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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06VATICAN212 | SANT'EGIDIO SEES SLOW PROGRESS IN CHINA [...] (C) Contacts from the Vatican-affiliated Community of Sant'Egidio told us that diplomatic relations between China and the Holy See remain elusive despite some official contacts between the Holy See and Chinese authorities. Sant'Egidio has continued its mainly academic and cultural contacts wit [...] | 2006-10-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH KIRF VT |
06VATICAN243 | VATICAN OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ABOUT PRC - HOLY SEE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Monsignor Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about the chances for a break through on Holy See-PRC relations. Rota-Graziosi did not see the recent release of jailed Bishop An Shuxin as significant and was unfazed by reports indicating An had regist [...] | 2006-11-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK VT |
06VATICAN31 | CHINESE PRIEST ENCOURAGES POTUS WORDS ON FREEDOM [...] (C) Fr. Shu-Jie Chen of the Chinese Patriotic Church said February 21 that he appreciated the President's speaking out recently in China on religious freedom issues. Chen offered mild criticism of the Chinese government on human rights issues, but offered a generally positive view of religio [...] | 2006-02-23 08:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV VT CH |
06VATICAN38 | CARDINAL ZEN: A SHOT ACROSS THE BOWS TO BEIJING? [...] (C) The nomination of Cardinal-elect Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun is a clear signal from the Holy See to Beijing. The nomination highlights several issues: the importance of China and the Catholic Chinese to Pope Benedict; the Vatican's support for Zen's past strong public statements for religious free [...] | 2006-03-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV VT CH |
06VATICAN52 | HOLY SEE'S UNDERSTANDING OF CHINESE VIEWS ON NAMING OF [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the naming of a Chinese cardinal during a conversation with Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin on March 15. Parolin noted the restrained reaction of the Chinese foreign ministry, the negative reaction of the Patriotic Association, and the difficulty of [...] | 2006-03-28 09:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL CH VT |
06VATICAN57 | HOLY SEE'S CHINA NEGOTIATOR "HOPEFUL BUT WITHOUT ILLUSIONS" [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's principal China negotiator, Archbishop Celli, described the situation of the Catholic Church in China as complex, with continuing subtle layers of control in key areas. With regard to the bilateral relationship between China and the Holy See, the Vatican remains h [...] | 2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KIRF VT CH |
06VATICAN74 | CHINA'S ILLICIT ORDINATIONS ANGER VATICAN [...] (C) The Holy See released a statement May 4 roundly condemning the recent unauthorized ordinations of two Chinese priests as bishops. In strong language, it referred to the "profound disappointment" of Pope Benedict XVI, and to the automatic excommunication of the new bishops and those b [...] | 2006-05-05 10:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI CH VT |
06VIENNA2447 | AUSTRIA NOT READY TO SUPPORT WTO CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) On August 9, Acting EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Division. Habermayer said that the EU Commission has not yet formally discussed the U.S. request for WTO dispute settlement consultations. Habermayer n [...] | 2006-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH AU |
06VIENNA3491 | AUSTRIA ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarches on the upcoming EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) to Austrian European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on December 6. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the China Arms Embargo: Riecken confirmed that there was a policy [...] | 2006-12-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN PARM CH AU |
06VIENTIANE565 | REAFFIRMING THE "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP," NEW LAO [...] (C) Summary: In his first major act since taking office Jun 8 (reftel),newly-selected President Choummaly Sayasone traveled to Vietnam June 19-22, meeting with the senior Vietnamese leadership. Almost immediately after his return to Laos, the President will turn around to travel to Beijing. T [...] | 2006-06-23 01:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH VM LA |
06WELLINGTON148 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAYE LEE, MARCH 9 - 11, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to State Department China Desk Officer Kaye Lee to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from March 9-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to accompany EAP Senior Advisor James Keith to Halibut Group meetings. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...] | 2006-02-27 01:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECON PREL CH NZ |
06WELLINGTON536 | CHINESE/NEW ZEALAND TALKS ON PACIFIC ISLAND ISSUES [...] (C) As part of a first round of New Zealand-China Pacific Consultations, PRC's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs He Yafei visited New Zealand in June. According to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT),He said China recognizes New Zealand's "very important" role in the Pacific [...] | 2006-07-12 03:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ CH XV |
06WELLINGTON733 | EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. officials are interested in participating in a U.S. special session proposed by the Pacific Island Forum (PIF),EAP/ANP Director Steven McGann told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) at a September 12 meeting in Wellington. McGann and MFAT agreed the USG and G [...] | 2006-09-19 01:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ XV US CH TW |
07ABUDHABI728 | (S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN- UAE RESPONSE [...] (S) Summary: On May 2, Econchief and DHS/ICE Dubai delivered reftel demarche to the MFA and to Dubai Customs. The MFA conveyed instructions to Dubai authorities to investigate. The ship arrived in Dubai the afternoon of May 2, but we do not yet have an estimated time of departure. The MFA ha [...] | 2007-05-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR CH AE |
07ABUDHABI734 | M/V TEHRAN - UAE WANTS TO RETURN CONTAINER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) Dubai Customs unloaded three containers from the M/V Iran Tehran the night of May 2 and is inspecting the containers. MFA Director for International Organizations Yacoub Al-Hosani (a member of the UAE Counterproliferation Task Force [...] | 2007-05-03 10:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH AE |
07ABUDHABI743 | SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN - IRAN ASKING [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) MFA Director for International Organizations Yacoub Al-Hosani (a member of the UAE Counterproliferation Task Force) called Econchief on May 6 to inform him that the second and third containers had been inspected and found to c [...] | 2007-05-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE |
07ABUDHABI755 | UAE TELLS CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO RECALL SHIPMENT OF [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) Econchief called MFA Director for International Organizations Yacoub Al-Hosani (a member of the UAE Counterproliferation Task Force) on May 9 to follow-up on the three containers that the UAE unloaded from the M/V Iran Tehran. [...] | 2007-05-09 09:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE |
07ABUDHABI800 | UAE LIKELY TO RELEASE 2ND & 3RD CONTAINERS FROM [...] (S) MFA Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan contacted Econchief on May 17, to say that the UAE intended to release the second and third containers that the UAE had unloaded from the M/V Iran Tehran on May 2. He noted that the Chinese had asked about the status of these two containers and fo [...] | 2007-05-17 07:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE |
07ABUDHABI887 | UAE UNLOADS CONTAINERS FROM IRAN KERMAN [...] (S) The M/V Iran Kerman arrived in Dubai early morning of May 29. Dubai Customs officials told senior DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Representative in Dubai that they had unloaded the containers and were sending them to be scanned. Dubai customs assured ICE representative that [...] | 2007-05-29 11:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE |
07ABUDHABI906 | IRAN KERMAN - UAE RELEASES ONE CONTAINER, HOLDS [...] (S) On May 31, MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub Al-Hosani (a member of the UAE Counterproliferation Task Force) told Econchief that the authorities had opened both containers. The first container, consigned to Bank Sepah, contained electronic cables from Shanghai Technical C [...] | 2007-05-31 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE |
07ABUDHABI999 | UAE WILL RESPOND TO CHINA RE M/V IRAN TEHRAN [...] (S) On June 17, Econchief contacted MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub Al-Hosani (a member of the UAE Counterproliferation Task Force) to discuss China's determination that its shipment on the M/V Iran Tehran violated neither UNSCRs nor Chinese law. Al-Hosani confirmed that th [...] | 2007-06-18 05:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC IR CH AE |
07ABUJA413 | NIGERIAN - CHINESE DIALOGUE [...] SUMMARY: China/Nigeria relations have intensified in recent years. Nigeria's role as a major oil producing nation has elicited Chinese (PRC) approaches in the energy sector and other areas. At this time, there is no dialogue between the USG and PRC regarding Nigeria. Potential areas of dial [...] | 2007-03-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV NI CH |
07ACCRA483 | GHANA AT 50: A WORLD VIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the seventh and final in a series of scene setter cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the third looking at Ghana's external relations. Throughout its history Ghana has been independent and vocal on the international stage. It has preferred multilateral solutions, espe [...] | 2007-03-01 18:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR CH ECON GH IN PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
07ACCRA497 | CHINESE INFLUENCE IN GHANA - AN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Chinese involvement in Ghana, dating from the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960, is strong and growing. After independence, President Kwame Nkrumah sought close ties with China, a relationship that continued throughout the Rawlings years. The bilateral friendship b [...] | 2007-03-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL XA XE GH |
07ADDISABABA1096 | ETHIOPIA: DEMARCHE TO ETHIOPIA OVER NORTH KOREAN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador delivered demarche points on steps Ethiopia is taking to diversify its military production units away from imports from North Korea (ref C) to Prime Minister Meles April 10. Meles noted that the goods imported from North Korea were primarily chemicals for ammunition producti [...] | 2007-04-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MCAP ET KN RS IN CH |
07ADDISABABA1235 | ETHIOPIA: STATE MINISTER TEKEDA ADDRESSES NWC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM ET ER SO CH |
07ADDISABABA1308 | ETHIOPIA: ONLF KILLINGS/KIDNAPPINGS OF CHINESE OIL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has for the past six months threatened attacks on economic development projects in Ethiopia's Somali (Ogaden) Region being conducted by foreign workers, especially oil exploration. In a shift in tactics in recent months, NGO workers [...] | 2007-04-27 09:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PTER PINS ECON EPET ASEC PREF ET CH |
07ADDISABABA1348 | ETHIOPIA: LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, Minister of Transportation and Communication Juneidi Sado and State Minister Getachew Mengiste met with Ambassador and poloff to discuss the state of Ethiopia's information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and capacity building. Minister Juneidi sa [...] | 2007-05-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECPS EINT ET DJ CH SU XW |
07AITTAIPEI1061 | TAIWAN STRATEGY AT WHA [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action cable (see para 4). MOFA and DOH officials discussed Taiwan's strategy for the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva with AIT on May 9. MOFA officials stated Taiwan intends to ask its allies to introduce a Supplementary Item on Taiwan's WHO m [...] | 2007-05-11 05:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | WHO TBIO PREL CH TW |
07AITTAIPEI2494 | ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTER WINSTON DANG ON TAIWAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) Minister Winston Dang told the Director on November 14 that President Chen Shui-bian's outspokenness on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) issues has caused problems for both the party and presidential candidate Frank Hsieh. Dang sa [...] | 2007-11-16 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV CH TW |
07AITTAIPEI719 | TAIWAN CONCERNED ABOUT DIMINISHING PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action cable; see paras 3 and 7. AIT met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Department of Health (DOH) officials on March 27 to gauge Taiwan strategy going into the next World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva mid-May. According to our interlocutors, [...] | 2007-03-29 03:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED CASC SENV TBIO PREL CH TW |
07AITTAIPEI783 | AIT DEMARCHES TAIWAN ON WHO [...] (C) SUMMARY. AIT Acting Director presented Ref A demarche conveying USG reaction to Taiwan's plan to pursue full membership in WHO to Presidential Secretary-General Chiou I-jen Chiou on April 9. Chiou responded by citing Taiwan's frustrations over ten years of non-progress in Taiwan's ques [...] | 2007-04-09 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL WHO CH TW |
07AITTAIPEI805 | TAIWAN APPEALS FOR FLEXIBILITY ON WHO INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Responding to AIT's demarche on April 9 (Taipei 783),Foreign Minister James Huang told AIT Acting Director on April 10 that Taiwan still intends to apply for WHO membership in the name of "Taiwan" this week but will adopt a "flexible" approach in consultations with its friends [...] | 2007-04-11 10:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL WHO CH TW |
07AITTAIPEI948 | CONSENSUS IN SUPPORT OF TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Canada convened a meeting April 11 of representatives from UK, Canada, EU, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and U.S. offices in Taipei to discuss next steps following Taiwan's abortive membership bid for the World Health Organization (WHO). All agreed that that Taiwan's membershi [...] | 2007-04-27 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | WHO TBIO PREL CH TW |
07AMMAN4923 | JORDAN MARKETS ITSELF TO CHINA AS A PORTAL TO IRAQ AND THE [...] (U) King Abdullah made his fifth trip to China in late October-early November, a visit that highlighted Jordan's sustained effort to attract increased Chinese investment. China is currently Jordan's third largest foreign trade partner -- China imports chemicals, leather, and agricultural pro [...] | 2007-12-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREL JO CH |
07ANKARA1812 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2007 [...] The joint air force Anatolian Eagle Exercise-2007/2 (second exercise of the year) took place in Konya June 11-22. United States, Britain, Pakistan, Jordan and NATO attended the exercise. The first Anatolian Eagle Exercise was held in 2001. Government-Military Focus on Terrorism ------------ [...] | 2007-07-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL CH RO UK KS RS GM GR TU |
07ANTANANARIVO710 | ENVIRONMENTAL TRAFFICKING IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent cases involving tropical hardwood and endangered tortoises highlight the serious problem of environmental smuggling in Madagascar. The island is attractive to smugglers because a broad range of unique species inhabit the island and because law enforcement services tend to [...] | 2007-07-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV CH MA |
07ASHGABAT1210 | TURKMENISTAN RECEPTIVE TO CHINESE CALL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's November 4 official visit to Turkmenistan, which focused on implementing the agreements that Berdimuhamedov signed during his July visit to Beijing, appears to have gone well, and the Turkmenistan-PRC bilateral relationship seems to be on the upsw [...] | 2007-11-08 05:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EPET SCUL CH TX |
07ASHGABAT241 | OPENING OF ASHGABAT INTERNET CAFES -- SYMBOLIC OR A REAL [...] (U) Turkmenistan State news outlets and international news outlets widely reported the opening of two state-run Internet cafes in Ashgabat soon after the inauguration of new president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov on February 14. The new Internet cafes represent a small step towards fulfilling B [...] | 2007-02-28 13:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON CH |
07ASHGABAT690 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MONOSYLLABLES FROM DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After many postponements, SCA PDAS Steven Mann, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EEB Rob Garverick met late in the day July 11 with Tachberdi Tagyev, the Government of Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman for Gas and Oil. In contrast to other productive meetings during this visit (septels) [...] | 2007-07-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EPET CH TX |
07ASHGABAT699 | TURKEMISTAN ENERGY: FM MEREDOV SAYS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA PDAS Steve Mann met for nearly two hours on July 11 with Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov. Meredov: -- insisted Turkmenistan has significant gas deposits in its off-shore Caspian blocks that are open [...] | 2007-07-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV RS CH AZ |
07ASHGABAT728 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MYRADOV AVERS AMU DARYA BASIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an hour-long meeting on July 12 with Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Bayrammyrat Myradov, SCA Principal Deputy Secretary Steven R. Mann, EUR DA [...] | 2007-07-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET EINV RS CH AZ TX |
07ASHGABAT896 | TURKMENISTAN DOES NOT SEEK SCO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) During an August 28 meeting with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov (other issues septels),Charge asked if Turkmenistan seeks to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),noting President Berdimuhamedov had attended the August 16 SCO Summit in Bishkek -- a first for Turkmenistan. [...] | 2007-08-29 08:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS CH ZK TX |
07ASMARA931 | CHINESE IN ERITREA SEEK ACTIVE ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea, Shu Zhan, says he and his mission seek to play a more active role in Eritrea than had the Chinese Embassy in the past. Regarding President Isaias' experience in China during the throes of the Cultural Revolution, Shu said that "perhaps he learn [...] | 2007-12-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EAGR KOLY ER CH |
07ASTANA2934 | KAZAKHSTANI BUSINESSMAN AGAIN REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (S) Rakhat Kereitbayev (General Director of KazInvest, Chairman of the Board of Kanimansur, and Advisor to Kazyna Chairman Kelimbetov) updated Econoff on October 14 and 24 on the latest status of the Kazakhstani bid for Afghanistan's AYNAK mine (Ref A and B). Zia Massoud, Afghanistan's 1st Vi [...] | 2007-10-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | AF CH ECON EINV ELTN EMIN ETRD IR KZ PGOV |
07ASUNCION396 | COM CONFERENCE: A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During May 8-9 Southern Cone / Brazil COM Conference in Rio de Janiero, the five Southern Cone Ambassadors discussed aggressive plans of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to create a unified Bolivarian movement throughout Latin America, particularly focusing on activities within their respe [...] | 2007-05-17 13:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR BO BR CH PA UY VE |
07ATHENS1768 | GREEK RESPONSE TO GYMNICH DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On September 4, A/PolCouns delivered reftel non-paper on U.S. positions on issues to be considered at the September 7-8 EU informal foreign ministers meeting (Gymnich) to MFA European Correspondent Penny Douti. Her following responses are keyed to the major issues raised in the non-pape [...] | 2007-09-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN GR |
07ATHENS2236 | GREEK POSITIONS ON NOV 19-20 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the November 19-20 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) to MFA A11 EU Common Foreign Policy Directorate Counselor Antonia Katzourou. (NOTE: Katzourou recently replaced A11 Counselor Penny Douti, who has transferred to Moscow [...] | 2007-11-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV GR BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE |
07BAGHDAD2752 | PRT TIKRIT: CHAIRMAN OF OIL MINISTRY IRAQ-CHINA [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During an August 6 meeting in Bayji, Abdel Khader Sabah, the chairman of the Iraq-China Committee for the Ministry of Oil (MoO),claimed that the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is reneging on agreements made in earlier [...] | 2007-08-19 05:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENGR EPET KCOR EIND IZ CH |
07BAGHDAD4144 | EPRT-WASIT: WASIT'S NEW CHINESE POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) On 17 December Wasit Governor Abd al-Latif Hamad Turfa told Team Leader ePRT and CDR 214th FB that he accompanied the Minister of Electricity to China to witness the signing of a power plant contract between the GOI and Shanghai Heavy Industry for the construction of a power plant that w [...] | 2007-12-20 19:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG ETRD IZ CH |
07BAKU1042 | AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Azerbaijan and China are warm, with the potential for increased economic cooperation in select spheres, particularly Chinese exports of consumer goods and investment in manufacturing projects such as the Ganja automobile assembly plant. China,s involvement in [...] | 2007-08-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AJ CH GG TU |
07BANGKOK1151 | READOUT: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) In a February 12-13 visit to Bangkok, Special Representative for Social Issues, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, raised concern about refugees and respect for human rights with Thai MFA officials. The MFA Director General for American Affairs called Burma "Thailand's Mexico" in response to [...] | 2007-02-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH TH |
07BANGKOK1265 | VISIT OF PRC STATE COUNCILOR TANG JIAXUAN TO [...] (C) Summary: Visiting PRC State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told his Thai interlocutors that during a visit to Burma he had pressed the Burmese to work to retain ASEAN support. The Burmese government told Tang they were focusing on internal security, national reconciliation, and economic developmen [...] | 2007-03-02 10:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON BM CH TH |
07BANGKOK273 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON BURMA: BURMESE [...] (C) Exile community members are supportive of the draft resolution on Burma, but view China as key to resolving the current political stalemate. The release of five 88 Generation student leaders only served to reinforce the idea that the draft resolution generated pressure on the junta to show [...] | 2007-01-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH TH |
07BANGKOK5107 | ENGAGING ASEAN AND OTHERS ON BURMA [...] (C) Embassy Bangkok stands ready to continue to urge the Thai government to press the Burmese authorities to release political prisoners and engage in genuine dialogue to pave the way for a transition to a civilian, democratic government. Septel will report the Ambassador's latest conversatio [...] | 2007-09-26 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM RP SN IN CH |
07BANGKOK5585 | PRC POLITICAL OFFICER IN BANGKOK DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) A Chinese diplomat posted in Bangkok viewed Singapore's strong public line on Burma as unwise and doubted that Burma would be marginalized at the upcoming ASEAN Summit. He saw little possibility that Indonesia could exert meaningful influence on the Burmese regime. The diplomat suggested [...] | 2007-10-30 01:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH CH BM |
07BANGKOK6233 | MESSAGE ON SINOPEC-YADAVARAN DELIVERED TO RTG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 07:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH |
07BANGKOK680 | CHINA ON THAILAND, SINGAPORE, JAPAN AND EAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chinese diplomats confirmed that Thai interim PM Surayud Chulanont will visit China in April, and shared that the Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has delayed his planned trip in a snit. The Chinese stated that CNS Chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin's recent trip to Bei [...] | 2007-02-02 08:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS CH TH ASEAN SN JA |
07BANJUL109 | THE GAMBIA: U.S./CHINA DIALOG ON AFRICA [...] Since 1994, the GOTG has maintained diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and The Gambia's relationship with Mainland China is confined to the economic arena. Despite the lack of official ties, Mainland China's exports to The Gambia have grown tremendously in recent years -- 523 percent between 20 [...] | 2007-03-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG CH GA |
07BEIJING1 | TAO VICE MINISTER RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHEN [...] (C) China is concerned about Chen Shui-bian's "dangerous" plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform and expects Chen to emphasize this theme in his New Year speech, Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Administrative Vice Minister Zheng Lizhong told the Charge Decem [...] | 2007-01-01 01:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH TW |
07BEIJING1015 | FEBRUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the February 13 MFA Press Conference were: -- News on the Six-Party Talks will be released later in the day after a "important meeting" has concluded. -- Journalists must abide by new Olympic regulations and local regulations when working in Tibet, along with the constr [...] | 2007-02-13 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH |
07BEIJING1064 | FEBRUARY 14 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: DE- SINIFICATION, [...] Key points at the February 14 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- A firm condemnation of Chen Shui-bian's "de- Sinification" and "de jure independence" tactics at the opening of the press briefing. -- TAO is paying attention to events surrounding Ma Ying-jeou's resignation [...] | 2007-02-14 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING1065 | REINCARNATE LAMA DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: According to a well-respected reincarnate lama from Gansu Province, the Chinese government has a secret plan to select the next reincarnation of the Dalai SIPDIS Lama, but cautioned that people would not respect a Government choice. The Rinpoche said the Chinese Government a [...] | 2007-02-14 23:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CH |
07BEIJING1077 | CHINA'S WOMAN OF COURAGE: EDITOR HU SHULI [...] Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate Hu Shuli, editor in chief of Caijing magazine, to receive the Secretary's inaugural International Women of Courage SIPDIS Award (ref). Hu has not just broken through the glass ceiling many professional women in China face -- she has shattered it. In [...] | 2007-02-15 06:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO CH |
07BEIJING1081 | Rural Policy Remains Government's Top Priority in 2007, [...] (SBU) On January 29, the State Council issued its Number One Document, naming rural policy as the leadership's top priority for the fourth year in a row. As expected, the Number One Document supported the outcome of the December 2006 Rural Work Conference and emphasized the importance of moder [...] | 2007-02-15 06:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1094 | FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: OECD VISITOR ON CHINA'S LIMITED [...] (SBU) China has a growing but still limited willingness to discuss its emerging role as a donor, to be transparent about its programs, and to coordinate development assistance issues with other countries, according to Richard Manning, Chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC),[...] | 2007-02-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID CH XA XB XC XD XE XF DAC |
07BEIJING1101 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROCUREMENT EFFORTS BY [...] (S) China will investigate the additional information provided by the United States regarding efforts by the Pakistan Heavy Mechanical Complex to procure ring-rolling and flow forming machines in China, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Acting Deputy Director He Yi s [...] | 2007-02-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA PK CH |
07BEIJING1102 | FEBRUARY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the February 15 MFA press conference were: -- Six-Party Talks have entered a "substantive stage." The Spokesperson outlined the structure of working groups and called for the United States and DPRK to resolve financial issues. -- China is ready to expand imports from th [...] | 2007-02-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD UNSC CH KN JA IR IN RS XA |
07BEIJING1103 | REFORMERS SHRUG OFF SHRILL LEADERSHIP SPEECH ON [...] (C) Several academic and media contacts assessed that the recent rule of law speech given by Politburo Standing Committee member Luo Gan and reprinted in a Party journal (reftel) does not represent new trends in the thinking of the Central Government. The speech generally reflects concerns ab [...] | 2007-02-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
07BEIJING1116 | URBAN-RURAL INCOME GAP NARROWING IN JIANGXI THANKS TO [...] (SBU) Remittances from rural-to-urban migrants have boosted rural incomes in Jiangxi Province, lowering the urban-rural income gap to below the national average. Provincial and municipal level government officials believe agricultural sector modernization, including renewed emphasis on agro-pr [...] | 2007-02-16 03:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING113 | DOUBLING LAND USE FEES: RURAL WATCHERS HOPE [...] (SBU) China's Central Government, seeking to slow development in urban areas and protect farmland, implemented a new regulation on January 1 to double land use fees. The regulation, announced by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Land Resources, and People's Bank of China in November 2006, [...] | 2007-01-05 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1130 | CHINA INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 04:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR CH |
07BEIJING1145 | (C/NF) AFM HE YAFEI POSITIVE ON DR. GAO CASE [...] (C) Following a meeting requested by Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on a separate topic (septel),the Charge in a one-on-one pull aside expressed serious concern about the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, currently prevented by local authorities from traveling to the United States to participate [...] | 2007-02-16 07:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING1154 | AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO INTERCEDE WITH COURT [...] (C) China is dissatisfied with the United States Government's inaction in preventing the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York from entering a default judgment in the Falun Gong case against China Central Television, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge F [...] | 2007-02-16 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CH |
07BEIJING1156 | LUNAR NEW YEAR: CHINA'S MAD DASH HOME FOR THE [...] (C) China's annual rush home for the Lunar New Year, a holiday that stresses family unity, hit its peak February 15-16, with throngs of travelers flooding bus and train stations in big cities around the country. More than 100 million migrant workers are set to return to their hometowns. Des [...] | 2007-02-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1158 | CHARGE REQUESTS CLARIFICATIONS ABOUT THE XINHUA [...] (C) The Charge raised United States Government concerns about Xinhua News Agency's recent actions that linked renewal of foreign financial information distributors' annual licenses to the September 2006 media regulations with Xinhua News Agency's Vice President Lu Wei on February 14. Vice Pre [...] | 2007-02-16 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN KPAO KIPR ECPS PREK ABLD CH |
07BEIJING116 | AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO "PREVENT" CHEN [...] (C) China urges the United States to take steps to prevent Chen Shui-bian from transiting the United States en route to Nicaragua next week, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge d'Affaires January 5. Claiming that the transit stops violate the United States' one-China policy a [...] | 2007-01-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
07BEIJING117 | PRC/BURMA: MESSAGE ON UNSC RESOLUTION DELIVERED; [...] (C) The PRC is prepared to block a UN Security Council resolution on Burma but appears confident there will not be enough support to bring such a resolution to a vote, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Cong Jun. MFA Director General for International Organizations tol [...] | 2007-01-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH |
07BEIJING120 | CHINA'S EXPORTCONTROLS - THE SYSTEM AND ITS [...] (C) Although China's export controls are a work in progress that continue to undergo periodic revision since first promulgated in the 1990s, enforcement is opaque and considered the weakest link in the export control system. Despite official pronouncements that the PRC has prosecuted "scores o [...] | 2007-01-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC ETTC BEXP ETRD CH |
07BEIJING1210 | CENTRAL CHINA'S JIANGXI PROVINCE SEEKING TO REPLICATE [...] (SBU) Jiangxi Province aims to replicate Coastal China's model of attracting investment in export-oriented manufacturing and processing industries as the basis for rapid economic development. Receiving renewed attention from the Central Government under the Central China Rising strategy, Jiangx [...] | 2007-02-23 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1223 | DG LIU JIEYI WARNS AGAINST CHEN SHUI-BIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Washington should be vigilant about the risk that Chen Shui-bian will push for de jure independence in the run-up to Taiwan's 2008 election, stated MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi on February 12. The MFA is also concerned that the State Department's official website refers to Chen [...] | 2007-02-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH TW |
07BEIJING1238 | CHINA'S BLOGS: NATIONALISM, SEX AND ONLINE [...] (C) The blossoming world of blogs, ranging from patriotic to religious to racy, is captivating China's surging population of Internet users, with some unexpected results. -- A blog petition launched by a popular television anchor calling for the Forbidden City Palace Museum to boot Starbuc [...] | 2007-02-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1267 | FEBRUARY 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM KYE-GWAN TO [...] Key points made at the February 27 MFA press conference were: -- Kim Kye-gwan has no plans for meetings with Chinese officials en route to the United States and China hopes that the United States and the DPRK can realize full diplomatic relations. -- Qin called China's military buildup na [...] | 2007-02-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH NK JP CE BM |
07BEIJING1268 | PRC-BURMA: MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) An MFA International Organizations Department official told us that State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan discussed Beijing's ideas about Burma's political situation during his visit to Burma that ended February 27. Responding to reftel demarche on next steps for the international community regard [...] | 2007-02-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ELAB BM CH |
07BEIJING1269 | CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) China encouraged Burma to accelerate its democratic and national reconciliation processes, develop its economy and improve the lives of the Burmese people, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told Burmese generals on his February 25-27 visit to Burma. According to a readout provided to the DCM b [...] | 2007-02-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH |
07BEIJING1314 | CHINA AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR ARF NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) China has agreed to the United States' proposal (reftels) to hold an intersessional meeting on nonproliferation in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF),Asia Department Deputy Director Tan Qinsheng said. China increasingly values ARF as the pre-eminent organization for discussing security issu [...] | 2007-02-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ARF CH |
07BEIJING1320 | LITERARY THRILLER: CHINESE AUTHOR PLANS TO SUE [...] (C) A controversial author's preparations to sue China's General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) for banning her book about early 20th Century Beijing opera stars has created a stir in Beijing's literary world. The book, by Zhang Yihe, is one of eight that were blacklisted at [...] | 2007-02-28 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1321 | FEBRUARY 28 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: 2/28 INCIDENT, [...] Key points at the February 28 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO views the "2/28 incident" - of 1947 as a day in which Taiwan compatriots resisted the KMT in an act of patriotism and democracy and hopes memorial activities will not promote "Taiwan independence." - [...] | 2007-02-28 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW |
07BEIJING1322 | TWO FORMER PRISONERS DESCRIBE PRISON LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Two former prison inmates recently discussed their prison labor experiences with Laboff. Although at completely different prisons, their accounts were similar. Both reported that labor was involuntary, and consisted of light industrial work for private companies that made outso [...] | 2007-03-01 02:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS ELAB PGOV ETRD CH |
07BEIJING1361 | IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC MNUC IR CH |
07BEIJING1362 | MARCH 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] Key points made at the March 1 MFA press conference were: -- China expects a positive outcome from talks in New York between DPRK VFM Kim Kye-gwan and A/S Hill. -- The Spokesperson repeated the schedule for Deputy Secretary Negroponte's visit. SIPDIS -- China hopes Iran will abide by [...] | 2007-03-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ELAB IR KN JA CH GH NP |
07BEIJING1391 | AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA [...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...] | 2007-03-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS CH IR |
07BEIJING1393 | AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA [...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...] | 2007-03-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS CH IR |
07BEIJING1396 | AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA [...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...] | 2007-03-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS CH IR |
07BEIJING1402 | MFA EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER [...] (C) MFA North American Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi called in the DCM on March 2 to express China's "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to the announcement of planned U.S. sales of AMRAAM and Maverick missiles to Taiwan. Speaking from prepared points and with a high level of [...] | 2007-03-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH TW |
07BEIJING1403 | LEGISLATING HARMONY? CHINA'S ANNUAL POLITICAL [...] (C) China's annual legislative confab will soon get under way, with the national legislature convening on March 5 and the top advisory body opening on March 3. Although few surprises are expected at this highly scripted event, the public and media scrutiny of delegates and discussions will re [...] | 2007-03-02 16:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1404 | NPC PRESS BRIEFING REPORTS DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (SBU) National People's Congress (NPC) press spokesman Jiang Enzhu touched on all the hot-button issues in his opening NPC press conference, convened on March 4, the day prior to the NPC's official opening. Jiang said: -- China's military budget will increase by 17.8 percent in 2007, -- [...] | 2007-03-04 12:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING1438 | NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG GUOBAO: CHAMPION OF [...] (C) Summary. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao outlined China's growth in energy consumption and plans for expansion of production of a variety of energy sources at a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador on February 8. Zhang expressed his bureaucratic [...] | 2007-03-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PGOV CH IR |
07BEIJING1444 | HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT REBIYA [...] (C) Poloff expressed concern to MFA Human Rights officer Xu Jing on March 5 over reports that Rebiya Kadeer's son Ablikim, who awaits sentencing in Xinjiang Province on charges of subverting state power and ethnic separatism, is in critically poor health and urgently needs medical treatment. [...] | 2007-03-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH |
07BEIJING1448 | DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH AFM [...] (S) If the United States wants to make a difference on Burma, it should engage directly with General Than Shwe, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP DAS Eric John on March 5. In a separate meeting, MFA Director General for Asian Affairs Hu Zhengyue stressed that State Councilor Tang [...] | 2007-03-05 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL UNSC CH XC BM ID TH RP TT |
07BEIJING1482 | PREMIER STAYS THE COURSE ON REFORM, DOLES OUT PORK [...] (C) In China's version of the State of the Union address, Premier Wen Jiabao emphasized continued economic reform, balanced growth and social justice in remarks to open the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5. Wen promised to open state coffers to fund a number of social programs to a [...] | 2007-03-06 14:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1484 | AFM CUI TIANKAI ATTEMPTS TO BROKER BETTER TIES [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan February 6-9 in an effort to broker better relations between the two countries in light of recent tensions, according to an MFA official. While in Afghanistan, Cui negotiated an agreement to improve the security s [...] | 2007-03-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID AF PK CH |
07BEIJING1505 | LABRANG MONASTERY: CENTER OF BUDDHIST SCHOLARSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Labrang Monastery in Gansu Province is one of the six major Glug monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism. Historiclly, it maintained relationships with over 130 branch monasteries, and today still draws monks from around China. The monastery is home to 2,000 registered and 1,500 "unregi [...] | 2007-03-07 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID SOCI SCUL CH |
07BEIJING1508 | PRC/NEPAL: MFA THINKING ON FUTURE DEALINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. China considers the Maoists to have joined the political mainstream in Nepal, despite the ongoing struggle between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance to strike a power sharing arrangement, MFA Asian Department India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Division officer Zhi Luying st [...] | 2007-03-07 23:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP CH |
07BEIJING1518 | DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, VIETNAM AND JOINT [...] (C) Chinese scholars of Southeast Asian affairs told EAP DAS Eric John that Burma presents a major challenge and opportunity for United States-China relations following China's veto blocking a Burma resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The academics said China wants to cooperate wit [...] | 2007-03-08 04:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD UNSC CH BM VN XC |
07BEIJING152 | CHINA URGES UNITED STATES TO BAR MEDIA, PUBLIC [...] (C) China urges the United States to prevent Chen Shui-bian from conducting public or media events during his upcoming transit stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge January 8. Expressing China's strong dissatisfaction over and continued o [...] | 2007-01-08 07:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
07BEIJING1528 | NDRC CHAIRMAN: SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE ON [...] (C) National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai said at a press conference on March 7 that the Central Government's macroeconomic control measures aim to send a clear message to the provinces to develop in a responsible way. Emphasizing the quality of development over th [...] | 2007-03-08 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV CH |
07BEIJING1566 | MARCH 8TH MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, [...] Key points made at the March 8 MFA Press Conference were: -- China's State Council issued a report on the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006 as "a mirror for the United States to view its own human rights" situation and to question American "double standards" in criticizing othe [...] | 2007-03-09 04:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ENRG XM JA AO PE CH |
07BEIJING1590 | PREMIER'S WORK REPORT: SICHUAN AND SHANGHAI [...] (C) Provincial leaders alternatively stressed parochial interests and fealty to the center's objectives when discussing Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 7. Zhou Yongkang, former Sichuan Party Secretary and current Mini [...] | 2007-03-09 09:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1591 | NPC PREPARES TO ENDORSE PROPERTY RIGHTS LAW, [...] (C) The revised version of China's oft-delayed and highly controversial "Property Rights Law," currently under discussion at the annual National People's Congress (NPC),contains new language designed to defuse criticism that the party is abandoning socialist principles. However, it also tak [...] | 2007-03-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH |
07BEIJING1596 | BEIJING LEADERSHIP AND REFORMERS BOTH KEEP CLOSE [...] (C) Summary. Despite another round of warnings from National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on "ensuring a smooth election" for Hong Kong Chief Executive on March 25, Beijing-based reformers continue to watch the Hong Kong process with an eye toward implications for China's own p [...] | 2007-03-09 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH HK |
07BEIJING1615 | RURAL POLICY GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AT NPC, [...] (C) Government leaders have once again made rural policy a focus of the "Two Meetings," as they attempt to address concerns about the growing urban-rural income gap and the lack of social services in the countryside. Premier Wen Jiabao, in his March 5 speech, devoted considerable attention to [...] | 2007-03-12 08:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV CH |
07BEIJING1625 | IRAN SANCTIONS: FOLLOWING-UP ON MISSILE [...] (S) China appreciates the additional information provided by the United States about possible missile- related cooperation between Chinese companies and Iran, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue told Poloff on March 12 in response to delivery [...] | 2007-03-12 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR CH |
07BEIJING1626 | (S) CHINA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE SANCTIONS ON [...] (S) China appreciates United States' efforts to provide further information about conventional weapons transfers to Iran but China's strong opposition to sanctions on Chinese companies pursuant to American domestic legislation, such as the Iran-Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA),remains unchan [...] | 2007-03-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR CH |
07BEIJING1627 | MFA PREPARING FOR PM WEN'S VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (C) China and Japan hope to clarify and expand on the nature of their "strategic, mutually supportive partnership" during Premier Wen's planned mid-April visit to Tokyo, Asia Department DDG Qiu Guohong told Polmincouns March 12. Premier Wen's visit will be the first visit to Japan by a Chines [...] | 2007-03-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA CH |
07BEIJING1668 | WU YI INTERVENES AS DR. GAO CASE LAYS BARE [...] (C) Vice Premier Wu Yi personally intervened in the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie in order to break an impasse between the Central Government and Henan Province authorities, xxxxx unusually candid comments, along with other observations from MFA staffers, reveal a glimpse into central-local dissonance and [...] | 2007-03-13 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING1672 | LI YUANCHAO DISCUSSES REFORM, PROPERTY LAW AT [...] (C) Pressing ahead with political and economic reform poses the biggest challenge for Jiangsu, provincial Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador March 8. Interest groups that are unwilling to compromise, especially on issues such as health care, are slowing pos [...] | 2007-03-13 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1676 | MARCH 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 13 MFA press conference were: -- The first denuclearization working group meeting will be held on March 17 chaired by VFM Wu. -- IAEA Chief ElBaradei was briefed by VFM Wu on the Six-Party Talks in Beijing en route to Pyongyang. -- Australia and Japan should [...] | 2007-03-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH |
07BEIJING1679 | PRC-RUSSIA: SNAPSHOT OF RELATIONS AS HU JINTAO [...] (C) Hu Jintao will visit Moscow later this month at a time when many Chinese analysts believe the China-Russia relationship is at an all-time high, according to a leading Chinese academic on Russia. Hu's visit will kick off the Year of China in Russia and will serve as an opportunity for him [...] | 2007-03-14 03:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG MARR RU CH |
07BEIJING1688 | INVITATION TO FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 07:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH |
07BEIJING1689 | USTR PROPOSES BILATERAL LABOR DIALOGUE WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6 Assistant USTR Tim Stratford met with the Chinese Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSS) and proposed that the United States and China initiate a bilateral labor dialogue that would help the United States sustain and improve trade ties with China. USTR has coor [...] | 2007-03-14 07:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD CH |
07BEIJING1690 | KEY CHINESE ACADEMIC SEES CROSS-STRAIT TIES [...] (C) A leading Chinese commentator on foreign affairs disagreed with China's standard line on Taiwan and told visiting EAP/CM Director John Norris that from his perspective Chen Shui-bian is a diminishing threat to Beijing. After other scholars offered familiar points about the danger of Chen [...] | 2007-03-14 07:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW JA |
07BEIJING1691 | CHINESE ACADEMICS STILL CANNOT EXPLAIN ANTI- [...] (C) Chinese scholars still have no explanation for China's anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) test and claim that they do not have information about the test some two months after the launch, EAP/CM Director John Norris was told March 13. Chinese scholars have not yet received any information abou [...] | 2007-03-14 07:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR JA AS CH |
07BEIJING1697 | SECRETARY PAULSON, VICE PREMIER WU YI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 7 meeting at Beijing Capital International Airport, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson urged Vice Premier Wu Yi to offer more liberalization of Chinese services sectors, highlighting financial services, civil aviation and environmental services in preparation f [...] | 2007-03-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD SENV OVIP KIPR CVIS PREL CH |
07BEIJING1698 | FARE HIKES SPARK HUNAN RIOTS, CROWDS TURN ON POLICE [...] (C) A Hunan security officia confirmed a Xinhua News Service report that the March 9-10 violent protests over bus fare hikes in Yongzhou have tapered off. He denied foreign and Hong Kong news reports that a sudent was killed in the tumult. Security officials are now engaged in two investiga [...] | 2007-03-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1700 | COURT AND PROCURACY REPORTS STRESS ANTI- [...] (SBU) During his March 13 presentation of the Supreme People's Court Work Report at China's annual legislative session, Court President Xiao Yang discussed death penalty reforms and made repeated reference to the need for supervision of the judiciary. Procurator-General Jia Chunwang highligh [...] | 2007-03-14 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON KJUS KIPR CH |
07BEIJING1734 | CHINA/ENERGY: REFINING HOW OIL IS PRICED [...] (SBU) China presently has in place an interim oil pricing mechanism that will eventually lead to the integration of domestic prices with global prices, according to National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Bi Jingquan, as quoted by media on March 11. Bi's comment caps ye [...] | 2007-03-15 03:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING1753 | ADB's NGO PROJECT GETTING HIGH MARKS IN JIANGXI [...] (SBU) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its Chinese Government partners launched the second phase of the NGO-Government Partnerships in Village-Level Poverty Alleviation project on January 19. The pilot project, based in Jiangxi Province, was inaugurated in December 2005 (see reftel). Gov [...] | 2007-03-15 07:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1757 | CHINA WILL CONSIDER UN REFORM POINTS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ACABQ UNGA CH |
07BEIJING1760 | FIFTH GENERATION STAR LI KEQIANG DISCUSSES [...] (C) Liaoning Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to President Hu Jintao in 2012, described the challenges he faces as a provincial leader to the Ambassador over dinner on March 12. Engaging and well-informed, Li related that de [...] | 2007-03-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1761 | MARCH 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, BDA, [...] Key points made at the March 15 MFA press conference were: -- China deeply regrets the U.S. Treasury Department ruling on Banco Delta Asia and seeks a solution conducive to the spirit of the Six-Party Talks and beneficial to Macau's stability. -- The denuclearization working group will mee [...] | 2007-03-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS JA CH PK |
07BEIJING1776 | TWO CPPCC DEPUTIES SAY DEMOCRACY IS ON THE WAY [...] (C) Two Delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) predicted to Econoff that China will be more democratic within a generation with or without the support of the Communist Party. Businessman Wang Chaobin said his positive experience in the CPPCC with offering [...] | 2007-03-16 07:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PREL CH |
07BEIJING1786 | MOST'S VIEWS ON SED DIALOGUES AND UPCOMING BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: ESTH Counselor met with Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Department of International Cooperation Deputy Director General Ma Linying March 14 to touch base following the SED Whitepaper meetings and hear MOST's views on SED preparations and other upcoming bilateral issues [...] | 2007-03-16 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIJING1790 | ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONCLUDES WITH PASSAGE [...] (C) China's controversial Property Law passed with 97 percent of the vote at the March 16 closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC). As is the case every year, all 11 items on the docket at the final session were approved handily, though NPC deputies seemed genuinely surprised by [...] | 2007-03-16 11:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1792 | QINGHAI GOVERNOR EMPHASIZES BALANCED DEVELOPMENT, [...] (C) China's only female governor, Song Xiuyan of Qinghai Province, emphasized the need for balanced development that promotes rapid economic growth and raises living standards while also protecting the environment during a March 11 lunch with the Ambassador. Protecting Qinghai's environment b [...] | 2007-03-16 12:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1795 | MARCH 16 PREMIER WEN JIABAO NPC PRESS CONFERENCE: [...] At his March 16 press conference immediately following conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC),Premier Wen Jiabao made the following key points: -- China's anti-satellite (ASAT) test was neither aimed at nor threatened any country and did not violate any international treaties. [...] | 2007-03-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR CH JA TW KN |
07BEIJING1815 | FOR QINGDAO, INNOVATION MEANS MONEY [...] (SBU) Qingdao is a young and growing port city, with economic and science & technology (S&T) planners brimming with optimism. Local officials are promoting innovation, research and high tech development at every turn, with the primary goal being economic development rather than meeting all p [...] | 2007-03-19 07:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPL ECON PARM EINV CH |
07BEIJING1838 | PRC-ZIMBABWE: CHINA UNLIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI CH |
07BEIJING1839 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO SANCTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CG XA CH |
07BEIJING1840 | ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY TOUTS ECONOMIC SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary. Zhejiang Province Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping, a contender to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2012/2013, describes Zhejiang as a driving force behind national economic growth. Zhejiang ranks high for income, low for income disparities, and makes substantial contributions to mig [...] | 2007-03-19 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL ELAB SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1841 | PRC-JAPAN HISTORY DIALOGUE: COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese historians meet in Tokyo March 19-20 to conduct the second round of a dialogue on modern history intended to calm tensions in both countries, scholars and officials involved with the project told us. Officials say press reports that Premier Wen will cut short his April [...] | 2007-03-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI JA CH |
07BEIJING1842 | UN REFORM: CHINA BELIEVES REFORM ISSUES SHOULD BE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ACABQ UNGA CH |
07BEIJING188 | SECURITY FORCES RAID PURPORTED XINJIANG TERRORIST [...] (C) Local Xinjiang security forces raided a suspected terrorist camp in a mountainous region of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region near the Pakistan border on January 5, killing 18 and arresting 17 suspects, according to Chinese media and officials. According to Xinjiang public security officia [...] | 2007-01-09 12:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER CH |
07BEIJING1882 | DAUSTR BHATIA DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Although the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) will be an important legacy of the United States-China bilateral relationship, it is essential that the SED produce positive, practical results, Deputy United States Trade Representative Karan Bhatia told Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Ma [...] | 2007-03-20 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW |
07BEIJING1884 | INTERNET ADDICTION SCARE IN CHINA REVEALS DEEPER [...] (C) The perils of "Internet addiction" have been a hot human interest story in Mainland media in recent weeks, as newspapers and (of course) Internet news sites run a steady diet of cautionary tales about youths losing their way thanks to too much time online. The Ministry of Culture has ann [...] | 2007-03-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1885 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para. 2. 2. (SBU) China is pleased to see expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and particularly welcomes the announcement that Ukraine has joined the Initiative, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told [...] | 2007-03-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH |
07BEIJING1886 | CO-SPONSORHIP OF ARF INTERSESSIONAL SIGNALS [...] (C) China's agreement to co-sponsor with the United States an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation exemplifies China's desire to increase its emphasis on security cooperation through ARF, rather than APEC, MFA Asia Department Regional Security Division D [...] | 2007-03-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ARF APEC CH |
07BEIJING1887 | MARCH 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the March 20 MFA press conference were: -- The Sixth Round of Six-Party Talks opened with bilateral consultations and an opening ceremony. China hopes the agreement reached on Banco Delta Asia will be conducive to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The Spokesm [...] | 2007-03-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MNUC KN RS IR JA CH AS PP FR |
07BEIJING189 | JANUARY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ANTI-TERROR RAID, [...] Key Points at the January 9 MFA Press Conference were: -- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region public security forces "responded to resistance" at a terrorist training camp of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM),killing 18 terrorists and arresting 17. -- China firmly opposes the Unite [...] | 2007-01-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KN KS JA TW CH |
07BEIJING1895 | BISHKEK IN AUGUST: SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 04:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KG ZK RU CH |
07BEIJING1900 | CHINA PREPARES RESUMED AND EXPANDED [...] (S) China is prepared to immediately resume and expand nonproliferation cooperation with the United States, MFA Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan told the DCM. Zhang's proposals include: - immediately resuming nonproliferation consultations with ISN A/S Rood at the [...] | 2007-03-21 05:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC CH IR |
07BEIJING1925 | Assistant Foreign Minister Briefs on Hu [...] President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to Russia from March 26-28 meeting with President Putin, PM Fradkov, SpeakerGryzlov, and Tatarstan Republic President Shaeymiev, AFM Li Hui announced in a special March 21 press briefing. Hu and Putin will atten the China Year in Russia's opening ce [...] | 2007-03-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC RS CH |
07BEIJING1936 | HUMAN RIGHTS: PETITIONERS AND ACTIVISTS FACE [...] (C) Following the close of China's annual legislative confab, the National People's Congress (NPC),on March 16, many activists who had been detained or under police scrutiny have been released. Several contacts indicated that security during the "two meetings" was heightened this year, in par [...] | 2007-03-21 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07BEIJING1937 | CHINA SEEKING SOLUTION AGREEABLE TO ALL ON UNESCO [...] (C) China will try to find a solution to the proposal for a UNESCO special session on the Old City of Jerusalem that satisfies all parties, MFA International Organizations Counselor Jiang Qin told PolMinCouns in response to reftel demarche. The Chinese Chairman of UNESCO's Executive Board wil [...] | 2007-03-21 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL UNESCO CH IS |
07BEIJING1960 | KOSOVO: CHINESE MFA SEES POSITIONS HARDENING [...] (C) China sees positions concerning Kosovo as hardening, both between Serbs and Kosovars and among some UNSC members, the Deputy Director for MFA's Balkans Division told poloff. China supports Special Envoy Ahtisaari's efforts, but Beijing's position that it will only back a result agreed to b [...] | 2007-03-22 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ZL CH RS SR |
07BEIJING1963 | HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL LEADER GAO [...] (C) Exchanges with United States religious institutions are extremely valuable for Chinese Protestants, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary Vice President and China Christian Council (CCC) Standing Committee member Gao Ying told Poloff during a March 15 meeting. Now is an especially opportune [...] | 2007-03-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
07BEIJING1966 | MARCH 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the March 22 MFA press conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks continued with bilateral meetings despite reports that DPRK VFM Kim Kye-Gwan was at the airport ready to depart Beijing. -- The Talks have run into "unexpected" technical and procedural problems regarding the [...] | 2007-03-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS JP CH FR SU |
07BEIJING1986 | DARFUR: CHINA SEEKS CONSENSUS RESOLUTION IN HUMAN [...] (C) China believes the Human Rights Council should address the issue of Darfur and is urging the European Union and Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) to find a consensus text on a resolution, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Dong Zhihua told polof [...] | 2007-03-23 06:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHCR CH SU |
07BEIJING2009 | AUSTR STRATFORD DISCUSSES XINHUA REGULATIONS WITH [...] (C) On March 14, AUSTR for China and Mongolia Affairs Tim Stratford raised with Xinhua News Vice President Lu Wei WTO concerns over the September 2006 regulations requiring foreign financial information providers to sign a service contract with Xinhua's wholly-owned distributor. AUSTR Stratfo [...] | 2007-03-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN KIPR PREL CH |
07BEIJING2016 | CHONGQING LEADER WANG YANG SAYS "THE WORLD IS [...] (C) Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang, one of China's youngest regional leaders, told the Ambassador that continued good United States-China relations will depend on continued growth in bilateral economic ties. Wang frankly discussed the challenges he faces in Chongqing, but insisted that [...] | 2007-03-26 03:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
07BEIJING2042 | CHINA: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KNNP CH IR |
07BEIJING2043 | UK URGES CHINA TO PRESS IRAN FOR THE RELEASE OF UK [...] (C) China will do all it can to persuade Iran to return the British military personnel Iran is now holding, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu said to British Polmincouns Peter Wilson on March 26 in response to Wilson's request that Beijing intervene with Tehran o [...] | 2007-03-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UK CH IR |
07BEIJING2058 | CHINA URGED TO IMPLEMENT SWIFTLY UNSCR 1747 [...] (S) China will fulfill its international obligation to implement fully UN Security Council Resolution 1747, MFA International Organizations Department Acting Director Sun Xiaobo told Poloff on March 27 in response to reftel points, urging China to implement swiftly the sanctions mandated by UN [...] | 2007-03-27 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AE CH |
07BEIJING2059 | MARCH 27 PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, PM WEN [...] Key points made at the March 27 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman said no date has been set for the next round of Six-Party Talks, discussed DAS Glaser's visit on the Banco Delta Asia issue and ducked other questions about why last week's Talks broke down. -- Premier Wen will [...] | 2007-03-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RS ST SP IN PK |
07BEIJING2060 | "NAIL HOUSE" ROCK: PROPERTY PROTEST STIRS [...] (C) A Chongqing family's refusal to abandon a building in the face of developers' bulldozers has captured the attention of Chinese media, scholars and netizens over the past week. The media have dubbed the building "the Nail House," referring to a Chinese term describing a person who refuses [...] | 2007-03-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07BEIJING2073 | CHAIRMAN OF JCS GENERAL PACE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States and China are not only important stakeholders in the international community but also "constructive partners" working together closely to serve the common interests of the world's people, stated FM Li Zhaoxing during a March 23 meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chief [...] | 2007-03-28 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CH TW |
07BEIJING2076 | MARCH 28 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: SPOKESPERSON SLAMS [...] Key points at the March 28 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- In response to a planted question, spokesman Yang Yi stated strong opposition to a Second Republic Constitution, calling it a plot to "freeze the Constitution" and push through "one country on each side" separati [...] | 2007-03-28 12:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING2091 | U/S LAVIN, MOFCOM VM MA DISCUSS SED, JCCT, MARKET [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary Lavin informed Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong that unaddressed market access and IPR issues, the possibility of countervailing duty cases against China this year and the potential for a deterioration in the bilateral economic and trade rel [...] | 2007-03-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR WTRO EINV CH |
07BEIJING2096 | MARCH 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 29 MFA press conference were: -- China has always viewed the Six-Party Talks "rationally" with neither pessimism nor optimism. -- The "so-called" stealing of United States military secrets was groundless and had ulterior motives. -- It is unfair for the Unite [...] | 2007-03-29 10:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC XV CH KN KS JA RS CE PP SU NUIN |
07BEIJING2100 | UNHCR'S BEIJING REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES REFUGEES [...] (S) Some 160 refugees and 62 asylum seekers are currently receiving UNHCR protection in Beijing, including individuals from North Korea, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran and Iraq, UNHCR Regional Representative for China and Mongolia Veerapong Vonguarotai told Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population R [...] | 2007-03-29 12:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREF PREL KN CH |
07BEIJING2101 | CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) Summary. This is the first of two cables to assist Washington, DC agencies in their Section 301 decision making for China. This cable focuses on non- enforcement related IPR issues, including policy developments, legislative developments and patent and trademark prosecution. Post reco [...] | 2007-03-29 12:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH |
07BEIJING2103 | CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) This is part two of the Mission's reporting on "Special 301" related developments. The Mission's recommendations that China should once again be placed on the Priority Watch List, with Section 306 monitoring, and considered for an appropriate WTO case on IPR, were set forth in the first [...] | 2007-03-30 00:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH |
07BEIJING2130 | HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...] | 2007-03-30 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN |
07BEIJING2138 | HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...] | 2007-04-02 01:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN |
07BEIJING2139 | EMBASSY RAISES FALUN GONG REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] (C) Post contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Human Rights division March 30 to inquire about the reported unlawful repatriation from Russia March 28 of refugees Ma Hui, a Falun Gong practitioner, and her daughter Ma Ding (ref). Xu Jing, an offi [...] | 2007-04-02 01:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF CH RS |
07BEIJING2152 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, ANSWERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH |
07BEIJING2178 | XIAN AIRCRAFT CORPORATION VISITED BY EMBASSY [...] (S) Embassy Export Control Officer (ECO) visited Xian Aircraft Industry (Group) Ltd., a/k/a Xian Aircraft Corporation (XAC) on November 24, 2006, at the invitation of the Boeing Corporation (STRICTLY PROTECT) and under the direction of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). The purpose of [...] | 2007-04-03 06:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
07BEIJING2187 | QINGHAI NGOS DISCUSS PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Qinghai Province told Chengdu- based Poloff that local NGOs have grown rapidly in the last several years. NGOs in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai have invested 40 million RMB (USD 5.2 million) in so [...] | 2007-04-03 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV CH |
07BEIJING2188 | 17TH PARTY CONGRESS TO BOOST HU JINTAO'S [...] (C) Embassy contacts uniformly predict that the 17th Party Congress scheduled for this fall will boost Party chief Hu Jintao's ideological authority by listing his doctrinal slogans together with those of his predecessors. The relative weight that will be given to Hu's various ideological sl [...] | 2007-04-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCUL CH |
07BEIJING2190 | 17TH PARTY CONGRESS: PERSONNEL RUMORS HINT AT [...] (C) This fall's 17th Party Congress provides Hu Jintao with the opportunity to consolidate his power and leave a long-lasting imprint on the Party, both in terms of policy and in the selection of China's next generation of leaders. In terms of personnel, nothing is guaranteed, beyond Hu Jintao [...] | 2007-04-03 23:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING2217 | KOSOVO: CHINA FEARS PRECEDENT SET BY INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) China fears the precedent that could be set by UN action granting supervised independence to Kosovo, according to Chinese scholars from a Ministry of State Security-affiliated think tank. UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan to grant Kosovo independence without Serbian consent could someday [...] | 2007-04-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK CH YI RS |
07BEIJING2250 | APRIL 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the April 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Spokesman avoided placing blame for difficulties in the Six-Party Talks process, in response to questions by reporters about the Talks "falling apart." -- Vice Admiral Wu Shengli is visiting the United States from April 1-8 and [...] | 2007-04-05 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KPAL KN KS JA CH AO TC IS SA |
07BEIJING2251 | PRC/RUSSIA: MFA ADDS DETAILS ON SECURITY AND TRADE [...] (C) Personal friendship between Presidents Hu and Putin contributed to the success of Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia, according to an MFA official who accompanied Hu on the trip. The MFA readout emphasized cultural and trade activities associated with opening of the China Year in Rus [...] | 2007-04-05 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG RS CH |
07BEIJING2261 | HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES TREATMENT OF KADEER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH |
07BEIJING2283 | ILO SEEKS DONOR FUNDING FOR CHINA MINE SAFETY [...] Summary: The International Labor Organization (ILO) and China's State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) seek US$1.9 million in funding for a three year project on improving occupational safety and health in China's coal mines. The project would use a tripartite approach to review mine saf [...] | 2007-04-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EMIN EAID CH |
07BEIJING2321 | CHINA "HAS NO PLANS" TO SEND AN OFFICIAL TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA PARM IR CH |
07BEIJING2338 | COOKED STATS, RAW NERVES: UPBEAT PROTEST NUMBERS [...] (C) China's Ministry of Public Security has made a point in the early part of 2007 of publicizing statistics showing that "mass incidents" across China are on the wane, particularly in rural areas. MPS Vice Minister Liu Jinguo announced in January that the number of "mass incidents," which h [...] | 2007-04-10 02:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07BEIJING2409 | APRIL 11 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: LIEN CHAN TO VISIT [...] Key points at the April 11 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Honorary KMT Chairman Lien Chan will attend the Third CCP-KMT sponsored "Cross-Strait Forum on Trade and Culture" April 28-29 in Beijing. -- The spokesman did not comment on the possibility of new KMT Chairman [...] | 2007-04-11 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING2435 | CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED IN [...] (C) No Chinese officials participated in the April 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Department's Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei during an April 12 meeting. Xu stated that China is well aware of its international obligations, [...] | 2007-04-12 08:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA PARM CH IR |
07BEIJING2436 | ILSA: CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OIL DEAL IN THE WORKS [...] (C) China understands the United States' concerns about sending the "wrong signal" to Iran and is well aware of its obligations under UN resolutions, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Affairs Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei. During an April 12 meeting, Xu said China's representative to th [...] | 2007-04-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR |
07BEIJING2455 | USPTO U/S DUDAS AND SUPREMEPEOPLE'S COURT DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Jon Dudas met with Supreme People's Court (SPC) Deputy President Zhang Jun on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and innovation in China. The two discussed China's crimi [...] | 2007-04-13 03:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV CH |
07BEIJING2459 | RESIDENCE PERMIT REFORM: "OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE" [...] (C) An official announcement that residence permits in 12 provinces and regions will no longer classify citizens as rural or non-rural has pushed debate over China's household registration system back to the fore in media and academic circles. But as with previous declarations of reform, the [...] | 2007-04-13 07:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07BEIJING2463 | U.S. COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL [...] (U) United States Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement Chris Israel met with China General Administration of Customs officials on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. China Customs expressed their interest in moving forward quickly wit [...] | 2007-04-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH |
07BEIJING2471 | AMBASSADOR RAISES VOA BROADCASTS, INTERNET [...] (C) China's blocking of Voice of America radio and television broadcasts and censorship of United States Government Internet sites undermines the kinds of exchanges China itself wants to foster, the Ambassador told State Council Information Office Director Cai Wu on April 9. The programs and [...] | 2007-04-13 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING2477 | Tibetan Scholars: Cultural Preservation [...] (SBU) Tibetan scholars and monks in Gansu Province advocated focused, selective cultural preservation in discussions with Poloffs during a recent visit, but stressed that making culture a boutique luxury is not the path to success in this effort. Acknowledging that some aspects of Tibetan cu [...] | 2007-04-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING2481 | PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO JAPAN DOMINATES NEWS CYCLE [...] (C) Mainland media has presented saturation coverage of Premier Wen Jiabao's trip to Japan this week as print, online and broadcast media have given the visit top billing. With few exceptions, the treatment has been straightforward and upbeat. The official and popular press has emphasized P [...] | 2007-04-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH JA |
07BEIJING2482 | PROMOTING TIBETAN EDUCATION HELPS QUELL SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Tibetan monks from Qinghai and Gansu Provinces recently described efforts to reintegrate traditional cultural and religious elements into the curricula of two privately funded schools for underprivileged nomadic Tibetans in Qinghai's Golok Prefecture. Resettled Tibetan nomads a [...] | 2007-04-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV CH |
07BEIJING2484 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan called in poloff and Russian Embassy poloff April 13 to raise questions about the process for expansion and admission of new members in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the Initiative). China agrees that the most im [...] | 2007-04-14 06:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING2486 | (S) CHINA INFORMED OF SHIPMENT OF SODIUM [...] (S) China will look into the shipment of sodium perchlorate, ammunition and fuzes from China to Iran MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue said April 14 in response to Poloff's delivery of Ref A message. Undertaking to report our information t [...] | 2007-04-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR CH |
07BEIJING2514 | STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES NORTHEAST ASIAN [...] (SBU) China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Japan expert Jin Xide told Staffdel Mixter that Premier Wen's visit to Japan aims to enhance China's image in the minds of the Japanese public. Energy, including cooperation on energy conservation and the dispute over gas in the East China Sea, is [...] | 2007-04-17 01:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV CH JA KS KN |
07BEIJING2517 | STAFFDEL MIXTER'S VISIT TO INNER MONGOLIAN [...] (SBU) Officials of China's Shenhua Company told Staffdel Mixter that their factory for direct coal liquefaction could begin producing diesel fuel from coal with minimal environmental impact by the end of this year. During an April 6 tour of Shenhua's eighty percent-complete facility in Erdos, [...] | 2007-04-17 01:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KIRF CH |
07BEIJING2535 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting on March 28, 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) informed Mark Ginsberg, Member of the Board of Directors, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Ginsberg),that the Ministry of Construction (MOC) has the lead in negotiating the Ene [...] | 2007-04-17 06:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH |
07BEIJING2536 | U.S. -CHINA ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On the margins of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Green and Energy Efficient Building Technologies and Products Expo (Intelligent Building Technology Conference),Vice Minister of the Ministry of Construction (MOC) Qiu Baoxing shared his vision for expanding t [...] | 2007-04-17 06:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH |
07BEIJING255 | PRC/FRANCE: SEGOLENE ROYAL VISITS BEIJING [...] (C) Segolene Royal, the head of the French Socialist Party who hopes to become France's first female President in elections in April and May, had a positive visit to China, according to French Embassy Political Counselor Erkki Maillard. During her four-day trip to Beijing ending of January 9 [...] | 2007-01-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU CH FR |
07BEIJING2555 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomes ref A information about the expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to include Armenia, Romania, Cambodia and Macedonia, MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan told poloff April 17. Poloff noted that we did not yet have any informat [...] | 2007-04-18 06:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING2566 | USTR CONCLUDES PROVINCIAL IPR REVIEW IN BEIJING [...] (U) USTR Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Stanford McCoy and USTR Senior Director for China Affairs Amy Celico visited Beijing on March 16 to conclude a series of provincial review meetings in several Chinese cities. They discussed Internet copyright issues at the B [...] | 2007-04-18 06:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH |
07BEIJING258 | JANUARY 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the January 11 MFA press conference: -- The United States and China exchanged positions during the ongoing Natsios talks regarding Sudan. -- China has no position on the planned troop increase in Iraq. -- PM Wen met with Israeli PM Olmert and called for resuming dia [...] | 2007-01-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER IS CA SU CH |
07BEIJING259 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED) OPENING SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 14 opening of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi and National Development and Reform Chairman Ma Kai,s presentations on China,s development road and strategy broke little new ground and drew largely from 11th Five-Year Plan documents. [...] | 2007-01-11 12:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN WTRO PREL SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING2599 | BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS DIALOGUES, [...] (C) Beijing-based human rights watchers reported that: -- Chinese officials referred to the Nangpa La Pass shooting incident on the Nepal border as "an accident" during the recent UK-China human rights dialogue. -- Germany will host the 23rd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue in mid-May in [...] | 2007-04-18 11:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CH |
07BEIJING262 | SED SESSION TWO: RURAL AND URBAN BALANCED [...] (SBU) In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) luncheon session on rural and urban balanced development, Finance Minister Jin Renqing outlined a recurrent SED theme ) how to raise the standard of living in China's countryside to narrow the rural-urban income gap. Policies to achiev [...] | 2007-01-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI SENV ENRG PREL CH |
07BEIJING263 | SED SESSION THREE: SUSTAINING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on sustaining economic development, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke discussed how a flexible exchange rate will help balance China's economy. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai raised [...] | 2007-01-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING2631 | PRC/INDIA: 10TH ROUND OF BORDER TALKS TO TAKE [...] (C) Executive Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo will arrive in New Delhi April 20 to conduct the tenth round of China-India border negotiations, stated MFA Asia Department officer Xu Liyi. On April 19, Xu told poloff that EVFM Dai, who also holds the title of China's Special Representative to [...] | 2007-04-19 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CH |
07BEIJING264 | SED SESSION FOUR: PROMOTING TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on promoting trade and investment, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez described the mutual SIPDIS benefits of United States-China trade, urged China to open further its services market, and underscored the need [...] | 2007-01-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING265 | SED SESSION FIVE: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on energy, environment, and sustainable development, National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai, Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, State Environmental Protection Administration Minister Zho [...] | 2007-01-11 13:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING266 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Hu Jintao congratulated the United States Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) delegation on a successful first dialogue and stressed the importance of United States-China economic ties to regional and world prosperity. Treasury Secretary Paulson said the dialogue had bee [...] | 2007-01-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING267 | CHINESE OPPOSITION TO BURMA RESOLUTION UNCHANGED; [...] (C) Calling the Charge to a 9:00 pm "urgent meeting," Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said China has "clearly" told the United States that Burma is a matter of national security for China, that there is no present threat from Burma to regional peace and security, that none of Burma's ne [...] | 2007-01-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH |
07BEIJING2670 | CHINA-VIETNAM: BEIJING PRESSURING HANOI ON ENERGY [...] (C) Chinese protests last week over Vietnamese energy exploration and survey activity in the South China Sea were especially "heavy-handed" and timed to gain leverage during the visit of Vietnam's National Assembly Chair to Beijing, according to a Vietnamese diplomat. MFA officials confirmed [...] | 2007-04-20 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PHUM CH VN PF |
07BEIJING2680 | PRC-JAPAN: PREMIER'S TRIP CONTINUES THAW BUT [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan, the first bilateral trip to Tokyo by a Chinese leader in seven years, produced concrete economic agreements and opened new channels for political and security talks but failed to resolve tough bilateral issues, Chinese diplomats and analyst [...] | 2007-04-20 09:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL ENRG SENV CH JA KS |
07BEIJING2711 | PARTY SCHOOL CONTACTS ON COMING LEADERSHIP CHANGES [...] (C) Two Central Party School (CPS) scholars predicted that there will be only a few changes in the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at this fall's 17th Party Congress, but that the Politburo is in for substantial changes and maybe even an expansion. In discussing the impetus for and limits [...] | 2007-04-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING2712 | CHINA'S SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] (SBU) China sees its role in the Middle East as one of trying to persuade all parties to continue looking for a way toward peace, China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Sun Bigan told Poloffs during a briefing on his April 9-20 visit to Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Br [...] | 2007-04-23 23:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS CH XF |
07BEIJING2748 | TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' VISIT TO CIVIL [...] (U) Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters visited the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) in Beijing on April 13 to deliver a speech on United States- China aviation cooperation. Tian Baohua, President of CAMIC, hosted the Secretary, and Minister Yang Yuanyuan of the Gen [...] | 2007-04-24 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2757 | ERITREAN SEEKS REFUGE AT EMBASSY BEIJING, REFERRED [...] (S/NF) Summary: In the early morning hours of April 20 a man telephoned the Embassy seeking assistance. He said he was a member of an Eritrean delegation visiting China and believed he would be in danger if he returned to his country. After a face to face discussion with the man and RSO co [...] | 2007-04-25 04:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ASEC CH PREF PREL |
07BEIJING2782 | APRIL 25 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: WHO MEMBERSHIP, LIEN [...] Key points at the April 25 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Taiwan cannot join the WHO as a "member," "associate member" or "observer." -- Specific arrangements are still being discussed for a possible meeting between KMT's Lien Chan and President Hu. -- The planned r [...] | 2007-04-25 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING2786 | TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS? MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters discussed a broad range of bilateral aviation issues during her meeting with General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Minister Yang Yuanyuan on April 13, 2007. The meeting included a signing ceremony for a record of [...] | 2007-04-26 00:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2793 | TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters highlighted opportunities for cooperation in railway expansion and economic development and advocated on behalf of United States railroad equipment suppliers in her April 14 meeting with Chinese Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun. Minist [...] | 2007-04-26 05:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2798 | TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters on April 14, Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao stressed that public transportation is a priority in China. He announced his attention to visit the United States in June or July to discuss implementing the soon to be sign [...] | 2007-04-26 05:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN BEXP PGOV KOLY OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2799 | SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters and Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin agreed that a bilateral agreement on safe transportation of hazardous materials could and should be concluded in the very near future. Secretary Peters outlined cooperation with China [...] | 2007-04-26 05:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ELTN SENV PREL CVIS OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2802 | PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER AZIZ'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (C) Prime Minister Aziz's April 16-20 visit to China focused on promoting economic cooperation, stated MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming. China and Pakistan signed several agreements that were "firsts" for China including the China-Pakistan Joi [...] | 2007-04-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID AF PK CH |
07BEIJING284 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and members of the U.S. delegation to the December 14-15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on December 15. Both sides hailed the inaugural SED. Premier Wen said Japan and the EU had approached China about similar t [...] | 2007-01-12 03:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KIPR SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING2857 | MOST MINISTER XU GUANHUA TO RETIRE; TONGJI UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology, has retired and will be replaced by fifty-five year old automotive engineer and returnee Wan Gang, currently president of Tongji University in Shanghai. His appointment was approved by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congres [...] | 2007-04-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA PINR TSPL CH |
07BEIJING2896 | NORINCO CLAIMS TO BE FORGOING SALES TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The United States decision to permanently waive missile proliferation sanctions against NORINCO (reftel) confirmed for company officials that they had made the right decision to forgo sales to Iran, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association Secretary General Li Genxin told Po [...] | 2007-04-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CH IR |
07BEIJING2903 | CICIR, PARTY SCHOOL SCHOLARS ASSESS TOP LEADERS [...] (C) China's top leadership approved in general terms the testing of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) technology, but they most likely were unaware in advance of the details of the January test, including the precise date, scholars from the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes of Contemp [...] | 2007-04-30 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR CH |
07BEIJING2907 | U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) In response to questions posed by a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation led by USCC Chair Carolyn Bartholomew, scholars from the MFA-affiliated Chinese Institute for International Studies (CIIS) noted that China-Russia relations are enjoying the [...] | 2007-04-30 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IAEA CH IR RU |
07BEIJING2908 | U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Scholars from the People's Liberation Army- affiliated Academy of Military Science expressed the view to a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation that while United States' global strike capabilities may raise the threshold for the United States resorting t [...] | 2007-04-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH IR |
07BEIJING2909 | U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Chair Carolyn Bartholomew and a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation used a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director General Xie Feng to urge China to do more to produce concrete results on key economic issues, to allow American FDA inspectors to [...] | 2007-04-30 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING2949 | MANDARIN DROWNING OUT UIGHUR LANGUAGE AMONG YOUTH [...] (C) Young people, teachers and parents are optimistic about Xinjiang's economic future but are also concerned about the loss of Uighur cultural roots, Poloff learned during a recent trip to the region. Official Xinjiang media and Government policy confirm that speaking Chinese is the key to [...] | 2007-05-04 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH |
07BEIJING3058 | New Ministers of Water and Land Resources Named [...] (U) China announced the selection of Xu Shaoshi as the new Minister of Land and Resources and Chen Lei as Minister of Water Resources following confirmation by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress April 27. Minister Xu was previously Deputy Secretary General of the State Cou [...] | 2007-05-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIJING3060 | SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT [...] (C) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat political staff member Li Yan confirmed to poloff May 8 that invitations for the August 15-16, 2007 summit meeting of SCO heads of state in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan have not yet been issued. Separately, Chinese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director [...] | 2007-05-08 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF ZK KG CH |
07BEIJING3078 | KEY ECONOMIC ADVISORS ON FINANCIAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) The NDRC Director General for Fiscal and Financial Affairs said that Chinese monetary officials are &doing the best they can8 managing the increasingly difficult policy challenge of maintaining price and financial stability while facing a flood of liquidity in the financial system due to a [...] | 2007-05-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH |
07BEIJING3083 | CHINA/ENERGY: PETROCHINA ANNOUNCES MAJOR BOOST TO CHINA'S [...] (SBU) China's largest oil producer, PetroChina, announced a major oil discovery in the Bohai Bay (water near Beijing-Tianjin) last week. The oil is considered to be of high quality and is easily recoverable, according to our contacts. Although estimated by the company to be around 7 billion b [...] | 2007-05-09 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING3085 | CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2007: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY [...] (C) Government officials and businessmen descended on Zhengzhou April 26-28 for the second Central China Expo. The Expo, a featured part of the Central Government's six-province "Central China Rising" strategy, was well attended despite the poor organization of volunteers who were ill-prepare [...] | 2007-05-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK |
07BEIJING3107 | ANALYST DISCUSSES ANTI-JAPANESE SENTIMENT, [...] (C) A visiting American analyst of Asian regional affairs discussed Sino-Japanese relations with four scholars from three different Chinese government think-tanks during his mid-April visit to Beijing, soon after Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan. Scholars felt that key points in the often [...] | 2007-05-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ASEAN CH JA |
07BEIJING3120 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomed refs A and B information about expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to include ten new members, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told poloff May 10. China continues to urge that the process for adding new members be refined, as [...] | 2007-05-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING315 | PM OLMERT'S CHINA VISIT [...] (C) The January 9-11 China visit by PM Olmert, the first visit to China by an Israeli Prime Minister in nine years, was very good with regard to atmospherics, with the Chinese accentuating the positive on areas of Israel-China policy agreement on Iran and the Middle East, although there were n [...] | 2007-01-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH IS |
07BEIJING3155 | CHINA/ENERGY: WESTERN ENERGY COMPANIES DISCUSS MECHANICS OF [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable discussion in Beijing with representatives from several United States energy companies on April 24, 2007. The companies noted problems in the nature of their ties with Chinese partn [...] | 2007-05-11 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING3169 | VFM ZHANG YESUI TAKES U.S. AFFAIRS ROLE, WILL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has been made the VFM-level supervisor of the North American and Oceanian Affairs Department, though MFA contacts say that Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei will continue to supervise the Department on a day-to-day basis. Zhang, not Foreign Minister Yan [...] | 2007-05-11 11:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH |
07BEIJING3171 | PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING SEES EARLY ELECTION DATE AS [...] (C) The Government of Nepal needs to set a date for the constituent assembly elections as soon as possible, according to MFA Asia Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The postponement of the elections could reignite political differences between the "eight parties." [...] | 2007-05-11 12:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH NP |
07BEIJING3172 | SHANGRI LA CONFERENCE: EVFM DAI BINGGUO WILL NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 12:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING3173 | PRC: BORDER TALKS WITH INDIA MAKING STEADY [...] (C) The last round of border talks between China and India was the most in depth to date, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The two countries' differences on the Eastern section of the border remain quite large. Beijing and New De [...] | 2007-05-11 12:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CH |
07BEIJING318 | FOREIGN JOURNALISTS TEST CHINA'S RELAXED MEDIA [...] (C) Foreign journalists have had mixed results in testing China's newly relaxed travel and interview rules (reftel). Several dissidents and controversial figures have given interviews to foreign media outlets with no official interference or repercussions, our contacts told us. Nonetheless, [...] | 2007-01-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING3232 | NEW PROPAGANDA BLITZ ON MODEL TEACHER AIMED AT [...] (C) According to Embassy contacts, a major propaganda campaign launched in April to celebrate the character and achievements of a PLA Navy political theory professor is the Party's latest effort to narrow the ideological chasm between official Party doctrines and the personal beliefs of cadres [...] | 2007-05-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING3234 | PRC/AFRICA: CHINA'S NEW SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFRICAN [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Envoy for African Affairs Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan shortly, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Deputy Division Director Weng Meihui said, adding that his division is working on the logistics of the trip. Weng echoed the MFA's public line that Liu wi [...] | 2007-05-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN CH SU |
07BEIJING3239 | S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST CONSULTATIONS IN BEIJING [...] (C) China has the capability to be a vital contributor and partner in global reconstruction and stabilization (R/S) efforts, Ambassador John Herbst told officials from the Ministries of Foreign and Civil Affairs and representatives from Chinese think tanks April 27-28. In the meetings, Ambas [...] | 2007-05-15 03:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRS CH |
07BEIJING3245 | ARF: CHINA SUPPORTS MOST U.S. INITIATIVES FOR [...] (C) China's Foreign Ministry will consider carefully the United States' proposals for the May 25 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila, Asia Department Regional Security Division official Yang Shichao told poloff May 14 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. [...] | 2007-05-15 08:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ARF CH |
07BEIJING3259 | CHINESE POP PHILOSOPHER SPARKS CONFUCIAN SENSATION [...] (C) The sudden spectacular popularity of Yu Dan, a media professor whose televised lectures on Confucianism have broken ratings records, has set Beijing's chattering classes buzzing about ideology, Yu's integrity and China's spiritual needs. Telegenic and plainspoken, Yu has inspired compari [...] | 2007-05-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH |
07BEIJING3260 | PRC/AFRICA: PRC NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Representative for Sudan/Africa Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan from May 18-24 to meet with Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and other senior leaders, Liu told Polmincouns. A stop in Darfur is not currently scheduled. Liu looks forward to working [...] | 2007-05-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH SU UN |
07BEIJING3261 | MAY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TRADE AND SED; SUDAN; [...] Key points at the May 15 MFA Press Conference were: -- United States-China trade is "win-win," trade frictions are natural given the volume of trade and China has made efforts to revalue the rmb. Such topics will be discussed in the upcoming Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). -- China pla [...] | 2007-05-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CH SU JA XA XW VM PM KS KN ZK |
07BEIJING3273 | CHINA/IPR: U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 23 meeting with the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that focused on the state of IPR protections in China, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) North American Affairs Deputy Director General Jin Xu told USCC Chairwoman Carolyn Bartholomew and othe [...] | 2007-05-16 06:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EIND PREL WTRO CH |
07BEIJING3274 | OBSERVERS MAY BE INVITED TO SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Observers from the defense attache corps in Moscow, including from the United States, will probably be invited to observe this summer's "Peace Mission 2007" military exercise conducted by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Russia, MFA Director General for Eurasia Chen Guoping to [...] | 2007-05-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU ZK CH |
07BEIJING3291 | MAY 16 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: FRANK HSIEH CANDIDACY; [...] Key points at the May 16 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- TAO Spokesman Li deflected questions on DPP Presidential Candidate front-runner Frank Hsieh and the newly appointed Premier Chang Chun-hsiung. -- The fifth round of "technical consultations" on cross-Strait touri [...] | 2007-05-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING3292 | PRC/ETHIOPIA: MFA DETAILS PRC RESPONSE TO APRIL 24 [...] (C) China was shocked "top to bottom" by the April 24 dawn attack by some 200 Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels o a Chinese oil facility near the Somali border in the Ogaden region, MFA Deputy Division Director Zhou Haihong told us on May 16. Describing the incident as "totally un [...] | 2007-05-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PREF CH ET |
07BEIJING3311 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON WEN VISIT, YASUKUNI SHRINE [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese leaders made calculated decisions that allowed Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan to succeed, Japanese Ambassador to China Miyamoto told the Ambassador in a May 9 meeting. Japanese PM Abe judged that a successful Wen visit would help his domestic [...] | 2007-05-17 08:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD JA CH |
07BEIJING3316 | CHINA BANKS GIVEN LIMITED CHANNEL TO INVEST IN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) New rules allow banks with Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) quotas to invest in equities in addition to fixed-income instruments, which are already permitted. Hong Kong registered funds will for now be the sole beneficiaries, since no other overseas regulatory body has ye [...] | 2007-05-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CH HK |
07BEIJING3322 | COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE LEADER HU CHUNHUA [...] (C) Communist Youth League First Secretary Hu Chunhua told the Ambassador that 70-80 percent of China's rural youth seek work in urban areas and this sort of social change, plus the unprecedented number of university graduates seeking jobs, presents serious challenges. Scrutiny of new appli [...] | 2007-05-17 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI CH |
07BEIJING3411 | ILSA: CHINA: MFA CHARACTERIZES YADAVARAN OIL DEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 08:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR |
07BEIJING3416 | MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER TECRO WASHINGTON EVENT [...] (C) MFA DDG for North America Xie Feng called in Polmincouns on May 21 to express Beijing's concern over a May 9 TECRO-hosted event in Washington at which TECRO representatives reportedly flew the "so-called" Republic of China (ROC) flag, played the ROC national anthem and made remarks emphasi [...] | 2007-05-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
07BEIJING3450 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MULTIPLE SHIPMENTS OF SODIUM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message encouraging Chinese officials to investigate past and future shipments of sodium perchlorate to entities in Iran designated in the Annexes to UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Third Secretary [...] | 2007-05-22 06:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC IR CH |
07BEIJING346 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH NDRC [...] (SBU) Summary. China views the sustainability of its economic growth to rest on its domestic economy, with trade only recently becoming a more significant factor. Future cooperation on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and nuclear power will be the focus of post-Strategic Economic Dialogu [...] | 2007-01-16 06:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON TRGY PREL OVIP CH |
07BEIJING3462 | PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CH TW |
07BEIJING3463 | PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States' and China's common interests are "on the rise" in response to increasingly diversified global threats, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Zhang Yesui told United States Pacific Command (PACOM) Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating on May 11. Zhang said China wants to continue [...] | 2007-05-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CH TW |
07BEIJING347 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman discussed the Global Nuclear Energy Program (GNEP),Generation IV International Forum (GIF),ongoing cooperation under the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology (PUNT) and potential areas for new cooperation with China Atomic Energy Authority (CA [...] | 2007-01-16 06:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP KOLY PTER OVIP CH |
07BEIJING3489 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK D372865 - WAVELAB TELECOM [...] (U) REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check end-use visit to determine the reliability and suitability of WAVELAB TELECOM EQUIPMENT CO LTD to receive controlled United States goods and technology. BIS License Application D372865 was submitted by WAVELAB INC., 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 3, R [...] | 2007-05-23 09:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
07BEIJING3503 | CORRUPTION TALES: WHEN THE DOG BARKS, BUT DOESN'T [...] (C) Former head of China's General Administration for Press and Publications (GAPP) Long Xinmin, recently replaced by Liu Binjie, was sidelined over corruption charges, according to an American academic who knows Long well. Beijing real estate developer Liu Jun, charged with bribery and implic [...] | 2007-05-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI CH |
07BEIJING3512 | CHINA/ILSA: SINOPEC REITERATES YADAVARAN DEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 07:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR |
07BEIJING3578 | ZHENGZHOU WELCOMES EMBASSY'S FIRST VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST IN [...] (SBU) The China Mission launched its first Virtual Presence Post (VPP) in Henan Province's Zhengzhou city during a major commercial Expo in the city. Despite local officials' initial uncertainty, the media and residents of Zhengzhou welcomed the new initiative, which built on more than a year [...] | 2007-05-29 03:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH KPAO KIIP |
07BEIJING3587 | CHINESE OPEN DOOR ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCE...MAYBE [...] (SBU) In a possible indication of greater openness to talking about development finance, officials from China's foreign aid bureaucracy told a visiting Treasury official that they look forward to more exchanges on the topic. Long reluctant to discuss foreign aid-related issues (see reftels),t [...] | 2007-05-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID CH |
07BEIJING3621 | MAY 30 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CHEN SHUI-BIAN PLOTS, [...] Key points at the May 30 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO is highly concerned about Chen Shui-bian and the DPP's push for a referendum on applying for membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." -- Japan should abide by the three political joint documents betw [...] | 2007-05-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING3631 | STRUCTURAL ISSUES WORKING GROUP AND TRADE REMEDIES WORKING [...] (SBU) The Structural Issues Working Group (SIWG) convened on April 17, 2007, in Beijing and the Trade Remedies Working Group (TRWG) met on April 18, 2007. The SIWG was established in the April 2004 meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) to provide a forum for th [...] | 2007-05-31 00:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING3648 | PRC-JAPAN: EAST CHINA SEA TALKS, LEE TENG-HUI [...] (C) The first round of East China Sea talks following Premier Wen's landmark visit to Tokyo clearly outlined the difficulty of bridging gaps between Beijing and Tokyo and moving toward joint exploitation of East China Sea resources, according to MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun. To [...] | 2007-05-31 08:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG JA CH KS |
07BEIJING3658 | SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) China does not favor expanding sanctions on Sudan and seeks more time for diplomacy, PRC Special Representative for Africa/Darfur Liu Guijin said in response to Polmincouns' delivery of Ref A message on the President's announcement of United States' sanctions on Sudan over lack of progress [...] | 2007-05-31 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD UN CH SU AU |
07BEIJING3706 | THAI PM MEETS CHINESE LEADERS AND SIGNS FIVE-YEAR [...] (C) Summary: Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanot visited Beijing and Kunming May 28-29, meeting with President Hu, Premier Wen and State Councilor Tang. The PM was accompanied by Thailand's Defense Minister, who met separately with PRC Defense Minister Cao and state-run arms procurement [...] | 2007-06-01 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD CH TH |
07BEIJING371 | PRC SUGGESTS LIMITS ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] (C) China believes the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) should be extended for only six more months, that the February extension should be MINUSTAH's final extension and that the scope of the mission should be reduced to the size it was when the mission was first establ [...] | 2007-01-16 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW |
07BEIJING3717 | UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VIEWS ON ECONOMIC REFORM: ENJOYING THE [...] (SBU) Students at two of China's most prestigious universities said they are optimistic about China's economic growth prospects and feel fortunate to be graduating from college during this period in China's development. While they remain concerned about finding a good job after graduation, the [...] | 2007-06-04 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING3718 | MIGRANTS FUEL SHAANXI PROVINCE'S RURAL ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Rural-to-urban migration is the primary driver of Shaanxi Province's rural economy -- even in one village that receives strong financial support from the local government and an American NGO. Rural residents in Shaanxi are increasingly looking for opportunities in urban areas for both wag [...] | 2007-06-04 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING3719 | WESTERN CHINA'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO LAG BEHIND COAST [...] (SBU) During a May 19-23 visit, officials in Shaanxi Province lamented the relatively slower pace of economic development in Western China. Shaanxi, considered to be China's gateway to the West, has enjoyed rapid growth during the past 10 years, but the province's economy remains far weaker th [...] | 2007-06-04 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI INRB CH |
07BEIJING3724 | DISSIDENTS HOLD VIRTUAL RALLY AS TIGHT SECURITY [...] (C) The eighteenth anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square passed without incident in Beijing. Security presence in the Square was more visible and aggressive than last year, but in a break from past precedent, only a handful of activists were detained in advance of the [...] | 2007-06-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH |
07BEIJING3725 | DEATH OF VICE PREMIER HUANG JU TO HAVE LITTLE [...] (C) The death of Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju on June 2 is unlikely to have an impact on Chinese policymaking, given that he had long been suffering from cancer and already had ceased playing an active role in Chinese politics. Nor should his death greatly upset personnel arrangements for th [...] | 2007-06-04 23:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CH |
07BEIJING376 | JANUARY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST ASIA SUMMIT, [...] Key points made at the January 16 MFA press conference: -- China supports the East Asia Summit (EAS),believes ASEAN-Plus-Three is the main venue for regional cooperation and discussed the Korean Peninsula during a PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral meeting in Cebu, Philippines. -- Premier Wen discu [...] | 2007-01-16 11:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEAN PTER KN CH |
07BEIJING3761 | JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY, [...] Key points at the June 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- When asked about the anniversary of Tiananmen the spokesperson noted China's progress over the past 20 years and slammed comments by American officials as "groundless attacks on China's internal affairs." -- China believes a United Sta [...] | 2007-06-05 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GE BM KS CH |
07BEIJING3765 | CHINA/STEEL: MERGER EFFORTS HIGHLIGHT PROTECTIONIST [...] (SBU) Reflecting concerns about energy, environmental efficiency, and competitiveness in the steel industry, China's State Council recently adopted policies aimed at eliminating excess capacity, facilitating mergers, and reducing resource intensity. Econoff's recent meetings with industry reps [...] | 2007-06-05 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING3769 | CHINA WELCOMES NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL CH |
07BEIJING3770 | NE ASIAN TRILATERAL DISCUSSES DPRK, CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) The June 3 Northeast Asian Trilateral Foreign Minister's Meeting focused on discussion of the North Korean nuclear issue, regional cooperation and policies towards Central Asia and the Middle East, MFA Asia Department Multilateral Affairs Division Deputy Director He Xiangqi told poloff. T [...] | 2007-06-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG JA KN KS CH ZK XF |
07BEIJING3771 | CHINA/SUDAN: BEIJING OPPOSES CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) China is strongly dissatisfied with and opposes two proposed Congressional resolutions related to China's role in Darfur, Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the Charg on June 5. Liu contended "Darfur is moving in the direction of being resolved" and th [...] | 2007-06-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD UN CH SU AU |
07BEIJING3870 | ZHENGZHOU CHINA-AFRICA SYMPOSIUM EXPOSES CENTRAL CHINA'S [...] (SBU) A recent China-Africa Trade and Investment Symposium in Zhenzhou, held in conjunction with the Central Chin Expo, attracted a large number of local Chinse businesseople but failed to provide many pportunities for dialogue with African counterparts. Although it might have been the Expo's [...] | 2007-06-08 03:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ELAB CH AX |
07BEIJING3884 | CHINA'S DRAFT CHARITY LAW [...] (C) Summary: Embassy has obtained a copy of China's draft "Charity Law" (para. 5). The Law would create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China for the first time, but whether it will serve as a stimulus to the development of Chinese civil society, or as a means for the [...] | 2007-06-08 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KOLY ELAB CH |
07BEIJING3892 | PAKISTANIS FEARING DEPORTATION HIDE OUT AT UNHCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREF PREL ASEC KN KS CH |
07BEIJING3895 | CONTACTS CITE LEADERSHIP CONCERNS OVER FUTURE [...] (C) While Chinese across the country continue to obsess over the latest moves of the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses (reftel),Beijing contacts caution that frenzied stock market investment (over 100 million Chinese hold shares as of early June) is an increasing concern for Beijing's leaders. [...] | 2007-06-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON CH |
07BEIJING3896 | STUDENTS RIOT IN ZHENGZHOU OVER BEATING OF [...] (U) More than 1,000 students rioted in Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the evening of June 6 over the beating by city inspectors of a female vendor who was a student at a local university, according to international and Chinese media reports on June 8 (see Ref A). The situation spiraled out of c [...] | 2007-06-08 12:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM CH |
07BEIJING390 | LABOR CONTRACT LAW: NATIONAL PEOPLE's [...] (U) On December 25, 2006, the National People's Congress (NPC) debated a new, second draft of the Labor Contract Law (LCL). The LCL is intended to complement existing labor legislation and specifically address prevalent abuses of workers? rights. The second draft is substantially different [...] | 2007-01-17 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
07BEIJING3916 | CHINA WELCOMES FIVE NEW MEMBERS OF GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 06:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PREL PARM RS CH |
07BEIJING3921 | SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT DEMARCHE [...] (S) China appreciates cooperation with the United States on issues concerning Central Asia and invites further dialogue, MFA Deputy Director General for Eurasia Zhang Xiao said in response to Acting Political Minister Counselor's delivery of reftel points on the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation O [...] | 2007-06-11 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL AF KG ZK CH |
07BEIJING395 | JANUARY 17 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CROSS-STRAIT [...] Key points at the January 17 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman reviewed achievements in 2006, including cross-strait trade surpassing US$100 billion and the travel of over 4.4 million Taiwan residents to the Mainland. -- He warned that Taiwan "Constitutiona [...] | 2007-01-17 11:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING3974 | JUNE 13 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: UN MEMBERSHIP [...] Key points at the June 13 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman began the briefing with a strong condemnation Chen Shui-bian's referendum on joining the UN under the name "Taiwan." -- Yang denied knowledge of a case of a Taiwan fugitive reportedly in Guangzhou [...] | 2007-06-13 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
07BEIJING398 | EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREA WITH CCID [...] (C) Resumption of the Six-Party Talks in December 2006 was highly significant and no easy task, Miao Weicheng, Acting Director General for Asia at the International Department of the Communist Party Central Committee (CCID),told visiting EAP PDAS Kathy Stephens on January 16. Financial issues [...] | 2007-01-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS |
07BEIJING399 | MILITARY THINK TANKERS STRESS TAIWAN CONCERNS TO [...] (C) Academics from military-related think tanks stressed to EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens that Taiwan remains the most important security issue in the U.S.-China relationship. Following an overwhelming stress on Taiwan, they also noted North Korea, security for the Olympics and potential differen [...] | 2007-01-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KOLY CH TW KN JA KS |
07BEIJING3998 | EXPANSION OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE ALBANIA, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING4048 | CHINESE MFA ON BURMESE JUNTA'S CALL TO RECONVENE [...] (C) MFA Burma Desk officer Liang Jianjun told poloff June 14 that the Burmese regime's recent announcement that it will reconvene the National Convention July 18 was no surprise. Liang said the regime's leaders told Chinese officials they aim to finish a statement of principles for drafting a n [...] | 2007-06-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING4057 | [PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D372172: TIANJIN QIANGYING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-17 22:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETTC ETRD CH |
07BEIJING4075 | SMALL PROTEST AT JAPANESE EMBASSY OVER LEE [...] (SBU) Chinese authorities allowed a small group of approximately 20 protestors to stage a demonstration at the Japanese Embassy on the morning of June 18 over the recently completed visit of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to Japan. Emboff observed the demonstrators, who claimed to be pa [...] | 2007-06-18 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH JA |
07BEIJING4084 | CHINESE INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382 [...] (C) Poloff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi on May 18 of six new Iranian entities designated under Executive Order 13382 for activities supporting Iran's nuclear program. Poloff emphasized that such designations are part of our efforts [...] | 2007-06-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP KN IR EUN CH |
07BEIJING410 | PRC UNDERLINES URGENCY OF CONCERNS ABOUT HAITI, [...] (C) China feels a strong sense of urgency regarding its concerns about Haiti and the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu stressed to Polmincouns on the evening of January 17 follow a conversation on an unrelated subject [...] | 2007-01-18 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO CH HA TA |
07BEIJING4107 | TAIWAN SCHOLARS CITE DANGERS OF DETERRENT [...] (C) In a series of recent meetings, Beijing-based Taiwan experts acknowledged that the Chinese Government believes the next year is a "period of high danger" in cross-Strait relations and warned that Chen Shui-bian may resort to extreme measures to assure a DPP electoral victory. They express [...] | 2007-06-19 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI CH TW |
07BEIJING411 | CHINESE OFFICIAL POLLING: SURVEY SAYS, YOU'RE [...] (C) The Chinese Government at various levels is increasingly turning to opinion polling to measure public satisfaction with officials' performances and with provision of social services. The Ministry of Supervision (the Government analog to the Party's Central Discipline Inspection Commissio [...] | 2007-01-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING413 | JANUARY 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S DPRK [...] Key points made at the January 18 MFA press conference were: -- China welcomes the meeting between Assistant Secretary Hill and DPRK nuclear envoy Kim Kye-Gwan in Berlin and supports direct contact between the sides. -- The MFA confirmed A/S Hill's planned visit to Beijing "in the coming [...] | 2007-01-18 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KIRF CH XA KN JA |
07BEIJING4132 | JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIP [...] Key points at the June 19 MFA Press Conference were: -- The spokesman said the DPRK's invitation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) affirms the DPRK's political will to implement the initial actions of the February 13 Joint Document. -- The Chinese Government places importanc [...] | 2007-06-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN ETTC KN JA IZ SU SP PM VT CH |
07BEIJING4133 | BEIJING SCHOLAR DESCRIBES SHIFT IN CHINA'S FOREIGN [...] (C) A number of "exceptional" events over the past year demonstrate a subtle shift underway in Chinese foreign policy, according to well-known Beijing academic Jin Canrong (strictly protect). Last year's "unprecedented" Foreign Affairs Work Conference, chaired by President Hu Jintao, highligh [...] | 2007-06-19 12:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING4190 | JUNE 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL AND FM YANG'S [...] Key points at the June 21 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes A/S Hill's visit to the DPRK will help to implement he Initial Actions Agreement and to improve Unied States-DPRK relations. -- FM Yang will visit the DPRK July 2-4. -- Population and developed nations' contributions to [...] | 2007-06-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KS KN IZ MG JA SU ID NL CH |
07BEIJING4234 | AUSTR STRATFORD PRESENTS WHITE PAPER ON XINHUA WTO [...] (C) AUSTR for China Tim Stratford met with Xinhua News Vice President Lu Wei for the second time on April 20 to discuss Xinhua regulations requiring foreign financial information providers to sign a service contract with a Xinhua agent company. As a follow-up to a commitment he made in the [...] | 2007-06-22 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PREL CH |
07BEIJING4237 | AMERICANS EXPELLED FROM XINJIANG FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (C) A number of American citizens either resident in or visiting Xinjiang were expelled from China between February and June 2007, apparently because of their involvement in Christian religious activities. Xinjiang security officials reportedly questioned these persons about their religious a [...] | 2007-06-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CASC PREL KIRF OLY CH |
07BEIJING4269 | MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] (C) MFA North America Director General Liu Jieyi called on the United States to stop all arms sales to Taiwan and to "explicitly oppose and curb" the attempts of the "Chen Shui-bian authorities" to achieve de jure independence during a June 25 meeting with DCM Piccuta. Liu expressed China's " [...] | 2007-06-25 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
07BEIJING429 | Embassy Visit to Mine Safety Program Site [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States Department of Labor's (USDOL) program on Mine Safety and Health in China is proceeding well. Both the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) and the Yangquan Coal Group (YCG),the project's industrial partner, report that the project has opened their ey [...] | 2007-01-19 04:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID EMIN PHUM PGOV CH |
07BEIJING4301 | JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, A/S [...] Key points at the June 26 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA thanked all parties for their efforts in solving the BDA issue, but gave reporters no information on when the Six-Party Talks would resume. -- IAEA DDG Heinonen will brief Beijing on his trip to the DPRK upon its completion an [...] | 2007-06-26 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN UNSC KS KN JA IZ CI TU PK CH |
07BEIJING4321 | JUNE 27 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CROSS-STRAIT SHARED [...] Key points at the June 27 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The Mainland supports resuming consultations on a cross-Strait "common market" based on the "1992 Consensus." -- The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) has been fair, open and transparent [...] | 2007-06-27 06:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW |
07BEIJING4325 | CHINA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO ROME RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS SA AF IBRD CH |
07BEIJING4331 | CHINA/ENERGY - PDAS FREDRIKSEN HOLDS WIDE-RANGING ENERGY [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: United States Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen discussed a wide range of bilateral energy issues during a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)/Energy Bureau Deputy [...] | 2007-06-27 23:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN SENV TRGY KNNP CH |
07BEIJING4357 | JUNE 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES, [...] Key points at the June 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA noticed reports of DPRK missile launches yesterday and the Chinese and Japanese Foreign Ministers discussed the Korean nuclear issue over the phone this morning. -- China is actively engaged in Iraq reconstruction and efforts [...] | 2007-06-28 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KS KN JA IZ VT SP CH |
07BEIJING4401 | JUNE 12-13 DISCUSSIONS OF CHINA'S PROPOSED CHARITY [...] (C) Summary: Reftel provided the text of a draft of China's proposed Charity Law, which would, for the first time, create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China. A participant in a June 12-13 conference on the Charity Law, sponsored by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs [...] | 2007-07-02 02:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB CH |
07BEIJING4420 | HU JINTAO SPEECH SETS TONE FOR FALL PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) In a June 25 speech at the Central Party School, President Hu Jintao provided a preview of the key themes likely to set the tone for the 17th Party Congress this fall. While the speech breaks little new ground and lacks sufficient detail to know how it might translate into concrete actio [...] | 2007-07-02 17:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING4460 | CHINA CELEBRATES HONG KONG REVERSION ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) China celebrated the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's reversion on July 1 amid an all-out media blitz, with official press providing round-the-clock coverage of President Hu Jintao's travel to Hong Kong for the official commemoration ceremonies. PRC media lauded the success of the one coun [...] | 2007-07-03 17:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH |
07BEIJING450 | Rural Work Conference Promotes Modernization As [...] (SBU) The annual Rural Work Conference, held in Beijing December 22-23 2006, emphasized that modernization, including agricultural technology, rural finance reform, and energy efficiency, will be one of the Central Government's top priorities in the coming year. The conference also aimed to a [...] | 2007-01-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING4508 | PRC TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR TELLS EAP DAS [...] (C) Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's planned referendum on joining the UN under the name of Taiwan is a poorly disguised means of achieving Taiwan independence, may threaten the peace and security of the entire Asia-Pacific region, and must be stopped, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Dire [...] | 2007-07-06 07:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
07BEIJING4517 | PLA-AFFILIATED SCHOLARS WARN THAT TAIWAN'S UN [...] (C) The mere process of holding a referendum on participation in the UN under the name "Taiwan," even if it does not pass, could trigger a response from China under the Anti-Secession Law, three scholars from a PLA-affiliated think tank told EAP DAS Christensen on July 4. A raging debate on t [...] | 2007-07-06 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH TW |
07BEIJING4577 | JULY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, U.S. [...] Key points at the July 10 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes for a Heads of Delegation meeting in "mid-July," but setting a date requires the consent of all parties. -- China calls for immediate corrective action in response to reports of an FBI advertisement in San Francisco local [...] | 2007-07-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KS KN BM PK NG IZ AF CH |
07BEIJING459 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINA RESPONSE ON PLAN OF WORK [...] (C) China has no current plans to host activities to implement the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism but will actively participate in activities hosted by others, MFA Arms Control Department official Yang Yi told poloff. China has a generally positive attitude about the activities, [...] | 2007-01-19 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH |
07BEIJING460 | EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREAN PENINSULA AND [...] (C) The United States and China share the key goal on the DPRK nuclear issue of implementation of the 2005 Joint Statement, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens told Chinese scholars January 17. Resolving the DPRK nuclear issue is an urgent priority for Beijing, the scho [...] | 2007-01-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH KN KS |
07BEIJING4644 | CHINA INFORMED OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC IAEA CH |
07BEIJING4718 | MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI PROTESTS POTENTIAL [...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about U.S. planned arms sales to Taiwan during this "very sensitive and dangerous time," MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told the DCM July 17. Liu warned that such sales "could seriously harm overall U.S.- China bi [...] | 2007-07-17 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TW CH |
07BEIJING473 | PRC/ASAT: AFM HE SAYS "TEST" POSES NO THREAT; NO PLANS FOR FURTHER TESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-22 07:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH |
07BEIJING4740 | CZECH DEPUTY FM VISITS BEIJING, DEFENDS U.S.-CZECH [...] (C) Summary: Czech Republic First Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar defended the Czech Republic's negotiations with the United States on participation in a U.S. or NATO missile defense system in a July 18 speech in Beijing. He said the Czech Republic's discussions with the United States on b [...] | 2007-07-18 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO UNSC IR CZ CH |
07BEIJING4780 | SCLAO DISCUSSES ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials raised United States concerns about China's draft Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) and proposed amendments to its 1993 Anti-Unfair Competition Law (UCL) in a March 30 meeting with State Council legislative Affairs [...] | 2007-07-19 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV PGOV WTRO CH |
07BEIJING4799 | CLOSURE OF NGO "CHINA DEVELOPMENT BRIEF" CAUSE FOR [...] (C) The recent decision by Beijing City authorities to shut down the China Development Brief (CDB) newsletter has caused concern, but not alarm, among local NGOs and foreign foundation representatives. Embassy contacts were unsure precisely why the organization, which served as an information [...] | 2007-07-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
07BEIJING4801 | EAP A/S HILL WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON IRAN, DARFUR, [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui told EAP A/S Hill July 20 that the Iran nuclear issue should be solved through dialogue, but China does not oppose "a certain level of pressure" on Tehran. China believes the UN Security Council members should first assess progress in Iran-IAEA negotiatio [...] | 2007-07-20 11:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR IZ SU CH |
07BEIJING4826 | AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN, [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...] | 2007-07-23 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER IR IZ CH |
07BEIJING4827 | AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN, [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...] | 2007-07-23 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IR IZ CH |
07BEIJING483 | U/S HUGHES URGES INCREASED EXCHANGES, MEDIA [...] (SBU) During a packed two-day visit to Beijing, Undersecretary Karen Hughes in concert with Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan visited a middle school classroom, Beijing University's Women's Legal Aid Center, a Special Olympics training facility, attended a church service and met with State [...] | 2007-01-22 12:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL PHUM KOLY KPAO KIRF CH |
07BEIJING4844 | AMBASSADOR'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH AFM HE YAFEI: [...] (C) The United States must make "firmer and clearer warnings" to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian not to hold the "dangerous" UN referendum, and giving Chen a visa to transit the United States would counter U.S. statements against the referendum, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Amb [...] | 2007-07-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNUC MARR IR IZ SU CH |
07BEIJING4871 | XINJIANG: AMCIT REPORTS HAJJ RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on Xinjiang's Uighur population by collecting Uighurs' passports to prevent unauthorized Hajj travel, according to an American citizen businessman in Xinjiang and other Embassy contacts. A low-ranking PLA officer reportedly told the businessma [...] | 2007-07-25 23:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIF KISL SOCI CASC CH PK SA |
07BEIJING4875 | CHARGE PRESSES CHINA ON ARF NONPROLIFERATION ISM [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Zhang Yan July 25, voicing U.S. concerns that the proposed name change for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation would broaden the meeting's scope beyo [...] | 2007-07-26 01:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ARF CH |
07BEIJING4898 | CHARGE PROTESTS PRC INTERFERENCE WITH U.S. NAVAL [...] (C) Summary: The USNS LOYAL is a sovereign immune vessel engaged in lawful military activities in international waters and should enjoy complete freedom from interference by Chinese forces, Charge told MFA Department of Treaty and Law Director General Duan Jielong on July 25. Drawing from Ref [...] | 2007-07-26 07:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH |
07BEIJING4899 | PDAS STEPHENS' CHINA EXCHANGES ON NEAPSM [...] (C) Summary: China views the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a positive future outgrowth of the Six-Party Talks to resolve problems and promote cooperation within the region, senior MFA officials told EAP PDAS Stephens July 25. Responding to PDAS Stephens' presentatio [...] | 2007-07-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KN KS RS JA CH |
07BEIJING4901 | VIOLENCE AGAINST REPORTERS, SIDE EFFECT OF GROWING [...] (C) Since the January death of a reporter at an illegal coal mine in Shanxi, China's media is becoming more aggressive in publicizing attacks against journalists, according to Embassy contacts. The July 4 beating of a reporter by county-level officials in Xiji, Ningxia has generated interest [...] | 2007-07-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07BEIJING4925 | POSSIBLE DETENTION OF AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN, [...] (C) American citizen Meg Davis (protect),of the NGO Asia Catalyst, told Poloff on July 27 that Beijing-based AIDS activist Li Dan has been missing since 9:30 p.m., July 26, and Li's family believes he may have been detained by Chinese security authorities. Davis said Li disappeared on July 2 [...] | 2007-07-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING4926 | PDAS STEPHENS' DISCUSSIONS ON NEAPSM WITH [...] (C) Summary: China sees a Northeast Asia peace and security mechanism (NEAPSM) as the "logical outcome" of Six-Party Talks, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP PDAS Stephens July 26. AFM Cui finds U.S. thinking on core principles for the regional peace mechanism to be "useful" bu [...] | 2007-07-28 07:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JA KN KS RU |
07BEIJING4959 | AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN RELEASED, WARNED AGAINST [...] (C) AIDS activist Li Dan was released late Friday, July 27, after spending 24 hours in detention, according to Meg Davis (protect),the American citizen founder of the NGO Asia Catalyst. Per reftel, Davis had reported on July 27 that Li Dan had gone missing on July 26. Davis told Poloff she [...] | 2007-07-30 10:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING499 | JANUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ANTI-SATELLITE [...] Key points made at the January 23 MFA press conference were: -- The MFA Spokesman confirmed the test of an anti- satellite missile earlier this month, said the test did not target any country and reaffirmed that China opposes the weaponization of space and will not participate in a space ar [...] | 2007-01-23 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KIRF PREF CH KN JA XA LE PK |
07BEIJING501 | HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL DEFENDS JUDICIAL [...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing defended the Chinese Government's handling of Gao Zhisheng's case (reftel) during a January 22 meeting, claiming that Gao Zhisheng's legal rights were protected and that he received a "light sentence." Xu Jing said she will inquire about the Chinese Gover [...] | 2007-01-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07BEIJING5039 | (S) LIMMT INVESTIGATION [...] (S) On July 25, in his capacity as Charge d'Affaires a.i., Dan Piccuta met with MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Director General Zhang Yan to urge him to share the results of China's investigations into the LIMMT (Dalian FTZ) Economic and Trade Organization's commercial activity [...] | 2007-08-02 07:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCR KSCA IR CH |
07BEIJING5041 | CHINA SUPPORTS U.S. RESOLUTION ON DRC ARMS EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the UNSC DRC Arms Embargo resolution to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Political Division Deputy Director SUN Xiaobo on August 2. 2. (SBU) Sun stated that the Chinese government does not support an arms embargo on [...] | 2007-08-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM CH CG UNSC |
07BEIJING5064 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Canberra wants to be "in the loop" regarding discussions of a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),given that Australia is likely to be drawn into any conflict in the region, Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Ambassador Randt and Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyam [...] | 2007-08-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM CH JP AS KS KN |
07BEIJING5069 | PRC GOVERNMENT POUNCES ON RARE "GOOD NEWS" MEDIA [...] (C) Relieved to have good news to report, China's media gave heavy coverage to the successful rescue of 69 miners from a flooded mine in Henan Province August 1-2. China Central Television (CCTV) pushed back coverage of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army to b [...] | 2007-08-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING5113 | CHINA PROTESTS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH UN LEGAL [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei called the Ambassador August 4 to deliver an "urgent" demarche regarding (Taiwan President) Chen Shui-bian's recent letter to the UN seeking to apply for UN membership under the name "Taiwan." AFM He complained that a USUN official on August 3 suggested [...] | 2007-08-06 22:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
07BEIJING5139 | HU JINTAO ATTENDING BEIDAIHE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS [...] (C) President Hu Jintao will attend, or may have already attended, meetings at the resort town of Beidaihe to discuss leadership personnel arrangements in advance of the 17th Party Congress, according to two Embassy contacts. President Hu previously had "quietly" attended Beidaihe meetings at [...] | 2007-08-07 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING5140 | AFTER THE JAPAN ELECTIONS, PRC CONTACTS FORESEE [...] (C) Following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) upper house election defeat on July 29, most PRC officials and analysts we spoke with predicted stability in the Sino-Japanese relationship. The election results themselves will not have much impact on the current positive trend in bilateral [...] | 2007-08-07 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SENV CH JA |
07BEIJING5142 | U.S.-BASED COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS CHIDES [...] (SBU) The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) held a press conference in Beijing on August 7 to announce the release of a report highly critical of China's record on press freedom in advance of the Olympic Games. The press conference proceeded smoothly without incident, in contr [...] | 2007-08-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI KCUL KOLY CH |
07BEIJING5176 | INFORMAL FOREIGN AID DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) A Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official responsible for foreign aid told a visiting USAID official that the Chinese Government would welcome efforts by the United States to cooperate with China on economic development initiatives. The August 2 meeting followed a positive exchange with a [...] | 2007-08-08 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID CH |
07BEIJING5186 | MFA PROVIDES "TRANSPARENCY" ON SCO SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA Officials called in the DCM to tell him the SCO Summit will cover economic development, counterterrorism (CT) and regional stability, with joint military exercises in Urumqi, China and Chelyabinsk, Russia to follow. The SCO heads of state, along with the Presidents of Afghani [...] | 2007-08-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR ZK XD CH |
07BEIJING5187 | CHINESE ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS CALL FOR "HUMANE" [...] (C) In an indication of the domestic public relations and policy challenges China will increasingly have to grapple with in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, 39 mainland Chinese activists, lawyers, scholars, writers and journalists have signed an "open letter" calling on PRC leader [...] | 2007-08-08 10:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH |
07BEIJING523 | A/S HILL MEETS WITH HE YAFEI, RAISES BILATERAL, [...] (C) Relations between the United States and China advanced significantly in 2006 and both sides should work together to take advantage of more challenges and opportunities in 2007, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill January 21. On th [...] | 2007-01-24 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAGR CH BM HA IR KS KN |
07BEIJING5232 | MFA CALLS IN GERMANS ON TAIWAN LEGAL STATUS [...] (C) German Charge d'Affaires Aristide Fenster briefed DCM Dan Piccuta August 7 on a Chinese "urgent demarche" delivered to the Germans on Sunday, August 6. He characterized the demarche as "aggressive" and said it was given in "not a good atmosphere." The demarche concerned Taiwan and the sta [...] | 2007-08-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN CH |
07BEIJING5233 | CHINA KICKS OFF ONE-YEAR COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPICS [...] (C) China kicked off the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games with an impressive ceremony in front of Chairman Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square August 8. Politburo Standing Committee Member Wu Bangguo gave the keynote address, reiterating Beijing's commitment to conduct a "humane" [...] | 2007-08-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH |
07BEIJING5234 | MFA DG LIU PROTESTS NEWS REPORT OF HARPOON MISSILE [...] (C) Citing an Agence France Press news report that the United States planned to sell sixty Harpoon missiles to Taiwan, Director General Liu Jie Yi of the Chinese MFA,s Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs reiterated China,s opposition to U.S. military weapons sales to Taiwan duri [...] | 2007-08-09 11:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH MARR PGOV PREL TW |
07BEIJING5237 | (S) AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHINA ON ITS RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador urged China to support the approval of a new UNSC Resolution to "keep the pressure on Iran" during a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minster Cui Tiankai at the Foreign Ministry August 9. Drawing upon reftel A and previous demarches regarding arms shipments to Iran, [...] | 2007-08-10 00:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA CH IR |
07BEIJING5248 | CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...] | 2007-08-10 06:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH |
07BEIJING5254 | CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...] | 2007-08-10 07:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH |
07BEIJING5269 | (S) CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE AND CEASE LIMMT'S [...] (S) Following up on the Ambassador's August 9 demarche to Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai in which the Ambassador specifically noted the proliferation activities of the Chinese company LIMMT/Sunny Dalian (ref B),Poloff met with MFA Arms Control Missile Division Deputy Director Yu Dunha [...] | 2007-08-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR CH KSCA MTCR |
07BEIJING5295 | REP. HASTERT ENCOURAGES U.S.-PRC ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (C) Visiting House of Representatives members Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and John Shadegg (R-AZ),accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged greater U.S.-China cooperation in developing clean coal and nuclear technology in an August 13 meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. FM Yang said the UN [...] | 2007-08-13 13:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP ENRG CH |
07BEIJING5307 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON [...] (C) Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) urged Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui to "do everything possible" to stop the Iranian supply of weapons, particularly Chinese-made weapons, to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senator Lieberman advised Zhang to take Congressional bills on trade with C [...] | 2007-08-14 03:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IN IR TW CH |
07BEIJING531 | CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) Poloff delivered Ref A message concerning the delivery of a false end-user certificate by a Pakistan missile entity to a Chinese supplier and attempts by Iran's Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group to procure steel plates in China to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Th [...] | 2007-01-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE PK IR CH |
07BEIJING5316 | INTERIM REPLY: FOREIGN MINISTER TO LEAD CHINA'S [...] (SBU) MFA Department of International Organizations Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told PolOff informally on August 14 that FM Yang Jiechi will almost certainly lead China's delegation to the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) session. No other Chinese senior officials will attend. However, bec [...] | 2007-08-14 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CH |
07BEIJING5317 | REASSURANCE ON FREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFI PREL EINV CH |
07BEIJING5323 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN ON FOOD SAFETY, DARFUR, IRAN, [...] (C) China has been unfairly vilified over recent product safety scandals in U.S. media, National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Jiang Enzhu told visiting Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) August 6. China is taking action to identify and shut down unlicensed, non-compliant [...] | 2007-08-14 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC TW CH |
07BEIJING5325 | NO RESPONSE YET FROM CHINESE ON OVERCOMING DARFUR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Chen Zhishan of the MFA's Department of International Organizations on August 13. Chen said he would convey our message but noted that the UN Security Council had passed resolution 1769 [...] | 2007-08-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING5326 | TAIWAN: CHINESE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Beijing continues to hope that Washington can block Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's plan to hold a referendum on membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." In an August 7 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressman, the Chairman f the National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Com [...] | 2007-08-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
07BEIJING533 | ANTI-CORRUPTION ENFORCER DISCUSSES PARTY'S FIGHT [...] (C) China's leaders continue to trumpet the Party's crackdown on corruption, with its Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) supplying the shock troops for the fight. CDIC staff recently told poloffs that the past year has been an exceptionally busy one because of the large number of [...] | 2007-01-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING5360 | BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION DIALOGUE: SMALL GROUP [...] (S) Summary: In a small group meeting concluding bilateral nonproliferation talks August 13, ISN PDAS McNerney outlined a U.S. proposal to work cooperatively to end proliferation by specific sanctioned Chinese companies with a view toward eventually removing sanctions on companies that demons [...] | 2007-08-15 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR CH |
07BEIJING5361 | CHINESE PROVIDE CASE BRIEFINGS AND CRITICIZE U.S. [...] (S) Summary: In an afternoon session of bilateral nonproliferation talks August 13, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Zhang Yan touted China's actions on nonproliferation enforcement and criticized U.S. sanctions on Chinese firms and our "wide-scope" interpretation [...] | 2007-08-15 10:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC IZ IR IS LE KN CH |
07BEIJING5387 | EAP A/S HILL'S AUGUST 14 MEETING WITH AFM HE [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill raised U.S. concerns on Iran and Darfur with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on August 14. AFM He stated that although our approaches often differ, China wants to cooperate with the United States on both issues. AFM He conveyed China's concern ove [...] | 2007-08-16 03:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ETRD CH IR SU TW |
07BEIJING5453 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE UNITED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA CH |
07BEIJING5496 | CHINA TERMS SCO SUMMIT "GREAT SUCCESS" [...] (C) MFA Department of West Asian and North African Affairs Director General Song Aiguo told the DCM on August 18 that the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek laid the basis for future expansion. The SCO members (Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and [...] | 2007-08-20 08:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR CH RS ZK IR |
07BEIJING5497 | PRC PRESIDENT TELLS IRANIAN COUNTERPART TO WORK [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran should "answer all the concerns of the international community" over its nuclear program. According to MFA Department of West Asian and North African Affairs Director General Song Aiguo, President Hu, in an August 15 [...] | 2007-08-20 08:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC PARM IR CH ZK |
07BEIJING550 | HONG KONG: CG CUNNINGHAM'S MEETINGS IN BEIJING [...] (C) The Mainland's chief objective for Hong Kong is maintaining long-term political and economic stability, Government officials and scholars told Consul General James Cunningham during discussions in Beijing January 18-19. Hong Kong has seen significant positive development since the end of [...] | 2007-01-25 05:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV CH |
07BEIJING5502 | AQSIQ INVESTIGATING SOURCE OF LEAD PAINT IN GUANGDONG "LEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) General Director Wang Xin told econoffs August 14 that AQSIQ was investigating the paint pigment that Foshan Lee Der Company (Li Da) acquired from a supplier for the manufacturing of Mattel Fisher P [...] | 2007-08-20 22:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL CH |
07BEIJING5504 | [PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D372172: TIANJIN QIANGYING [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL A requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) end-use visit to determine the reliability of TIANJIN QIANGYING MACHINE ELECTRON TECHNICAL RESEARCH CO. LTD ("TIANJIN QIA [...] | 2007-08-20 22:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP ETTC ETRD CH |
07BEIJING552 | CHINA/STEEL: WRAP-UP OF SECOND SINO-UNITED STATES STEEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese and United States Government delegations supported by steel industry representatives from both countries conducted the Second Sino-United States Steel Dialogue in Beijing October 19-20, 2006. The dialogue included a broad range of presentations relating to the steel ind [...] | 2007-01-25 07:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EINV WTRO CH |
07BEIJING5554 | SECRETARY PAULSON, STATE FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 1, Secretary Paulson and State Forestry Administration (SFA) Administrator Jia Zhibang agreed on the need for the United States and China to collaborate on sustainable logging issues and asked staff to follow up at the working level. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Administr [...] | 2007-08-22 07:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ETRD EINV SENV |
07BEIJING5556 | CHINA/SED: SECRETARY PAULSON AND NDRC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai met on August 1, 2007, to discuss the Strategic Economic Dialogue, currency reform, and investment policy. Secretary Paulson emphasized the need to make the Strategic Economic Di [...] | 2007-08-22 07:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PREL SENV EINV CH |
07BEIJING5558 | CHINA OFFERS TRADE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On August 22, China provided an official reply to ref (a) request for China's support for Ms. Felice Gaer's candidacy for re-election to the United Nations Committee Against Torture. China offered to support Ms. Gaer's ca [...] | 2007-08-22 08:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA CH |
07BEIJING5560 | A/S HILL DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, SIX-PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Liaoning Province Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to PRC leader Hu Jintao in 2012, told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill on August 16 that he has personally followed the Six-Party Talks because o [...] | 2007-08-22 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH KN |
07BEIJING5562 | PBOC GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that he supports using dividend payments from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to help rebalance China's growth and that only a relatively small share of payments [...] | 2007-08-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH |
07BEIJING5565 | TREASURY SECRETARY PUSHES CAPITAL MARKET REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with Treasury Secretary Paulson, China Securities Regulatory Commission SIPDIS (CSRC) Chairman Shang Fulin described steps CSRC has taken to implement SED agreements, including licensing foreign stock market rep offices, resuming licensing new securities [...] | 2007-08-22 22:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH |
07BEIJING5566 | SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSSES BOND MARKET, EQUITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with Secretary Paulson, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Chairman Liu Mingkang reported that China is making significant efforts to step up its AML enforcement efforts, noting that banks are &getting a lot tougher.8 Second, he reported that the [...] | 2007-08-22 22:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH |
07BEIJING5578 | INFLATION SPIKE GETTING ATTENTION FROM LEADERSHIP, MEDIA, [...] (SBU) With CPI inflation hitting a ten-year high of 5.6 percent in July, there is now widespread concern among the public, extensive coverage in the media, and evident attention from China's senior leadership to rising prices. The spike over recent months is generally viewed as resulting from [...] | 2007-08-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING5579 | UNSC RESOLUTION 1540: DEMARCHE ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Pooff delivered reftel demarche to He Yi of the MA Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division on August 23, emphasizing the importance of transparency to the effectiveness of the UNSCR 1540 Committee's efforts. He Yi said he would pass the information to his supervisors and to the Chinese [...] | 2007-08-23 08:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP CH SF ID |
07BEIJING5584 | PARTY ENACTS "SAFE" POLITICAL REFORM BY [...] (C) The Chinese media has trumpeted nationwide, local-level reorganization of Communist Party committees over the past year as an example of political reform desiged to increase efficiency and "inner-Party deocracy." The most visible change has been reduction of the number of local Deputy Par [...] | 2007-08-23 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING5599 | NINGXIA BENEFITING FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE BUT [...] (SBU) Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of China's poorest provinces, has benefited from Central Government funding under both the Great Western Development Program and New Socialist Countryside policy. As a result, Ningxia has improved its infrastructure and expanded its energy sector as wel [...] | 2007-08-24 05:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING5601 | NINGXIA: FARMERS GETTING INCOME BOOST FROM CASH CROPS AND [...] (SBU) Farmers in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region's Zhongning County have enjoyed a significant income boost in recent years as a result of both expanding opportunities for non-farm work and Zhongning's production of wolfberries, a cash crop which is earning historically high prices in the interna [...] | 2007-08-24 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING5608 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM YANG ON IRAN, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Pressed to work more effectively with the United States on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions and destabilizing behavior, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told the Ambassador that China shares U.S. goals vis- a-vis Iran and has pressed Iran to "take stock of the current situation" and "adopt fle [...] | 2007-08-27 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNNP ETRD MARR MNUC CH TW IR KN |
07BEIJING5639 | CHINA/SOE REFORM: THE LOCAL VIEW, AS SEEN FROM QINGDAO [...] (SBU) Coverage of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in China tends to focus on the 155 large national firms managed from Beijing by the central State Assets Supervisory and Administration Commission (SASAC). Easily overlooked, however, are the tens of thousands of companies run by the 32 pro [...] | 2007-08-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING5640 | CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES TAIWAN, MIL-MIL [...] (C) Taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, Chairman of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu told the visiting Congressional delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) in an Aug [...] | 2007-08-28 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM ETRD KIPR TW CH |
07BEIJING5652 | CODEL SKELTON-FORBES MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI [...] (C) CODEL Skelton cited strong constituent concern in urging Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on August 27 to cooperate with efforts to solve the Iran nuclear issue, take steps to alleviate the American public's worries over the safety of Chinese exports and the U.S.-China trade deficit and d [...] | 2007-08-29 02:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV PMUC PTER IR SU KN CH |
07BEIJING5655 | CODEL SKELTON ADDRESSES MILITARY TRANSPARENCY, [...] (SBU) The United States and China share a long history and have many common interests that will only grow deeper and more plentiful, National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo told CODEL Skelton August 27. The delegation raised tough questions concerning military exchan [...] | 2007-08-29 04:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF ETRD PARM CH |
07BEIJING569 | PRC/AFRICA: MFA PRESS BRIEFING ON HU JINTAO'S [...] Key points made by Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun at the January 24 MFA press briefing on President Hu's upcoming visit to Africa were: -- Hu will visit Africa from January 30 to February 10, including stops in Cameroon (Jan. 30-Feb. 1),Liberia (Feb. 1),Sudan (Feb. 2-3),Zambia (Feb. [...] | 2007-01-25 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV XA SU CH |
07BEIJING5705 | BEIJING MAYOR WANG QISHAN DISCUSSES OLYMPICS, CITY [...] (C) As Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in August 2008, the city is taking a number of measures to lessen air pollution, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan told the Ambassador over dinner on August 29, calling this month's four-day experiment in which half the city's cars were taken off the road " [...] | 2007-08-30 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KOLY ECON SENV ABLD ELTN PINR CH |
07BEIJING5706 | PARTY CONGRESS TO OPEN OCTOBER 15; PERSONNEL [...] (C) The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC),which will determine China's new Party leadership lineup and policy direction for the next five years, will open October 15 in Beijing, official media announced August 28. No ed date for the Congress was given, though the e [...] | 2007-08-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING5707 | CHINA NUCLEAR FORCE COMMANDER REITERATES "NO FIRST [...] (C) China's strategic nuclear and conventional missile force commander General Jing Zhiyuan told CODEL Skelton August 27 that China's "no first use" policy remains unchanged and will "never change." He stressed that China's strategic missile force is solely for self defense. On force moderni [...] | 2007-08-30 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MNUC PARM CH TW |
07BEIJING5755 | CHINESE ACADEMY OF MILITARY SCIENCES DESCRIBES [...] (SBU) PLA General Zheng Shenxia told CODEL Skelton that transparency in strategic intent and expanded military-to-military exchanges enhance our bilateral relations and contribute to the stability of the Taiwan Strait. General Zheng, Director of the Academy of Military Science, discussed the [...] | 2007-08-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PINS PREL PTER MCAP CH TW |
07BEIJING5757 | PRC DEFENSE MINISTER STRESSES CHINA'S PEACEFUL RISE [...] (SBU) In a public address in Tokyo August 30, PRC Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan countered arguments that China poses a threat to the region and underscored China's increasing defense transparency. The Minister stated that the PRC has no military allies and its defense policy will not change, [...] | 2007-08-31 11:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JN |
07BEIJING5776 | CHINESE CENTAL ASIA WATCHERS UPBEAT ON RESULTS OF [...] (C) Summary: Three Chinese observers of Central Asian affairs lauded the mid-August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, citing counter-terrorism cooperation, military exercises, trade and energy. The scholars told us China is increasingly looking to its SCO partners for resources [...] | 2007-09-04 08:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS |
07BEIJING5791 | IN SCANDAL'S SHADOW, HENAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-04 08:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH |
07BEIJING5793 | PRC URGES USG TO CONVINCE U.S. CONGRESS, MEDIA AND [...] (SBU) The U.S. Government should engage the American people, Congress and media and urge them to stop politicizing the Darfur issue and linking it to the Olympics, Assistant Foreign Minister Affairs Zhai Jun says in an August 31 letter to AF Assistant Secretary Frazer. The letter, delivered to [...] | 2007-09-04 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING5794 | HUMAN RIGHTS: YUAN WEIJING PREVENTED FROM [...] (C) On August 31 Yuan Weijing, wife of imprisoned legal activist Chen Guangcheng (reftel),was prevented from traveling to Beijing, where she planned to campaign for her husband's release, and was forcibly returned to her home in Shandong Province, according to Jiang Tianyong (protect),one of [...] | 2007-09-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH |
07BEIJING5797 | IN SCANDAL'S SHADOW, HENAN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the impetus of the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Party Secretary's recent visit to Henan Province, local officials have launched an interdepartmental working group to address the challenges of local enforcement of Bei [...] | 2007-09-04 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH |
07BEIJING5801 | CENTRAL CHINA RISING: HENAN PLEASED WITH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with EconMinCouns, Henan Provincial Government officials painted a picture of a province whose strategy of economic opening has resulted in three years of GDP growth above 14 percent as well as growing participation of foreign companies in local industry. The Cent [...] | 2007-09-05 02:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI KPAO KIIP CH |
07BEIJING5818 | NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...] | 2007-09-05 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH |
07BEIJING5820 | HUMAN RIGHTS: DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG'S ARREST [...] (C) On August 27 more than 1,000 Chinese intellectuals and activists issued an open letter addressed to President Hu Jintao and delegates to the 17th Party Congress calling for the release of Zhejiang dissident writer Lu Gengsong and other jailed activists nationwide. According to lawyer Li J [...] | 2007-09-05 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KOLY CH |
07BEIJING5836 | CODEL LARSEN-KIRK DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, TRADE, [...] (SBU) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) strongly urged China to address U.S. concerns about the safety of Chinese products and the RMB exchange rate in an August 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei. Representative Kirk encouraged China's cooperation [...] | 2007-09-06 05:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP PGOV PTER ETRD IR TW AF CH |
07BEIJING5888 | TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM REMAINS SERIOUS CONCERN, [...] (C) Current tensions over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's UN referendum, while serious, have not yet become a crisis, in part because of careful management by Washington and Beijing, in part because Chen has yet to cross China's "red line" of de jure independence, Embassy contacts commented [...] | 2007-09-07 06:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW |
07BEIJING5898 | XINJIANG POLICE: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM THREATENS [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) visited Urumqi, Kashi and China's border with Kyrgyzstan during an August 29-31 trip to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Public Security Bureau officials simultaneously touted the success of anti-terrorism efforts in Xinjiang w [...] | 2007-09-09 22:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER OREP SNAR PREL PRGOV TI PK KG AF CH |
07BEIJING5899 | CHINESE AUTHORITIES LAUNCH PUBLIC FOOD AND PRODUCT SAFETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese authorities launched a massive campaign in late August to publicize their improvements to China's food safety and product quality systems. The TV, print, and internet coverage coincided with the release of the August 20 "White Paper on the Food Safety and Quality Situa [...] | 2007-09-09 22:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH |
07BEIJING5902 | CHINESE SCHOLAR DESCRIBES INTERNAL DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: China's Iran policy is the subject of heated debate within China's academic and foreign policy establishment, said Yin Gang, a Chinese research professor who recently returned from an officially sponsored trip to Iran. One camp, led by a senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) sch [...] | 2007-09-10 00:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH |
07BEIJING5918 | CHINA TO CONSIDER FORMAL UNSC BRIEFING ON BURMA, [...] (C) Summary: China will consider supporting a formal briefing of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by Special Envoy Gambari (reftel),MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 10. Liang said the MFA had conveyed to the Burmese gov [...] | 2007-09-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING592 | THAI CNS CHAIR SONTHI DISCUSSES ARMS PURCHASES, [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's Council of National Security Chair General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin discussed military ties and arms purchases during his January 21-24 visit to China. Sonthi met with Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and other military officials and visited Chi [...] | 2007-01-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH TH |
07BEIJING594 | LABOR CONTRACT LAW: SECOND DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The National People's Congress (NPC) has invited the American Chamber of Commerce in China (Amcham) and the US-China Business Council to submit comments on the second draft Labor Contract Law (LCL) which the NPC published on December 25. Amcham hosted a breakfast for members [...] | 2007-01-26 08:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
07BEIJING5941 | INVITATION TO THE GPOI GLOBAL CLEARINGHOUSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 07:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS PGOV CH |
07BEIJING5943 | DPRK TO STAFFDEL: WE WANT TO DEEPEN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: DPRK officials lamented the technical difficulty of the denuclearization process and indicated a desire to continue deepening relations with the United States during StaffDel Baron's visit to Pyongyang August 28 to September 1. The DPRK officials expressed frustration that the U [...] | 2007-09-11 07:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC EAID KN KS CH |
07BEIJING5946 | SEPTEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NUCLEAR EXPERTS [...] Key points at the September 11 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Teams of Chinese and Russian nuclear experts have arrived in Pyongyang to discuss specifics of the disablement of DPRK nuclear facilities. -- No date has been set for the upcoming Six-Party Talks. -- The PRC is working with the i [...] | 2007-09-11 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KOLY SENV KS KN PK RS SR JA CH FR |
07BEIJING5950 | WAL-MART PULLS CHICKEN JERKY PET FOOD STRIPS FROM SHELVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy APHIS Attache and HHS Health Attache were informed separately on August 30 by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of Wal-Mart's recent decision to remove chicken jerky pet food strips manufactured by two Chinese firms from [...] | 2007-09-11 23:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON PREL HHS CH |
07BEIJING5969 | CHINA URGES UNITED STATES TO OPPOSE INDIA'S UNSC [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (paragraph 4). 2. (C) MFA Inernational Organizations Department United Naions Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun expressed to poloff September 12 China's concern over an Indian proposal in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) concerning UN Security Coun [...] | 2007-09-12 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA UN IN CH |
07BEIJING5973 | SEPTEMBER 12 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN'S UN [...] Key points at the September 12 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- If Chen disregards the "condemnation of the international community" regarding his "independence provocations," he will "bear responsibility for all consequences." -- Olympic Committees on both sides of the [...] | 2007-09-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW |
07BEIJING5976 | EX-SOLDIERS RIOT OVER FEES AT RAILWAY VOCATIONAL [...] (C) Around 2,000 ex-soldiers rioted at three separate railway vocational schools in Baotou in Inner Mongolia, Baoji in Shaanxi Province, and Wuhan in Hubei Province on September 3, wire services reported September 11, citing the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy [...] | 2007-09-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MARR CH |
07BEIJING5977 | DESPITE POTENTIAL HICCUPS, PRC PUSHES FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) In the wake of Japanese PM Abe's September 12 resignation, his earlier cabinet reshuffle, landmark August visit to India and multilateral naval exercises, Embassy contacts underscored China's continued desire to improve China-Japan relations. Neither Abe's resignation nor his recent cabin [...] | 2007-09-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JN IN |
07BEIJING598 | LATEST ROUND OF CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER TALKS BREAK [...] (C) Chinese negotiators walked out of Sino-Vietnamese border talks without agreement January 20, leaving the Vietnamese delegation feeling disappointed and overlooked, according to our contacts. "Golf diplomacy" by Chinese VFM Wu Dawei and Vietnamese VFM Vu Dung could not overcome a negative [...] | 2007-01-26 08:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG CH VN PF |
07BEIJING6004 | SEPTEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PM ABE'S [...] Key points at the September 13 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Abe's resignation is an internal affair of Japan and China attaches great importance to the development of Sino-Japanese ties. -- The choice of a new Russian prime minister is an internal affair of that country. China and Russia h [...] | 2007-09-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV JA CH RS ID IR |
07BEIJING6005 | CHINA REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS REGARDING U.S. [...] (SBU) On September 13, 2007, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) American and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General (DDG) Wang Hongbo summoned Embassy Deputy Senior Commercial Officer and USTR Senior Trade Representative to inform them that the Chinese Government will file a request for consultati [...] | 2007-09-13 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH |
07BEIJING6006 | CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. INVESTMENT CLIMATE FROM SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) In meetings held September 10 and 11, top officials involved in the formation and investment decisions of the Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC, the new sovereign wealth fund) warned of a growing perception in China that the U.S. is decreasingly open to trade and investment. One of the [...] | 2007-09-13 22:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING6018 | AQSIQ AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS TO CHINA'S [...] (SBU) This report is Sensitive But Unclassified, for official United States Government use only and not for release to the media. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Congressional Committee on Commerce and Energy Staff Delegation led by investigator David Nelson met China's food safety ministerial and r [...] | 2007-09-14 05:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH JA |
07BEIJING6042 | FM YANG: "NEED TO STUDY AND DISCUSS THE BEST WAY [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting requested by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on other subjects (see septels),the Ambassador, drawing from talking points contained in ref e-mail, stressed our joint commitment to a two-track resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue. In addition to the IAEA effort, w [...] | 2007-09-14 09:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC CH IR |
07BEIJING6044 | FM YANG: TAIWAN'S CHEN SHUI-BIAN TO DECLARE [...] (S) Summary: Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called in the Ambassador September 14 to report that according to Chinese intelligence information, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian will formally declare that Taiwan is a sovereign independent state at a large rally in Taiwan on Saturday, 15 September [...] | 2007-09-14 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MARR CH TW |
07BEIJING6045 | CHINESE MFA PROTESTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALES OF [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui both protested to the Ambassador the recent announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying that such actions "send the wrong signal" to Taiwan and embolden Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's independence efforts. VFM Zha [...] | 2007-09-14 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV MARR CH TW |
07BEIJING6070 | CHINA/CFIUS: TREASURY DAS DALY, CHINESE OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Nova Daly held discussions with Chinese Government officials and business leaders relating to bilateral investment issues on September 10, 2007. During the meetings DAS Daly provided an introduction to the new Committee for Financial [...] | 2007-09-17 06:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV ETRD EFIN CH |
07BEIJING6075 | BURMESE FM WELCOMES GAMBARI IN MID-NOVEMBER; READY [...] (C) Summary: MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 17 that during a September 13-14 visit to China, FM Nyan Win explained to PRC State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan and FM Yang Jiechi the Burmese government's perspective on the recent turmoil [...] | 2007-09-17 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6076 | PRC URGES IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENVOY TO RESPOND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Director General for West Asian and North African Affairs Song Aiguo informed us September 17 that Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi told PRC officials September 13-14 that the Iran nuclear issue is "on the right track" and urged China to oppose new sanctions. Ac [...] | 2007-09-17 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC CH IR |
07BEIJING6082 | DEMARCHE ON LEBANON TRIBUNAL CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 00:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PTER LE CH |
07BEIJING609 | CHINA'S FIRST FTA SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: China signed its first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Services with the ten countries of ASEAN in January, 2007 during the 12th Annual ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines. While initially opening a limited set of services, the agreement brings China and ASEAN closer to realiz [...] | 2007-01-26 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON EINV CH XC AS NZ |
07BEIJING6114 | ILSA: IRAN-CHINA YADARAVAN OIL FIELD AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolOff conveyed U.S. concerns about new reports that Sinopec plans to sign an agreement to develop the Yadavaran oil fields in Iran to Xu Wei, Deputy Director of the MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Iran and Turkey Division on September 18. Xu r [...] | 2007-09-18 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR NL CH |
07BEIJING6121 | SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN FR SF IN SU |
07BEIJING614 | FIRST THE PRD, THEN THE YRD... NOW THE BOHAI RIM? [...] (SBU) China's Central Government has backed the Bohai Rim Economic Circle (BREC) in Northern China as a key region for economic development in a manner often compared to the Pearl River Delta (PRD),emanating from Shenzhen-Guangzhou, and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD),anchored by Shanghai. The [...] | 2007-01-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6155 | CHINA APPROVES SHANGHAI PORT FOR MEGAPORTS PILOT [...] (SBU) The Chinese State Council has approved the deepwater port of Yangshen in Shanghai as the Chinese location for the Megaports pilot program, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Song Jia told Poloff on September 19. FM Yang Jiechi will notify Secretary Rice of the Chinese de [...] | 2007-09-19 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH |
07BEIJING6156 | CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) Poloff conveyed reftel points concerning efforts by Pakistan to acquire missile-related equipment from Chinese firms to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on September 19. 2. (S) Wang told Poloff that Beijing's policy on missile expor [...] | 2007-09-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK |
07BEIJING6157 | REVISION OF PARTY CONSTITUTION: "BEGINNING OF HU [...] (C) This week's announcement that the Chinese Communist Party Constitution will be revised at the October Party Congress, apparently to incorporate key concepts associated with General Secretary Hu Jintao, signals a clear advance in Hu's consolidation of power and marks the "beginning of the H [...] | 2007-09-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING6158 | LIU GUIJIN: U.S. VISIT A SUCCESS; DISCUSSES SUDAN, [...] (U) Summary: PRC Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin described his recent trip to the United States as a success that resulted in increased understanding of China's Darfur policies at a September 18 press briefing. In response to questions, he said that the security situation in Darfur is im [...] | 2007-09-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH ZI ET |
07BEIJING6159 | SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: CHINESE AID TO [...] (C) Summary: China's aid policy toward Zimbabwe has not changed, and the current spate of reports regarding Chinese aid to Zimbabwe are all the result of a misunderstanding, MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer Wang Xiao told PolOff September 19. The rumors re-ignited following a September 18 press conf [...] | 2007-09-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI XA |
07BEIJING6168 | AUSTR STRATFORD'S MEETING WITH MOF A/S ZHU [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging discussion September 13 with Ministry of Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangyao, Assistant USTR for China Tim Stratford outlined U.S. expectations for the upcoming Joint Committee on Trade and Commerce (JCCT) and discussed the status of various follow-up items from the [...] | 2007-09-20 02:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING617 | A/S SILVERBERG AND AFM CUI DISCUSS BURMA, HAITI, [...] (C) United Nations successes in 2006 benefited from P-5 cooperation, especially between the United States and China, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (IO) Affairs Kristen Silverberg told Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. U.S.-China cooperation resulted in the selecti [...] | 2007-01-26 10:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CH BM IR KS KN SU |
07BEIJING619 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETINGS WITH FM LI, IO DG WU AND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told A/S Silverberg Beijing hopes U.S.-China cooperation on international organizations issues will continue in 2007, with the United States and China addressing problems arising in various hotspots based on a constructive, cooperative, win-win approach. FM L [...] | 2007-01-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CH IR KS KN SU |
07BEIJING6197 | CORRECTED COPY: SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points at the September 18 MFA Press Briefing were: -- No new date has been set for the Six-Party Talks. -- The Chinese government opposes the Dalai Lama's meeting with German Chancellor Merkel. -- China and Japan will hold consultations on the East China Sea in late October. -- T [...] | 2007-09-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN FR SF IN SU |
07BEIJING6198 | SEPTEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the September 20 MFA Press Briefing were: -- No new date has been set for the Six-Party Talks and Chinese heavy fuel assistance to the DPRK is under "active preparation and implementation." -- DPRK VFM Kim Yong-il met with VFM Wu Dawei in Beijing on September 18 and is curren [...] | 2007-09-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV CH JA KN KS RS TW IS GZ GM |
07BEIJING6199 | (S) CHINA URGED TO RECALL MISSILE-RELATED STEEL EN [...] (S) Poloff delivered retel message concerning China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation's efforts to supply Syria's Mechanical Construction Factory with missile-usable specialty steel to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on Se [...] | 2007-09-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KS SY |
07BEIJING620 | "DEMOCRACY IS A GOOD THING" ARTICLE IGNITES DEBATE [...] (C) An article in the influential weekly Study Times strongly endorsing democracy as "the best" political system has stimulated sharp discussion in Chinese media and intellectual circles. Our contacts speculated that "Democracy Is a Good Thing," by progressive scholar and author Yu Keping, i [...] | 2007-01-26 11:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6201 | Staffdel Knauer Discusses Drug Export Safety with China [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Staffdel Knauer on September 3, officials at China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) described a rigorous inspection system for imports and exports of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs),but admitted that there is a "fatal" gap in the system be [...] | 2007-09-20 22:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL HHS ETRD BEXP CH |
07BEIJING621 | HUMAN RIGHTS: AMCIT NASDAQ REP DETAINED THEN [...] (C) Chinese security officials detained and questioned AmCit Lawrence Pan, NASDAQ's chief representative in China, on the morning of January 26 in connection with NASDAQ's alleged "support" for Falun Gong activities in the United States. He was released the same afternoon, Hong Kong-based NA [...] | 2007-01-26 11:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CASC CH |
07BEIJING622 | XINHUA RENEWS PRESSURE ON FOREIGN MEDIA PROVIDERS [...] (C) Representatives of the Associated Press (AP),Reuters, and Dow Jones (DJ) recently told emboffs that Xinhua is using the occasion of foreign financial wire services renewing their annual licenses to require them to sign distribution agreements with China Economic Information Service (CEIS [...] | 2007-01-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KPAO KIPR ECPS CH |
07BEIJING6233 | CHINESE TERRORISM EXPERT CALLS HIZB UT-TAHRIR A [...] (C) Ma Pinyan, a terrorism expert at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, told Poloff September 1 that while violent terrorism is on the decline, Xinjiang authorities are concerned by the growth of non-violent fundamentalist movements like Hizb ut- Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Party of Libera [...] | 2007-09-21 08:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TI PK KG AF KZ CH |
07BEIJING6234 | BEIJING LEGAL SCHOLAR ALLEGES DPP UN REFERENDUM [...] (C) A Chinese legal scholar and National People's Congress (NPC) adviser specializing in Chinese constitutional issues, Wang Zhenmin (protect),alleged that passage of a Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) referendum endorsing UN membership "in the name of Taiwan" would be legally equiva [...] | 2007-09-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TW CH |
07BEIJING6253 | CHINA/SCO ECONOMIC CONFERENCE - FEWER SPEECHES, [...] (SBU) A September 2007 forum on economic cooperation among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) had far fewer and lower ranking speakers than the previous year. The SCO Secretary General highlighted China's leading role in deepening friendship, cooperation and mutual economi [...] | 2007-09-24 03:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK |
07BEIJING6256 | THE HALAL NETWORK - NINGXIA REACHES OUT TO THE MUSLIM [...] Emerging economic ties between Ningxia Province and Islamic countries suggest a broader potential for expanded commercial interaction between China's Muslims -- which likely exceed 20 million and may number as many as 100 million according to unofficial estimates -- and their brethren in the M [...] | 2007-09-24 03:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6264 | CHINA'S NATIONAL RECALL SYSTEM: AN UNFUNDED MANDATE [...] (SBU) China unveiled its new national recall system for toys and processed food on August 31, a program spearheaded by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Administration, and Quarantine (AQSIQ),the regulatory agency in charge of inspection for some aspects of domestic productio [...] | 2007-09-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH |
07BEIJING6266 | CHINESE MFA ON UNGA [...] (C) Drawing on Department guidance (Ref A),Poloff discussed the 62nd UNGA session with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on September 24 (the first date the MFA was available). Yao's key po [...] | 2007-09-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA SENV IR SU IZ BM LE CH |
07BEIJING6267 | CHINESE MFA ON UNGA [...] (C) Drawing on Department guidance (Ref A),Poloff discussed the 62nd UNGA session with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on September 24 (the first date the MFA was available). Yao's key po [...] | 2007-09-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA SENV IR SU IZ BM LE CH |
07BEIJING6286 | PARTY CONGRESS ECONOMIC POLICY IMPACT SEEN AS [...] (SBU) Several ECON contacts have told us that next month's Party Congress is unlikely to affect China's macroeconomic policies. One economic analyst opined that personnel changes at the Ministry of Finance could play a role in China's fiscal policy, but said the overall direction of reform wou [...] | 2007-09-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH |
07BEIJING6294 | SEPTEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA [...] Key points at the September 25 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Stabiity in Burma serves the interests of Burma and the international community; China sticks toa policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. -- No information on upcoming high-level visits between Japan [...] | 2007-09-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN KS RS TW BM GM |
07BEIJING6321 | SEPTEMBER 26 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN'S UN [...] Key points at the September 26 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The TAO expressed appreciation for U.S. opposition to Taiwan's referendum on UN membership and its efforts to enter the UN under the name "Taiwan." -- Taiwan will "get burned if it plays with fire," said the [...] | 2007-09-26 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW |
07BEIJING6338 | CHINA TELLS BURMA TO RECEIVE GAMBARI QUICKLY, [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador per ref A urging China to press the Burmese regime to exercise restraint, begin an inclusive dialogue on democracy, and accept a visit of UN Special Envoy Gambari immediately, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei stressed in a meeting on Septem [...] | 2007-09-27 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6339 | SEPTEMBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA, SIX PARTY [...] Key points at the September 27 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China hopes all parties in Burma can "exercise restraint" so as to avoid escalation of the situation. China also urged the press to report truthfully and avoid "exaggerated hype." -- The Six-Party Talks are set to begin this evenin [...] | 2007-09-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH KN KS RS BM |
07BEIJING6342 | AFM HE YAFEI ON IRAN: CHINA SUPPORTS NEW UNSC [...] (C) Summary: China supports a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran when appropriate, but a new resolution should not hurt either the Iranian people or the legitimate economic and energy interests of China or other countries, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador [...] | 2007-09-27 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH |
07BEIJING6347 | AQSIQ VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES SALMONELLA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspecion, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Vice Minister Wei Cuanzhong discussed with FAS Mincouns September 26 the issue of poultry import restrictions in both countries, salmonella-contaminated Chinese fish exports, possible contamination [...] | 2007-09-27 22:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON ETRD BEXP CH |
07BEIJING6365 | MIGRANTS, MICROFINANCE, AND MEAT -- SHANXI'S RURAL [...] (SBU) Professors and students at Shanxi Agricultural University in Central China said on September 25 that rural development in the province is based on non-farm income, local microfinance models have been disappointing, and the province's residents are paying close attention to inflation. Loc [...] | 2007-09-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI CVIS CH |
07BEIJING6367 | CHINA/STEEL: XINJIANG MILL (SORT OF) CHARTS ITS OWN COURSE [...] (SBU) Econoff recently held a series of steel related meetings in Xinjiang Province with local government officials and the Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel Company (Bayi). A Bayi executive told us that the company has successfully merged with Shanghai's Baosteel. Xinjiang Province Government supp [...] | 2007-09-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
07BEIJING6374 | CHINA: FIVE REASONS FOR NO TELECOM [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 13, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Policy Jonathan McHale, accompanied by Econoffs, met with Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General of WTO Affairs Wang Zhen to discuss JCCT [...] | 2007-09-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH |
07BEIJING6376 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EURO-RMB [...] (C) At the September 28 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese economic ministers to "work on" the current Euro-RMB currency imbalance after French Finance Minister Lagarde invited China's attention to it. German [...] | 2007-09-28 08:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ECON CH FR GM JA UK |
07BEIJING6394 | DEMARCHE ON REDUCTION OF IRAQI DEBT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH |
07BEIJING6395 | CHINESE MFA SAYS ONGOING CRISIS IN BURMA STILL NOT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Western Embassy officials on September 28, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Yang Yanyi delivered now familiar points on China's position on the crisis in Burma: China is concerned and supports UN efforts; the Burmese government should "properly handle" [...] | 2007-09-28 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6396 | ALL BUBBLES, NO BATH: HUNAN'S APPAREL FESTIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff's attendance at a recent apparel festival as part of a larger trip to Hunan province highlighted the provincial Party leadership's desire to attract foreign interest and investment, but exposed their limited understanding of how to actually do so. Despite flying in parti [...] | 2007-09-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BTIO EINV ECON CH |
07BEIJING6402 | AMBASSADOR URGES IMPROVED PRC COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on bilateral issues (septel),the Ambassador urged improved Chinese cooperation on Burma, Iran and other international issues and pressed for General Jing Zhiyuan of the PLA Second Artillery to accept STRATCOM's inv [...] | 2007-09-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM MARR MNUC CH BM IR SU |
07BEIJING6403 | SCO SECRETARIAT, PRC SCHOLARS DISAGREE ON SCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Asian staff at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) secretariat and Chinese scholars offered clashing views on the SCO's mission, reflecting differences between China and other member states. Umad Azizov, an Uzbek at the SCO Secretariat, stressed the SCO's role in [...] | 2007-09-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS |
07BEIJING6456 | China/Central Asia - Weak Infrastructure and [...] (SBU) Transportation and logistics issues continue to hamper regional economic growth linking China and Central, West and South Asia. The widely hyped Horgos Cross Border trade area featured at last year's High- Level Forum on Regional Economic Cooperation in Urumqi is still under constructio [...] | 2007-10-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK |
07BEIJING6458 | CHINA "CAUTIOUS" ON FORMAL UNSC MEETING, BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: In response to points in reftels, Chinese MFA officials referred to MFA press statements noting China's "positive appraisal" of UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's just completed mission to Burma. MFA officials advised caution on proceeding with a formal meeting of the UNSC on Bur [...] | 2007-10-04 09:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6498 | DISH 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 08:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP PHUM SOCI KCUL KIPR CH TW HK JA RP |
07BEIJING6501 | LEADERSHIP 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 12:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING6503 | LEADERSHIP 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 22:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING6535 | CHINESE MFA ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 07:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV UNSC HA CH |
07BEIJING6539 | PARTY 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 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING6540 | OCTOBER 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 14:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH IN KN BM |
07BEIJING6579 | CHARGE 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 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC CH IR |
07BEIJING6580 | ILSA: IRAN-CHINA YADAVARAN OIL FIELD AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR CH |
07BEIJING6581 | CHINA "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 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6596 | CHINA 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 07:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ARF CH |
07BEIJING6606 | CHINA 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 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP CH |
07BEIJING6607 | OCTOBER 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 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH BM KN KS JA VE CO |
07BEIJING6609 | CHINA 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 01:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING6637 | BEIJING-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 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH FR GM JA UK BM |
07BEIJING6638 | CHINESE 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 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH |
07BEIJING6640 | NORINCO 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 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL CH ETTC PARM |
07BEIJING6641 | ROUNDUP 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 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6652 | MEETING 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 00:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL CH |
07BEIJING6654 | UNDERLYING 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 03:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6655 | UNDERLYING 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 03:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6671 | CHARGE 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 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH |
07BEIJING6675 | U.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 22:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH |
07BEIJING6676 | U.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 22:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH |
07BEIJING6689 | CHINA 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 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6690 | OCTOBER 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 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH BM IR JA GM SU |
07BEIJING6716 | GERMAN EMBOFF CONFIRMS CHINA CANCELLED RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-17 08:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH GM |
07BEIJING6720 | PARTY 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 11:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6730 | CHINESE 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 07:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA CH |
07BEIJING6732 | OCTOBER 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 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TU VM VT IN RS KN |
07BEIJING6733 | FM 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 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH IN |
07BEIJING6760 | PRESS 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 12:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY CH |
07BEIJING6761 | CHINA'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 13:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO CH |
07BEIJING6777 | HU 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 10:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING6809 | BURMA POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6810 | OCTOBER 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 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH |
07BEIJING6822 | DARFUR 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 08:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING6839 | CHINA MFA ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 04:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU CH |
07BEIJING6844 | OCTOBER 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 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM IR RS JA SU TU IZ PK |
07BEIJING6845 | CHIA 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 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TBIO MNUC IR CH |
07BEIJING6848 | CORRECTED 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 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT KN CH |
07BEIJING6850 | AFM 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 11:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING6851 | GAMBARI 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 23:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6857 | ECONOMIC 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 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH |
07BEIJING6859 | RISING 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 06:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH |
07BEIJING6863 | DEMARCHE 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 08:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP CH IR |
07BEIJING6864 | PRC 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 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP CH BM |
07BEIJING6872 | S/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 05:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH KCRS |
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 06:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING6895 | MFA 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 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING6899 | OCTOBER 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 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH LA KN KS KZ JA VE CA IR |
07BEIJING6919 | OCTOBER 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 11:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON MASS MNUC CH TW |
07BEIJING6932 | MORE 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 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV CH KN |
07BEIJING6935 | CHINA 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 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM SN |
07BEIJING6936 | CHINA/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 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV PGOV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING6937 | NOVEMBER 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 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS CA IR |
07BEIJING6938 | PRC-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 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR IS |
07BEIJING6939 | A/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 09:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETRD CVIS MASS CH TW KN XV |
07BEIJING6957 | POST 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 05:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL CH KN IR |
07BEIJING6971 | BEIJING-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 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR GM JA UK BM IR |
07BEIJING6975 | CHINA 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 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM MNUC PGOV CH PK |
07BEIJING6976 | CHINA/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 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS CH IN RU |
07BEIJING6977 | ARGENTINA 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 11:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 23:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON 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 23:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING7004 | CONTACTS 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 05:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING7005 | MFA: 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 06:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH MG |
07BEIJING7035 | OPEN 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 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP CH |
07BEIJING7036 | NOVEMBER 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 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS PK IR AF ID VE SN |
07BEIJING7037 | COUNTERTERRORISM: 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 23:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER 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 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH PGOV |
07BEIJING7063 | POST 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 10:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH |
07BEIJING7064 | BEIJING-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 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV CH FR GM JA UK BM |
07BEIJING7069 | CHINA: 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 00:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPEO MASS MPOS CH |
07BEIJING7084 | NOVEMBER 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 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA IR BM |
07BEIJING7086 | CHARGE URGES VFM ZHANG YESUI TO INVESTIGATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH |
07BEIJING7097 | NOVEMBER 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 08:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON MASS CH TW |
07BEIJING7098 | CAUTIOUS 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 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JN IN |
07BEIJING7102 | UNGA RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA CH |
07BEIJING7105 | S/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 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ENRG SENV KNNP ASEAN CH XA BM IR |
07BEIJING7107 | CONTACTS 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 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING7125 | INDEPENDENT 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 08:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC FAO UN CH |
07BEIJING7126 | CHINESE 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 09:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH BM |
07BEIJING7127 | NOVEMBER 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 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH IR AF JA FR UK MX |
07BEIJING7128 | PRC/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 11:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR |
07BEIJING7137 | DG 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 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CJAN CH |
07BEIJING7153 | ELECTION 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 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA CH |
07BEIJING7155 | IAEA 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 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC IR CH |
07BEIJING7173 | XINJIANG: 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 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER OREP CASC PGOV KIRF PK KG AF KZ CH TI |
07BEIJING7174 | MFA 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 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH |
07BEIJING7175 | MFA: 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 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING718 | JANUARY 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 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TSPA CH KN XA SU TX LO |
07BEIJING7192 | CHINA/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 06:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH |
07BEIJING7197 | VFM 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 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING721 | THE 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 10:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7210 | CHINA'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 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC CH TW YI |
07BEIJING7213 | PRC/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 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG PTER MEPP CH IS |
07BEIJING7226 | BEIJING-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 00:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH FR GM JA UK |
07BEIJING7229 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 03:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ CH |
07BEIJING723 | CPA'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 12:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CH VT |
07BEIJING7233 | OCTOBER 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 07:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING7251 | OLYMPIC 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 08:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KOLY ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7253 | BEIJING 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 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MASS CH TW KS KN JA |
07BEIJING7254 | NOVEMBER 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 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON MASS CH TW |
07BEIJING7262 | U.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 04:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM SENV IR KN JP IN AU CH |
07BEIJING7270 | DARFUR: THREATS TO CHINESE ENGINEERS WILL NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING7271 | CHINA SUPPORTS BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS IF BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA BM CH |
07BEIJING7272 | SARKOZYING 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 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR |
07BEIJING7273 | PRC 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 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MARR 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 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 02:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV CH |
07BEIJING7295 | CHINA-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 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN PK |
07BEIJING7299 | PRC 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 11:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH ASEAN |
07BEIJING7329 | QINGHAI 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 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER CH PK SA |
07BEIJING7330 | QINGHAI 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 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA |
07BEIJING7331 | XI 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 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH |
07BEIJING7333 | December 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 00:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH |
07BEIJING7334 | December 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 00:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH |
07BEIJING7362 | CHINESE 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 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PREL CH |
07BEIJING7363 | U.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 11:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID APEC SENV KN JP RU TW CH |
07BEIJING7364 | U.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 12:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EAID APEC SENV CH XA |
07BEIJING7371 | TREASURY 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 06:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH ECON EFIN IR |
07BEIJING7375 | TREASURY 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 08:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH IR PREL ETTC EFIN PARM |
07BEIJING7382 | CHINA/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 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH |
07BEIJING7383 | DECEMBER 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 11:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH |
07BEIJING7384 | AMBASSADOR 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 11:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING7385 | AMBASSADOR 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 11:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING7386 | EAP 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 12:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PREF PHUM MARR ETRD AMGT CH IR SU |
07BEIJING7388 | PRC-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 22:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC ETRD CH IR |
07BEIJING7389 | NOT-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 00:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7401 | BEIJING 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 07:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CH |
07BEIJING7405 | PRC/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 08:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER MEPP CH FR IS |
07BEIJING7408 | DEMARCHE ON UNCITRAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNCITRAL CH |
07BEIJING7409 | CHINA'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 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP CH |
07BEIJING7430 | EU-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 02:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD 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 03:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR |
07BEIJING7435 | 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 04:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR |
07BEIJING7445 | CHINA/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 23:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR |
07BEIJING7446 | TIP: 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 02:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL CH BU |
07BEIJING7455 | CHINA TO SUPPORT DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ CH |
07BEIJING7457 | CHINA 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 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC TW YI CH |
07BEIJING7462 | MIGRANT 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 11:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7474 | TREASURY 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 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN |
07BEIJING7476 | XI 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 11:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07BEIJING7485 | ARMS 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 06:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH |
07BEIJING7486 | U/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 07:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7487 | MFA: 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 07:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING749 | PRC 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 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV KNNP CH KN |
07BEIJING7498 | EAP 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 09:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM ETRD PHUM MARR CH TW IR BM SU UN |
07BEIJING7499 | EAP 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 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC ETRD CH IR SU BM |
07BEIJING750 | JANUARY 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 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON KOLY CH TW |
07BEIJING7513 | JADE IN OLYMPIC MEDALS: CHINESE, NOT BURMESE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KOLY CH BM |
07BEIJING7518 | XINJIANG: 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 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN CH |
07BEIJING752 | CHINESE 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 12:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR PGOV CH |
07BEIJING753 | CHINA'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 12:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN CH |
07BEIJING7535 | GUANGZHOU 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 09:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO EFIN EINV CH |
07BEIJING7545 | TIP: 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 06:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV CH |
07BEIJING7550 | XINJIANG 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 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH |
07BEIJING7554 | CHINA: 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 01:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING7557 | SED 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 07:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO BEXP HHS CH |
07BEIJING7567 | Avian 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 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC CH |
07BEIJING7573 | CHINA'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 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7575 | PM 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 10:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JN |
07BEIJING7576 | LANZHOU: 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 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EINV CH TW |
07BEIJING7577 | DECEMBER 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 11:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EIND CH BM IN KS KN |
07BEIJING7579 | SED 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 01:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV CH |
07BEIJING7581 | SED 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 03:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SENV KGHG TBIO CH |
07BEIJING7591 | SURPRISINGLY 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 06:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK MY SA CH |
07BEIJING7593 | SED 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 06:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CH |
07BEIJING7595 | SED 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 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON CH |
07BEIJING7600 | SED 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 23:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO EFIN EINV CH |
07BEIJING7610 | China 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 05:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CH |
07BEIJING7634 | DECEMBER 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 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN RS JA IN |
07BEIJING7654 | PRC/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 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH PK |
07BEIJING7657 | CHINESE 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 08:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH BM |
07BEIJING769 | ROK 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 08:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CMGT CH KS KN |
07BEIJING770 | FOREIGN 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 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV CH HK |
07BEIJING772 | FEBRUARY 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 10:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH |
07BEIJING773 | MFA 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 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH TW |
07BEIJING792 | CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD 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 02:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07BEIJING804 | COMMUNIST 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 05:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SCUL KPAO OEXC SOCI CH |
07BEIJING808 | BANK 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 06:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR WTRO CH JP |
07BEIJING83 | Xie 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 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIJING830 | HUMAN 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 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH CA |
07BEIJING837 | HUMAN 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 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07BEIJING86 | JANUARY 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 12:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH |
07BEIJING860 | HUMAN 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 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
07BEIJING861 | MFA 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 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ARF CH |
07BEIJING886 | HUMAN 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 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING887 | MFA 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 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH JA |
07BEIJING888 | DAS 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 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH BM AF |
07BEIJING889 | FEBRUARY 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 13:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH |
07BEIJING917 | DAS 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 12:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNNP CH SU IR |
07BEIJING921 | HUMAN 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 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING925 | DAS 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 08:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC TSPA PGOV CH SU BM IR |
07BEIJING935 | HUMAN 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 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
07BEIJING938 | BEIJING 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 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW |
07BEIJING940 | FEBRUARY 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 11:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MNUC KN JA CH XA |
07BEIJING958 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 05:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH |
07BEIJING972 | DID 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 12:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH VN |
07BEIJING976 | HUMAN RIGHTS: POST DELIVERS SENATOR CLINTON LETTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-10 07:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
07BERLIN1085 | (S) GERMANY NOTIFIED OF IRANIAN MISSILE DEVELOPER [...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett May 23. Schuett said she is unacquainted with the Chinese firm Shanghai Technical By-Products International Corporation Company (STBPI),but she is aware of Iran's Doostan Interna [...] | 2007-05-30 10:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR CH |
07BERLIN1452 | (S) NIAG 7053: GERMAN RESPONSE ON IRANIAN FIRM [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke met Global Affairs officer July 19 and passed the following German-language non-paper. Kauke said the German Government investigated the information contained in ref B concerning an attempt by the Iranian firm Tajhiz Novin Tous [...] | 2007-07-25 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM |
07BERLIN1453 | GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING POTENTIAL EXPORT OF [...] (U) This is an action item -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog met Global Affairs officer July 23 and passed the following German-language non-paper. Herzog explained that German export control authorities sought USG input for an [...] | 2007-07-25 15:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC ETTC MTCRE PARM TNGD GM CH |
07BERLIN1522 | RESPONSE TO QUERY ON EXPORT OF LII AND PLIF [...] (S) Global Affairs officers delivered ref A response to the German query contained in ref B to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog August 7. Herzog thanked us for the U.S. input and said he would pass it to the German federal interagency export control group for revi [...] | 2007-08-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY GM CH |
07BERLIN1612 | GERMANY LOOKS EASTWARD: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S TRIP [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel will visit China and Japan August 26 ) September 1, in her longest trip abroad since taking office. The trip will be largely devoted to G8 issues raised at the summit in June, the so-called 'Heiligendamm process,' and climate change. Her visit to China will highlight th [...] | 2007-08-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH JA GM |
07BERLIN2080 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19 [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery. 2. (C) Schieb provided substantive comments on the following topics: --Upcoming EU Summits with China, Africa, and India: The November 19 GAERC agenda [...] | 2007-11-16 16:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK |
07BERLIN2106 | (S) AUSTRALIA GROUP - GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog passed Global Affairs Officer November 21 a German-language nonpaper (see para 3) requesting additional information on a U.S. Australia Group denial (AG/Jun03/Den/USA/57) [...] | 2007-11-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW CH GM |
07BERLIN2161 | (S) GERMAN RESPONSE - IRANIAN MISSILE DEVELOPER [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker delivered a German-language nonpaper December 3 in response to ref B information indicating that Iran's Doostan International Company, acting on behalf of Iran's Sabalan Company, was seeking a toxic gas detection system manufact [...] | 2007-12-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR CH |
07BERLIN763 | (S) NIAG 7053: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRAN [...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke April 13. Kauke thanked us for the information and said he will pass it to the German federal inter-agency export control group for investigation. He said the provision of the nuc [...] | 2007-04-13 15:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM |
07BRASILIA918 | CVRD EXECUTIVES LAMENT INCREASING CHINESE INFLUENCE OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 18 office call on the Ambassador, CVRD executives expressed their concern about increasing Chinese influence over both natural resources and the distribution/transportation infrastructure needed to export these resources to distant markets. In the future, they war [...] | 2007-05-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND EINV BR CH |
07BRIDGETOWN125 | GRENADA'S SCRAMBLE FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Among local media predictions for the new year is one of increased People's Republic of China (PRC) efforts to gain influence on the United States' back doorstep, in the Caribbean, and specifically within CARICOM. Several local commentators have called for Grenada and CARICOM to [...] | 2007-02-01 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PINR PHUM CASC GJ CH CU VE XL |
07BRIDGETOWN488 | ST. LUCIA - TAIWAN BACK IN, CHINA TO BOW OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of St. Lucia formally announced during its April 24 budget debate that it will re-establish full diplomatic relations with Taiwan. In exchange, Taiwan has agreed to develop agricultural diversification, ecotourism, information technology, and learning centers thro [...] | 2007-04-25 22:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD OFDP CH TW ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN525 | (C) ST. LUCIA: TAIWAN DECISION MAY WEAKEN COMPTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet has emerged as the head of a rival faction set on forcing Prime Minister Sir John Compton to retire from politics and leave FM Bousquet in charge. If Compton's departure is the outcome of current infighting in the five-month-old government, suspec [...] | 2007-05-04 18:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN589 | ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...] | 2007-05-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN644 | ST. LUCIAN CABINET COUP FAILED, BUT NEW PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's Prime Minister Sir John Compton reportedly returned from New York on May 19. His weakened state probably means that St. Lucia's unsettled political situation will continue. The government has made no official announcements since his return, but it is likely that Acti [...] | 2007-05-22 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN906 | ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...] | 2007-07-16 19:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL |
07BRUSSELS3487 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: December 12, 2007 [...] (U) A study published in October by the Vienna University of Technology ranked Ghent (16) and Brugge (20) as two among the top 20 of European 'Smart Cities'. The survey ranked medium-sized (100,000-500,000 inhabitants) cities in Europe, using a system that evaluated the economy, people, govern [...] | 2007-12-12 07:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE CH |
07BUENOSAIRES1644 | NEW PROTECTIONIST NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TARGET [...] (SBU) President Kirchner and Economy Minister Peirano announced an ill-defined package of non-tariff protectionist measures that targets imports of plastics, textiles, artificial leather, and tires. Growing Argentine imports from China (up 54% in the first half of 2007) were singled out as a [...] | 2007-08-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP |
07BUENOSAIRES1648 | ARGENTINA: NON-TARIFF TRADE BARRIERS NOT YET OFFICIAL, BUT [...] (SBU) President Kirchner's announcement late last week of non-tariff measures aimed at curbing Asian imports is affecting U.S. companies. Argentine customs has held up many Asian import shipments, including those from U.S. high technology companies Dell and Honeywell, pending clarification of [...] | 2007-08-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP SN |
07BUENOSAIRES1708 | ARGENTINA: CHINESE REACTION TO NON-TARIFF BARRIERS [...] (SBU) Ten days after President Kirchner announced the imposition of non-tariff barriers on burgeoning Asian imports, local media has reported that China struck back with retaliatory phytosanitary inspections of Argentine soy shipments, though two grain trading company reps say the inspections o [...] | 2007-08-29 19:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK |
07CAIRO1338 | ROSY REPORTS OF NEW INVESTMENT IN EGYPTIAN TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent press report of new Jordanian investment in the Egyptian textile industry is indicative of a trend of increasing FDI in Egypt and expansion of the textile industry in particular, as foreign investors eye the rapidly expanding Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) program for [...] | 2007-05-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH JO EG TU |
07CAIRO1382 | ROSY REPORTS OF NEW INVESTMENT IN EGYPTIAN TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent press report of new Jordanian investment in the Egyptian textile industry is indicative of a trend of increasing FDI in Egypt and expansion of the textile industry in particular, a foreign investors eye the rapidly expanding Quaified Industrial Zone (QIZ) program for du [...] | 2007-05-10 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH JO EG TU |
07CAIRO2440 | EGYPT: GROWING ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian-Chinese relations have expanded over the last several years, primarily in the economic realm. Egypt is courting Chinese trade and investment but is wary that China could undercut Egypt in low-cost, labor-intensive sectors, complicating Egyptian efforts to combat persistent [...] | 2007-08-07 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EINV ECON CH EG |
07CANBERRA1738 | MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: At a December 8 meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the Ambassador offered his congratulations and noted the positive tone set by the recent meetings of Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns with the Foreign and Defense Ministers and the Deputy Prime Minister. The Amb [...] | 2007-12-10 04:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF AS CH IR IZ NZ PREL |
07CANBERRA1745 | U/S BURNS' 12/5 MEETINGS WITH AUSTRALIAN DPM [...] (C/NF) Summary: During wide-ranging conversations December 5 with newly appointed Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke, Under Secretary Nicholas Burns emphasized the importance Washington placed on a continued cl [...] | 2007-12-12 00:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH ID IN IR IZ JA MNUC PREL PTER |
07CANBERRA1771 | CHINESE RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN M/V IRAN MATIN [...] (S) Further to Ref A, Counter-Proliferation Director Gerry McGuire gave us a readout December 18 of the results of Australia's demarche in Beijing on December 14 on the M/V Iran Matin. Upon the U.S. request for Australia and the UK to demarche China (Ref D),DFAT had sought authorization to [...] | 2007-12-18 05:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MASS PTER AS CH |
07CARACAS1197 | CNPC: DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ IN THE PAPERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) executives stated recent press reports of the formation of a new joint venture are exaggerated. The executives stated negotiations over the migration of Sinovensa, the entity that produced Orimulsion, to a PDVSA-controlled joint [...] | 2007-06-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON CH VE |
07CARACAS2000 | MITSUBISHI HOPES TO CLOSE MAJOR REFINERY DEAL BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Mitsubishi trading company hopes to complete a USD 3 billion financing deal for a deep conversion project at the Puerto La Cruz refinery by year-end. The Itochu trading company is working on a similar deal for the El Palito refinery. JBIC's participation in the projects and [...] | 2007-10-11 18:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON JA CH VE |
07CARACAS2207 | CHINA LOANS VENEZUELA USD FOUR BILLION TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: BRV President Hugo Chavez and PRC Vice Minister of the National Committee and Reform Zhang Xiaoqiamg presided over a televised signing ceremony for energy, financial and technology agreements on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at the presidential palace. The main agreement established [...] | 2007-11-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET CH VE |
07CARACAS2243 | CHEVRON'S NEXT MOVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV has approached Chevron with a proposal to significantly increase production at the former Ameriven strategic association. Petrochina has also offered to partner with Chevron in a Faja project. Chevron is not in a hurry to make additional investments in Venezuela. Labor [...] | 2007-11-27 20:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON CH VE |
07CARACAS669 | CHINESE POLITBURO COMES TO TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: During Chinese Politburo Member Li Changchun's visit to Caracas March 25-27, Venezuela and China signed six new cooperative agreements in the petroleum sector and reaffirmed a USD 6 billion joint development fund. Chavez assured China that Venezuela would be a trustworthy oil s [...] | 2007-03-30 20:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV ENRG EPET PGOV VE CH |
07CHENGDU100 | LOCAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES ON ISLAMIC RESURGENCE IN CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: During a series of informal discussions in southern Yunnan Province along China's borders with Vietnam and Laos, local Muslim leaders described with pride the resurgence of Islam in their communities. A recently-completed mosque and religious training school in Najiaying has attr [...] | 2007-04-12 06:00:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF CH |
07CHENGDU108 | EXPECTATIONS HIGH FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE IN SOUTHERN SICHUAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: China's voluntary health insurance scheme, the Rural Cooperative Medical System (RCMS) was designed to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for the poor, particularly in the event of catastrophic illness. However, as the RCMS expands to reach the poorest areas, many commu [...] | 2007-05-04 06:56:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR CASC CH |
07CHENGDU12 | AIDS IN TIBETAN AREAS OF SICHUAN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conference on "Social Changes and Development in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and other Tibetan Areas," a researcher from the Sichuan Provincial Ethnic Research Institute said the HIV/AIDS situation in Tibetan areas of Sichuan Province has grown more seriou [...] | 2007-01-11 07:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO EAID ECON PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU123 | HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS -- A MODEL FOR GRASSROOTS GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: Consulate contacts recently described the role of homeowner associations in rights protection at the local level, referring to them as a central point for democratic reforms in China. The homeowner rights movement in Chengdu, which began in 2004, recently resulted in the establis [...] | 2007-05-10 09:29:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU124 | CHINA'S YUNNAN PROVINCE BUILDS OUT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Yunnan officials in southwest China see construction of new road, river, and rail links with neighboring ASEAN countries as the key to ending their mountainous and landlocked province's long history of isolation and stimulating economic growth. While provincial authorities disag [...] | 2007-05-15 04:02:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU126 | YUNNAN HOUSE CHURCH CHRISTIANS LEFT ALONE BY GOVERNMENT WHEN [...] (C) Summary: According to two foreign missionaries and a Chinese Christian, the atmosphere for Yunnan house church Christians has improved in recent years and believers are able to worship with little government interference compared to other areas of China, if they are careful to maintain a d [...] | 2007-05-18 06:15:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF CH |
07CHENGDU128 | SICHUAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS [...] (C) Summary: Sichuan rights activist Zeng Jianyu was recently sentenced to two years in jail for allegedly "trumped up" charges of business fraud. Zeng was reportedly the first popularly elected deputy to a county-level People's Congress in 1992 and well known for his activism on land, envir [...] | 2007-05-18 07:54:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU129 | CHONGQING SCHOLARS DISCUSS CITY'S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. In a day of meetings with Chongqing academics, Embassy Beijing Econ M/C and Congenoff heard about some of the city's most pressing issues: the aftereffects of Three Gorges Dam construction, industrial reform, the plight of farmers and migrant workers. In addition, the city serv [...] | 2007-05-18 10:26:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU13 | HOW "HARMONIOUS" ARE SICHUAN'S TIBETAN AREAS? [...] (C) Summary: Social unrest in Tibetan areas of Sichuan Province was serious in the first half of 2006, according to an ethnic Tibetan researcher from the Tibet Study Institute of Sichuan University. Ten "mass incidents" involving over 800 people principally stemmed from conflicts in caterpill [...] | 2007-01-11 07:59:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU137 | SICHUAN TIBETAN MONASTERIES: TRYING TO GET THE STORY [...] (C) Summary: During recent meetings that were tightly scripted and filmed at five Buddhist monasteries in Tibetan areas of western Sichuan, abbots and local Religious Affairs Bureau officials gave us the party line in response to questions on specific human rights cases and restrictions on rel [...] | 2007-05-31 07:22:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU139 | FAMILY PLANNING IN SICHUAN'S ABA TIBETAN AND QIANG [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the head of the local Population and Family Planning Bureau, both Han Chinese and ethnic minority families in Western Sichuan Province's Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture are permitted to have at least two, and in some cases, three children. The prefectur [...] | 2007-06-01 06:03:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU14 | ON THE ROAD THROUGH SICHUAN'S ABA PREFECTURE [...] (C) Summary. During a recent unofficial visit by Congenoff to Sichuan's Aba Prefecture (an ethnic Tibetan area),head monks at two temples complained of heavy-handed oversight by the Religious Affairs Bureau (RAB),and police and military presences were heavy. Although the prefecture seat of [...] | 2007-01-11 08:00:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM SCUL SENV CH |
07CHENGDU140 | NOMADIC RESETTLEMENT AND THE NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local Animal Husbandry Bureau officials in Hongyuan County of western Sichuan Province's Aba (Tibetan: Ngaba) Prefecture, the central government has invested 30 million RMB (USD 3.9 million) to implement the "New Socialist Countryside" and facilitate the transitio [...] | 2007-06-04 08:48:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU142 | MEETINGS CONDEMNING THE DALAI LAMA HELD IN QINGHAI [...] (U) On May 31 Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported that the head of Dungkyab Monastery in Gade County (Chinese: Gande) in Golog Tibetan Prefecture of Qinghai Province was forced to resign for refusing to sign documents condemning the Dalai Lama. The 70-year-old abbot, Khenpo Tsanor reportedly ackn [...] | 2007-06-05 02:52:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU143 | SICHUAN RESEARCHER ON CHALLENGES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: Sichuan Province, the third largest in China, ranks only tenth in terms of economic development, according to Wang Xiaogang (strictly protect),Deputy Director of the Sichuan Development Research Institute. While the purpose of "Scientific Development" is to bridge the gap betwe [...] | 2007-06-05 07:49:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU144 | YUNNAN EARTHQUAKE -- TENS OF THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS [...] (U) On June 3, Southwest China's Yunnan Province experienced an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale. The quake hit Pu'er City, close to Yunnan's southern border with Burma, killing at least three, injuring 313, and leaving more than 180,000 people displaced, according to Chinese off [...] | 2007-06-05 09:48:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON CASC CH |
07CHENGDU146 | THE "BALANCES" OF A HARMONIOUS SOCIETY: PERSPECTIVES OF A [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting, the Director of the Sichuan Institute of Political Science said the core of the Chinese Government's Harmonious Society guiding philosophy is the balancing of various interests so everyone can enjoy the fruits of development. In addition, Harmonious Society [...] | 2007-06-06 09:20:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU148 | SICHUAN RESEARCHER CLAIMS "GREAT IMPROVEMENT" IN CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: Ruan Zhixiao (strictly protect),a researcher in the Media Research Institution of the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) said there has been "great improvement" in China's media environment, including the coverage of sensitive topics, but that there are still limits. He [...] | 2007-06-08 09:35:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL PHUM KPAO CH |
07CHENGDU152 | LOCAL ISSUES DRIVE DISTURBANCES IN SOUTHWEST CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Early summer has seen the occurrence of several public disturbances in southwest China. Efforts by authorities to crack down on illegal vendors brought many people onto the streets in Chongqing, and a similar case in Chengdu resulted in the severe beating of a bystander. Although [...] | 2007-06-15 03:18:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU157 | CONVERSATIONS IN NORTHERN TIBET [...] (C) Summary: Consulate Chengdu recently accompanied the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on a project monitoring trip to some of the highest and most remote areas of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). The TAR Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) said it valued U.S. NGO pr [...] | 2007-06-25 07:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON PGOV EAID SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU158 | SOCIAL DISTURBANCES FLARE UP IN TIBETAN AREAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks there have been three separate social disturbances in Tibetan areas inside and outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Accounts of the incidents were originally reported in the international press. Recently, Post was able to confirm and learn more details [...] | 2007-06-25 09:03:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON PGOV SOCI SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU159 | BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES OF TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION FOREIGN [...] (C) During a recent seven-day road trip through Nagchu Prefecture in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR),Consulate had over 40 hours of "quality" time to dialogue with the TAR Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) official assigned to accompany us to remote field sites. In the course of our trip, in [...] | 2007-06-26 03:46:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CH |
07CHENGDU161 | CHENGDU PATRIOTIC CHURCH LEADER COOPERATING WITH AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary. A local leader of China's officially-sanctioned Three Selves Patriotic Movement (TSPM) Christian Church and two local American English teachers discussed their cooperation in using expatriate-taught "English camps" and similar programs as a means to introduce local residents to Ch [...] | 2007-06-28 08:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KIRF CH |
07CHENGDU182 | TWO MORE MASS INCIDENTS IN CHONGQING [...] (C) Summary. Coming hard on the heels of a spate of recent "mass incidents," (reftel),two more demonstrations in Chongqing appear to have involved thousands of people. One was sparked by the unsolved murder of a middle school student, the other by land takings for industrial development. In [...] | 2007-07-13 08:55:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU19 | GAY AND LESBIAN CHENGDU [...] (C) Summary. Although Chengdu has been nicknamed "gay paradise," gays here still face considerable challenges, and official, social, and family pressures are often sufficiently intense to keep many local gays in the closet. The situation of lesbians is even more difficult, perhaps due to high [...] | 2007-01-22 05:46:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI EAID PGOV PHUM SCUL TBIO CH |
07CHENGDU192 | TAKING A STROLL DOWN "TIBET STREET" [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit to "Tibet Street" in the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu underscored the neighborhood's role as a magnet for a mostly transient or floating population of ethnic Tibetans, which may number as many as 300,000 during any given year. Some of the area's denizens s [...] | 2007-07-23 02:03:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU195 | TIBETAN LOCAL PARTY SECRETARY SACKED AFTER OUTBREAK OF [...] (C) According to Consulate contacts, west Sichuan Ganzi Prefecture Party Secretary Dorje Rabten was removed from his post following a violent clash on July 13 between two neighboring Tibetan townships (Sumdo and Danba) over caterpillar fungus harvesting rights. The contacts confirmed a July 18 [...] | 2007-07-24 05:40:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU203 | PRESENTING CHENGDU'S COLORFUL FIRST PAKISTANI CONSUL [...] (C) Summary: Recently arrived to assume his duties in Chengdu, Pakistan's first consul general to southwest China may have been picked for his current assignment due to his experience in Burma and military background. The JF-17 fighter aircraft jointly developed and produced by China and Paki [...] | 2007-08-03 01:01:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MASS PK CH |
07CHENGDU206 | VIOLENCE FLARES ANOTHER YEAR AT LOCAL TIBETAN FESTIVAL [...] (C) Summary. Protests and arrests again marked the opening of a popular festival in Litang in western Sichuan's Ganzi Prefecture, with tensions between ethnic Tibetans and Han Chinese reportedly high. Travelers, local contacts, and the media also report sporadic violent incidents in other ar [...] | 2007-08-03 06:10:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM CH |
07CHENGDU210 | SECURITY FORCES STEP UP PRESENCE IN LITANG FOLLOWING [...] (C) Several local contacts in Litang told us August 6 that People's Armed Police (PAP) personnel are out in force throughout the town and its surrounding county following a protest that occurred August 1 at the annual Litang Horse Race Festival when a Tibetan nomad, Runggye Adak, seized a micro [...] | 2007-08-06 09:36:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
07CHENGDU219 | TENSIONS SPREADING FROM TIBETAN TOWN OF LITANG?; ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Although local officials may be keen for it not to affect the tourist trade, tensions remain high in the town of Litang in the west of China's Sichuan Province following the arrest of Runggye Adak, a Tibetan nomad who publicly called for the return of the Dalai Lama. Roadblocks a [...] | 2007-08-13 05:52:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
07CHENGDU220 | SICHUAN OFFICIALS RESPOND TO TIBETAN "LITANG AUGUST 1 [...] (C) Summary: Officials in China's Sichuan Province hope the experience and reputation for toughness of newly-appointed local Party Secretary Liu Daoping will lead to a "calm" resolution of recent ethnic Tibetan disturbances in Ganzi prefecture. In addition to Runggye Adak, another individual [...] | 2007-08-14 07:30:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
07CHENGDU230 | SOUTHWEST CHINA'S TIBETAN AREAS - SIMMERING TENSIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Tibetan areas of Sichuan and Yunnan are under increased security pressure from government authorities in the wake of demonstrations in the town of Litang in western Sichuan's Ganzi Prefecture that were set off by the arrest of a man calling for the return of the Dalai Lama [...] | 2007-09-06 09:26:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU231 | POLITICAL CONTROL INCREASING IN SICHUAN'S GANZI PREFECTURE [...] (C) Summary: Local sources indicate that officials in Sichuan's Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture are implementing new measures directed at affirming the loyalty of government and religious figures in the prefecture following the "August 1 Litang Incident" (reftel). End summary. 2. (C) [...] | 2007-09-07 08:15:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU235 | TRYING TO DISCUSS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT TIBET'S TASHILHUNPO [...] (C) Summary: While doing everything possible to dodge our questions during a recent meeting choreographed by the Lhasa Foreign Affairs Office (FAO),a high-ranking monk/official of the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse did acknowledge that the over decade-long dispute between Chinese authoriti [...] | 2007-09-24 03:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU236 | HIV/AIDS AND POLITICAL CONTROLS IN ONE OF TIBET'S MOST [...] (C) Summary: While optimistic their outreach efforts can have a positive impact, Swiss Red Cross representatives in China's Tibetan prefecture of Shigatse believe that a continued overall lack of education and awareness about HIV/AIDS, the spread of prostitution in the wake of increased number [...] | 2007-09-25 08:54:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | KHIV PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
07CHENGDU237 | DETENTION OF TIBETAN STUDENTS IN GANSU; LITANG SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: A Congen contact originally from the area confirmed up to seven ethnic Tibetan boys between the ages of 14-18 were arrested and likely remain in detention in the Ganan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of China's Gansu Province for writing pro-Dalai Lama slogans. According to the cont [...] | 2007-09-25 10:02:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU239 | PORTRAIT OF A "HELP TIBET CADRE" [...] (C) Summary: A two-week road trip in remote western areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),throughout which we were closely accompanied by both Tibetan and Han Chinese officials, gave the Consulate a rather unique opportunity to experience firsthand the sometimes tense working dynamic at [...] | 2007-09-27 03:13:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
07CHENGDU243 | EVEREST AND BEYOND -- A RARE GLIMPSE INTO WESTERN TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The remote western areas of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region are a mixture of active military facilities, sensitive religious sites, and vulnerable archeological ruins. The Everest Base Camp, at which a People's Armed Police station was recently added, has become a rather squalid [...] | 2007-10-09 04:29:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON CH |
07CHENGDU247 | CHINA RAMPS UP "PATRIOTIC EDUCATION" OF TIBETANS IN WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: Local contacts confirm Ganzi Prefecture government authorities in China's western Sichuan Province are making an all-out effort to implement a political cleanup of the majority Tibetan area in the wake of public disturbances that occurred during August. "Patriotic education" sess [...] | 2007-10-10 09:56:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
07CHENGDU252 | ETHNIC TIBETANS REACT TO DALAI LAMA'S GOLD MEDAL [...] (C) Summary: Despite stepped-up security, a number of ethnic Tibetans both inside the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and in other areas of southwest China reacted to the Dalai Lama's Congressional Gold Medal by praying in monasteries and by setting off firecrackers. Unconfirmed reports indi [...] | 2007-10-19 09:06:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
07CHENGDU255 | FARMLAND TO FOREST IN SICHUAN: TIME FOR REEVALUATION? [...] (C) Summary. With an uneasy eye on the province's grain supply, Sichuan authorities are taking another look at the province's "Farmland to Forest Conversion" (tui geng huan lin, or FFC) program, originally implemented in 1999. Although authorities claim that the program has brought substantia [...] | 2007-10-25 09:23:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EAGR PGOV SENV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU269 | ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL STRESSES ON THE RISE IN THREE [...] (C) Summary: The Three Gorges Reservoir area of Chongqing may be under increasing environmental and social strains. Local authorities are devoting increased attention to the problems of landslides and erosion in resettled areas and recently formed a "specialized research group" to study "geol [...] | 2007-11-26 09:14:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SENV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU272 | GUIDE TO OFFICIAL RELIGIOUS RESTRICTIONS IN SOUTHWEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The religious activities of the official 350,000 Muslims - , Protestants, Buddhists and Catholics in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in Southwest China, are organized according to both national and local religious affairs regulations. While the 2004 State Council regul [...] | 2007-11-27 11:23:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU274 | KUNMING CHURCH FLOURISHES DESPITE RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: According to the co-pastors of an officially-registered church in southwest China, while person-to-person proselytizing remains severely restricted, the number of Protestants in the city is growing rapidly. The city of Kunming, including subordinate adjacent counties, has 360 a [...] | 2007-11-30 06:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU285 | ENCOUNTER WITH SOUTHWEST CHINA PROPAGANDA OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary: Openly disparaging of the Communist Party's standard propaganda manual, a young Kunming City propaganda department official in southwest China told us of his hopes to work his way up to a comfortable job in a state enterprise. Among other "pearls of wisdom," the widely available [...] | 2007-12-07 09:44:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH SOCI |
07CHENGDU286 | KUNMING CATHOLIC NUNS TRY TO REBUILD [...] (C) Summary: According to a nun presiding over a group of ten sisters at the Kunming Sacred Heart Church in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local religious affairs authorities are in general more difficult to work with than their counterparts to the north in Sichuan. The church was able, [...] | 2007-12-07 09:57:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF CH |
07CHENGDU289 | REINCARNATION BEFORE DEATH: MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK [...] (C) Summary: The Dalai Lama's recent statement that he may choose a successor before his death drew accusations from self-styled protectors of religious orthodoxy in the Chinese Communist Party that the Dalai Lama was breaking with Tibetan tradition. According to Congen's Tibetan Buddhist relig [...] | 2007-12-12 03:39:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU290 | ALONG THE CHINA-BURMA BORDER: WWII, DRUGS, HIV, AND JADE [...] (C) Summary: Common ethnic linkages, villages that hug or even straddle the border, a visa-free regime for local residents, spotty security controls, and corruption appear to facilitate a wide-open atmosphere in areas along China's border with Burma. One stretch of road outside the Chinese po [...] | 2007-12-12 09:08:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV SOCI SNAR CH |
07CHENGDU292 | HUKOU REFORM IN YUNNAN: BIG TALK, LITTLE ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Southwest China's Yunnan Province recently announced it would soon abolish the distinction between urban and rural household registrations (hukou),which if true might lead to dramatic changes in the province's migration patterns. However, financial requirements (announced with [...] | 2007-12-14 09:54:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU297 | A PRC SCHOLAR LOOKS AT LHASA'S FLOATING POPULATION [...] (C) Summary: The July 2006 opening of the Qinghai-Tibet railway greatly boosted access to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) for both tourists and migrant workers, accelerating economic growth and ethnic Han immigration to the TAR. Sichuan University Tibetology Department PhD student Bao Do [...] | 2007-12-20 02:23:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU298 | THE TAR'S FLOATING POPULATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE [...] (C) Summary: The completion of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad has accelerated the outsider-driven development of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). Numerous official, academic, and other sources indicate that during at its peak the floating population is at least half of Lhasa's permanent reside [...] | 2007-12-20 03:02:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU30 | SOUTHWEST CHINA LEADERSHIP CHANGES FROM THE "PRINCELING" [...] (C) Summary: Discussing the prospects of key local government leaders, a well-connected Congen contact suggested it is possible Chengdu Party Secretary Li Chuncheng's promotion hopes could be somewhat dented due to real estate-related corruption in the city. New Sichuan Party Secretary Du Qin [...] | 2007-01-31 08:22:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR CH |
07CHENGDU300 | CHINA NGO PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY [...] (C) Summary: While the Nature Conservancy (TNC) believes the overall environment for non-governmental organizations to operate in China has been noticeably more difficult during the last few years than during the late 1990's, the increased focus by central and local government authorities on [...] | 2007-12-20 07:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU31 | SICHUAN PARTY SCHOOL ON IMPLEMENTATION OF "HARMONIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Sichuan Province Party School and Organization Department said the Harmonious Society doctrine represents a significant change from the "class struggle"-oriented Marxism that was the former ideological focus of Party member education. While actual implementati [...] | 2007-02-01 07:29:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU32 | GUIZHOU LACKS RESOURCES TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (C) Summary: A women's issues NGO-founder and researcher from the Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences recently told Congenoff that Guizhou Province -- one of China's poorest -- lacks both human and financial resources to fight trafficking in persons. Guizhou faces a serious problem with traff [...] | 2007-02-01 07:41:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP CH |
07CHENGDU33 | ORANGE GROVES AND CORRUPTION ALONG THE YANGTZE [...] (U) This cable contains business sensitive information - please protect accordingly. 2. (C) Summary. During a recent visit by Consul General and Congenoff to Chongqing's Zhongxian County, U.S. investors in a citrus cultivation project described the many trials and tribulations of trying to [...] | 2007-02-01 09:21:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV SENV CH |
07CHENGDU34 | SOUTHWEST CHINA MUSLIM POPULATION GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poor environmental and living conditions where many Muslims live in China's northwest have contributed to the expansion the Muslim population in the country's southwest provinces. Almost all of Sichuan Province's 200 Imams receive both religious and Arabic language training fro [...] | 2007-02-02 07:04:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF CH |
07CHENGDU35 | CHONGQING ATTORNEY'S FIGHT FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent discussion with us on the challenges he faces trying to advocate for the rights of migrant workers, former People's Liberation Army soldier and Chongqing attorney Zhou Litai stressed that economic and political realities are putting the viability of his law firm [...] | 2007-02-02 07:34:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CH |
07CHENGDU36 | CHONGQING STRUGGLES WITH RURAL POVERTY, RESETTLEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary. While Chongqing officials praise their own response to last summer's drought -- the worst in the region in over a century -- and speak optimistically of development prospects, necessary funding for water conservation, education, and health care may be lacking. The city of Fulin [...] | 2007-02-03 10:04:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU43 | SICHUAN SCHOLARS ON HARMONIOUS SOCIETY'S ROLE IN POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: Scholars from the Sichuan Academy of Social Science described to a visiting EAP Desk Officer how the Harmonious Society "guiding philosophy" is being implemented at the provincial level. The policy plays an important role in democratic experiments at the local level, including r [...] | 2007-02-08 09:04:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF CH |
07CHENGDU44 | GUIZHOU'S CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (C) Summary: The Vatican has approved the upcoming ordination of a new bishop for Guiyang, according to a seminarian at the Guiyang North Catholic Church. While Guiyang has few underground Catholic churches, "patriotic" Catholic leaders in Guizhou Province hope to "unite with" underground [...] | 2007-02-09 06:27:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRD CH |
07CHENGDU58 | GUIZHOU GRASSROOTS NGOS FOCUS ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: Grassroots NGOs working on rural development in Guizhou Province have identified education of migrant children, health care, and rural governance as three primary areas of focus. One NGO trains teachers and volunteers who serve the needs of hundreds of migrant children in unregis [...] | 2007-02-27 08:57:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID ELAB SOCI SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU74 | WATER AND LAND USE IN SOUTHEASTERN YUNNAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although southeastern Yunnan boasts good soils, warm growing seasons, and adequate rainfall, its geology makes agriculture difficult in many areas. Land use patterns show a predominance of Han people in well-watered areas, with minorities tending to farm highland regions with l [...] | 2007-03-20 10:30:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SENV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU77 | URGING TAR FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON [...] (C) Summary: The Consul General and Beijing Polmincouns urged Director General of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) Ju Jianhua to provide information on the Chinese investigation of the September 30, 2006 shooting (reftel) of border crossers by Chinese border gu [...] | 2007-03-22 01:36:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID SOCI SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU83 | TIBET FEELING THE IMPACT OF RAILROAD LINK FROM QINGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) is already feeling the impact of the Qinghai-Tibet rail link that opened in July. Inland Chinese laborers, military personnel and tourists bunk side-by-side on the train as they take advantage of rail travel at a fraction of the cost of air [...] | 2007-03-28 00:34:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ELTN EMIN EPET PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU86 | TAR FAO RESPONSES ON SEPTEMBER 2006 SHOOTING AT NATULA PASS [...] (C) Summary: During a recent Consulate visit to Lhasa, the Director of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) promised to provide us with a written copy of an "official statement" on the September 2006 shooting of a Tibetan nun at the Natula Pass. After our return to [...] | 2007-03-29 08:56:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU88 | SED ENVOY HOLMER SEES WESTERN CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 06:38:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN KIPR PGOV SENV CH |
07CHENGDU89 | INDICATIONS OF SOCIAL TENSIONS IN TIBET [...] (C) Summary: During a recent reporting trip to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, Consulate contacts detailed several examples of religious, inter-ethnic, and Tibetan/Han business disputes. While reports of conflicts between government officials and religious believers receive more international [...] | 2007-04-06 06:31:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON PGOV SCUL CH |
07CHENGDU90 | TAR OFFICIALS TOUT BENEFITS OF NOMAD RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS [...] Summary: According to government officials in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR),policies to resettle Tibetan nomads and pastoralists are not only good for the grassland, but are also good for the people because they improve living conditions and access to education and health care. In the [...] | 2007-04-06 06:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU91 | VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESETTLED [...] (C) Summary: In the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR),local Poverty Alleviation, Animal Husbandry and Labor Bureaus are responsible for carrying out the job skills and vocational training programs that complement nomadic and pastoral resettlement policies. Officials acknowledge that changing [...] | 2007-04-06 08:28:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENGDU94 | DEMOLITION OF HOUSING CONTINUING AT LARGE TIBETAN MONASTERY [...] (C) Summary: A reincarnate lama from one of Sichuan's largest and fastest growing Tibetan Buddhist monasteries said local authorities are under orders to control and reduce the number of monks and nuns there. The monastery currently houses 5,000 monks and 3,000 nuns, and local work teams are [...] | 2007-04-09 05:42:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07CHENNAI709 | INFOSYS FOUNDER ON IPR IN CHINA, HIRING IN U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide ranging discussion with us, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Infosys Technologies Narayana Murthy discussed the state of Infosys, with particular emphasis on its expansion plans outside of India. Murthy told post that his company's expansion into China has been h [...] | 2007-12-14 10:36:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV CH IN |
07CHIANGMAI104 | BURMA EXILES AND CHINESE OFFICIALS KEEP COMMUNICATION LINES [...] (SBU) Chinese officials maintain communication with Burma exiles based in northern Thailand representing the National League for Democracy - Liberated Area (NLD-LA) and the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB),soliciting their views on the situation inside Burma and offering advice. [...] | 2007-06-08 08:44:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TH BM CH |
07CHIANGMAI116 | CHIANG MAI SERVES AS BASE FOR CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Chiang Mai's large foreign Christian community provides a safe base for religious groups engaged in quiet work elsewhere in the region. While most do not identify their activities to the Consulate, our presence and American citizen services contribute to Chiang Mai's appeal for t [...] | 2007-06-26 06:58:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC PREL KIRF SOCI OEXC TH CH |
07CHIANGMAI139 | CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP SAYS GOING GETTING TOUGHER IN [...] (C) It is getting tougher to operate in western China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, according to the head of the "Friends of China" (FOC) Christian group's Chiang Mai office. Although FOC - which has been placing teachers and developmental workers in China for 20 years - has never had a [...] | 2007-08-27 08:21:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF SOCI CASC TH CH |
07CHIANGMAI151 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: NEW ARRIVALS OUTSTRIP RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) Over 1,400 North Korean refugees are expected to cross into Thailand during 2007, according to projections by officials in Northern Thailand. This flow is outstripping the pace of resettlement of the refugees in South Korea and elsewhere, and worsening crowding conditions in Thailand's im [...] | 2007-09-14 07:49:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KN KS CH TH |
07CHIANGMAI156 | NORTHERN THAI ACTIVISTS PREDICT CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) A violent government crackdown against ongoing protests in Burma is the likeliest scenario seen by northern Thai-based activists and NGOs who met with CG and visiting Thailand Desk Officer September 25. As a first step, they anticipate the GOB will attempt to cut off protestors' communica [...] | 2007-09-26 11:40:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM CH IN |
07CHIANGMAI166 | GATEWAY OR SPEED-BUMP? NORTHERN THAILAND AND THE [...] The Greater Mekong Subregion's North-South Corridor links southern China to Bangkok and foreign markets further afield. The route passes through northern Thailand, which aspires to be inner China's "golden gateway" and thereby develop its transportation and logistics sectors and expand its trad [...] | 2007-10-15 09:15:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PREL CH TH |
07CHIANGMAI200 | LOCAL MOI OFFICIAL ADMITS RAIDS IN CHIANG RAI TARGET PPP AND [...] (C) Raids in Chiang Rai Province in October and November by military and police officials targeted "old power" and vote buying, Association of Kamnan (local government leaders) and Village Heads of Northern Thailand President Inwan Bangnguen told Consulate staff on a Dec. 5 trip to Chiang Rai. [...] | 2007-12-18 04:05:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS TH LA CH |
07CHIANGMAI4 | PLANS FOR SALWEEN DAMS MOVE AHEAD DESPITE OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: NGOs, academics and former senators opposed to the building of dams along the Salween River predict the project will bring dire human rights, environmental and cultural disruption to the region. However, the post-coup Thai regime is sticking to the course set by the government of [...] | 2007-01-10 10:07:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV PHUM BM CH TH |
07CHIANGMAI50 | TEST DRIVING THE THAILAND-YUNNAN HIGHWAYS [...] Chinese government officials and Mekong region diplomats tested two alternate north-south routes between China and Thailand March 6-10 by driving from Jinghong in Yunnan Province to Chiang Rai via Burma and back through Laos. Although the road under construction through Laos is generally con [...] | 2007-03-15 07:22:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON TH BM CH LA |
07CHIANGMAI92 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE FLOW INTO THAILAND SURGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ever-increasing North Korean refugee flow into Thailand is disrupting the RTG's ability to handle the wave of those seeking to use Thailand as a conduit to resettlement in a third country. Many sources believe the new RTG plan to process resettlement cases with Republic of Kore [...] | 2007-05-18 08:32:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM TH KN CH |
07COLOMBO250 | SRI LANKA: GROWING COUT AND APPEAL OF NON-WESTERN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka is increasingly looking to non-Western partners like China, India, Korea, Malaysia, and even Iran to fund major infrastructure projects. These donors are promising aid without conditions, while the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European donors and t [...] | 2007-02-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV PREL CE CH IN IR JA KS MY |
07COTONOU162 | BENIN'S COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to REF A, Benin and China have a strong and growing diplomatic, economic, and military relationship. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, in 2005 an estimated 32% of Beninese exports went to China and 39% of Beninese imports originated there, making China now [...] | 2007-03-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID CH BN |
07DAKAR506 | GUINEA BISSAU: UPDATE FOR U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) At a time when traditional Western donors are proceeding slowly with budgetary and program assistance to Guinea-Bissau, China is surging ahead with new trade and aid programs for the impoverished nation. The PRC is still focused on fishing but is also exploring agricultural assistance, h [...] | 2007-03-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV PREL CH GB |
07DARESSALAAM305 | TANZANIA: UPDATE ON TRADE AND COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (U) Tanzania has maintained diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1964. The Government of Tanzania's (GOT) relationship with the PRC has been historically strong, with frequent high-level exchanges and ongoing bilateral cooperation in development assistance, trade and [...] | 2007-03-09 04:39:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV CH TZ |
07DUBLIN409 | IRELAND LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON OIE CHINA/TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 17:55:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR AORG TW CH EI |
07FRANKFURT782 | LEADING GERMAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SEEKING USG [...] (U) This is an action cable (action request in paragraph 9). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Conservative German human rights NGO "International Society for Human Rights" (IGFM/ISHR) would like to partner informally with the USG and U.S. organizations on Iran, North Korea, and persecuted Christians. The [...] | 2007-02-16 13:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PREL GM IR KN CU CH |
07FREETOWN153 | CHINA INFLUENCE INCREASING IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) China continues to expand its presence and influence in Sierra Leone as it looks to exploit the country's vast mineral wealth and fishing resources. Sierra Leone and China have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1971. GOSL officials traveled to China last year for the China-Africa Summit [...] | 2007-03-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN ENRG CH ECON SL |
07GENEVA2447 | ICRC PONDERS BROADENING ITS ROLE IN DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told us of their interest in expanding their work in North Korea. ICRC efforts are currently limited to medical assistance, but it hopes that progress in the Six-Party Talks might create the conditions to increase [...] | 2007-11-02 17:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC PREF KN CH |
07GRENADA173 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT DECEMBER 2 - 8, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. New Chinese Ambassador Sworn In China's second envoy to Grenada, Ambassador Zhang Wanhai, presented his credential [...] | 2007-12-11 21:03:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID GJ CH PE |
07GUANGZHOU1023 | Dept of Energy DAS Swift Discusses South China Energy [...] (U) Summary: In an August 26-30 visit to Guangzhou, Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Justin Swift gave the keynote address at an APEC conference on liquefied natural gas (LNG). Outside the conference, he met with local energy sector contacts. An academic who researc [...] | 2007-09-12 09:03:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1048 | Avian Influenza Update: Guangdong Health Authorities on [...] (SBU) Director of the Guangdong Veterinary Center of Epidemic Prevention and Control Yu Yedong confirmed media reports that the Ministry of Agriculture on September 15 had reported a suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Guangzhou's Panyu District. Yu told us that test results [...] | 2007-09-17 09:03:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH |
07GUANGZHOU1049 | South China Drug Makers Differ on Impact of Product Safety [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several pharmaceutical companies in South China appear to have taken steps to improve their quality assurance (QA) procedures and put them more in line with international standards. Product safety and integrity problems interestingly are reinforcing for Chinese companies the need [...] | 2007-09-17 23:41:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1051 | Xiamen Taiwan Scholars Concerned about Chen's Next [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg, Reason 1.4 (b/d) 2. (C) Summary: A Xiamen-based scholar of cross-Strait relations told Congenoffs that mainland scholars are concerned that Chen Shiu-bian might take more provocative steps after a referendum on UN membership. He questioned [...] | 2007-09-18 03:40:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV TW CH |
07GUANGZHOU1056 | Hotels in Guangzhou Face Food Safety Challenge [...] (U) SUMMARY: In order to meet international food safety standards, foreign luxury hotels in Guangzhou import many of their ingredients and supplies, and even perform their own testing. They work diligently to raise the practices of vendors, employees, and contractors to the quality levels that [...] | 2007-09-18 09:02:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1070 | Avian Influenza Update: 180,000 Birds Destroyed; No [...] (SBU) Director of the Guangdong Veterinary Center of Epidemic Prevention and Control Yu Yedong told us September 20 that the Guangzhou government had culled 180,000 fowl from farms within three kilometers of Sixian village (Ref A). NOTE: This is an increase from the 134,384 ducks, 18,786 chicke [...] | 2007-09-20 06:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KFLU TBIO AMED AMGT EAGR PINR CH |
07GUANGZHOU1074 | Express Delivery Services Face Prospect of "Harmonious [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Dan Blair emphasized to Guangdong officials and businessmen his belief that vibrant competition and consumer choice in the express delivery service (EDS) market would provide greater benefits than government regulation. Chinese governme [...] | 2007-09-21 08:13:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD EIND PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1075 | Avian Influenza Update: No Additional Culling Expected. [...] (SBU) In a September 21 meeting with Congenoff, Vice Director Chen Heqing of the Guangdong Province Department of Agriculture's Division of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economy said there are no plans to cull additional fowl after the recent avian influenza outbreak in Guangzhou's Panyu District [...] | 2007-09-21 08:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH |
07GUANGZHOU108 | U/S Hughes and PD Envoy Kwan Engage Guangzhou [...] SUMMARY: The January 21-23 visit to Guangzhou of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan, and Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. was an unprecedented opportunity to showcase American public diplomacy programs reaching out to previously untap [...] | 2007-01-24 09:02:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OVIP CH |
07GUANGZHOU109 | South China Civil Aviation: Views on Subsidies, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major airlines in South China admit subsidies are available from local governments to offset losses from flying less traveled domestic routes. One airline mentioned they received subsidies for international flights. The airlines have limited expansion plans for the overseas ma [...] | 2007-01-24 09:03:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON CH |
07GUANGZHOU1094 | USITC Studies the Benefits of Doing Business in South [...] (U) SUMMARY: Access to credit, tax benefits, historical and cultural ties, and the presence of a well-developed transportation system were among the reasons cited by executives from enterprises in Guangdong for doing business in South China during conversations with a visiting U.S. Internationa [...] | 2007-09-28 08:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND ENV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1095 | EPA General Counsel Martella Talks Environmental Law in [...] (U) SUMMARY: Inadequate fines for polluters and lack of funding for inspectors have made punishment of environmental violations difficult in south China, according to local environmental officials. Public complaints about the quality of the environment are on the rise, and the proliferation of [...] | 2007-09-28 08:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1100 | HOW CHINA'S PRODUCT QUALITY SYSTEM WORKS IN THE PEARL RIVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese officials hosted a tour of inspection facilities and export production sites (reported septel) that helped shed light on China's product quality control system for imports and exports. This telegram provides details on the system's bureaucracy and procedures as described [...] | 2007-10-05 08:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1101 | CHINA HOSTS FOOD AND SAFETY TOUR FOR FOREIGN DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) Summary: A tour of inspection facilities and export production sites hosted by the Chinese government offered an opportunity for dialogue with inspection officials that improved understanding of China's food safety and product quality system. Despite obvious staging, it also revealed some [...] | 2007-10-05 08:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1108 | Avian Influenza Quarantine Lifted; Black Market Birds; [...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou's Panyu District Government lifted a 21-day quarantine of the area recently affected by an outbreak of avian influenza (AI). Before it was lifted, Consulate staff saw a few farmers illegally selling birds in the quarantine area. Media reports indicate that the Guangzhou M [...] | 2007-10-11 05:05:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH |
07GUANGZHOU1143 | Shenzhen Airlines to Buy 100 Boeing Aircraft [...] (SBU) Summary: Shenzhen Airlines will soon announce a deal to buy 100 Boeing Aircraft -- the largest Boeing order for a Chinese airline -- according to senior executives. The carrier claims it is China's most profitable airline. It opened a pilot training school this year, which will graduate [...] | 2007-10-17 07:00:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD CH |
07GUANGZHOU1180 | Taiwan Investors Lament Changing Investment Environment in [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan investors in Dongguan complain that China's new Labor Law, rising wages, and policies aimed at directing labor-intensive and highly-polluting industries away from coastal regions are harming the investment environment in the Pearl River Delta. However, even with these dow [...] | 2007-10-31 02:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ELAB SENV TW CH |
07GUANGZHOU1183 | Canton Fair: Seizing the Opportunity to Promote U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first ever U.S. Consulate-hosted forum at the Canton Trade Fair, U.S. government and business representatives discussed - with an appreciative Chinese audience - American goods and services available for import and the impact of export controls on PRC companies doing busin [...] | 2007-10-31 05:53:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1186 | CHINA DECLARES SUCCESS AT THE 102ND CANTON FAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Another record-breaking Canton Fair closed yesterday with increases in contract orders; attendance was lower. Attention to toy safety, export tariff policy changes, intellectual property rights and foreign imports all affected the final numbers, with a ten percent decline in toy [...] | 2007-10-31 09:01:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV CH HK TW |
07GUANGZHOU1190 | China Rolls Out the Red Carpet at ASEAN Expo [...] (U) Summary: High-level Chinese and ASEAN officials agreed the text of a maritime agreement and a statement on food safety during meetings at the Fourth China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning. The trade fair-like Expo and related events in Nanning reinforce China's commitment to further develop relations [...] | 2007-11-01 08:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN CH |
07GUANGZHOU1192 | Fuel Shortage in Southern China Leads to Fuel Hording and [...] (SBU) Summary. China's fuel shortage is hitting the Pearl River Delta hard. High international oil prices have driven wholesale prices above government-mandated retail price caps. The November 1 increase in diesel and gasoline prices (9 percent) may not be enough to restore margins for retail [...] | 2007-11-02 07:09:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH |
07GUANGZHOU1211 | China Southern Gets Called Up to the Majors with Membership [...] (U) Summary: China Southern has made it to the Big Leagues: it will soon become China's first carrier to join an international airline alliance as a full member of Sky Team. After considerable investment upgrading its operations and services, China Southern sees membership in the alliance as t [...] | 2007-11-09 08:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CH |
07GUANGZHOU1213 | MATTEL - MENDING FENCES AND FIXING PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mattel's relations with Beijing are on the mend and there are no indications that provincial government authorities are planning to sue the company for alleged damage to the "Made in China" brand, according to Mattel executives based in South China. More frequent product testing [...] | 2007-11-14 04:58:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1214 | (C) Visit of Comoran President Draws PLA Officers [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reasons 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (C) At least one People's Liberation Army (PLA) general from the Lanzhou Military Region attended the meeting between Union of Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi and Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua i [...] | 2007-11-14 06:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH CN |
07GUANGZHOU1226 | SAFETY ISSUES SHAKING UP TOY INDUSTRY IN SOUTH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: The toy industry in Guangdong Province is undergoing a major "shake-out" cruise as manufacturers seek to protect the integrity of their product, buyers express concerns, and government officials enforce regulations in the interests of maintaining the China "brand" name. In Shant [...] | 2007-11-16 08:47:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1229 | Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Receives Fine and Jail [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) The trial of democracy activist Guo Feixiong ended November 14 with a conviction for "illegal business practices," resulting in a sentence of five years in prison and a fine of CNY 40,000 (approximately USD 5,387). [...] | 2007-11-20 08:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1230 | VICE PREMIER WU YI TO VISIT MATTEL FACTORIES [...] (SBU) Summary: In another sign that Mattel and Beijing are working together to fix their mutual product safety image problem, Vice Premier Wu Yi, who will be in Guangdong to participate in a major product safety conference, will visit three Mattel factories next week, according to Mattel execut [...] | 2007-11-20 08:32:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1231 | Pearl River Delta Flotsam and Jetsam, November 19, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: advanced television flat-panel manufacturing; a HIV/AIDS treatment facility; enforcement of air pollution laws; and PRD labor tre [...] | 2007-11-20 08:33:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ELAB ECON ETRD KHIV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1241 | CONSUL GENERAL'S IPR ROUNDTABLE - COMMUNICATION AND ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Internet-based intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement continues to remain a pressing concern in south China, according to U.S. business people who participated in the Consul General's Annual IPR Roundtable on November 20, 2007. The participants also complained of incons [...] | 2007-11-26 02:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1242 | New Guangdong Vice Governor to be Named [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Jieyang Municipality Party Secretary Wan Qinliang will be appointed one of Guangdong's Vice Governors during the Provincial Congress's January 17, 2008 session, according to Jieyang Vice Mayor Lin Lijiao. [...] | 2007-11-26 08:26:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
07GUANGZHOU1249 | CPSC RICH O'BRIEN VISITS FACTORY THAT PRODUCED TOXIC AQUA [...] (SBU) Summary: How does a potential toy nightmare and company branding problem get underway? In the case of Aqua Dots, it was partially caused by having just one manufacturing option. The toxic adhesive formula used in the Aqua Dots was developed locally by the Chinese manufacturer after the [...] | 2007-11-29 06:53:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1260 | New Guangdong, Guangxi Party Secretaries [...] (U) Summary: Key announcements affecting south China leadership were made over the weekend: former Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang has been appointed Guangdong Party Secretary while Guangxi Deputy Party Secretary Guo Shengkun will move up to become Party Secretary, replacing Liu Qibao, who [...] | 2007-12-03 07:35:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CH |
07GUANGZHOU1265 | KMT Stumps for Votes at Dongguan TBA Celebration [...] (SBU) Summary: Clearly Dongguan in Guangdong Province - China's furniture capital, a city of 7-8 million people with over 6,000 Taiwan businesses - is rooting for Ma Ying-jeou and the Kuomintang in the 2008 Presidential elections in Taiwan. The 14th anniversary of the Dongguan Taiwan Business [...] | 2007-12-04 08:00:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU1266 | Guangzhou Institute to Play Key Role in China's Stem Cell [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health - in association with institutions in Shanghai and Beijing - will play a key role in China's national stem cell research strategy. Once limited by virtue of resources that could be expended, GIBH and others in China could now be i [...] | 2007-12-04 08:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO CH |
07GUANGZHOU1267 | Citigroup Turning Around Troubled Guangdong Development [...] (SBU) Summary: Citigroup has made impressive progress in turning around Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) in the year since it invested in the bank and installed new management. GDB predicts a profit of RMB 1.67 billion (about US$230 million) for 2007 after sizeable losses a year earlier. Howe [...] | 2007-12-05 23:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN CH |
07GUANGZHOU1270 | Vice Premier Wu Yi's Product Safety Parade Hits South [...] (SBU) Summary: With teams of inspectors scouring the path ahead, Vice Premier Wu Yi and a cast of hundreds (320 national and provincial officials to be exact) visited 11 Guangdong cities last week as part of the four-month national campaign on food safety and product quality. The Guangdong sit [...] | 2007-12-06 08:18:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1272 | Fujian Cross-Strait Scholars Predict Referendum Passage and [...] (SBU) Summary: The referendum on Taiwan joining the UN is likely to pass with possible serious consequences, according to cross-Strait scholars in Fujian's Xiamen and Fuzhou cities. They are concerned about actions Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian will take in the remaining months of his term [...] | 2007-12-07 07:43:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TW CH |
07GUANGZHOU1275 | The World's Factory Floor: Unions and Government [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Widespread reports of a labor shortage in the Pearl River Delta are exaggerated, according to representatives from the Guangdong Federation of Trade Unions (GDFTU) and local and provincial government labor officials. Union officials boasted both of portable pension schemes allo [...] | 2007-12-11 08:21:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1278 | China's New Labor Mediation Law Gets Mixed Reviews [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new national draft law on labor dispute mediation and arbitration will significantly improve labor-employer relations, Guangdong provincial labor officials and lawyers told officials from the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). AmCham South China members di [...] | 2007-12-13 08:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1279 | Guangdong's Season for Sickness: Possibilities for [...] (U) Summary: Findings from the December 8 Guangdong Department of Health conference on infectious disease outbreaks during the winter and spring seasons suggest that the risk of SARS is low, but there is the possibility for "sporadic" human avian influenza infection and/or reemergence of an ani [...] | 2007-12-14 06:33:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU128 | Efforts on Sanshui Port Closure Stymied, but Re-opening [...] (U) Summary: Members of an American Pyrotechnic Association (APA) delegation, the firework industry's main lobby group, told Congenoffs January 26 that the November 1 closure of Guangdong's Sanshui port, which handles approximately 60 percent of all fireworks shipments to the United States, c [...] | 2007-01-30 03:44:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1287 | The World's Factory Floor: A Tough Place to Work [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Migrant workers in Guangdong Province, especially in the Pearl River Delta, continue to confront a variety of work-related issues -- long work hours, low wages combined with inflation, and few opportunit [...] | 2007-12-17 07:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1288 | Xiamen Shuts Down Online Poll amidst Public Opposition to [...] (U) Summary: In the realm of make sure the response you get is the response you're looking for, the Xiamen city government-sponsored website - Xiamen Web - was shut down after an overwhelming number of online voters expressed opposition to the construction of a chemical plant near the center o [...] | 2007-12-17 08:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SENV ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1301 | Making Themselves Heard: South China Christians in [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a few exceptions to the general rule of silence, especially in instances where Christian government and media officials help facilitate access, Christians in south China have recently enjoyed opportunities to talk (openly or obliquely) about their faith, according to Guangdong s [...] | 2007-12-27 05:48:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU1303 | Religious Freedom Varies for South China Expats [...] (C) SUMMARY: Control over expatriate churches in south China -- ranging from heavy-handed to laissez-faire -- suggests that local governments have considerable latitude in how to interpret regulations on the practice of religion. Expatriate church members in Guangzhou report strict Religious A [...] | 2007-12-28 08:20:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU147 | Nanning Activist Flees to Burma, Appears Safe for [...] (U) Classified by Consular Chief William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) On January 29, Nanning-based activist Li Xiaolong called Congenoff. Li, formerly of the Beijing group Empowerment and Rights Institute (reftel),said he had illegally crossed into Northeastern Burma, though the exact [...] | 2007-02-02 08:16:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU174 | Rights Protection Conferences are Useful, but [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: South China participants at the December Amnesty International-organized conference for rights activists (held in Hong Kong) called the event useful, but too brief and disorganized. None of the activists t [...] | 2007-02-07 07:32:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU175 | Civil Society in South China, Part I: Middle [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Urban professionals in Guangdong are becoming more aware of their rights and demanding more independent representation and associations to express their interests. The cities of Guangzhou and [...] | 2007-02-07 07:33:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU176 | Civil Society in South China, Part II: "NGO for [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The three-year old NGO Institute for Civil Society (housed under Zhongshan University) was created to research, train, support, and network NGOs in Guangdong province. Started by Hong Kong academics and r [...] | 2007-02-07 07:33:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU182 | DAS Christensen?s Meetings on Cross-Strait [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 09:08:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU197 | Making Guangxi a Harmonious Society [...] (U) Summary: Guangxi leaders vow to create a harmonious society in 5 to 10 years through careful implementation of the 11th, and possibly the 12th, Five Year Plans. Leaders emphasized the need to increase urbanization and industrialization, improve rural conditions, and raise the standard of l [...] | 2007-02-13 08:34:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH NOTAG |
07GUANGZHOU198 | General Counsel Sullivan Visits South China to promote [...] (U) Summary: During a three day visit to South China, the U.S. Department of Commerce's General Counsel John Sullivan met with senior representatives of Guangdong Province, legal representatives and U.S. business representatives, raising U.S. concerns regarding transparency, legal processes, an [...] | 2007-02-13 08:44:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP ECON WTRO KIPR CH OCEA |
07GUANGZHOU200 | AmCham Explores Guangxi, Discovers Investment Opportunities [...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial-level and city leaders in the Guangxi cities of Nanning, Liuzhou and Guilin told the Consul General, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce South China and a 72-person business delegation that Guangxi was open for foreign business trade and investment. The lea [...] | 2007-02-13 08:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PREL CH |
07GUANGZHOU206 | Fedex moving forward on South China Hub [...] (SBU) Summary. Fedex is moving strongly forward on both of its China hubs: one in Hangzhou for domestic operations and the other in Guangzhou to serve as its Asia Pacific Headquarters and international hub. A key draw for Guangzhou officials is the proven ability Fedex has demonstrated to att [...] | 2007-02-14 09:02:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD CH |
07GUANGZHOU208 | Tough to Talk About: TIP in South China [...] (SBU) Summary: Talking TIP is not a popular topic in South China. Many recent requests by the Consulate have been turned down in Guangxi and Guangdong. However, trafficking in persons, particularly of women, continues to occur from within China's inland provinces to South China, as well as f [...] | 2007-02-14 09:05:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU216 | South China View on Ma Ying-jeou Situation: Will [...] (SBU) Professor Zhang Wensheng, Deputy Director of the Political Research Office at Xiamen University's Taiwan Research Institute, told Congenoff February 14 that Taiwan's political scene will be "chaotic" in the aftermath of Ma Ying-jeou's indictment and resignation as KMT Chairman. Zhang be [...] | 2007-02-15 07:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU223 | DAS Christensen's Meetings on Cross-Strait Issues [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official and academic contacts in Xiamen from the local Taiwan Affairs Office and the University's Taiwan research center told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen February 2 that overall they were cautiously optimistic about the future cross-Strait relations. They pointed to economic ties [...] | 2007-02-16 03:24:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU224 | General Counsel Sullivan Visits South China to Promote [...] (U) Summary: During a three day visit to South China, the U.S. Department of Commerce's General Counsel John Sullivan met with senior representatives of Guangdong Province, legal representatives and U.S. business representatives, raising U.S. concerns regarding transparency, legal processes, an [...] | 2007-02-16 07:36:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP ECON WTRO KIPR CH OCEA |
07GUANGZHOU301 | The Labor Shortage in the Pearl River Delta [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the wake of the week-long lunar new year holiday, Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) businesses and governments are fretting about a labor shortage that has become more pronounced during the past few years. Migrant workers who left for the holiday are switching jobs, staying h [...] | 2007-03-05 09:10:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU310 | Avian Influenza: Guangdong Officials Quick to [...] (SBU) Guangdong Province officials denied the University of California- Irvine (UCI) report released on March 5 that the original and some subsequent strains of the H5N1 virus originated in Guangdong. The rapidity of the denial suggests the sensitivity of the issue, especially for a province w [...] | 2007-03-08 03:34:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU PREL CH |
07GUANGZHOU317 | The Tiger Sprints Ahead: ExxonMobil First Western Oil Major [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil major to launch a fully integrated refining, petrochemicals, and fuels marketing joint venture in China with the signing of the contract on February, 25. Although Chinese partner Sinopec stated in the media that the company's ability to refin [...] | 2007-03-09 08:52:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PREF CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU322 | Guangdong Governor announces closure of Dongzhou incident [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly ten months after Dongzhou villagers were sentenced for their role in a December 2005 violent riot in which protestors were killed by police, Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua announced at a press conference on the sidelines of the Chinese national Congress meeting that poli [...] | 2007-03-09 09:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
07GUANGZHOU344 | U.S. Companies in South China are Profitable; Labor and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to an AmCham-South China survey released on March 15, most U.S. investors in South China are profitable and planning further investments in 2007. Companies prefer Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) because of its large and relatively prosperous domestic ma [...] | 2007-03-16 06:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EINV WTRO CH |
07GUANGZHOU353 | Dongzhou Protests Flare Up Again [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just days after Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua announced the closure of the December 2005 Dongzhou incident, Western media reported renewed protests by Dongzhou area villagers. Local government-hired thugs, backed by local police, fought with villagers who continued to protest [...] | 2007-03-19 09:16:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU357 | South China Migrant Worker NGO - Compensation, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Migrant worker health and labor rights NGO leader Jing Xiang told Congenoffs on March 2 that his Guangzhou-based group and PAS small grant recipient helps workers obtain work-injury compensation and facilitates legal aid for them in addition to organizing seminars to increase thei [...] | 2007-03-20 07:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU376 | USTR's Second IPR Provincial Review to South China [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A USTR-led delegation traveled to four cities in Fujian and Guangdong provinces March 12-15 to engage local leaders on IPR issues and raise specific areas of concern. Provincial and municipal-level officials seemed engaged in IPR issues and often said the right things, but their [...] | 2007-03-23 08:44:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH |
07GUANGZHOU377 | Let's Make a Deal: Slow Start for Cross Border Emissions [...] (SBU) Summary: The long-planned Guangdong-Hong Kong cross-border emissions trading pilot program was implemented on January 31, 2007. Despite years of cooperative planning between both regions' environmental protection bureaus, no deals have yet been struck. Furthermore, the plan has been met [...] | 2007-03-23 09:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU378 | NGO Leaders Discuss Barriers to the Growth of China's Civil [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than 20 NGO leaders and researchers gathered in Shenzhen on March 18 to discuss the challenges facing China's emerging civil society. NGOs struggle to gain the confidence of both the Chinese government, which is suspicious of their ties to foreign institutions, and the Chin [...] | 2007-03-23 09:06:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU398 | Villagers Clash with Construction Workers at Site of [...] (U) SUMMARY: One villager died and others were injured when a fight broke out between construction workers and villagers on Guanzhou island, the site of a planned biomedical industry park on the outskirts of Guangzhou. This incident comes one year after police arrested three villagers on the is [...] | 2007-03-28 09:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
07GUANGZHOU418 | Natural Gas in South China (Part 1 of 2): Delayed LNG Plans [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent progress in negotiations with Indonesia and other LNG suppliers suggest that the Chinese government has adjusted its expectations and renewed its interest in putting LNG projects back into the energy mix in South China. The government's unwillingness earlier to adjust nego [...] | 2007-04-02 10:33:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EMIN SENV CH |
07GUANGZHOU419 | Natural Gas in South China (Part 2 of 2): Chinese Taking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has renewed efforts to diversify the nation's energy mix and improve the environment by bringing anticipated large offshore gas reserves in the South China Sea (which had previously been ignored, vented or flared) to production. As offshore oil and gas fie [...] | 2007-04-03 03:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KIPR CH |
07GUANGZHOU421 | McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut Under Fire for Wage [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut deny that they are violating any Chinese regulations with regard to payment to their employees, however they are consulting with local authorities to assure they are in compliance. The allegations of under payment, made in a recent article by a Gua [...] | 2007-04-03 08:55:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU449 | Fuzhou Church Thrives inside its Doors [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior members of the Christian Association in Fuzhou are positive about local church development and expansion of community outreach despite limits on promoting religious activities outside of the church. END SUMMARY 2. (U) On March 28, the Consul General and Consulate staff [...] | 2007-04-10 08:29:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM CH |
07GUANGZHOU450 | Changes in Fujian Human Smuggling Patterns [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fujian Border Control Police told the Consul General that that the number of cases of human smuggling to the United States via sea has fallen. Human smuggling out of Fujian Province has increasingly involved traveling directly to the United States with legitimate visas or travel [...] | 2007-04-10 08:29:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
07GUANGZHOU458 | Guangzhou International Christian Church Faces RAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guangzhou International Christian Fellowship (GICF) faces renewed pressure to move its location, but the Religious Authorities Bureau (RAB) has told prospective landlords that the fellowship is composed of troublemakers and advised them not to rent to them. The RAB appears concer [...] | 2007-04-13 04:02:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU460 | Seminary Lecturer Discusses Protestantism in Guangdong, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A lecturer at the Guangdong Union Theological Seminary provided an overview of the small but active provincial Protestant community. It has ties with U.S. and Hong Kong religious institutions and seeks to maintain good relations with the government. Local governments have encou [...] | 2007-04-13 08:49:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU462 | McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut Cleared by Labor Bureau, but [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: McDonald's and Yum! Brands are pleased that the Guangdong Labor and Social Security Bureau (LSS) investigation has cleared them of charges that they underpaid student part-time workers. The companies acted in accordance with regulations that exempt certain part-time student work [...] | 2007-04-13 10:16:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU475 | Draft Labor Contract Law: Companies are Concerned but [...] (U) SUMMARY: Most foreign companies with offices in South China have negative impressions of China's draft labor contract law, but few companies believe the law will significantly impact their growth plans in China, according to a survey jointly released on April 11 by Hewitt and Baker & McKenz [...] | 2007-04-17 09:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU484 | Canton Fair Adds Imports, Strengthens IPR Protection [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a move that China's leaders say will help reduce the country's trade surplus, the Canton Fair - which in its first one hundred sessions dating back to the 1950s has focused solely on Chinese exports - showcased, for the first time, products that could be imported fro [...] | 2007-04-23 07:51:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON BEXP CH |
07GUANGZHOU485 | Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China - (1 of 2) A Detailed Look [...] (SBU) Summary: An analysis of the past year's immigrant visa statistics, discussions with other units and consulates, and a deluge of unsolicited tips still point to the Fuzhou area of Fujian province (Fuzhou, Changle, Mawei, Lianjiang, Fuqing, and Putian) as the capital of visa fraud and illeg [...] | 2007-04-23 10:03:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC |
07GUANGZHOU486 | Fuzhou Alien Smuggler's advice - study in the U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Through an aggressive outreach program, Post actively encourages Chinese students to attend colleges and universities in the United States. However, Post continues to encounter well-organized attempts by visa brokers and snakeheads to send applicants, primarily from Fujian, to t [...] | 2007-04-24 01:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC |
07GUANGZHOU487 | Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China (2 of 2): 3 Days in Fuzhou [...] (SBU) Summary: A Conoff from Guangzhou's Fraud Prevention Unit and a LES Investigator visited Fuzhou from January 29-31, performing 14 immigrant-visa field investigations. Of the 14, 12 were confirmed to involve fraud and one applicant could not be located. In many cases, neighbors and village [...] | 2007-04-24 01:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC |
07GUANGZHOU494 | Guangdong IPR White Paper: Criminal Cases, Case Transfers, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong's 2006 intellectual property rights (IPR) white paper cites specific efforts against infringement in the audio-visual industry, improved coordination between Customs and PSB, and four new IPR complaint centers for the public. Guangdong courts concluded 113 IPR-related cr [...] | 2007-04-26 08:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH |
07GUANGZHOU498 | Copyright Infringement at the Canton and Jinhan Fairs [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from U.S. and Canadian art publishing companies noticed a slight decline in the number of infringing vendors at the Canton Fair on April 25, but spotted numerous repeat offenders. The overall reduction likely owes more to current market trends than IPR enforcemen [...] | 2007-04-27 07:42:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD CH |
07GUANGZHOU499 | South China Leadership Changes; Political Highlights [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang is poised to move to Beijing to become a Vice Premier and current Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan may become the next Guangdong Party Secretary. Beijing, which has long had reservations about whether Guangdong's leaders serve central government i [...] | 2007-04-27 07:43:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU505 | Guangzhou Police Raid Underground Church, Seek [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a leader of the local Li Jiang Fellowship church, the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau (PSB) raided her underground church on April 22. PSB officials disrupted the gathering of 100 churchgoers gathering in a local restaurant and warned church leaders to cease holding [...] | 2007-04-27 09:31:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM CH |
07GUANGZHOU52 | Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Finally Allowed Legal [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 8, legal activist Guo Feixiong (arrested on September 28) was allowed to retain legal counsel according to fellow rights protection activist Tang Jingling. Tang believes Guo's case, [...] | 2007-01-09 09:01:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU526 | Xiamen Researchers Say Little Change in Taiwan [...] (C) Summary and comment: Scholars at Xiamen University?s Taiwan Research Institute told the Ambassador April 17 that they believed there would be little change in Taiwan?s policy toward the mainland regardless which party wins the presidential campaign. In their view, it would be neither as [...] | 2007-05-09 06:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU527 | Dell China: Expanding Amid Concerns of Growing [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador, executives from Dell-China took note of the critical importance of China to Dell?s future operations in the Asia-Pacific region, expressed confidence in their ability to continue building market share and discussed Dell?s expansion plans, especiall [...] | 2007-05-09 06:51:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU543 | South China Pig Deaths Raise Safety Concerns [...] (SBU) Summary: An epidemic outbreak in pigs in rural Guangdong, caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV),has killed several hundred pigs in Guangdong's Yunfu Prefecture and the county-level-city of Gaoyao since late April. The Prefectural Government excluded the po [...] | 2007-05-10 08:56:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU544 | Land and Corruption Blamed for Gurao Riots [...] (SBU) Summary: Riots over land sales and disputes over ownership in Gurao Town, in east Guangdong in early May underline again the fragile state of the social compact in the rapidly changing, oft-times corrupt south China environment. Local angry farmers in more than a dozen villages reportedl [...] | 2007-05-10 08:57:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU556 | Guangdong's Pharmaceutical Professional Association Strives [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Guangdong Pharmaceutical Professional Association (GPPA) disclosed that in 2006 it issued a self-regulatory code of standards for the local pharmaceutical sector in the province. GPPA's code appears to be an attempt to preempt Provincial Government investigation and sanction [...] | 2007-05-15 00:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON ETRD SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU559 | Transportation Infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong planners hope to spur development in the western Pearl River Delta (PRD) and create a more sustainable development model by expanding and integrating the PRD transportation network. They aim to create an A-shaped network that links both sides of the delta and integrate t [...] | 2007-05-15 07:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELTN KTDB CH |
07GUANGZHOU562 | Guangzhou's Software Industry: Perspectives from a [...] (U) Summary: The development of Guangdong Province's software industry has been a key priority in recent years for China's Ministries of Commerce, Information Industry, and Education, among others. Guangzhou has emerged as a focal point for the establishment of the province's leading software [...] | 2007-05-15 08:59:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINT TSPL CH |
07GUANGZHOU564 | Transportation Infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong will initiate 62 major transportation infrastructure projects by 2010, requiring an estimated investment of RMB 550 billion (USD 71.5 billion). Projects planned for Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) include 17 expressways, a fourth and fifth rail line linking Guangzhou [...] | 2007-05-15 09:00:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELTN KTDB CH |
07GUANGZHOU58 | Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Charges to be Dropped [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Arrested legal activist Guo Feixiong could have his charges of "illegal business procedure" dropped, though new more serious charges might be added instead (leading to possible house arrest),according to [...] | 2007-01-11 03:19:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU589 | Townspeople Riot Over Family Planning Abuses in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of people in Bobai County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, set fire to government buildings and vehicles and attacked family planning officials in response to alleged abuses, according to Hong Kong and foreign media. Some reports state that five people died in the cla [...] | 2007-05-22 09:00:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU603 | CSR in the Classroom and on the Factory Floor [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Domestic factories are struggling to comply with multiple responsibilities that can complement one another but that may at times also be at variance with one another: their buyers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes of conduct and with government regulations on wages and [...] | 2007-05-24 09:09:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU608 | Guangxi Officials Downplay Family Planning Riots [...] (C) Guangxi officials and Mainland media acknowledged the violence in Bobai County almost a week after the incidents occurred, playing down the severity and extent of the riots. On May 24, Yulin Municipal Government spokesman Guo Chengqiu denied reports of fatalities, estimated that the large [...] | 2007-05-25 08:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU61 | Going Mobile in Heyuan [...] (U) Summary: The northeastern Guangdong city of Heyuan was recently named by provincial authorities as a "Mobile Phone Manufacturing Base" - the first in the province. Discussion at December 2006 conference held at the Heyuan Hi-Tech Development Zone centered on the city's plans to become a c [...] | 2007-01-12 05:47:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU618 | Guangxi: Trafficking on the Vietnam Border [...] (U) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Trafficking of sex workers and spouses from Vietnam continues but cooperation between the Vietnam diplomats and Chinese authorities is good, according to Nanning-based Vietnam Consulate General. A China-announced repatriation center for Vietnamese trafficked victims, [...] | 2007-05-30 09:06:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PGOV ECON CH |
07GUANGZHOU620 | Xiamen Government Suspends Chemical Project After Public [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Xiamen government suspended, but did not cancel, plans for the construction of a large chemical plant near the city center after residents planned a large protest and the story was covered by the mainland and Hong Kong media. The Taiwan-invested paraxylene plant, which the Xi [...] | 2007-05-31 08:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU622 | SOUTH CHINA OUTWARD INVESTMENT IN 2006 [...] (U) Summary: In 2006, Chinese overseas investment surged by 32 percent and reached USD 16 billion, according to China's Ministry of Commerce. Last year Guangdong Province, which accounted for USD 600 million in total overseas investment, was first in the country again. The number of Guangdon [...] | 2007-06-01 00:58:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO ECON EINV ETRD CH |
07GUANGZHOU624 | Fuzhou Hospital Struggles With Drug-Resistant TB and [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fuzhou Lung Diseases Hospital emphasizes increased training and public education to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The growing drug-resistance of infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, and the large number of migrant patients continue to challenge prevention a [...] | 2007-06-01 05:59:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU627 | South China's Economy in 2006: The World's Factory Floor in [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite Chinese central government efforts to rein in economic growth rates and tighten macroeconomic controls, South China's economy surged ahead in 2006. Guangdong Province (paragraphs 5-23) led the pack in almost all areas - gross domestic product (GDP),growth rate [...] | 2007-06-01 06:01:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH |
07GUANGZHOU631 | A CLEANER GUANGDONG FACES MORE SEVERE POWER SHORTAGES THIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangdong continues to be confronted by severe power shortages this summer. The provincial government's plan to lower local air pollution discharges and shut down small power stations has been affected by the shortages; rolling blackouts have been applied in different areas, ma [...] | 2007-06-03 23:34:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV ECON KTDB CH |
07GUANGZHOU640 | Guangxi: HIV/AIDS Programs on the Vietnam Border [...] (U) SUMMARY: Consul General and USAID Bangkok Health officer visited the cities of Dongxing and Pingxiang in Guangxi to take a look at and support USG-assisted HIV/AIDS projects along the border between China and Vietnam. Although small in scale, the projects serve two purposes: to provide o [...] | 2007-06-04 09:06:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV ECON CH |
07GUANGZHOU655 | South China Analysts Criticize Government's Handling of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the plunge in stock prices on the mainland, South China commentators and academics complain that central authorities showed a disappointing, but all too common, lack of transparency before unexpectedly tripling the stamp duty on share trades on May 30. Analys [...] | 2007-06-08 06:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH |
07GUANGZHOU662 | UPDATE ON NEW CONSULATE COMPOUND: GUANGZHOU URBAN PLANNING [...] (SBU) Acting Admin Officer and Guangzhou Design Institute (GZDI) met with the Director for Consular Affairs of the Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office Luo Jun and members of the Guangzhou Urban Planning Office (UPO) on June 6 to discuss UPO's proposed design changes of the NCC. Prior to the meet [...] | 2007-06-08 09:22:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT CH |
07GUANGZHOU663 | Energy Efficiency Conference in Guangzhou Provides [...] (U) Under a U.S.-China cooperation program supported by USD 1.8 million in USAID funding - and convened by Guangzhou's Sun Yat-Sen University School of Law with the Vermont Law School and the Institute for Sustainable Communities - more than 200 government officials, scholars, and business rep [...] | 2007-06-11 08:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PGOV PREL CH |
07GUANGZHOU669 | RUSSIA RETURNS TO GUANGZHOU AFTER ABSENCE OF 45 YEARS [...] (SBU) Russia's recently arrived Consul General in Guangzhou, Sergei Kotov, the son and grandson of Russian diplomats and sinologists, has a big job ahead of him - renovating the old Soviet-era consulate building abandoned these past 45 years, signing contracts for a diplomatic office with an u [...] | 2007-06-12 07:27:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PREL RS CH |
07GUANGZHOU670 | South China Airports: Capacity Shortage, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet the rapidly mounting demands of passengers and cargo transportation, major civil airports in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region are gearing up to upgrade their infrastructure and service. Fierce competition is expected as both airports and airlines compete for a bigger [...] | 2007-06-12 07:28:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON CH HK |
07GUANGZHOU681 | Airline Expansion in South China [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rich and populous South China has become an air traffic hotspot. To win market share, airlines in the region are sharpening their competitive edge by opening new routes, buying more aircraft, and expanding cooperation with other airlines. As the Chinese Government deregulates [...] | 2007-06-13 08:47:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON CH HK |
07GUANGZHOU695 | Guangdong Discusses Anti-Corruption Efforts with Visiting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Guangdong government is targeting its anti-corruption efforts in the areas of land transaction and commercial development, according to Guangdong officials who met with a U.S. delegation from the bilateral Anti-Corruption Working Group. China's largest construction bidding c [...] | 2007-06-15 06:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ECON CH |
07GUANGZHOU699 | Alleged Labor Violations at Mainland Headwear [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the release of the PlayFair 2008 report, "No Medal For the Olympics on Labour Rights," and media reports of alleged labor violations at four Pearl River Delta (PRD) factories, Congenoff visited one Shenzhen factory cited in the report - Mainland Headwear Holdings Limit [...] | 2007-06-15 08:43:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU701 | South China EPB Structural Deficiencies Hurt Enforcement [...] (U) Environmental accidents and major polluting discharges occur with all too frequent regularity in south China, the result of a failure to enforce existing regulations and to punish those who profit by ignoring public health and welfare. Even with increased media attention and campaigns by a [...] | 2007-06-17 23:58:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU716 | Embassy IPR Attache Cohen Visits Shenzhen, Guangzhou to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Shenzhen People's Congress is revising its technical secrets rule and drafting a new IPR code, and the Shenzhen and Guangdong Intellectual Property Offices (IPOs) will seek meetings with USPTO in the United States this summer, officials told Embassy Senior IPR Attache Mark Co [...] | 2007-06-21 06:21:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD CH |
07GUANGZHOU717 | Alleged Labor Violations at Yue Wing Cheong [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congenoff's visit to a second mainland Chinese company (Yue Wing Cheong Manufacturing) cited in PlayFair 2008's report ("No Medal For the Olympics on Labour Rights") led to conclusions similar to those from his visit to Mainland Headwear (reftel). Yue Wing Cheong clearly has pr [...] | 2007-06-22 02:26:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH |
07GUANGZHOU720 | Environmental Training Helps Local Officials [...] (U) Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) provided environmental permit training on May 14 to Shenzhen Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) experts in response to Pearl River Delta environmental authorities' concerns over deficiencies in their enforcement program. ESF explained how the U.S. EPA uses [...] | 2007-06-25 00:01:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU722 | Gurao Protest Follow-up: Protests Against Illegal Land [...] (U) SUMMARY: Factories in Gurao, Guangdong - China's largest underwear manufacturing base - continue to operate without incident despite May protests by hundreds of nearby villagers who claimed village officials profited from illegal land sales. Villagers continue to engage in low-level prote [...] | 2007-06-26 09:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU742 | Anatomy of a Demonstration: Xiamen Middle Class Organizes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the thousands of people who demonstrated against a planned petrochemical project in Xiamen on June 1-2, most were young and middle-class and organized themselves through cell phone text messages, according to Xiamen residents. A disgruntled anti-corruption official reporte [...] | 2007-06-28 08:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU751 | South China IPR: U.S. Companies Train Guangdong Customs How [...] (U) Summary: At a recent post-organized seminar, five U.S. companies and a music industry association trained 70 working-level officials from Guangdong Customs on ways to distinguish genuine products from counterfeits. The companies highlighted recent trends in manufacturing and exporting. Gu [...] | 2007-07-02 07:59:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD CH |
07GUANGZHOU753 | IPR Roundtables on Apparel and Sporting Goods: Legal [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's IPR regulations are vague and its enforcement agencies are weak, according to apparel and sporting-goods companies as well as U.S. and Chinese lawyers. The IPR enforcement efforts of most companies are primarily focused on shutting down domestic IPR violators and prevent [...] | 2007-07-02 08:00:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD CH |
07GUANGZHOU766 | Gender, Age, Beauty and "Unlucky Name" Discrimination [...] SUMMARY: Students, officials and professors at several South Chinese universities lamented the failure of China's new Labor Contract Law (ref) to eliminate discrimination based on gender, age, and, of all things, beauty, the latter a requirement that usually includes a minimum height. The fema [...] | 2007-07-05 08:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM SOCI SCUL PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU767 | CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: CHINESE AQUACULTURE COMPANY AFFECTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: A LARGE GUANGDONG SHRIMP EXPORTER EXPECTS ITS REVENUES TO FALL BY 40 PERCENT FOLLOWING THE RECENT FDA ANNOUNCEMENT TO DETAIN SHRIMP AND OTHER SEAFOOD FROM CHINA. THE FDA MEASURE, AS WELL AS BAD PRESS FROM OTHER FOOD SAFETY SCANDALS, IS ACCELERATING A TREND TOWARD NON-U.S. EXPORT [...] | 2007-07-06 01:35:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ECIN CH |
07GUANGZHOU785 | Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South [...] (U) SUMMARY: China has launched a number of conservation efforts to save the remaining tigers in China, including the nearly extinct South China tiger. However, the demand for tiger products persists, much of it related to the vaunted health, medicinal and preservative qualities of the tiger; [...] | 2007-07-12 01:34:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EINV KIPR CH |
07GUANGZHOU786 | Slow Progress in a Tough Neighborhood: Economic and [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: This cable by Guangzhou's departing Economic/Political Section Chief is a brief look at south China after four years, how it has developed economically, the pluses and minuses, challenges and potential, where it's going in the future. The Pluses: South China and part [...] | 2007-07-12 05:22:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU787 | Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South [...] (U) SUMMARY: China has launched a number of conservation efforts to save the remaining tigers in China, including the nearly extinct South China tiger. However, the demand for tiger products persists, much of it related to the vaunted health, medicinal and preservative qualities of the tiger; [...] | 2007-07-12 05:22:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EINV KIPR CH |
07GUANGZHOU788 | Foreign Law Firms in China: Take Your Shoes Off and Stay [...] (SBU) One year after the Shanghai Lawyer's Association petitioned for greater restrictions on foreigners practicing law in China, foreign legal experts in South China say the government has not imposed any new restrictive measures on foreign law firms. Nevertheless, protectionist sentiment may [...] | 2007-07-12 09:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ECON EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU789 | South China's Judicial System: Corrupt? Lacking Experience? [...] (SBU) Summary: Procedural and structural flaws continue to impede the progress of China's judicial system, according to south China legal experts. Oral testimony, a key to perjury trials and many arbitral disputes, remains largely unreliable and thus, underutilized. Increased judicial activi [...] | 2007-07-12 09:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ECON EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU790 | Regulatory Climate in South China: Not All Investment Is [...] (SBU) Summary: Regulatory issues, particularly those relating to administrative discretion, are the biggest impediments to foreign direct investment (FDI) in South China, according to legal professionals and businesspeople. Foreign investors encounter more obstacles when establishing local op [...] | 2007-07-12 10:01:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD WTRO CH |
07GUANGZHOU795 | Bountiful Harvests: A Look at Cross-Strait Agricultural [...] (U) SUMMARY: Agricultural goods produced in Taiwan? Produced in China with Taiwan seeds by Taiwan farmers? Produced in China with Taiwan seeds by Chinese farmers claiming to be Taiwan farmers? Produced in China with Chinese seeds claiming that the produce was a Taiwan product or "Grown in Tai [...] | 2007-07-13 08:14:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PREL ECON ETRD TW CH KIPR |
07GUANGZHOU797 | Guo Feixiong's Trial and Current Status [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Democracy activist Guo Feixiong stood trial July 9 on charges of "illegal business activity," but the content and nature of the proceedings belied the political character of his prosecution. Guo [...] | 2007-07-13 09:05:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR CH |
07GUANGZHOU806 | China Rule of Law: Improving Legal Efficiency [...] (U) SUMMARY: In late June conversations with local judges, academics, and lawyers in Guangdong Province, Embassy Beijing Resident Legal Advisor Ronald Cheng discussed ways to improve the efficiency of legal process, responded to inquiries about U.S. legal culture, and the problems related to le [...] | 2007-07-16 07:51:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS CH |
07GUANGZHOU832 | Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, July 24, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. We expect to cover items that are timely for Washington consideration but at this point, do not merit fuller treatment. We are, of course, willing to take a second lo [...] | 2007-07-24 05:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PINR SENV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU836 | Consumer Product Safety in South China [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a time when the safety and quality of goods being exported from China -- not just to the U.S. but elsewhere in the world, from the Philippines to Europe -- has been called into question, foreign companies in this consular district, especially in the Pearl River Delta, are lookin [...] | 2007-07-25 07:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU837 | International Standards a Challenge for Many Chinese [...] (U) SUMMARY: As challenging as it may be at times for U.S. companies to get a grip on the changing scene here in South China in terms of consumer safety, it is probably a factor several times greater in terms of difficulty for Chinese companies wishing to export to the United States. They are [...] | 2007-07-25 07:46:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU848 | Wal-Mart Discusses Product Safety and Business in China [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wal-Mart China employs a robust quality assurance program to maintain high standards for the goods it sells. Within China, Wal-Mart is in the vanguard of product safety, utilizing a multi-layer system including producer inspection and education, cooperation with local government [...] | 2007-07-27 05:13:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU849 | Wal-Mart Discusses Product Safety on a Global Scale [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As part of our series on consumer product safety, we paid a visit to Wal-Mart's Global Procurement team to discuss the company's Quality Assurance program and ways in which its work should assure an increasingly skeptical foreign market about the firm's ability to mon [...] | 2007-07-27 05:13:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU850 | Foreign Banks: Optimistic About Profits, but Face Hurdles [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fierce competition from Chinese banks, a constantly changing regulatory environment, and difficulties in working with Chinese shareholders are the key challenges confronted by local government and foreign bankers in south China. Despite their concerns, the foreign banking communit [...] | 2007-07-27 05:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU851 | Guangdong Overseas Chinese Businessmen's Association Stands [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with the Consul General on July 26, the new head of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Businessmen's Association, Zhou Zerong, said that the provincial government, with central government backing, had decided that the new organization was necessary to link together [...] | 2007-07-27 07:00:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU86 | Hainan Province Q3 Economic Report [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hainan continued its strong growth in the first three quarters of 2006 with GDP growth of 12.1% - particularly in the manufacturing sector - exceeding the national growth rate of 10.7%. The completion of the Yangpu refinery boosted the island province's oil refining capability by [...] | 2007-01-19 08:42:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH |
07GUANGZHOU862 | Have You Heard? China Slashes VAT Refunds [...] (SBU) Summary: What's the impact on local companies in the region of the July 1 cut/elimination of export tax rebates on almost 3,000 products? Local companies are unanimous: the price of most goods imported from China just went up. Even so, foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) here are not c [...] | 2007-07-30 08:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU863 | HR Issues in South China -- The New Labor Contract Law and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Employers clearly emerged as "victors" in the labor contract law open comment vetting process, with the relaxation of several obligations that had been in the original draft, especially the requirement that they "seek approval from" their employees. Low-end manufactu [...] | 2007-07-30 08:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU87 | Fujian Province Q3 Economic Report [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fujian continued its robust economic growth in the third quarter (Q3) of 2006 despite the negative effects of natural disasters. Fujian's 12.5% gross domestic product (GDP) growth was fueled by the manufacturing and service sectors, exceeding the national Q3 GDP growth rate of 10 [...] | 2007-01-19 08:42:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH |
07GUANGZHOU870 | Amway or the Highway: QA in a Risky Business Environment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Amway is confident that its Quality Assurance (QA) program enhances the quality and safety of its products. As in its dealings with Wal-mart, the Chinese government seeks Amway's advice on ways to elevate safety standards and educate Chinese companies. Across-the- [...] | 2007-08-01 07:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU88 | Guangzhou Baiyun Development Forum: Promotion of [...] SUMMARY: Guangzhou's Baiyun District is stepping up efforts to develop its bio-technology, real estate, and logistics sectors. Officials will focus on developing the industrial zone surrounding the new Baiyun International Airport, strengthening the bio-medical and bio-engineering sectors, an [...] | 2007-01-19 08:43:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TBIO KTDB EAIR EIND EINV CH |
07GUANGZHOU887 | MATTEL IN CHINA: THE GOLD STANDARD IN TOY MANUFACTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Mattel officials at the company's Dongguan factory - about an hour south of Guangzhou - told Ambassador Alan Holmer, the Special Envoy to China for the Strategic Economic Dialogue, that a new vendor used fake testing certificates to surreptitiously introduce lead paint into the [...] | 2007-08-07 07:22:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU888 | "We Feed Waste, Not Oil" [...] SUMMARY: Guangzhou GISE-MBA New Plastics Technology General Manager Eric Wang and MBA Polymers Operations Manager Ron Rau told Special Envoy to China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue Ambassador Alan F. Holmer during a visit to their factory that the economies of scale have made them an effic [...] | 2007-08-07 07:23:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU889 | Microfinance Poised to Fill Gaps Ignored By Banking Sector [...] (U) SUMMARY: Extending financial services to China's rural poor continues to be an uphill battle with seemingly distant rewards. While foreign banks hope that WTO-driven reforms will allow greater access to China's "nouveau riche," there is no great clamor to extend services to the countryside [...] | 2007-08-07 07:29:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU891 | HHS Delegation Views Aquaculture Industry in China's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese officials emphasized to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delegation touring the shrimp-processing industry in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province on August 3 their hope that the visit would help to ease or remove the current import alert on shrimp and other [...] | 2007-08-08 06:02:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIS TBIO PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU897 | Mentoring: The Guangzhou Way [...] (U) Summary: Nearly all 25 Entry Level Professionals at Congen Guangzhou serve in the consular section but the intent of management - and the desire of the ELPs - is to provide a varied experience, with mentoring integrated into every aspect of work. The Congen, mostly through a dynamic ELP w [...] | 2007-08-09 08:46:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | APER CMGT CH |
07GUANGZHOU911 | Chinese Inspectors Blame U.S. Media and Unlicensed [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou Technical Supervision Bureau (TSB) Deputy Director General Liu Shu Biao blamed an overly negative U.S. media and unlicensed workshops for China's recent spate of high-profile product safety recalls. Despite the defensiveness of his remarks, he said that the central gov [...] | 2007-08-15 09:19:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU937 | Rural Finance Case Study: Changjiang County Hainan Province [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Changjiang County, Hainan Province, a local branch of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) delivers small loans to assist poor farmers. The branch has experienced non-repayment problems rooted in inadequately trained staff and clients accustomed to government han [...] | 2007-08-22 08:55:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ECIN PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU946 | Guangzhou -- A Hub for the Illegal Drug Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusually candid late July meeting, senior provincial and municipal anti-drug officers briefed Poloff on the rising tide of drug trafficking in Guangdong Province. Centered on Guangzhou, growing numbers of foreign drug dealers and traffickers -- many from Africa and the Mid [...] | 2007-08-23 08:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU952 | Export Processing in the PRD Hit with New Deposit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 23, China started requiring export processing firms to pay large deposits, which could have a substantial negative impact on businesses in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Hong Kong and Taiwan industry associations in southern China have expressed serious concerns about th [...] | 2007-08-24 08:09:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV CH HK TW |
07GUANGZHOU962 | Human Rights: Guo Feixiong May Stand Trial Again; [...] (U) Classified by Acting Principal Officer Mike Jacobsen. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The trial of Guo Feixiong, previously thought to have ended, has been placed on hold to allow investigators additional time to turn up new evidence. A new trial date, if granted, would likely be in lat [...] | 2007-08-29 08:09:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU966 | Guangdong Cosmetics Manufacturers Reacting to Consumer [...] (U) SUMMARY: Cosmetics manufacturers in southern China are acutely aware of heightened consumer product safety concerns. One manufacturer told congenoffs that local authorities lack capacity to enforce safety and quality standards. However, some firms are taking steps on their own to help fore [...] | 2007-08-30 00:41:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU993 | CHINA'S NEW PRODUCT SAFETY REGULATIONS DELAY EXPORTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. manufacturer in Guangzhou contacted ConGen Guangzhou after exports to the United States were delayed at the port due to new inspection requirements. After an initially haphazard approach, the Chinese inspectors focused on ensuring the quality and safety of the raw materia [...] | 2007-08-31 08:41:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU997 | Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, September 5, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: official anger and apathy over food and product safety; an ambitious labor lawyer; an anniversary for China Southern Airlines; P [...] | 2007-09-05 02:56:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAIR ECON PINR EFIN PGOV CH |
07HANOI1034 | ELECTION SHOCKER: COMMUNIST PARTY COMES OUT ON TOP [...] (SBU) On May 29, the National Assembly released the results of its May 20 election, and the make-up of the legislature will not differ markedly from the previous assembly: of the 497 seats in the body, non-Communist Party candidates won 43 seats, women 127 seats and ethnic minorities 87 seats. [...] | 2007-06-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM |
07HANOI1055 | TRIET'S PRC VISIT: ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE [...] (C) MFA and Chinese Embassy sources are billing President Triet's May 14-18 trip to China a success, both in maintaining the momentum of improved political relations between the two countries and in generating concrete results, particularly in the areas of trade and investment (Ref A). At the [...] | 2007-06-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VM CH |
07HANOI1119 | CONOCO PHILLIPS AND BP CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS IN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, officials of Conoco Phillips (CP) and the UK Ambassador briefed the Ambassador on the latest developments regarding China's pressure to stop work on gas projects licensed by Vietnam in the South China Sea in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. According to [...] | 2007-06-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL VM CH |
07HANOI1360 | PRESS REVEALS VIETNAM'S NEW CABINET [...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) will officially announce the make-up of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's Cabinet, approve the PM's plan to increase the number of Deputy Vice Ministers from three to five, and reduce the number of government ministries from 26 to 22, a move t [...] | 2007-08-01 18:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM |
07HANOI1542 | CREATIVE PUSH FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH - HR [...] (C) Summary: Dissident and former National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Fellow Le Quoc Quan informed Poloffs during an August 24 meeting that he and eight other leading human rights dissidents are planning a protest at the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi. On the surface, the purpose of the protest [...] | 2007-08-28 17:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM VM CH |
07HANOI687 | UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...] | 2007-04-12 00:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX |
07HANOI921 | VIETNAMESE GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 20 [...] (SBU) After an extensive vetting process, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) approved 880 candidates to contest 500 seats in the May 20 National Assembly (NA) elections. In spite of the Party touting early on that "many more" independent (non-Communist Party) candidates would run this time a [...] | 2007-05-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM |
07HARARE154 | COPING IN ZIMBABWE'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Wilson International, a world class manufacturer of billiard tables and bedroom furniture, has become a low-cost outsourcer for a South African manufacturer and has also "twinned" creatively with Zimbabwean importers on forex deals in order to survive in Zimbabwe's harsh business clima [...] | 2007-02-28 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CH |
07HOCHIMINHCITY157 | SAIGON INSIDERS ON COMMUNIST PARTY POLITICS [...] (C/NF) : Media contacts report that the Politburo has not yet begun to focus on the planned visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet to the United States. Triet has recovered fully from his bout with prostate cancer, but politically is weak. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung is consolidating power; [...] | 2007-02-14 10:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL CH VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY164 | SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...] | 2007-02-15 09:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY622 | ETHNIC CHINESE IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic Chinese community is Vietnam's most influential and affluent minority group. Accounting for no more than two percent of Vietnam's population, the ethnic Chinese -- concentrated in HCMC and the Mekong Delta -- are responsible for generating roughly 10 percent of the n [...] | 2007-06-13 06:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON CH VM |
07HONGKONG110 | VATICAN MEETING ON CHINA POLICY UNLIKELY TO LEAD [...] (U) Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen told the press on January 9 that he would travel to Rome shortly to discuss the Vatican's China policy. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will chair the meeting, scheduled for the latter half of January. According to Zen, the Pope will be [...] | 2007-01-12 09:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT |
07HONGKONG1203 | MACAU LABOR DAY PROTEST MARRED BY VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: An estimated 2,400 Macau residents participated in labor and anti-corruption demonstrations on May 1 that turned violent after demonstrators veered off the approved march route and clashed with police. Police fired five warning shots into the air and the violent clash resulted in [...] | 2007-05-02 10:11:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ELAB SOCI CH HK MC |
07HONGKONG1278 | LABOR DAY WITH THE PLA - MACAU STYLE [...] (U) Similar to the display on May 1 in Hong Kong (see reftel a),the People's Liberation Army (PLA) held an "open day" in Macau at its compound on Taipa Island. The "Macau Post Daily" reported that 2,500 residents visited the barracks on Labor Day and watched a flag raising ceremony and mili [...] | 2007-05-10 09:45:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SOCI CH HK MC |
07HONGKONG1286 | WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HONG [...] (SBU) On May 9, ESTH Officer delivered reftel message to Ms. Bonnie Yao, Assistant Secretary, Health, Welfare and Food Bureau. Yao requested the information in letter format to enable the Hong Kong Government to carefully review USG concerns. On May 10, Economic/Political Section Chief sent a [...] | 2007-05-11 07:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC PREL WHO EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH |
07HONGKONG1323 | NO "MASSACRE" AT TIANANMEN -- BEIJING LOYALIST'S [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong will not be ready for universal suffrage until "around 2022" -- or 25 years after the handover -- because many Hong Kongers lacked "national awareness," said Ma Lik, chairman of Hong Kong's largest pro-Beijing political party. Ma referred to the local characterization o [...] | 2007-05-16 10:37:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH |
07HONGKONG1334 | FALUN GONG'S VIRTUAL SKELETON [...] (C) Summary: As reported in reftel, the Falun Gong (FLG) movement has virtually no organizational structure, coordinated policy, or central financing; rather, it is a very loose association of practitioners who communicate through emails and regularly-held meetings. Given FLG's virtual struc [...] | 2007-05-17 10:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | PHUM PINR PGOV CH HK MC |
07HONGKONG1363 | HONG KONG COUT OF FINAL APPEAL UPHOLDS BITTORENT [...] (U) Hong Kong's Court of Fial Appeal upheld the 2005 conviction and jail senence of Chan Nai-ming, the first person convicte worldwide for using the BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system to distribute illegal copies of films on the internet. On May 18, the five-member court reject [...] | 2007-05-22 02:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR TW |
07HONGKONG1369 | HONG KONG'S TINY STEPS TO CURB BUSINESS END-USER [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced that Hong Kong's 2006 software piracy rate fell to 53% in 2006, a 1% decrease over 2005. Prior to the public release of the study, BSA privately briefed Hong Kong government (HKG) officials and pointed out that the use o [...] | 2007-05-22 06:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ECON ETRD HK KIPR TW |