Extracts.
Friday, December 01, 2000, updated at 09:48(GMT+8)
Taiwan Authorities Urged to Embrace One-China
Principle
Zhang Mingqing, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs
Office under the Chinese State Council, said November
30 refusal by Taiwan authorities to accept the
one-China principle is very dangerous and it will get
nowhere.
Zhang said during a press conference in Beijing the
mainland has reiterated time and again its call for
Taiwan authorities to accept the one-China principle,
and that "this stand will not change."
Speaking on a consensus reached by the so-called
"pan-parties group" in Taiwan, Zhang said any
proposal that does not accept the principle and the
consensus reached in 1992 between the two sides of
the Taiwan Straits will get nowhere.
He went on to say it is very dangerous for those to
advocate " two Chinas" proposal.
On the so-called "letters" exchanged between the
leaders of Taiwan authorities and that of mainland
released by a woman " legislator" in Taiwan on
November 28, Zhang described it as a rumor.
The fabricated letters said the Communist Party of
China donated money to support Chen Shui-bian.
On the issue of Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, the
spokesman said the mainland strongly opposes the
attempts by some people in Taiwan to cut cultural
links between the mainland and Taiwan.
The Taiwan authority has recently declined to accept
the scheme submitted by its educational departments
on the application of the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet,
which was formulated by the mainland and recognized
by the international community.
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Friday, December 01, 2000, updated at 10:05(GMT+8)
Premier Zhu Rongji Meets NZ Governor-General
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji met with New Zealand's
Governor-General Michael Hardie Boys in Beijing on
the morning of December 1.
The meeting is still in progress at press time.
Boys' visit, the first ever state visit to China by a
governor-general of New Zealand, reciprocates the
visit by Chinese President Jiang Zemin to New Zealand
in September last year.
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Thursday, November 30, 2000, updated at 21:45(GMT+8)
China Sets Target for Economic Work in 2001
China will strive for a "sustained, rapid and sound"
development of the national economy and overall
social progress in 2001 to create a positive start
for the accomplishment of the 10th Five-Year Plan
(2001-2005).
This goal was announced Thursday, November 30, at the
end of the three-day Central Economic Working
Conference.
"The year 2001 will be the first year in the new
millennium for China to implement the country's 10th
Five-Year Plan," the conference noted.
"It's a crucial year for China to maintain an upbeat
growth momentum and at the same time, step up reform
and opening up," it stressed.
China is faced with a "comparatively favorable
domestic and international environment" for
development.
Internationally, peace and development remain the
main theme of the era, making it possible for China
to seek a long-term, peaceful international
environment.
Internally, China has maintained rapid economic
growth over the past twenty years and the country's
productivity has reached a new level, the conference
noted.
The Proposal for Formulating the 10th Five-year Plan
(2001-2005) for National Economic and Social
Development, put forward at the Fifth Plenum of the
15th CPC Central Committee, has outlined the
blueprint for China in five to ten years' time and
will be carried out with the efforts of all people,
the conference said.
The conference stressed that China will seek every
opportunity to speed up economic development.
A pro-active fiscal policy and sound monetary
policies will be implemented to stimulate domestic
demand, and macro-economic measures will be carried
out to consolidate the current development situation.
China will further promote the restructuring of the
national economy and the application of information
technology in the industrial sector, the conference
stressed.
More support will be given to the agricultural sector
to consolidate its status as a basic industry and
farmers' income will be increased.
China will step up enterprise reforms to transform
management mechanisms and enhance the competitiveness
of State-owned enterprises.
Moreover, China will make thorough preparation for
its entry into the World Trade Organization by
opening up further to the outside world.
Social security systems will be established to create
job opportunities and improve people's lives.
In all, China will properly handle the relations
between reform and stability to achieve overall
development in 2001.
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S. Korean Delegation Arrives in Pyongyang for Family Reunions A South
Korean delegation of separated families arrived at Pyongyang Sunan airport
by a Korean Air plane Thursday, November 30, afternoon to start a three-day
family- reunion visit.
The group, led by Pong Du-wan, vice president of the Korea National Red
Cross, consists of 100 members of separated families, 30 supporting
personnel and 20 journalists.
The same plane is expected to return to Seoul within two hours, carrying
136 people, including 36 staff members and journalists from the Democratic
people's Republic of Korea (DPRK), to South Korea for family reunions.
The group reunions, the second since the Korean Peninsula was divided 50
years ago, will start at 4:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) at the Koryo hotel in
Pyongyang and at the Millennium Hall of the Central City in Seoul,
respectively.
Under an agreement signed by the two sides, the visitors will have five
rounds of reunions with their family members, including two rounds of
individual reunions in their own rooms.
The DPRK and South Korea began to exchange separated-family delegations on
August 15 this year.
At the historic inter-Korean summit on June 13-15 in Pyongyang, DPRK leader
Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Kim Dea-jung agreed to plans for
reunions of separated families.
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DPRK, Britain to Begin Normalization Talks Next Week The Democratic
People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) and Britain plan to begin working-level
talks next week in London on normalizing diplomatic ties, South Korea's
Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday.
In a dispatch from London, Yonhap quoted multiple diplomatic sources as
saying Kim Chun Kuk, director general of the European Affairs Department at
DPRK's Foreign Ministry, will lead his government's delegation for the
talks.
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Malaysia Welcomes China-Proposed Davos Economic Forum in Asia Malaysia
welcomed November 30 the Asian version of the Davos World Economic Forum
proposed by China to forge a closer economic network in the Asia Pacific
region.
The proposed forum was commendable because it would provide an avenue for
those in the region to have discussions parallel to other such forums held
in Europe or America, Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister
Rafidah Aziz said.
"We welcome any initiative to have discussion in our own region on issues
of common concern and to bring the world's attention to this part of the
world," Rafidah told reporters after a function in Shah Alam near here.
Rafidah said the proposed forum could be used as a platform to highlight
the East Asian perspective of various issues to the rest of the world, such
as matters like globalization, market opening, trade negotiations in the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and growth potential of East Asia itself.
She expressed confidence that the proposed forum would be well received
because it would give good focus to East Asia and the potential of the
region.
China has proposed the forum, a gathering of political and economic leaders
from Japan, Australia and other regional powers, in 2002 in Hainan,
Southern China.
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