taiwan watchers called Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin's November 3-7 meetings in Taipei "historic," and not just for superficial reasons. They highlighted Beijing's significant steps, including implementing economic measures advan [...]
2008-11-25 11:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV APEC CH TW
08BEIJING4329NOVEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the November 25 MFA press briefing: -- China will host the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) December 4-5 and hopes the meeting will lay the "building blocks for enduring cooperation." -- China has proposed to host the next round of Six-Party Talks on December 8 an [...]
2008-11-25 23:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN TW CH RS PE
08BEIJING4330U.S. DOL SECRETARY CHAO ATTENDS WORK SAFETY FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 00:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND CH
08BEIJING4332COMBATING LAND DEGRADATION IN CHINA: A LOOK AT THE PRC-GEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An International Workshop on "Integrated Ecosystems Management (IEM): Approaches and Applications" was held in Beijing (Nov. 6-7) under the auspices of China's Ministry of Finance, the State Forestry Administration of China, the Asian Development Bank, and the Global Environmen [...]
2008-11-26 00:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENGRD EAID CH
08BEIJING4347Strengthening China's Anti-trafficking Legal Framework
[...] (SBU) Participants from the Chinese Government and key non-governmental agencies agreed at a recent symposium that China must improve its efforts to combat human trafficking. Attendees discussed in detail whether China's existing laws could be modified to address trafficking better. Despite s [...]
2008-11-26 07:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KWMN KCRM KJUS CH
08BEIJING4350MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "Why does the U.S. save banks and discard cars?" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/26): "The U.S. Federal Government has agreed to rescue Citibank which is nearing bankruptcy. The nature of this move makes all the [...]
2008-11-26 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4352BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON HUMAN
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing November 14, German Ambassador Michael Schaeffer reported that Germany's recently restarted human rights dialogue with China was constructive and included a visit to minority villages in Yunnan Province. The Germans have held a series o [...]
2008-11-26 11:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON SENV CH FR JA GM
08BEIJING4353CHINA CONSIDERING ATTENDANCE AT PAKISTAN DONOR
[...] (C) Chinese MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Attache Xing Wei offered no substantive response to U.S. views on the proposed December 16 donor conference in support of Pakistan (ref A). Xing told PolOff November 26 that the Chinese had learned of the conference at [...]
2008-11-26 11:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN IBRD IMF CH PK
08BEIJING4354CHINA DISMISSES TIBET EXILE CONFERENCE, CONTACTS
[...] (C) Following last week's Tibet exiles conference in Dharamsala, Han Chinese contacts provided PolOffs with a pessimistic perspective on the environment for China's talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives, observing that Tibet is "not a priority" for Beijing and noting that the PRC has suc [...]
2008-11-26 11:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN
08BEIJING4355PRC: EAP DAS ARVIZU DISCUSSES REGIONAL
[...] (C) MFA's Policy Planning Department Deputy Director-General Le Yucheng told EAP DAS Alex Arvizu that, despite serious economic and political risks in the East Asia region, the development of multilateral arrangements continues to move forward. DDG Le noted progress in the Six-Party process b [...]
2008-11-26 11:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON MNUC KN CH KS JP
08BEIJING4356LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR CHINA-EU SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. EU and Chinese contacts expect little concrete progress from the December 1 China-EU Summit in Brussels, with no progress on the arms embargo or market economy status. Some minor agreements on IPR and food safety are anticipated, and the financial crisis will be addressed in a si [...]
2008-11-28 02:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCN ECON ETRD EU PREL
08BEIJING4370MEDIA REACTION: STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, U.S.
[...] STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE "The U.S.-China SED upgraded to premier-level" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(12/01): "The Japanese media recently reported that the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue may be b [...]
2008-12-01 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4372CHINA POSTPONES SUMMIT WITH EU OVER DALAI LAMA
[...] (C) China has postponed the EU-China Summit slated for December 1 in Lyon, France indefinitely, the EU announced November 27. An EU spokesman said that China blames European heads of state meetings with the Dalai Lama for the decision, while the Chinese specifically blame the French leadership [...]
2008-12-01 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KIRF FR XG CH
08BEIJING4373CHINA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY
[...] (C) PolOff on December 1 conveyed to MFA reftel points on deepening cooperation on countering piracy in the Horn of Africa region. International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China has been a victim of piracy in the Horn of Africa re [...]
2008-12-01 10:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4375CHANGING PRC VIEWS OF "OVERSEAS CHINESE"
[...] (C) The Chinese Government claims 30-50 million "overseas Chinese" lend it political support by opposing Taiwan independence and supporting China on "patriotic issues." This past summer, PRC officials praised ethnic Chinese counter-demonstrators at Olympic Torch Run protests abroad as examples [...]
2008-12-02 01:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG EINV SCUL CH TW
08BEIJING4394China reluctant to engage on EITI
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Post delivered background paper in reftel demarche by fax to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Affairs Division, the National Energy Administration (NEA) International Cooperation Division, and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MOLAR) International Coop [...]
2008-12-02 05:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ENRG EPET EMIN KCOR CH CA AS
08BEIJING4402CHINA/ECONOMY: DETERIORATION WAS SURPISING,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese financial officials and foreign economists and bankers told Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner that recent deterioration in ChinaQs real economy was much faster than they had expected. However, most were confident that the government would inject sufficien [...]
2008-12-02 06:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4406MEDIA REACTION: SED, MUMBAI ATTACKS, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] SED "U.S. - China SED has room for an upgrade" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao)(12/02): "This year's SED differs greatly in its background from the previous. One obvious difference is the degree of the U.S. financial crisis and how the crisis has in [...]
2008-12-02 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4407CHINA BRACING FOR DECLINING EMPLOYMENT IN EXPORT SECTOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China?s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) has announced that China does not yet face a ?wave of layoffs? as a result of the global financial crisis, but that a ?grim employment situation? could develop in 2009. Labor Economist Wang Dewen told Laboff t [...]
2008-12-02 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB CH
08BEIJING4410DECEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, SED,
[...] Key points at the December 2 MFA press briefing: -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's "insistence on disregarding Chinese concerns" regarding the Dalai Lama is "affecting relations" between China and the European Union. -- China expects the upcoming round of the Strategic Economic Dialogu [...]
2008-12-02 23:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON EFIN TW CH FR KS IN TH
08BEIJING4429REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: POST BLAST
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Tianjin and Hubei Public Security Bureaus, who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these [...]
2008-12-04 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING4432MEDIA REACTION: THAILAND, FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. GOVERNMENT
[...] THAILAND "Thai situation still confused" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (12/03): "Thailand's constitutional court recently announced the immediate dissolution of three political parties. Analysts think that even if the Thai military takes abnormal measures to s [...]
2008-12-04 09:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4441MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIAOLOGUE
[...] TAIWAN a. "The inside story about the ceasing of the U.S.-China military exchanges" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(12/04): "China has canceled its military exchanges with the U.S. in order to protest the U.S [...]
2008-12-04 09:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4442DECEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA AND FRANCE, INDIA
[...] Key points at the December 4 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes to "repair" its relationship with France, but urges France to "take seriously the feelings of the Chinese people" with regard to the planned meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama. -- Both India an [...]
2008-12-04 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PARM ECON EFIN ETRD CH FR IN PK SU
08BEIJING4452UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY URGES CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) In a December 4 meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on the margins of the Strategic Economic Dialogue, Under Secretary Jeffery strongly urged China to support the designation of four Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leaders under UNSCR 1267, particularly in light of the Mumbai terror atta [...]
2008-12-05 08:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CH IN PK
08BEIJING4453U/S JEFFERY AND SCIO AGREE TO FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery, III met with State Council Information Office Vice Minister Cai Mingzhao on December 3 to discuss China's Internet administration and information access policies. The two hailed the success of industry cooperation in the U.S.-China Internet Summi [...]
2008-12-05 08:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING4455MEDIA REACTION: TIBET, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] TIBET "China warns Sarkozy again" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/05): "The Chinese government has made it's stand known concerning the French President's meeting with the Dalai Lama. China - Europe relations are undergoing a sev [...]
2008-12-05 08:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4456TAO HAILS ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF ARATS VISIT TO
[...] (C) The four agreements signed during the early November visit to Taiwan by Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) President Chen Yunlin will significantly benefit Taiwan's economy, according to officials from the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO). In the next roun [...]
2008-12-05 09:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AORC CH TW
08BEIJING4457CHINA/G-20/PAKISTAN: CHINA URGES WIDER SCOPE
[...] (SBU) China believes a United Kingdom-drafted paper on follow-up taskings to finance ministers from the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, in advance of the next G-20 summit, does not adequately address the political dimensions of the financial crisis, Chinese Vice [...]
2008-12-05 14:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID IBRD IMF KPAO PREL PGOV
08BEIJING4458CHINA/G-20/PAKISTAN: CHINA URGES WIDER SCOPE
[...] (SBU) China believes a United Kingdom-drafted paper on follow-up taskings to finance ministers from the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, in advance of the next G-20 summit, does not adequately address the political dimensions of the financial crisis, Chinese Vice [...]
2008-12-06 03:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID IBRD IMF KPAO PREL PGOV
08BEIJING4467MEDIA REACTION: TIBET, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] TIBET a. "Sarkozy provokes France-China storm" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/08): "The World's media is feeling the storm in the China-France diplomatic feud. Public opinion suggests that China will take actions in order to san [...]
2008-12-08 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4468CHINA ASKED TO CONSENT TO AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points and nonpaper requesting Chinese consensus on an amendment to Part 1 of the NSG Nuclear Guidelines on control of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Dai Huaicheng on [...]
2008-12-08 09:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP TRGY CH
08BEIJING4475PRC SCHOLARS CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN REACTION
[...] (C) PRC South Asia scholars have expressed concern to us that retaliation by India against Pakistan for the recent Mumbai terror attacks would create instability in the region and significantly hamper U.S. counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan and along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. In [...]
2008-12-09 08:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CH PK IN AF
08BEIJING4478MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Obama can gain much from friendly China ties" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (12/09): "In the past, it was common for a new U.S. president to go for a confrontation with China early in his tenure and then pursue reconciliation and cooperation as t [...]
2008-12-09 09:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4479PRC SCHOLARS SAY XINJIANG SECURITY IS TOP PRIORITY
[...] (C) Summary: China seeks to improve political and economic relations with Central Asia primarily to ensure PRC domestic security, especially in the restive Xinjiang region given deep cultural and religious links between China's western ethnic minorities and Central Asia, according to PRC scho [...]
2008-12-09 11:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS CH ZK
08BEIJING4480PRC-UZBEKISTAN: BEIJING FOCUSED ON CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: An Uzbek diplomat based in China reported that one PRC goal in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is for SCO members to cooperate on immediate dangers like transnational terrorist groups, such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HT),which China believes are a direct threat to security in [...]
2008-12-09 11:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER UZ CH
08BEIJING4481 HAS CHINA CHANGED ITS EXCHANGE RATE POLICY?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since December 1, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) has depreciated 0.7 percent against the USD, generating speculation that the government has altered itQs longstanding policy of gradual appreciation. Senior economic and financial leaders, however, continue to maintain that policy h [...]
2008-12-09 23:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4488MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
[...] CHINA "Don't assume that the era of China has come" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (12/10): "China is relatively less affected by the financial crisis. The reason for this is not because China is more capable than other countries b [...]
2008-12-10 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4489CHINESE MFA URGED TO RELEASE 1267 HOLDS BY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 09:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN AORC UN PK CH
08BEIJING4493HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DINNER: "08 CHARTER" SIGNATORIES
[...] (C) To commemorate Human Rights Day and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),the Charge hosted a December 9 dinner for four leading Chinese human rights lawyers and activists. Two of the guests were signatories to the "08 Charter," a manifesto calling for [...]
2008-12-10 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING4495Coal Bed and Coal Mine Methane (CBM/CMM) in China:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A two-day international symposium and follow-on workshop on coal bed/coal mine methane (CBM/CMM) and carbon trade in China was held December 4-5, 2008, in Beijing. Both the symposium and workshop stressed progress made in existing CBM/CMM projects, the opportunity for future p [...]
2008-12-11 01:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG CH
08BEIJING4496 MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN CHINA: GOVERNMENT INERTIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing numbers of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in China are challenging the ability of government and NGO health officials to provide adequate TB patient care. Nongovernmental health organizations, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)- also known as "Docto [...]
2008-12-11 05:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ETRD CH
08BEIJING4500LOCAL CADRE VOICES FRUSTRATIONS WITH GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 06:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CH
08BEIJING4501HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DINNER, PART TWO: ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) At a December 9 dinner in commemoration of Human Rights Day and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),four leading Chinese human rights lawyers and activists discussed China's human rights situation, identifying the lack of an independent judiciary, the [...]
2008-12-11 07:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF PINR CH
08BEIJING4506 MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN CHINA: GOVERNMENT INERTIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing numbers of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in China are challenging the ability of government and NGO health officials to provide adequate TB patient care. Nongovernmental health organizations, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)- also known as "Docto [...]
2008-12-11 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ETRD CH
08BEIJING4507MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POWER TRANSITION, GLOBAL TRADE,
[...] U.S. POWER TRANSITION "U.S. diplomacy steps onto the middle road" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (12/11): "There are doubts about various assignment by newly-elected President Obama. The members that Obama has selected for the new administration are experienced, [...]
2008-12-11 09:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4509DECEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TORTURE IN
[...] Key points at the December 11 MFA press briefing: -- The Six-Party Talks Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting is still ongoing, as the parties are "discussing and deciding" formalities in bilateral sessions as well as plenary sessions. -- China has "taken note" of a recent Free Tibet report cl [...]
2008-12-11 23:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS
08BEIJING4520CHINA NEEDS TIME TO STUDY HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY
[...] (C) PolOff on December 11 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A points inviting China's participation as a founding member in a new Contact Group (CG) on piracy off the Horn of Africa. Shen recalled that In [...]
2008-12-12 07:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4522CHINESE BLOGGERS COMPLAIN ABOUT CENSORSHIP,
[...] (C) Government control and censorship of the Internet are the key problems facing Chinese netizens, according to participants at the fourth annual China Blogger Conference held in Guangzhou November 15-16. Conference attendees complained of officials paying bloggers to post pro- government op [...]
2008-12-12 08:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH
08BEIJING4523CHINA WILL NOT ASSIST WITH SYRIA NUCLEAR PLANT
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points and nonpaper requesting that China not assist Syria in implementing its technical cooperation project for a nuclear power plant feasibility study to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Dai Huaicheng on December 12. Dai [...]
2008-12-12 08:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP TRGY IAEA CH SY
08BEIJING4525MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "The U.S. voices 'emphasizing China' have suddenly increased" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/12): "The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued its last review on foreign exchange rate policy before the [...]
2008-12-12 10:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4526PRC/IRAN: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES CHINA-IRAN ENERGY
[...] (C) EEB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Douglas Hengel, met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy DirecQ General Wu Haitao and Sinopec International Affairs Director General Tang Suxin on December 5 to discuss Chinese energy companies' activities in Iran. DDG [...]
2008-12-12 10:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER ECON EPET EINV MNUC POL
08BEIJING4527CHINA SUPREME COURT JUDGE REPORTED -
[...] (SBU) According to one local media report, China Supreme People's Court (SPC) IP Judge Kong Xiangjun on December 10 said the SPC is studying "how to adjust patent, trademark and other IP judicial policies" to mitigate the effect of the global financial crisis on China's economy, and might int [...]
2008-12-12 13:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING4530DEMARCHE TO G20 NATIONS ON REJECTING PROTECTIONISM
[...] (SBU) Treasury Secretary Paulson, USTR Schwab, Assistant to the President Daniel Price, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sullivan and other senior U.S. Government officials delivered reftel demarche talking points throughout the course of the December 4-5 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in Beiji [...]
2008-12-15 00:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD CH
08BEIJING4540MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, GREECE
[...] U.S. DIOPLOMACY a. "Obama doesn't love Japan and doesn't necessarily love China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (12/15): "During the American transition, the Chinese and Japanese media are usually very enthusiastic in discussing wh [...]
2008-12-15 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4542CHINA ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS UNSCR
[...] (C) With appropriate Chinese Government contacts at the Charge's level having already departed Beijing for Washington to participate in the visit of State Councilor Dai Bingguo, PolOff on December 14 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division [...]
2008-12-15 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV UNSC CH
08BEIJING4544CHINA ON UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE
[...] (C) PolOff on December 15 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Specialized UN Agencies Division Deputy Director Luo Xiaobo and Ministry of Education UNESCO Affairs Office Program Officer Ge Siying reftel points informing China of U.S. concerns over the candida [...]
2008-12-15 23:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO CH
08BEIJING4549CHINA/ECONOMY/CURRENCY: CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting Fed Governor Warsh, Chinese researchers and bankers expressed concern that the U.S. economic downturn would become a protracted recession. They worried about the impact on ChinaQs economy, and expected problems such as rent-seeking and corruption to sp [...]
2008-12-16 04:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4550MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. ELECTION, IRAQ
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The trap in the 'U.S.-China marriage'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/16): "American scholars have brought up two new concepts, the 'G2', the U.S.-China two-country group and 'Chimerica.' These concepts are [...]
2008-12-16 09:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4553CHINA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY
[...] (C) PolOff and Naval Attache on December 16 discussed the possibility of China sending a PLA naval vessel off the Horn of Africa to combat piracy with PLA Academy of Military Science Department of Strategic Studies Senior Fellow and Senior Colonel Chen Zhou and PLA National Defense University [...]
2008-12-16 09:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4554HUMAN RIGHTS: PASTOR ZHANG MINGXUAN'S NOVEMBER 28
[...] (C) The head of the Chinese House Church Alliance (CHCA),Pastor Zhang Mingxuan, told PolOff that authorities in his hometown of Nanyang City, Henan Province, detained him for several hours on November 28 for questioning and to inform him that CHCA had been "abolished." Zhang said he did not [...]
2008-12-16 11:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING4555DECEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DETENTION
[...] Key points at the December 16 MFA press briefing: -- China believes the Six-Party Talks is a "process," with the major task being implementing the second phase of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a "comprehensive manner." All six parties "agreed verification was necessary," but th [...]
2008-12-16 23:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM PHUM ECON EFIN EAIR CH FR PL JA KS
08BEIJING4569PRC/IRAN: CNOOC-IRAN COOPERATION IN PRELIMINARY
[...] (C) In a discussion with Economic Minister-Counselor, CNOOC's External Affairs Section Director Lu Xiaofeng emphasized that CNOOC's cooperation with Iran is driven by commercial interests and stressed that CNOOC has no intention of becoming entwined in political issues. He reiterated that CNOO [...]
2008-12-17 09:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
08BEIJING4571MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. DIPLOMACY
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "China can only win respect by defeating the crisis" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/17): "Over the last 30 years, China has developed better than other countries. Therefore, China is not supposed to fail in othe [...]
2008-12-17 09:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4572IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267,
[...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...]
2008-12-17 09:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH
08BEIJING4573CHINA ON SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR
[...] (C) PolOff on December 11 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel points urging China to make a generous contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and to press UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to [...]
2008-12-17 10:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC EUN LE SY CH
08BEIJING457430TH ANNIVERSARY OF REFORM CELEBRATION TO AFFIRM
[...] (C) China's Communist Party leadership is set to commemorate the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening policies on December 18 by lauding the Chinese "economic miracle" and affirming the legitimacy of the present leadership as heir to former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping's mantle, ac [...]
2008-12-17 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
08BEIJING4575A NORTHEAST ASIAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: BEIJING
[...] (C) Summary: While the Six-Party Talks might eventually evolve into a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),most experts in Beijing believe a NEAPSM will only be possible after complete denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and the United States and Japan normalize diplomat [...]
2008-12-18 00:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH JA KS
08BEIJING4588MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS,
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "The self-saving ability of the U.S. should not be underestimated" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/17): "Many people say that the U.S. is declining because of the financial crisis. However, the U.S. is showing it [...]
2008-12-18 08:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4589CHINA: ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
[...] (U) Experts and international organizations claim violence against women in China is a growing problem, and that society often considers it a private, family matter rather than a human rights issue. To address the problem, the Chinese Government is using a range of legal tools, as well as publ [...]
2008-12-18 09:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM CH
08BEIJING4592DECEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SOMALI PIRACY, HU JIA, 30TH
[...] Key points at the December 18 MFA press briefing: -- China has begun preparations to send naval vessels to the Gulf of Aden. -- China "expresses sincere thanks" to the Malaysian Government for its assistance in the rescue of the Chinese ship captured by pirates on December 17. -- China [...]
2008-12-18 09:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EWWT CH MY XG
08BEIJING4593XINJIANG'S PARAMILITARY AGRICULTURALISTS: A VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Xinjiang Construction and Production Corps (XJCPC) is a massive industrial and agricultural conglomerate operation in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The XJCPC, divided into state-run farming and industrial units, employs over 10 percent of Xinjiang's populat [...]
2008-12-18 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF ECON EAGR CH
08BEIJING4599DELIVERY OF LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (S) On December 17, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Organizations official, Mr. Zhang Yaojun, as it relates to actions leveraged by the United Nations. Zhang expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass [...]
2008-12-19 01:11:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL EFIN KNNP
08BEIJING4600DELIVERY OF UNION OF GOOD TERRORISM FINANCE
[...] (SBU) On December 18, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of External Security Affairs, Mr. Wu Shifan, as it relates to bilateral counterterrorism efforts. We expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass the information on [...]
2008-12-19 01:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
08BEIJING4602CHINA/EITI: SUPPORTIVE IN PRINCIPLE, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a discussion with EEB DAS Douglas Hengel in Beijing, a Foreign Ministry official said the objectives of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) are consistent with China's efforts to promote corporate social responsibility. He welcomed inviting China's Nati [...]
2008-12-19 03:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KCOR CH
08BEIJING4603IEA/CHINA: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES IEA, BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese energy experts and government officials explained their views on bilateral energy cooperation and China?s engagement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) with EEB DAS Douglas Hengel December 3-5. On bilateral energy cooperation, National Energy Administration Int [...]
2008-12-19 03:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EMIN SENV CH
08BEIJING4608MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 09:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4609ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PASSED TO CHINA ON
[...] (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, EAP/CM Director shared ref A points providing additional information to China to use in investigating the supply of aluminum plates to an entity associated with Iran's cruise missile program with MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department [...]
2008-12-19 09:33:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCR ETTC IR CH
08BEIJING4610CHINA ASKED TO FOLLOW-UP ON EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN'S
[...] (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, visiting EAP/CM Director shared ref A points requesting an update of China's investigation into Chinese entities' attempts to supply ring-rolling and flow-forming machines to Pakistan's missile program with MFA North America and Oceania Affairs [...]
2008-12-19 09:38:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCR ETTC KSCA CH PK
08BEIJING4611Korea-China BIT Talks Stall Over Pre-Establishment
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, Korean Embassy officials told Econoff that China and Korea continued to discuss in two forums the prospects for strong bilateral and trilateral (with Japan) investment agreements after signing a more limited "Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement" [...]
2008-12-19 09:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH
08BEIJING4612Canada-China BIT Talks Slowed by U.S.-China Negotiations
[...] (C) Summary: Twice this week, separate Canadian Embassy officials approached Embassy to express Canada's concern that China is holding off on making concessions in long-running bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations with Canada on topics that China expects to surface in the U.S.-China [...]
2008-12-19 10:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH
08BEIJING4614CHINA/ENERGY: CHINA CUTS FUEL PRICES
[...] (SBU) The Chinese government announced significant energy price cuts December 18, marking the first change in domestic fuel prices since international crude prices began to fall from their mid-summer peak. As of December 19, refinery gate prices for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel were re [...]
2008-12-21 23:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
08BEIJING4615CHINA/ENERGY: CHINA CUTS FUEL PRICES
[...] (SBU) The Chinese government announced significant energy price cuts December 18, marking the first change in domestic fuel prices since international crude prices began to fall from their mid-summer peak. As of December 19, refinery gate prices for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel were re [...]
2008-12-21 23:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
08BEIJING4623 MOFCOM Spills the Beans on "Industrial Security"
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a frank and spirited discussion October 28 with Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Investment Security Nova Daly and Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Investment Jonathan Kallmer, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Industrial Injury Investigation B [...]
2008-12-22 07:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV WTRO EFIN CH
08BEIJING4624MFA ON PLANNED PRC NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO COMBAT GULF
[...] (C) Summary: China intends to deploy two destroyers and a support vessel to the Gulf of Aden and waters off the Somali coast to combat piracy, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Zheng Zeguang informed the DCM on December 21. The ships plan to sail from China Decembe [...]
2008-12-22 08:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4625MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC CRISIS, CENTRAL ASIA
[...] ECONOMIC CRISIS a. "China should learn to deal with a high unemployment rate in order to develop" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/22): "The slowing economy has led factories to cut jobs. Joblessness in China is rising, prompting [...]
2008-12-22 08:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4626U.S-CHINA TRANSPORTATION FORUM AGREES TO BROAD BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China sees an opportunity in the current global financial crisis to develop transportation infrastructure, Ministry of Transportation (MOT) Vice Minister Weng Mengyong told U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials attending the Strategic Economic Dialogue's (SED) first U [...]
2008-12-22 09:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EWWT EAIR ETRD CVIS CH
08BEIJING4630REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK:
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Guangzhou Anti-Smuggling Bureau, who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals [...]
2008-12-22 11:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR CH
08BEIJING4631Ruby Trade in China: Opaque at Best
[...] (SBU) This is a preliminary response to REF A request for information on the ruby trade in China. SUMMARY: Burmese rubies apparently are entering China primarily via "walk across" trade at the Burma-China border as well as through other intermediaries, primarily Thailand. The ruby trade is [...]
2008-12-22 23:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN ECON EMIN PGOV PREL CN BM
08BEIJING4637COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL: U.S. EXPERTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 05:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH
08BEIJING4643MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, CHINA-EUROPE RELATIONS
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "Madoff won't be the last 'Cockroach'" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (12/23): "The 'Cockroach theory' states that one item of bad news means that there is sure to be more bad news to come. This scam is an indication that there is [...]
2008-12-23 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4644REFORM JOURNAL RESISTS PRESSURE TO FIRE CHIEF; HU
[...] (C) Party propaganda authorities have asked the president of a controversial pro-reform journal to step down, according to Embassy contacts and Western media, allegedly over recent articles about Zhao Ziyang, the late former Party chief who was ousted in the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen prot [...]
2008-12-23 09:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
08BEIJING4645NDRC RESPONDS TO U.S. CONCERNS ON POSTAL LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Embassy received on December 22 from the National Reform and Development Commission (NDRC) a faxed statement, dated December 18, responding to U.S. Government and private sector comments on the Revised Draft of the Postal Law. NDRC's statement avers that the exclusion of fo [...]
2008-12-23 10:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON WTRO ETRD EAIR CH
08BEIJING4646A LIVING BUDDHA SPEAKS: LIFE DIFFICULT AFTER LHASA
[...] (C) Life remains very difficult for Tibetans even as the March unrest fades into memory, according to a living Buddha at Lucang Monastery in Guinan, Qinghai Province (strictly protect). Although PRC authorities accused 128 Lucang monks of taking part in the March unrest, this living Buddha re [...]
2008-12-23 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING4665CHINA ECONOMY IN 2009: EIGHT PERCENT GDP GROWTH
[...] (C) Summary: World Bank, IMF, and ADB representatives in Beijing largely agree that China's economic performance will be very weak through at least the first quarter of 2009. While still forecasting 7.5-8.5 percent growth for all of 2009, all three concur that there are "big risks on the downs [...]
2008-12-24 07:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD CH
08BEIJING4666PRC TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES
[...] (C) State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Wang Yi praised the Bush Administration's "management" of U.S.-China relations, saying that China in particular "greatly appreciates" U.S. efforts to "restrain Taiwan independence" at a December 23 lunch with the Ambassador. Wang expressed [...]
2008-12-24 07:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING4667MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR WEAPON, CHINA'S NATIONAL DEFENCE
[...] NUCLEAR WEAPON "Are nuclear weapons still useful?" Peng Guangqian, a renowned analyst of nuclear and military strategy and one of the founders of Global Zero, expressed in the official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (12/24): "U.S. Defense Secre [...]
2008-12-24 07:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4668CHINA: DRAFT UNSCR ESTABLISHING UNPKO IN SOMALIA
[...] (C) PolOff on December 24 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel draft resolution proposing to establish a UN Peacekeeping Operation in Somalia. Shen had no immediate response. Randt [...]
2008-12-24 07:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SO ET CH
08BEIJING4669CHINA: INVITATIONS TO SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) PolOff on December 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A invitation to the January 13-14 meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy. PolOff on December 23 delivered the ref B invitation to a pre-me [...]
2008-12-24 07:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4670LIU XIAOBO'S WIFE COMPLAINS HUSBAND HELD
[...] (C) Liu Xia (protect),wife of detained rights activist Liu Xiaobo who was a key drafter of the "Charter 08" document calling for sweeping reforms in China (ref A),told PolOff December 23 that PRC authorities are detaining her husband "illegally" and that she has no channel for communicating [...]
2008-12-24 08:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SCUL CH
08BEIJING4671TOP CHINESE ECONOMIST ON ECONOMY, POLITICAL REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 22 dinner hosted by Ambassador Randt, Economic Leading Group Vice Minister Liu He said the Chinese leadership's top concern over China's economic slowdown is that it will spark instability in China's urban centers. Liu, one of the key economic advisors to the Party [...]
2008-12-24 08:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV CH
08BEIJING4679 ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN HITS CHINA'S TRANSPORT SECTOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's maritime transport and civil aviation sectors are beginning to show signs of stress from the global economic slowdown. After nearly 10 straight months of double digit growth this year, November port volumes were up just 2 percent over the previous year. Shipping compan [...]
2008-12-29 03:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT EAIR ETRD CH FR
08BEIJING4684REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate from the State Forestry Administration, Department of Forest Police, who has been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory infor [...]
2008-12-29 06:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM CH
08BEIJING4686MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, SOMALIA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "The U.S. report sets tones for U.S.-China trade" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/26): "On the day before Christmas, the U.S. issued a report on China's compliance with commitments it made since it joined [...]
2008-12-29 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4687AMBASSADOR-AFM LIU MEETING ON GUANTANAMO UIGHURS,
[...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" by statements that the United States is considering transferring PRC citizen Uighurs detained at Guantanamo to a third country rather than repatriating them to China, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador December 29. The Uighur detainees are [...]
2008-12-29 09:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER CH TW
08BEIJING4694MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "China must avoid provoking the sensitive nerves of the U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/30): "An American professor indicates that U.S. studies concerning China have emphasized political issues over the [...]
2008-12-30 08:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4696DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES CROSS-STRAIT MILITARY ISSUES
[...] (C) Military deployments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait reflect the continuing state of hostility between the Mainland and Taiwan, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Deputy Director Sun Yafu told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney on December 19. Chi [...]
2008-12-31 03:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PARM MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING4697CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE LEADS THE WAY IN CHINA'S
[...] (C) Yunnan Province in 2005 was one of the first regions in China to formulate its own action plan to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),thereby attracting international organizations early on and helping establish itself as a forerunner for anti-TIP programs around the country. Save the Ch [...]
2008-12-31 03:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
08BEIJING4700 DCM URGES MFA TO SIGN COCA II AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China cannot go forward on the COCA II agreement unless the renovation of the old Chinese chancery in Washington DC is included under the 2003 COCA I agreement, MFA Department of Administration Director General Li Chao told the DCM in a December 30 meeting. China would like to [...]
2008-12-31 07:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT CM
08BEIJING4702MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, ISRAEL
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "The U.S.-China relationship is the greatest attempt in all of history" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/31): "In the past 30 years, the U.S.-China relationship has become the most important bilateral relat [...]
2008-12-31 08:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING481(S) PRC REQUESTED TO STOP LIMMT EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (S) A/DCM met with MFA Arms Control Department Director General Chen Jingye on February 12 to convey reftel message regarding continued export control violations of the PRC entity LIMMT. Reviewing past violations and citing evidence of continued recent shipments of MTCR-controlled graphite and [...]
2008-02-12 11:24:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING498CHINESE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points on Kosovo's impending declaration of independence to MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Director Hua Yafang on February 13. Hua said she is aware Kosovo will soon declare independence and promised to convey U.S. views to her superiors. S [...]
2008-02-13 09:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH YI UN UNMIK
08BEIJING499FORMER PREMIER LI PENG REPORTEDLY SUFFERS STROKE
[...] (C) Former Premier Li Peng recently suffered a stroke, according to a longtime Embassy contact with high-level connections. When pushed for details, the contact implied on February 13 that the stroke was serious but would only state that it had occurred "quite recently." If Li, in fact, has [...]
2008-02-13 11:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CH
08BEIJING520DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON SUDANESE SUPPORT FOR REBELS
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed ref A points regarding developments in Chad and Sudan's role to MFA Department of International Organizations UN Division Attache Diao Jinshu February 14. PolOff's demarche followed up on the Ambassador's points to AFM Liu Jieyi on February 4 urging China to press Sudan to [...]
2008-02-14 10:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCD CH PREF PREL SU
08BEIJING521"WE NEED A CHINESE UNITED WAY": CIVIL AFFAIRS
[...] (C) China wants to develop more charities, especially those targeting the disabled, and hopes to expand cooperation with international charitable foundations such as the Gates Foundation, according to officials at the Civil Affairs College, the Ministry of Civil Affairs' (MCA) cadre training s [...]
2008-02-14 11:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI CH
08BEIJING522February 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPACE WEAPONS BAN, SPY
[...] Key points at the February 14, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China believes its joint proposal for a space weapons ban is in the interests of the international community. -- U.S. allegations of spying are "groundless" and China is "tired" of such "fabrications." -- China regrets Steve [...]
2008-02-14 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA IN RS SU SR
08BEIJING527DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT
[...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche points on amending the Montreal and Hague Conventions to include provisions against the transportation of particularly dangerous goods, related items, and fugitives to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) and to the Ministry of Fo [...]
2008-02-15 04:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX CH
08BEIJING533DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT
[...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche points on amending the Montreal and Hague Conventions to include provisions against the transportation of particularly dangerous goods, related items, and fugitives to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) and to the Ministry of Fo [...]
2008-02-15 06:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX CH
08BEIJING545DIPNOTE DELIVERED ON ALLOCATION OF PASSENGER
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered dipnote 233 contained in reftel on the allocation of passenger frequencies to U.S. carriers for service to China Zone 1 to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) on February 13. CAAC staffers confirmed receipt on February 15. Piccuta [...]
2008-02-15 09:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA CH
08BEIJING546MFA: BURMESE AGREE TO MARCH VISIT FOR GAMBARI;
[...] (C) The Burmese Government has agreed to receive UN Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari during the first week of March, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Yang Yanyi told PolMinCouns she was instructed to "informally inform" us February 15. China has "worked on" the Burmese Government "t [...]
2008-02-15 10:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING548DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) On February 15, Econ M/C together with EU's Counselor for Trade and Investment Olivier Micol, jointly demarched China on labeling for textile, apparel, footwear, and travel (TAFT) goods (reftel) through China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) WTO Director General Zhang Xiangchen. Zhang's r [...]
2008-02-15 10:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING549CHINESE SCHOLARS COMMENT ON TAIWAN FOLLOWING KMT
[...] (C) In the wake of the KMT's January 12 landslide victory in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) elections, some Mainland observers believe a KMT triumph in the March 22 presidential election is virtually assured. Other contacts, however, argue that "anything can happen" and expect the DPP's Frank [...]
2008-02-15 11:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING561DIPNOTE DELIVERED AND CONFIRMED ON ENTRY INTO
[...] (U) On February 13, Econoff delivered dipnote 232 on the completion of internal USG procedures for the entry into force of the "Protocol to Amend the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) relating to Civil Ai [...]
2008-02-19 03:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA CH
08BEIJING574CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: UPCOMING
[...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on upcoming ad hoc discussions on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT). MFA Department of Treaty and Law Officer Guo Xiaomei said that she was not prepared to offer a substantive response immediately, but that U.S. vie [...]
2008-02-19 08:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC CH
08BEIJING575CHINESE POSITION ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: NO PRC
[...] (C) Summary: China's position on Kosovo has not changed, and no PRC recognition of Kosovo independence is on the horizon, MFA officials said in meetings at both the working and senior levels February 18 and 19. MFA officials state that China's concerns center on the possibility of Taiwan's u [...]
2008-02-19 09:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH YI UN KV UNMIK
08BEIJING576SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR
[...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on a UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo [...]
2008-02-19 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ASEC ETTC CG RW CH
08BEIJING580INFLATION, EXACERBATED BY SNOWSTORMS, HITS A NEW 11-YEAR
[...] (SBU) China' National Bureau of Statistics announced today that consumer inflation reached a new eleven-year high of 7.1% in January. This may well be followed by an even higher figure for February that would be released on March 11, while the National People's Congress (NPC) is in session. O [...]
2008-02-20 00:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV CH
08BEIJING581FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE,
[...] Key points at the February 19, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China does not support the declaration of independence made by Kosovo. -- China hopes enhanced cooperation on the DPRK nuclear issue will produce results. -- The Burma issue will be solved by the people of Burma and their g [...]
2008-02-20 00:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING583INFLATION, EXACERBATED BY SNOWSTORMS, HITS A NEW 11-YEAR
[...] (SBU) China' National Bureau of Statistics announced today that consumer inflation reached a new eleven-year high of 7.1% in January. This may well be followed by an even higher figure for February that would be released on March 11, while the National People's Congress (NPC) is in session. O [...]
2008-02-20 00:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV CH
08BEIJING585MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Chinese authorities retrospectively confirmed a human case of avian influenza (H5N1) in January in Hunan Province. The young man died on January 24, 2008. Tests of respiratory fluids taken and saved from the patient were tested last week by the Provincial CDC and confirmed influen [...]
2008-02-20 00:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING588CENTRAL-PROVINCIAL FRICTIONS: ECONOMIC VIEWS
[...] (C) Our economic travels to provincial destinations outside Beijing in recent years suggest that the struggle between Central Government and local government officials over the nature of China's economic development is of such complexity and depth that it will be far from resolved by personnel [...]
2008-02-20 01:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB CH
08BEIJING602GAMBARI CONFIRMS MARCH VISIT TO BURMA; ASKS USG
[...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari February 19 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of March," though the Burmese Government has not yet confirmed the date [...]
2008-02-20 07:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING605GAMBARI CONFIRMS MARCH VISIT TO BURMA; ASKS USG
[...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari February 19 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of March," though the Burmese Government has not yet confirmed the date [...]
2008-02-20 08:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING608BLOGPOWER: CHINA'S GOVERNMENT FEELS PRESSURE FROM
[...] (C) In 2007 Chinese bloggers grew increasingly bold in questioning government authority, according to several Post sources in media and academia. Censors, our contacts tell us, simply cannot keep up with China's rapidly growing blogger community, which now numbers 17 million. For example, wh [...]
2008-02-20 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL PROP SOCI EINT CH
08BEIJING620COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EAP/K DPRK
[...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance February 23 - 25, 2008, for EAP/K DPRK Unit Chief Yuri Kim to Beijing en route to Pyongyang. 2. (SBU) Political Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell: (86)139-1023-4347 Fa: (86-10)6532-64 [...]
2008-02-21 06:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH
08BEIJING634FEBRUARY 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. SATELLITE, SIX-PARTY
[...] Key points at the February 21, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China continues to watch closely the destruction of an errant U.S. satellite. -- China acknowledges "difficulties" in the Six-Party Talks, but believes all parties have the political will to honor their commitments. -- Chin [...]
2008-02-21 11:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING635GOC OFFICIALS, LEGAL EXPERTS DISCUSS PRISON
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted China Prison Society (CPS) Vice President and retired Ministry of Justice (MOJ) official Shen Bailu, MOJ Foreign Affairs Director General Guo Jian'an and a number of Chinese legal experts for lunch on February 21. Shen said that China attaches great importance to "cor [...]
2008-02-21 12:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CH
08BEIJING637China: Bank of Japan Representative discusses Chinese
[...] (SBU) On February 4, Finatt Minister Counselor and Econoff exchanged views on the Chinese economy with Kiyoyuki Seguchi, Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Chief Representative in China. Seguchi predicted that China's GDP -- buoyed by growing fixed asset investment and rising domestic consumption -- will l [...]
2008-02-22 01:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL EINV CH JP
08BEIJING643STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES DPRK, IRAN,
[...] (S) Summary. Visiting House staffers led by House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) majority staffer J. Cobb Mixter discussed security issues with MFA Arms Control Counselor Li Song on February 21. Mixter noted the maturing U.S.-China relationship and said the Six-Party Talks are an example of [...]
2008-02-22 08:54:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP CH TW BM
08BEIJING645HU JINTAO´s CHINA OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
[...] (C) Chinese policy and politics over the next five years will be driven by the Party´s determination to preserve its monopoly on power through continued rapid, market-oriented, economic development and incremental, but limited, political reform. Concern over social stability will remain the prim [...]
2008-02-22 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
08BEIJING647CHINA'S ANGST OVER U.S. SATELLITE INTERCEPTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 10:12:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH ESA ETTC KTIA NASA PNAT PREL TPHY TSPA
08BEIJING648BAIDU CEO DENIES HIJACKING OF RIVAL SEARCH ENGINE
[...] (C) Contrary to popular Chinese perception, China's top search engine, Baidu.com does not enjoy a special relationship with the PRC Government, company founder Li Yanhong told Poloff in a recent meeting. However, Li said, Baidu does engage in extensive self censorship of Internet searches but [...]
2008-02-22 10:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP SOCI EINT CH
08BEIJING657BEIJING CONFIRMS SECOND AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY IN 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed the second avian influenza death in China in 2008. The case, an unemployed 41 year-old male, died on Feb. 20 in Guangxi Province. Although the MOH report indicated that the patient had been in contact with infected poultry before contra [...]
2008-02-22 10:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING658XINJIANG: NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON TERRORIST SHOOTOUT
[...] (C) The Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao),a newspaper run by the CCP's flagship People's Daily newspaper, reported in two articles, published on February 18 and 20 respectively, that Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) police raided a "violent terrorist cell (tuanhuo)" on the evening of Janua [...]
2008-02-22 12:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV OREP CASC KOLY KG AF KZ UZ CH TI
08BEIJING659AFM HE YAFEI REVIEWS CHINA'S KEY ISSUES FOR THE
[...] (C) In a February 22 meeting requested by the Chinese, PRC Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei reviewed for the Ambassador China's key issues to be raised during the Secretary's visit to Beijing February 26-27. On North Korea, SIPDIS AFM He said that China's top leaders are prepared to have [...]
2008-02-22 14:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER EINV MNUC BM IR KN CH
08BEIJING661Prospects for U.S.-China Relations
[...] (S) The United States and China share important and growing political and economic interests that will bind us indefinitely, despite frictions. Where interests vary or compete, we share a common interest in managing our differences. In the medium term, China's core foreign policy goals -- secur [...]
2008-02-24 23:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL CH
08BEIJING668CHINA-JAPAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: FOCUS ON BILATERAL
[...] (C) The eighth China-Japan Strategic Dialogue, held in Beijing, focused on bilateral issues including President Hu Jintao's upcoming April trip to Japan, food safety, and the dispute over gas exploration rights in the East China Sea. According to an MFA official, the dialogue was "fruitful," e [...]
2008-02-25 10:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG CH JN
08BEIJING670CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM OPENS; MAKING FINAL
[...] (C) A plenary session (Plenum) of the Communist Party's 17th Central Committee convened in Beijing on February 25 to make final preparations for next week's National People's Congress (NPC),China's nominal legislature, which will open on March 5. This is the second Plenum of the 17th Central [...]
2008-02-25 13:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
08BEIJING672DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Trade Affairs MinCons delivered reftel demarche points and letter regarding WTO services negotiations to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),Department of WTO Affairs Director General Zhang Xiangchen on February 25. Per separate instructions from USTR, MC Trade Affairs also previewed telep [...]
2008-02-25 23:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTRO CH
08BEIJING682PRC-TAJIKISTAN: CHINA DISPLACING RUSSIA, NO BORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 09:02:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS TI CH
08BEIJING686FEBRUARY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY RICE VISIT,
[...] Key points at the February 26, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The spokesman reported that both Secretary Rice and FM Yang stressed the importance of the consensus President Bush and President Hu had reached on the bilateral relationship. -- Yang stressed to Secretary Rice that Taiwan is C [...]
2008-02-26 11:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING687PRC-Tajikistan: China Displacing Russia, No
[...] (C) Summary: According to a diplomat at the Tajikistan Embassy, Tajikistan increasingly tilts toward China, which it regards as the best hope in the region for a patron, supplanting Russia's historical role. PRC-funded economic development projects (primarily infrastructure investment) furth [...]
2008-02-26 12:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS TI CH
08BEIJING688BEIJING CONFIRMS THIRD AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY IN 2008
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed on February 26 to Embassy Beijing the third avian influenza death in China in 2008. As reported in REF A, the Government of China had previously notified Embassy Beijing and Consulate Guangzhou of the suspected AI case, a 44-year-old female migrant w [...]
2008-02-27 06:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING69HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER GUO
[...] (C) Poloff on January 4 expressed to MFA IO Human Rights official Xu Jing the Embassy's concerns over the reported mistreatment of jailed activist Guo Feixiong, who purportedly was beaten by a fellow inmate on December 18 and is currently staging a hunger strike (reftel). Poloff stated that Gu [...]
2008-01-07 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
08BEIJING693FEBRUARY 27 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: ESPIONAGE CHARGES;
[...] Key points at the February 27 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefings were: -- Espionage charges involving a TAO official are being dealt with "according to the law." -- The spokesperson denied that China targets websites in Taiwan or elsewhere for blockage. -- Taiwan authorities' c [...]
2008-02-27 10:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW
08BEIJING7MFA: MAINTAINING STABILITY IN PAKISTAN "A COMMON
[...] (C) Maintaining stability in Pakistan is a "common interest" of China and the United States, and China stands ready for further cooperation with the United States on Pakistan, Asia Department Director for Pakistan Zhang Yiming told PolOff on January 2 in response to reftel points. Zhang cited [...]
2008-01-02 09:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CH PK
08BEIJING716(S) PRC UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF LIMMT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 11:09:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
08BEIJING717HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA VIEWS ON RESUMING HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Deputy Director Zhao Xing told PolOffs February 28 that he was pleased by prospects to resume formal human rights dialogue. China proposes holding the next dialogue meeting in Beijing, at the DRL A/S and IO DG level, which Zhao said follows the pattern set befo [...]
2008-02-28 11:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING718FEBRUARY 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UK FOREIGN SECRETARY'S
[...] Key points at the February 28, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Sinopec's role in the Yadavaran oil field in Iran is "a business act." -- Although "there are some problems" in moving the Six-Party Talks forward, all parties are optimistic and have expressed a willingness to honor their com [...]
2008-02-28 12:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING721COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance February 29 - March 2, 2008, for EAP/K Director Sung Kim and NSC Asia Director Paul Haenle to Beijing for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Political Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10 [...]
2008-02-29 03:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH
08BEIJING745CORRECTED COPY (PARA 1 and 3)FEBRUARY 28 MFA PRESS
[...] Key points at the February 28, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- CNOOC's role in developing an Iranian gas field is "a business act." -- Although "there are some problems" in moving the Six-Party Talks forward, all parties are optimistic and have expressed a willingness to honor their commi [...]
2008-02-29 11:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA RS SU SR BM
08BEIJING746BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POISONED
[...] (C) At the February 29 bi-weekly G-5 Beijing-based Chiefs of Mission gathering, Japanese DCM Kunio UMEDA described the downturn in Sino-Japanese bilateral relations in the wake of the poisoned dumpling scandal. China and Japan are now moving towards consensus on East China Sea oil issues. Chi [...]
2008-03-01 04:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK SU
08BEIJING750MORE ATTENTION ON THE RURAL SECTOR: WILL IT BE ENOUGH?
[...] (SBU) Beijing-based rural experts say the State Council's 2008 Number One Document, which identified rural issues as the Central Government's top policy priority for the fifth year in a row, signals the leadership's continuing concern about the urban-rural income gap and restates the case for a [...]
2008-03-03 00:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH
08BEIJING758CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 29 DELIVERED TO MFA REFTEL POINTS ON THE MALDIVES' RESOLUTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE PROPOSED AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S 7TH SESSION IN MARCH. MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION DEPUTY DIRECTOR ZHAO XING [...]
2008-03-03 08:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KGHG PGOV PREL UNHRC MV CH
08BEIJING766UK FM MILIBAND IN CHINA: RESPONSIBLE SOVEREIGNTY
[...] (C) During his February 24-29 visit to China, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for a greater PRC role in nonproliferation, free trade, climate change, the Darfur crisis and development issues. The UK and China institutionalized an agenda for cooperation in a new Commission task [...]
2008-03-03 12:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UK CH BM SU TW
08BEIJING786ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1803
[...] (U) PolOffs delivered reftel points and nonpaper on UN Security Council Resolution 1803 on the Iranian nuclear issue March 4 to MFA International Organizations Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun and Arms Control Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei, for their Gov [...]
2008-03-04 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNSC EFIN MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING787ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: FUTURE OF UN PRESENCE, POSSIBLE
[...] (C) PolOff on March 4 delivered to MFA reftel points on the future of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the possibility of targeted sanctions on Eritrea. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun said China regards a co [...]
2008-03-04 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO ER ET CH
08BEIJING791MARCH 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PENTAGON REPORT ON PRC
[...] Key points at the March 4, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China dismissed the Pentagon report on the Chinese military as "a serious distortion of facts" and accused the United States of adopting a "Cold War mentality." -- China does not encourage Chinese hackers to launch cyber-attacks o [...]
2008-03-04 11:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ETRD CH JA RS IR KN
08BEIJING800China: PBOC Research Bureau Deputy Director General
[...] (SBU) On February 28, Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs and econoff exchanged views on China's macroeconomic and monetary policy with Dr. Jiao Jinpu, Acting Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Research Bureau. Jiao stressed that, despite the potential deflationary risk [...]
2008-03-05 06:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL EINV CH
08BEIJING803SEEKING BALANCED UNSC RESOLUTION ON GAZA
[...] (C) PolOff on March 5 delivered to MFA reftel points on seeking a balanced UNSC resolution on the situation in Gaza. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun said his personal opinion is that it "should not be difficult" for UNSC members [...]
2008-03-05 07:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS CH
08BEIJING804SEEKING BALANCED UNSC RESOLUTION ON GAZA
[...] (C) PolOff on March 5 delivered to MFA reftel points on seeking a balanced UNSC resolution on the situation in Gaza. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun said his personal opinion is that it "should not be difficult" for UNSC members [...]
2008-03-05 07:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS CH
08BEIJING808HENAN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS: AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 5
[...] (C) Henan Party Secretary Xu Guangchun stressed his desire to attract more American companies to Henan in the logistics, food processing and electricity generation sectors during a March 5 lunch hosted by the Ambassador. While Henan ranks fifth among China's provinces in terms of total GDP, X [...]
2008-03-05 12:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV CH
08BEIJING809PREMIER'S NPC REPORT PLEDGES MORE REFORM, TACKLES
[...] (C) The State Council's annual "Government Work Report," read by Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5, reviewed China's major hot-button economic, administrative and social issues and provided general policy priorities to tackle them. Th [...]
2008-03-05 13:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON KCUL PHUM CH
08BEIJING823NDRC CHAIRMAN: SLOWING INVESTMENT GROWTH, FIGHTING
[...] (SBU) Ma Kai, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),stated on March 6 that China's macroeconomic controls over the past five years have been effective and he is satisfied with the rate at which investment growth is slowing. Ma reiterated concerns expressed by Premi [...]
2008-03-06 09:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
08BEIJING824March 6 MFA Press Briefing: Upcoming Taiwan Election, Hu's
[...] Key points at the March 6 MFA Press Briefing: -- The upcoming election in Taiwan is an election of a local leader. -- President Hu's visit to Japan is still under active discussion. -- Relevant Chinese authorities have taken every measure necessary to carry out a "serious and responsible [...]
2008-03-06 09:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER TBIO CH TW JA
08BEIJING825DATE FOR HU'S VISIT HAS NO RELATION TO DUMPLINGS
[...] (C) The date for President Hu Jintao's planned visit to Japan has still not been set for reasons unrelated to the poisoned dumplings incident, MFA and Japanese Embassy officials told PolOff on March 6. 2. (C) MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun said the ong [...]
2008-03-06 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
08BEIJING826HENAN NPC DELEGATION STRESSES RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
[...] (SBU) Henan's Provincial National People's Congress (NPC) Delegation stressed the importance of rural development and family planning during discussions on March 6 regarding the Government Work Report that Premier Wen Jiabao delivered the previous day (Ref A). Representatives from China's most [...]
2008-03-06 23:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PGOV SOCI ELAB CH
08BEIJING83CHINESE REACTION TO ROK ELECTION: MINIMAL IMPACT
[...] (C) While Lee Myung Bak's election as South Korea's next president ushers in a more conservative government, the election will not have a major impact on Sino-ROK relations, predicted one Chinese MFA official. Lee's foreign policy will be more pragmatic and will focus on the PRC-ROK economic [...]
2008-01-08 08:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KN KS CH JP
08BEIJING843DEMARCHE ON GAMBARI VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) PolOffs on March 7 discussed with MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun and Asian Affairs Department Counselor Yang Jian reftel points (delivered to MFA March 6) urging China to press the Burmese regime to cooperate with UN Speci [...]
2008-03-07 09:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC CH BM
08BEIJING845PRC SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON CHINESE POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Solving the situation in Darfur requires pressure from the international community on both the Government of Sudan and rebel forces, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin said in a March 7 briefing for diplomats and the press on his February 21-March 6 trip to the UK, Fra [...]
2008-03-07 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH
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