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### Viewing cable 07BEIJING2909, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW

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    VZCZCXRO1029
    OO RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHVC
    DE RUEHBJ #2909/01 1201110
    ZNR UUUUU ZZH
    O 301110Z APR 07
    FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7434
    INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
    RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC IMMEDIATE
    RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
    RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 BEIJING 002909

    SIPDIS

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PREL PGOV CH
    SUBJECT: U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW
    COMMISSION DELEGATION MEETS MFA DDG XIE FENG

     Summary
    -------

    ¶1.  (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 travel to
    China to look into the wheat gluten case, to recognize
    the growing sense of Taiwan identity, to get North
    Korea to keep its commitments on the nuclear issue, to
    persuade Sudan to address international concerns on
    Darfur and to cooperate on the environment.  Xie
    outlined standard Chinese positions on bilateral
    issues and stressed that China looks forward to
    engaging Members of Congress, including Speaker of the
    House Pelosi, to promote the bilateral relationship.
    End Summary.

    Xie's Overview of Bilateral Relations
    -------------------------------------

    ¶2.  (SBU) A United States-China Economic and Security
    Review Commission (USCC) delegation comprising Chair
    Carolyn Bartholomew, Vice Chair Daniel Blumenthal,
    Commissioner C. Richard D?Amato, Commissioner Jeffrey
    Fiedler and Commissioner Larry Wortzel, joined by the
    Political Minister Counselor, met on April 23 with
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of North
    American and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General
    Xie Feng.  Xie opened with an overview of bilateral
    relations, saying the two sides have established an
    excellent framework for the future.  President Bush
    and President Hu are in regular contact, as are other
    senior leaders in the two governments.  Trade volume
    has increased 100 times since 1979, from approximately
    USD 2.4 billion to USD 262 billion, although more
    trade can sometimes mean more friction.  Cooperation
    on international issues including the DPRK, Iran and
    Sudan, has made the global dimension of the
    relationship more evident.  The two sides still have
    serious disagreements, especially involving Taiwan and
    human rights.  He urged the United States to stop
    selling arms to Taiwan and oppose more clearly
    separatist actions there.  Xie recited familiar
    Chinese positions on human rights, saying the current
    situation is the best in Chinese history.  Chair
    Bartholemew responded that the United States remains
    concerned about problems in China involving trade,
    proliferation and human rights issues including
    religious freedom, freedom of the press, freedom of
    association and Tibet.

    Strategic Economic Dialogue
    ---------------------------

    ¶3. (SBU) Chair Bartholomew told Xie that for the
    second round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED)
    in May, Americans need to see that China is delivering
    results on its promises.  Without progress on key
    issues Congress may be forced to act.  Xie said the
    SED is supposed to focus on long-term, strategic
    issues, but China understands that the United States
    also needs to see concrete results.  China is doing
    its utmost to deal with these concerns.  There were
    concrete results in the first round of the SED,
    although not as many as the American side may have
    expected.  It is necessary to keep expectations
    reasonable, Xie said.

    China's Consultations with Congress
    -----------------------------------

    ¶4. (SBU) Xie stated that China looks forward to
    engaging Members of Congress, including Speaker of the
    House Pelosi, to promote the bilateral relationship.
    Chair Bartholomew welcomed this.  She also encouraged
    China, in the course of its SED-connected
    consultations with Congress, to seek out the opinions
    of a wide variety of Members, not just the people
    China sees as its friends.

    Wheat Gluten Case and FDA Visas
    -------------------------------

    ¶5. (SBU) Chair Bartholomew expressed concern about
    wheat gluten shipped from China that contaminated dog

    BEIJING 00002909  002 OF 004

    and cat food in the United States resulting in the
    deaths of American dogs and cats.  There are reports
    that the wheat gluten may also have ended up in feed
    for hogs and therefore potentially in pork products
    that people in the United States are eating.
    Inspectors from the United States Food and Drug
    Administration are reportedly being denied visas to
    travel to China and inspect the factories from which
    tainted wheat gluten was allegedly shipped.  China
    should issue the visas immediately, she stressed.  Xie
    said he would look into the matter.

    Taiwan
    ------

    ¶6.  (SBU) Vice Chair Blumenthal raised the issue of
    the political situation on Taiwan.  Beijing is
    incorrect to suggest that the problem is the
    activities of Chen Shui-bian and some small group of
    "separatists."  In realty, there has been a shift in
    Taiwan and the people there have developed a sense of
    Taiwan identity.  Any leadership in Taiwan, regardless
    of party, will have to be accountable to the people
    and to their sense of Taiwan identity, he said.  Xie
    said that Beijing's view is that roughly a third of
    the people in Taiwan want independence, another third
    want the status quo and another third want
    reunification.  He said that the people in Taiwan,
    including the third that may want independence, often
    fall victim to a small group of pro-independence
    radicals.  China has noted that some previously ardent
    pro-independence figures, including former DPP leader
    Lee Teng-hui, have softened their positions.

    ¶7.  (SBU) Xie said that Chen Shui-bian has shown that
    he is a politician with no credibility who will do
    anything to advance his personal causes, including
    taking advantage of interest groups in the United
    States and any lack of communication between
    Washington and Beijing.  Chen wants to create the
    impression tat he has the implicit backing of the
    United Sates which will always come to his rescue, no
    matter what he does.  United States Government
    officials have made it clear, however, that this in
    not the actual American policy, Xie stated.

    ¶8.  (SBU) Vice Chair Blumenthal said an increasing
    number of people in Taiwan do not believe that
    Beijing's one-country, two-systems policy is a viable
    option.  Xie said that China wants to understand
    Taiwan better, but that its correspondents have
    encountered difficulties getting permission from
    Taiwan authorities to report from Taiwan.  Xie asked
    that the United States encourage Taiwan to be more
    open.

    ¶9.  (SBU) Vice Chair Blumenthal reminded Xie that the
    United States has commitments under the Taiwan
    Relations Act of 1979.  Xie said that China has been
    voicing its opposition to the Taiwan Relations Act
    since it was first passed and will continue to do so.

    North Korea
    -----------

    ¶10.  (SBU) Vice Chair Blumenthal asked if China
    considers the DPRK to be in breech of the February 13
    agreement reached through the Six-Party Talks and if
    China will use its leverage to bring North Korea into
    compliance.  Xie stated that the Six-Party Talks
    process has never been smooth.  Although the closure
    of the DPRK nuclear facilities at Yongbyon has been
    delayed in connection with the Banco Delta Asia
    situation, China is working with all sides and hopes
    the issue will be resolved soon.  Xie said that China
    is a participant in the process, not a judge, so
    China's focus is on moving things forward in a
    practical way rather than making abstract
    determinations about who is keeping their commitments.
    China wants all parties to take the actions needed to
    move the process forward.

    Anti-Satellite Test
    -------------------

    ¶11.  (SBU) Commissioner Fiedler followed up by asking
    about China's test of an anti-satellite missile in
    January, asking why it took the PRC 10 days to respond

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    to the United States' inquiries regarding the test.
    Xie claimed that it took China three days to reply,
    not 10.  He said the issue had to go through China's
    normal inter-agency clearance process.  When
    Commissioner Wortzel pointed out that such delays in
    bilateral communication could call into question the
    closeness of the United States relationship with
    China, Xie responded by saying that because the test
    was only scientific and did not represent a change in
    Chinese policy, the PRC did not think that the test
    would draw the negative attention that it did.  It was
    only after the international reaction that China began
    working on a statement.  In response to a question
    regarding President Hu Jintao?s prior knowledge of the
    test, Xie said that the decision to test the system
    was made by the Chinese Government.  Xie said he
    believes President Hu must have participated in the
    decision.

    Arms Control
    ------------

    ¶12.  (SBU) Commissioner Fiedler inquired about China's
    system for arms control, asking if the MFA or the
    Ministry of National Defense (MND) takes the lead on
    the issue.  Xie said arms control issues are handled
    on an interagency basis, with the MFA taking the lead
    on contact with the international community, the MND
    handling implementation and the two Ministries
    consulting with one another.  It is not possible to
    say one is more important than the other, Xie stated.

    Sovereignty above the Earth?
    ----------------------------

    ¶13.  (SBU) Commissioner Wortzel inquired about China?s
    understanding with regards to territorial sovereignty,
    asking how far above the earth China believes its
    sovereignty extends.  Xie replied that he is not an
    expert on legal issues and does not know the answer,
    but he will work through Sun Ang of the Chinese
    Embassy in Washington to try to provide a response.
    He said he believe all countries should cooperate on
    allow overflights of national territory for civil
    purposes, although military and reconnaissance
    overflights are a different matter.

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    ¶14.  (SBU) Chair Bartholomew urged China to do more to
    influence Sudan on Darfur.  Xie replied that China is
    working on the issue with the Sudanese government.
    President Hu raised the issue with President Bashir
    when Bashir came to China for the Forum of China-
    Africa Cooperation and when Hu visited Sudan.
    Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun again worked on
    the Sudanese government when he visited Sudan, urging
    Khartoum to be flexible and to comply with the UN
    Security Council.  China has seen positive results,
    such as Sudan's as its acceptance of the second phase
    of the Annan Proposal.

    ¶15.  (SBU) Chair Bartholomew said there are credible
    reports that some Sudanese military equipment used in
    Darfur came from China.  Xie said that China is trying
    to do more, but the situation is complicated and
    cannot be resolved overnight.  The international
    community believes that the Sudanese government should
    comply with UN resolutions, but some opposition groups
    have refused to sign on to the peace agreement, making
    the government of Sudan less likely to cooperate.  The
    Sudanese government believes that all of the pressure
    is on them, leading them to distrust in the
    international process.  AFM Zhai Jun visited Darfur
    during his Sudan trip and reported that the situation
    he encountered there was different from what many
    international reports suggest.  Chair Bartholomew
    reminded Xie that the government of Sudan would have
    been selective in what it allowed Zhai to see.

    Environmental Issues
    --------------------

    ¶16.  (SBU) Commissioner D'Amato raised the issue of
    energy and environment cooperation, noting Premier Wen
    Jiabao's reported comments in Japan about the need for
    a post-Kyoto approach to curbing carbon emissions.

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    Xie said China is increasingly aware of environmental
    issues.  The eleventh five-year plan calls for
    reducing the amount of energy needed to produce a unit
    of GDP by 20 percent by 2010 and to cut emission of
    major pollutants by 10 percent by 2010.  China has a
    great need for power and an interest in promoting
    energy conservation.  China is looking at increasing
    its use of natural gas, hydro, solar, wind and nuclear
    power to replace fossil fuels.  Xie pointed out that
    nuclear power accounts for 70 percent of power needs
    in France but only two percent in China.  He said that
    China looks forward to cooperating with the United
    States and Japan on the purchase of nuclear reactors
    and with the United States on clean coal projects.

    ¶17. (U) The USCC delegation cleared this message.
    RANDT

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