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E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/08/2029 / \6 G: }; ^, ]: g; [1 OTAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK $ ]" @) n5 o% i- W6 R! g3 \0 ASUBJECT: BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DPRK, GTMO - s3 {$ Z5 ~# L; c0 I* S _UIGHURS, SINO-JAPAN RELATIONS, DALAI LAMA - i( k7 m/ U3 `1 x2 R 5 B. g" I9 \% i Q; AClassified By: Acting DCM William Weinstein. Reasons 1.4 (b/d). ! J* K$ M+ T" j- U
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¶1. (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing ; n9 W! |2 H3 ^+ A2 F# P
May 8, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that State 4 f% `7 F& k4 Y$ cCouncilor Dai Bingguo told visiting former French President ( ]: D4 S! z. _" b2 e1 x( VChirac that the West would not gain from more sanctions on : ?+ y: R5 }: oNorth Korea. Dai reportedly said that "the lever of economic % j6 S0 K* n4 s8 Q+ @
development" had not been used effectively in Six-Party Talks / _2 V& z. Q* R6 I" |and that a U.S.-DPRK dialogue was "the only way to make 9 o3 g( O. g& C: ~6 a6 x% `3 ^progress." German Ambassador Michael Schaefer reported that 4 \1 o! f$ A* l" \
Germany had informed China of the U.S. request to accept some 6 L. ]8 n. p- i- d8 e# Q
Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo and had been subsequently ( I: F1 s% l/ d2 i' A# @
warned by China of "a heavy burden on bilateral relations" if ! w' o+ }, [2 r4 N, ^Germany were to accept any detainees. Japanese DCM Kunio $ e. P; U" F: O: a6 s0 [; t) sUmeda reported that Premier Wen Jiabao was "tired and seemed 7 A: C% \2 H6 V: A3 |
under a lot of pressure" during his meeting with visiting . G6 f% A- @+ f; p' E
Prime Minister Taro Aso, while President Hu Jintao was 5 G9 ?% C8 V( M+ V/ \; n"relaxed and confident." According to UK DCM Chris Wood, q4 q$ u1 V& k: C; U- XChina had requested the UK not allow the Dalai Lama to * H A2 _8 p+ G/ C, E) i. c8 b
transit London or meet with any government officials. Wood * w( r7 G* N( ]. X' N/ {8 xreported that local authorities in Gansu Province had 0 D( u+ K1 K3 ^/ I( U/ Adetained a British Consul, reflecting the authorities' angst 2 L& ?! [6 P7 O, A# U
over foreigners traveling to the Tibetan regions of the * f, \' ^9 N5 n" K& e
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, _1 R2 {2 v2 _, k; k) Y4 e$ s/ X4 k¶2. (C) French DCM Nicholas Chapuis hosted German Ambassador , y/ c- V a% g8 ]: R9 I# H2 tDr. Michael Schaefer, Japanese DCM Kunio Umeda, UK DCM Chris ! U* {6 e+ z$ J( ^* ]8 o; ]
Wood and Acting DCM May 8 for the regular gathering of & L9 {& @) r' [1 r4 E# \Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission. ; {3 @+ K6 A) g# @1 o7 S* r% q , c- y2 L/ Y. e7 I. m7 ~Chirac's Visit to China, DPRK, Africa 0 i6 Z. d( |1 {6 T/ c
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" v; ~+ w( ^9 G F% N! d: [¶3. (C) French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that President Hu : q5 r/ @# ?/ ~) S" H9 G8 f
had not mentioned Tibet in his meeting with visiting former * L" |2 ~4 I9 `( p% ^6 V
French President Jacques Chirac. State Councilor Dai Bingguo ; p6 m* P) X0 n
had told Chirac that the West would not gain from more , K4 Z$ o% Y! n$ B9 [/ C. t
sanctions on North Korea and that a U.S.-DPRK dialogue was 3 D. f# u* o" T* A- b v
"the only way to make progress" in Six-Party Talks. Dai 5 T( K& g4 \# y2 G" {/ \. b8 Wreportedly said that North Korea wanted to open up * |" n* K. r. I" e! {$ Veconomically and that the "lever of economic development" had 0 h0 U+ x/ X2 snot been used effectively in Six-Party Talks. Dai suggested $ ], j* N5 w! ?' d
to Chirac that, given China and France's "conflict of 9 K- G, t" s5 ~3 u8 l
interests" in Africa, the two countries should have a 3 z- u3 X) B8 s+ S2 `9 \" Rdialogue on Africa. 6 Z D8 i- ?$ _$ Y$ Q
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6 |( ?( X+ Z0 | Q9 o¶4. (C) German Ambassador Schaefer said the German State 0 x0 Z4 P0 n$ I" gSecretary had informed China of the U.S. request to accept : Q% p+ h7 D7 F$ s; V6 }( Q
some Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo, noting that Germany * w6 \$ ?, L% V! L; N" }
had not made a decision regarding the Uighurs. He noted that ( F7 ~& \! e2 m6 x' d
no German state had yet agreed to accept the detainees. + l! N! A% [$ x$ v% I X9 m. hAmbassador Schaefer said China had not officially demarched ( @! w7 s; H) L6 @Germany but had warned Germany that accepting any Uighur % i8 U; c4 m* ^4 [& \5 u: |
detainees would "put enormous pressure on Beijing and a heavy / W3 T. s( C9 a% g2 l1 T4 B2 e" tburden on bilateral relations." 1 z# r' H+ S0 C% x9 q: F, ~$ h
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$ ?& K- I; q' j$ O) d6 u¶5. (C) Japanese DCM Kunio Umeda reported that PM Taro Aso, 3 |, }- k- Q9 Cwho had visited Beijing April 29-30, had said Premier Wen 1 H9 E: ^4 M- ^Jiabao was "very tired and seemed under a lot of pressure" % A0 G* ]$ C: w$ N* Kfrom dealing with the economic crisis, while President Hu 8 l8 g' _, I$ z8 w" g; wJintao had seemed "confident and relaxed." PM Aso had " m: r# {# K( A6 ^, H) G: Grequested China not implement its planned compulsory ! k3 U7 H8 J9 V$ i# n' B% ocertification of IT products in China, while Premier Wen had ) {8 `3 H- o( `! F" w3 b6 A/ F7 }3 Y
insisted the law was consistent with China's WTO commitments. " T4 }/ a2 b. t/ s2 ^' R1 n* D
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¶6. (C) UK DCM Chris Wood reported that China had requested , n, _; H. P1 y% wthe UK not allow the Dalai Lama to transit London but ' e4 _, o& g( U
softened the demarche by requesting that government officials * o- U! B% b1 J q
not meet the Dalai Lama if he were to transit the country. 8 V8 r- O$ {! r. d/ B+ P1 d8 J
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a campaign to limit the Dalai Lama's travel and noted that 1 J9 m9 b% @! J+ o
the Beijing city government had threatened to break its 3 q+ ?" o. r' @! \( L. b# isister-city relationship with Paris if the Dalai Lama were to + K! J! j; b8 P; w" ]% ]; P# q
receive an honorary citizen award from the French capital. 7 S/ i- g# e I* U" j* \
Ambassador Schaefer said Germany had not received such - c% a& n$ k# C7 p6 `6 j% H6 ]9 Bdemands from the Chinese, in spite of the Dalai Lama's 1 x1 o0 K) y$ B9 i& n
frequent trips to Germany. $ b+ x$ W9 Z X- Z# X7 z ]1 R& G' e B( `8 O( K
Harassment of UK Embassy Staff in Gansu - ]6 {" h0 d2 H4 O$ [( |$ A0 R" h--------------------------------------- $ I& s8 F+ R4 x2 z% | 0 e/ t5 j7 {3 F¶7. (C) UK DCM Wood said UK Energy and Climate Change $ b7 X$ V6 b1 m! n/ TSecretary Ed Miliband had recently visited Gansu Province and 7 ?8 `5 X: X% j" P7 W; S+ I* chad been accompanied by a British journalist from "The + W, X. a+ c4 u
Guardian." According to Woodward, local Chinese authorities 4 X) q# g- K7 _. W5 m5 J9 ]) ~had briefly detained a British Consul to express displeasure * e' {- V8 s K' y2 Q7 [with the accompanying journalist, who had stayed in Gansu & }2 |6 `3 u# O0 Rwithout the authorities' permission after Secretary Miliband d7 ^5 j( `! ^8 k0 l; t% Hhad departed. "Local goons" had come to the traveling # G L; T7 c4 d& @delegation's hotel and threatened to follow a UK Embassy 8 }; ^* @" [( K: ]
female staffer (but did not). In addition, a British ) h- \5 c, Z4 ^( F$ v8 n S"Financial Times" reporter in Sichuan had been harassed by ! Q( D1 t! y: }8 ]1 @3 glocal authorities who were apparently upset by the 0 `5 v; ^. n7 t$ x: }
journalist's interest in reporting on schools destroyed ! e6 k0 U- c) @7 ~' N" n! F
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not agree to targets on emissions but was willing to be 5 q- f7 |% K7 t* W
constructive and would come to Copenhagen with a package of 9 ]. P4 g5 ]6 f+ m0 l$ o. J' L- v
action items related to nuclear power, renewable energy and + b/ R9 D2 Y9 J$ n- Dreforestation. Wood said his impression was that China could / x0 ]9 B6 f7 Z. b
be induced to do more on climate change. * r7 F: h8 f4 n; m# B4 f' |) D; d8 z4 h; U7 Q. J) ^1 Z
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Justice Brigitte Zypries recently had visited China to attend + j: ]' }' g1 H6 y7 P% f
a three-day rule of law dialogue on social security and 0 H1 ~* B- }7 U! Z4 jpensions that was attended by 45 Chinese lawyers and judges. 9 g% l& {9 u' H- |" N P8 N$ R$ h
Schaefer said Germany and China would have another dialogue ' I, z( W2 N3 Z
on a proposed law on regulating lawyers, noting that the : O" L* p) `1 q2 E0 vChinese Government was looking to give lawyers "more space" + A7 [) G7 d e. X o
without giving up control. / Z( @% X$ f# v4 v- T+ v5 M4 E/ r8 ~PICCUTA
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