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TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK 8 O# q) B8 ~+ W8 | D' ^- vSUBJECT: BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DPRK, GTMO J- w# K! F& |. |2 f" VUIGHURS, SINO-JAPAN RELATIONS, DALAI LAMA ( L1 q9 x! ~5 `* e( C# F! d9 Q 6 C9 x( M4 A+ {; P- i& wClassified By: Acting DCM William Weinstein. Reasons 1.4 (b/d). & `9 x+ Q# A0 y; I2 T9 |# p0 f
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¶1. (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing 4 t4 }5 H% J2 U( }" J8 _May 8, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that State % f7 e/ x0 s1 ?6 bCouncilor Dai Bingguo told visiting former French President , L: |) i& o- X; y" B0 C
Chirac that the West would not gain from more sanctions on & R7 G- B. m( g- b, Z1 s6 P2 M. T
North Korea. Dai reportedly said that "the lever of economic ! L4 @' _+ w6 `
development" had not been used effectively in Six-Party Talks - r0 p7 A! ?9 w2 S! E2 \
and that a U.S.-DPRK dialogue was "the only way to make + _1 ]9 _" o: ~* Bprogress." German Ambassador Michael Schaefer reported that ( _2 W) u& m& W! n
Germany had informed China of the U.S. request to accept some ( k6 z) F0 m7 c9 I! q, @: L& R- J( t
Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo and had been subsequently , `0 N9 Y; u! y. T& Hwarned by China of "a heavy burden on bilateral relations" if 3 x, n% S o% g% J
Germany were to accept any detainees. Japanese DCM Kunio : ~% J% T( O0 C% A2 F5 l# T
Umeda reported that Premier Wen Jiabao was "tired and seemed 0 k& g, q4 m% C- Hunder a lot of pressure" during his meeting with visiting ( k, c! S$ v- D
Prime Minister Taro Aso, while President Hu Jintao was : k6 e7 ]4 `1 m) @
"relaxed and confident." According to UK DCM Chris Wood, 8 z# k7 h6 U4 r
China had requested the UK not allow the Dalai Lama to _0 l$ x( x* ~
transit London or meet with any government officials. Wood 1 Y4 P5 L* ^0 d( R2 S5 {4 b
reported that local authorities in Gansu Province had # o4 @. P P8 I i6 A% Z" b
detained a British Consul, reflecting the authorities' angst 1 s$ T" @7 q/ @over foreigners traveling to the Tibetan regions of the 5 ?( P C: @) T r% U1 s! ?
province. End Summary. 9 t0 e2 C* V j' g9 S : ?: b0 w2 I4 }% P% e2 W6 Z1 ^% LParticipants 0 \: Z5 l) f) l3 o
------------ ! {9 v2 B: A$ J; `- A5 _; b- } % C6 A% c3 A8 p/ z+ X6 o7 ?¶2. (C) French DCM Nicholas Chapuis hosted German Ambassador % D5 P9 j' M4 r& S0 }5 bDr. Michael Schaefer, Japanese DCM Kunio Umeda, UK DCM Chris ! L( ?' r+ Q+ a( M1 a9 z+ SWood and Acting DCM May 8 for the regular gathering of # c1 [# O! c% WBeijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission. 6 R7 i, b2 S1 f1 V. C, Q
( y, }' V- o; E* s1 d# C2 C3 WChirac's Visit to China, DPRK, Africa $ C' a% K5 Y( z0 O
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¶3. (C) French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that President Hu / D. Q( w) d: ^) ^# {
had not mentioned Tibet in his meeting with visiting former # g9 U; r0 {8 U2 x7 r+ U5 _9 sFrench President Jacques Chirac. State Councilor Dai Bingguo 8 h6 Y5 t4 f% f0 \
had told Chirac that the West would not gain from more + A. ]! N* T! v. S, k# ksanctions on North Korea and that a U.S.-DPRK dialogue was & Z; h' ^$ c* t e6 f
"the only way to make progress" in Six-Party Talks. Dai ; T+ W8 U+ W$ j4 rreportedly said that North Korea wanted to open up " i) G; a, @$ U+ M( [' U
economically and that the "lever of economic development" had % _: a8 I' ]; c' qnot been used effectively in Six-Party Talks. Dai suggested * @& F8 Z9 Z' K
to Chirac that, given China and France's "conflict of , e1 @. T$ q: D& rinterests" in Africa, the two countries should have a * I! T* E: E5 P* n7 l4 X
dialogue on Africa. / N$ L5 j b8 L 5 U! }" Y# x, k H% w/ SGermany and Guantanamo Uighurs D1 l; a1 X; j$ R" z
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) g+ @1 p3 O( H' s3 j3 f5 j+ [¶4. (C) German Ambassador Schaefer said the German State 0 ~ d) B* P6 W1 D, t
Secretary had informed China of the U.S. request to accept " c8 Y- l1 ?4 j3 fsome Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo, noting that Germany 9 T7 P5 Y0 S) ^7 Mhad not made a decision regarding the Uighurs. He noted that # ? q5 A! X9 @4 G7 o
no German state had yet agreed to accept the detainees. - A9 Z' E+ k3 g5 |- M; P. T
Ambassador Schaefer said China had not officially demarched & o2 W7 \* `' l5 {+ q. h
Germany but had warned Germany that accepting any Uighur ( K# i8 B+ k( s* s6 D9 m
detainees would "put enormous pressure on Beijing and a heavy $ N2 J* W. G- Aburden on bilateral relations." ! t. t7 }7 c; H6 ?
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0 y) K! D0 H7 C$ w; s/ O/ D P¶5. (C) Japanese DCM Kunio Umeda reported that PM Taro Aso, # z7 r! X" q9 Y( L9 u! I, {who had visited Beijing April 29-30, had said Premier Wen + B5 c4 D5 a: @4 x& t0 A1 ~Jiabao was "very tired and seemed under a lot of pressure" 9 {9 w$ `3 l2 Q y K! pfrom dealing with the economic crisis, while President Hu " D/ [. z0 s6 T$ ]0 a( j
Jintao had seemed "confident and relaxed." PM Aso had 3 G4 B R) m$ \3 N* r
requested China not implement its planned compulsory 9 {; f" U n& z! N; X+ g0 Qcertification of IT products in China, while Premier Wen had ! a5 X/ Z9 y [) D1 Y( B9 xinsisted the law was consistent with China's WTO commitments. 3 ~& ~/ F' @. G1 W! N. c' b
( H" N3 E+ R/ c h$ FDalai Lama . M0 }1 F. W" f3 ]6 _---------- 9 B' T4 _2 G( f) P8 J. F % p& q9 j' _$ \1 l¶6. (C) UK DCM Chris Wood reported that China had requested ! {; V9 m% r9 Z' n" r/ e9 c' w- R
the UK not allow the Dalai Lama to transit London but 2 ?9 t' h q3 ]1 F- n* e* Usoftened the demarche by requesting that government officials , }3 z- `# n9 @/ n2 Anot meet the Dalai Lama if he were to transit the country. ( l' n% y9 ~" R/ @& bFrench DCM Nicholas Chapuis said China's demarche was part of + C% J4 y; M/ N) `
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$ K* S6 o% P' A7 @5 ~. G8 \ ( R. h; x# q5 ~5 o7 j& ca campaign to limit the Dalai Lama's travel and noted that ) E; U+ w% G' ]. M$ }the Beijing city government had threatened to break its 2 h5 w+ O# ~" ]
sister-city relationship with Paris if the Dalai Lama were to 8 Q" r1 t' \' e% [- V/ q7 ~
receive an honorary citizen award from the French capital. * r2 W. x8 A' T% _' gAmbassador Schaefer said Germany had not received such 0 {- Y7 E( x4 ` k# K4 Gdemands from the Chinese, in spite of the Dalai Lama's - a, q$ c& V5 }+ G# Ofrequent trips to Germany. 9 V) K3 R& _% v8 B! I% K! L
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Harassment of UK Embassy Staff in Gansu ( g& d% M% Y* \3 Q: H--------------------------------------- ( |* n) [4 t: v ~$ G% [2 Y/ g¶7. (C) UK DCM Wood said UK Energy and Climate Change ! w+ U% P1 c4 G$ y. F
Secretary Ed Miliband had recently visited Gansu Province and 6 X4 [5 v2 v6 A9 U7 U& E. r" M
had been accompanied by a British journalist from "The & Z9 R2 \) [+ s' ?) VGuardian." According to Woodward, local Chinese authorities + a+ k8 ]! X2 |) Xhad briefly detained a British Consul to express displeasure 1 E$ E8 S" M h8 h5 ?1 A ^$ t b
with the accompanying journalist, who had stayed in Gansu k V$ R1 E: n+ e7 x1 W* jwithout the authorities' permission after Secretary Miliband 0 |0 I8 |6 S' h K, {" Z
had departed. "Local goons" had come to the traveling 7 X% c( ~2 a" _4 X/ e
delegation's hotel and threatened to follow a UK Embassy # U d& Q1 F( L, d7 K6 f8 W- ~: ~female staffer (but did not). In addition, a British 5 {5 p: I i& |2 A9 d2 O2 A8 {0 W
"Financial Times" reporter in Sichuan had been harassed by a/ D8 t2 u# M4 Wlocal authorities who were apparently upset by the / d6 a$ `( m4 h8 u: ?# T `
journalist's interest in reporting on schools destroyed ' L! K& |2 M/ S- j& E7 G: w D
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¶8. (C) UK DCM Wood said the UK Environment and Science " p- W: |+ s7 K! v
Minister had recently had talks with Chinese officials on $ R: o& O" V. e
climate change. In the lead up to Copenhagen, China would 2 n' j2 O# c: s! E: dnot agree to targets on emissions but was willing to be ?3 g1 |7 L s4 [! J* Q2 A5 ?" K" dconstructive and would come to Copenhagen with a package of E9 g+ K# K n, o/ }9 ^2 Q7 ]action items related to nuclear power, renewable energy and ' ^; `1 x+ b3 {
reforestation. Wood said his impression was that China could ( \1 ?% e8 S- z% k* b& z% F; `( ^
be induced to do more on climate change. 3 K y3 j, C3 }! C, y F 2 N( h ~1 k! IRule of Law - u t6 B3 D& _4 k1 M0 ^----------- 0 r+ t; u5 D; y4 v) @, `4 V% ] 0 {6 B* [; ?# t7 N# e¶9. (C) Ambassador Schaefer reported that German Minister of ' k2 D" p, L, Y# Z9 x6 mJustice Brigitte Zypries recently had visited China to attend + B' ?: U& U0 Q0 _, ya three-day rule of law dialogue on social security and . Z" y1 y- @) r
pensions that was attended by 45 Chinese lawyers and judges. % P' R# ?5 `/ y7 z d ]+ A- y c
Schaefer said Germany and China would have another dialogue : O* s5 N" b0 B5 D
on a proposed law on regulating lawyers, noting that the 9 N" q6 d3 S: O M7 I% ]2 b, tChinese Government was looking to give lawyers "more space" / P3 v9 }/ r- T! f
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