Extracts. Chinese President Expressed Sympathy to Bush, US Government and People for Disastrous Attacks Chinese President Jiang Zemin at Tuesday midnight September 11 conveyed a message to U.S. President George W. Bush in which Jiang expressed sympathy to him and to the US government and people for the disastrous attacks against the U.S. He also expressed condolences to the family members of the victims. President Jiang's Message to President Bush (full text) H. E. President George Walker Bush White House Washington The United States of America Dear Mr. President, I am shocked to learn that some parts of New York and Washington D.C. were disastrously attacked, which caused severe casualities. On behalf of the Chinese government and people, I would like to express sincere sympathy to you, and through you, to the U.S. government and people and condolences to the family members of the victims. The Chinese government consistently condemns and opposes all manner of terrorist violence. Jiang Zemin President of the People's Republic of China September 11, 2001 in Beijing Jiang Concerned about Safety of Chinese in US Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing at midnight September 11 expressed grave concern for the safety of Chinese in the United States following the disastrous attacks in some parts of New York and Washington D.C. Jiang expressed grave concern for the safety of staff of Chinese institutions, Chinese students, overseas Chinese, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan campatriots in the U.S. The Chinese government has ordered the Chinese embassy and all consulates in the U.S., and the Chinese permanent mission to the United Nations to take immediate action and provide all necessary assistance to any Chinese compatriots who were injured in the attacks. FM Spokesman: Chinese Government Condemns Terrorism The Chinese government has consistently condemned and opposed all manner of terrorist violence, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao said at midnight September 11. *** Sixth Plenum of CPC Central Committee to Be Held September 24-26. The Sixth Plenum of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has been scheduled this September 24-26 in Beijing, according to the decision of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Monday. The main task of the plenary session is to examine the decision of the CPC Central Committee on strengthening and improving the work style and party building of the Party. **** CPC Sincerely Wishes to Make a Peaceful National Reunification Miracle. "The status of Taiwan as part of China will never be allowed to change. The stand of the Chinese Communists on safeguarding State sovereignty and territorial integrity is firm and unshakable. We have the greatest sincerity in our efforts to realize peaceful reunification, but we cannot promise to renounce the use of force, we are fully capable of stopping any splittist plot by "Taiwan independence" force. It is the bounden duty of the Chinese Communists to end the situation of separation between the mainland and Taiwan and realize the complete reunification of the motherland. We appeal here: compatriots between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits and overseas Chinese nationals, unite to oppose split and continue the struggle to propel the process of the development of cross-Strait relations and the peaceful reunification of the motherland. Accomplishing the great cause of the reunification of the motherland represents the popular feeling and the historical trend irresistible by anybody and any forces." In his important speech delivered at the meeting in celebration of the 80th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary Jiang Zemin once again pointed out, "Continuing to advance the modernization drive, accomplish the great cause of the reunification of the motherland, and safeguard world peace and promote common development is the major historical task placed on the shoulders of our Party." "The stand of the Chinese Communists on safeguarding State sovereignty and territorial integrity is firm and unshakable�-Putting an end to the situation of separation between the mainland and Taiwan and accomplishing the complete reunification of the motherland is the bounden mission of the Chinese Communists." "Accomplishing the great cause of reunification of the motherland represents the popular feeling and the historical trend irresistible by any person and any force.", this is the common aspiration of the sons and daughters of China around the world, it is the strong will of the Chinese nation. Tracing back to its source, the status of Taiwan as a part of China is unshakable. Taiwan has been an inseparable part of Chinese territory. According to historical records, in 230, Sun Quan of the Wu State sent generals Wei Wen and Zhuge to lead troops to "regulate and capture" Taiwan. Rulers of subsequent dynasties all sent troops or people from Fujian to Taiwan, thus promoting the development of Taiwan's land-reclamation, fisheries, commerce and other production activities. In 607 and 610, Emperor Sui Yang twice sent people to arrive at "Liu Qiu" (present-day Taiwan). The development of Taiwan in the Song Dynasty began in Penghu. In 1171, Wang Dayou, an official of Quanzhou, dispatched a naval unit to garrison Penghu, this marked the beginning of garrison troops of the Chinese government in Penghu. Later, the government of the Yuan Dynasty set up an "inspection department" in Penghu and placed it under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou's Tong'an (today's Xiamen). During the Song and Yuan dynasties, organizational system was set up and officials and troops were stationed in Penghu to exercise administration there. In the years during the reign of Sizong of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong, father of Zheng Chenggong, went and stayed in Taiwan, making contribution to cross-Strait exchanges and Taiwan's development in the early period. Around the time of 1628 when south Fujian was hit by serious drought, Zheng Zhilong "assembled tens of thousands of famine victims" and used ships to carry them to Taiwan to engage in reclamation of wasteland for self-supporting, and provided them with large quantities of draught animals, seeds, farm tools and other means of production. It can thus be seen that the early developers of Taiwan were the people of Fujian and Taiwan who were the owners of this stretch of land. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, the corrupt and backward Qing court was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan in April 1895, under which Taiwan Island was ceded to Japan, reducing Taiwan to Japan's colony for as long as half a century. After victory of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan, and with the unconditional surrender of Japanese imperialism, Taiwan returned to the embrace of the motherland. Although due to history and reality reasons, the mainland and Taiwan have been artificially separated for over 50 years, its status as part of Chinese territory, however, has remained unchanged , "Taiwan of China" is beyond all doubts. The solution of the Taiwan issue four times in Chinese history had been inseparable from the use of military means, today, the Chinese people on the two sides of the Straits have to work hard to create a historical miracle. In Chinese history, the country had the experience of solving the Taiwan issue four times, in each of which military means had played a decisive role. In 1602, Shen Yourong, an official of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty, led troops to start from Jinmen (Quemoy) Islands via Penghu and landed in Anping Port, eliminated the Japanese pirates and resumed jurisdiction over Taiwan. Between 1661-62, national hero Zheng Chenggong, making comprehensive use of political, economic, military and other fighting strategies and after going through four massive battles, completely punctured the Dutch colonialists' overbearing arrogance and stubborn resistance and forced them to return to the negotiating table and sign a surrender agreement, thus putting a complete end to the Dutch colonial rule over Taiwan for 38 years. In the 1662-64 period, the Qing government, in order to realize national reunification, had conducted peace talks 10 times over a period of 22 years. However, due to neglect of the construction and use of naval force and under the circumstance of the lack of necessary military pressure and effective military attacking capability, the first nine peace talks all ended in failures. In 1683, Shi Lang, the navy military governor of Fujian, led more than 20,000-men to wipe out the bandits in Taiwan by employing the strategy for the use of force of "first taking Penghu and then Taiwan" and "residing invitation to surrender in annihilation". Under the powerful military threat and political offensive, the Zheng Group gave up the attempt of stubborn armed resistance and accepted the Qing government's invitation to surrender. The Taiwan issue was thus resolved peacefully. In April 1895, with the annihilation of the Bei Yang whole navy force and the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Qing government, under Japan's coerce, was forced to cede the whole island of Taiwan and the affiliated islands. From then on Japan had begun its colonial rule over Taiwan. It was only until 1945 when Japan was defeated in World War II that Taiwan again returned to the embrace of the motherland. The country's reunification nine times in history was all brought about by the method of force. However, the Chinese who advocate rite, benevolence and virtue always have the tradition of creating miracles. Today, the Chinese along the two sides of the Straits should have the abilities and conditions to create a new wonder by solving the question regarding the reunification of the motherland by peaceful means. This is also the greatest sincerity of the Chinese Communists. Reunification is the highest idea of the Chinese nation, for the reunification of the motherland, people between the two sides of the Straits will persevere in struggle till victory. The Chinese nation is a nation cherishing reunification, the pursuit of reunification, as a basic value standard of the descendants of the Yan and Huang emperors, is deeply stamped in the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. A comprehensive look at history shows that countless sons and daughters of China had shed their blood in defense of the treasure island Taiwan and for the realization of the reunification of the motherland, their illustrious names will shine forever like the sun and the moon and exist as long as seas and rivers. Between 1661-62, during Zheng Chenggong's struggle to drive out the Dutch invaders and recover Taiwan, the Taiwan people employed various means to support Zheng's army to resist foreign aggressors. He Bin who acted as interpreter for the Dutch in Taiwan twice presented Taiwan maps to Zheng Chenggong, briefed Zheng on the related situation in Taiwan and explored for Zheng the best channel for landing on Taiwan. The Taiwan people provided Zheng Chenggong with huge amounts of military provisions, helping the Zheng troops to overcome the difficulties caused by famine. Simultaneously when offering various kinds of assistance, the Taiwan people actively went into actions, they either rose in struggle to force the Dutch colonialists into the end of their rope; or assaulted the Dutch castles, burned down the Dutch houses; or sailed boats to block the channel and stop the passing of Dutch ships; or killed enemy officers to seize the enemy's weapons, thus dealing a heavy blow to the Dutch troops. In the struggle against Taiwan waged during the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government's pursuance of the principle of upholding reunification won the support of the Taiwan people yearning for return to their native land. According to historical records, under the Qing government's tactic of offering amnesty and enlistment, the Zheng group's social foundation continued to crumble, twice setting off upsurges of surrendering to the Qing court. In the first time, more than 100,000 people crossed over to the Qing court; and 130,000 people in the second time. When Shi Lang army accepted the surrenders, both officials of the Zheng group and the Taiwan people greeted the army in different ways. It is thus clear, reunification always represents the general trend and the popular feelings. In 1895, after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, the corrupt and impotent Qing court ceded Taiwan. Patriotic soldiers and civilians in Taiwan waged vigorous struggle against cession of Taiwan, they launched more than 20 large-scale anti-Japanese armed struggles during the half century of Japanese invasion and occupation of Taiwan. During these anti-Japanese struggles, about 650,000 people had sacrificed their lives. During the nationwide war of resistance against Japan, Taiwan compatriots, responding to the struggle, shed their blood on the mainland. Under the indomitable struggle waged by the people across the Straits, Taiwan finally shook off Japan's colonial rule and returned to the embrace of the motherland. Reunification represents the popular feeling and the general trend. In the struggle against aggression waged by the people across the Straits to defend the territorial integrity of the motherland, they had cemented and consolidated their kinship characterized by blood thicker than water and enhanced their national consciousness for reunification. The complex of the Chinese culture that has been carried forward for thousands of years cannot be negated by anybody. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, especially after the Qing Dynasty, large numbers of people from the mainland migrated to Taiwan where they, together with the local people, had made their own contribution for the development and construction of Taiwan. In the process of migration through ages, the broad and profound Chinese culture was brought to Taiwan by the migramts, which has been further enriched and developed along with the practice of production and livelihood. In the struggle against cession of Taiwan in 1895, the anti-Japanese armed forces and the people "would rather die than lose Taiwan, and would never cause the loss of Taiwan by ceding it"; precisely due to the ardent love for the Chinese culture, during the rule of Japanese colonialists, the Taiwan people adopted various methods to oppose Japan's attempt to turn the Chinese culture into something for the "imperial subjects" so as to demonstrate their memory of their motherland. The Chinese culture is the crystallization formed by the people across the Straits in the process of common production and labor, it is all the more the bond linking the people across the Straits, it serves as an important spiritual pillar in the struggle launched by the people on both sides of the Straits for the realization of the reunification of the motherland. Today, a handful of "Taiwan independence" elements and Taiwan splitting forces still obstinately cling to the separatist stand in a vain attempt to cut Taiwan's link with the motherland in the fields of history, culture, and national tradition, and cut off the historical link between Taiwan and the motherland, they attempt to achieve the despicable aim of separating Taiwan from the motherland. However, the common language, common characters, common customs and habits, common literature and arts, and common ethic concepts that have been handed down and carried forward for thousands of years cannot be negated by anyone, nor be undermined by any force. **** Chinese Premier Calls for Improvement in China-Russia Trade Balance. Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji stressed Monday in Moscow that it was a primary task for both the Russian and Chinese governments to improve trade balance in a bid to further boost bilateral economic cooperation. Speaking at a luncheon with Russia's top business leaders, Zhu likened the situation of the fruitful trade and economic cooperation between the two countries to a harvest season. But he also noted that the increasing trade imbalance between the two countries had become a major problem, which needed to be solved by efforts of both sides. Premier Zhu said that he and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kasyanov discussed measures to solve this problem in their sixth regular meeting Friday in St. Petersburg. Zhu said the best solution is to establish direct links between the large and medium-sized enterprises between the two countries and let the quality products of China's large and medium-sized enterprises enter the Russian market. The Chinese premier invited Russia to send a delegation of more than 100 entrepreneurs to visit China, where they would be presented with all kinds of quality Chinese products, so they will have an opportunity to select whatever they want from among the best Chinese brands. Zhu also called for setting up a trade center for Chinese commodities in Moscow, and urged the Russian government to support that. He said Chinese enterprises can showcase their quality products in the center and conduct retail and wholesale businesses there. Through the center, Russian firms and consumers would get acquainted with high quality Chinese products, the premier added. The Chinese premier expressed the hope that both governments should offer preferential policies to direct links and cooperation between large and medium-sized enterprises from the two sides. Zhu also welcomed Russian banks and bankers to engage in cooperation, saying that the two sides have much to learn from each other. **** Two Million People Say Goodbye to Poverty in Fujian. The number of people living in poverty in east China's Fujian province decreased from 2.42 million in 1985 to 124,000 in 2000, and the poverty population rate in rural areas has decreased from 10 percent to 0.47 percent, according to latest statistics. The provincial government has put poverty relief work high on the agenda. Seventeen counties formerly categorized as in poverty have registered an average increase of 20 times in their gross products for the past 10 years, and the per capita net income in rural areas has increased by nearly ten times. Villages in those counties have all installed telephones, radio and TV facilities. More than 99 percent of children of schooling age are receiving adequate education. **** First Suspected Mad Cow Case Found in Japan, More Expected by Scientists. A cow suspected of having mad cow disease has been found in Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, Kyodo News reported Monday. It is the first suspected case of the disease in Japan, according to Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. The cow, a 5-year-old female Holstein dairy cow which a dairy farmer had been breeding, has been destroyed, the report said. The health ministry said it is most likely that the cow was infected through the animal-based feed it ate. The ministry said it will investigate the distribution of meat from cows bred at the same farm as the cow suspected of having mad cow disease and other cows bred using the same animal-based feed. Sales of such meat will be canceled until the results of the investigation come out, the health ministry said. Japan's National Institute of Animal Health under the Agriculture Ministry in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, discovered that the cow might have the disease after it was put down. The Agriculture Ministry and Chiba prefectural government have set up headquarters to deal with the issue, ministry and prefectural government officials said. Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), was first confirmed in Britain in 1986. The disease is thought to cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the fatal human equivalent of BSE. In a report compiled earlier this year, the European Union (EU) said there is a possibility that mad cow disease might be found in Japan, but the Japanese Agriculture Ministry criticized the findings, saying there is "a high level of safety in Japan." Japan to Find More Mad Cow Cases: British Scientist Japan's discovery of mad cow disease in a dairy cow will be the first of many cases in its national herd, and should be a warning to countries across the world, a British scientist said on Monday. A Reuters report said Dr. Stephen Dealler, a microbiologist who has worked on mad cow disease since 1988, had acknowledged that Japan's first case, confirmed by officials earlier on Monday, may not lead to a British-style epidemic but would linger for months as more cows were tested. "The first case in Japan is not that surprising...Those countries which feed cows on cheap artificial food rather than grass, they will be the ones to get mad cow disease -- places like Japan," the Reuters report quoted Dealler as saying. "By the time you see your first case, you've already spread the disease quite a long way...By the time you've seen your first one, you are going to see a lot more," Dealler said. He said exports of potentially risky feed from Britain could be behind the case, a repeat of the process believed to have spread mad cow disease from British herds to other European countries. British officials first uncovered BSE in 1986 and then linked the disease a decade later to the human form, which has killed around 100 people in Britain. Japan imported 132,000 kilograms of animal feedstuffs including meat-and-bone meal at the peak of the British mad cow crisis in 1990, much less than other countries in Asia, including Indonesia, Thailand, the Reuters report said. Dealler said it was difficult to say whether mad cow disease could reach epidemic proportions in Japan or in Asia. Japanese officials had announced on Monday that they believe they had found the first case of an animal infected with mad cow disease. The suspected BSE-infected cow was found in Chiba state, bordering Tokyo, a BBC report said. **** Arafat-Peres Meeting Postponed: PLO Official. A possible meeting between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres has been postponed due to differences on time and venue, a senior official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Monday in Cairo. "Such a meeting has been postponed because of some problems on the time and place," Director of the PLO Political Department Farouk Al Kadoumy told Xinhua after attending a meeting of Arab foreign ministers. The Palestinian side proposed to hold the Arafat-Peres talks at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Taba, but the idea has been rejected by Israel, Kadoumy said. "The Israelis think that choosing Taba as the venue would be considered a continuation of the latest Palestinian-Israeli peace talks," said Kadoumy, referring to negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israeli government led by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak in the Egyptian resort town in late January. In January, the Palestinians and Israel concluded their Taba talks by issuing a joint statement, saying that they were never closer to a deal to resolve their decades-old conflict. On Monday, Peres denied a report by Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique which said that he would meet Arafat on Tuesday. Arafat later also said in Gaze that no agreement on a date or venue had been reached after meeting with the European Union envoy to the Middle East Miguel Angel Moratinos. **** Roundup: Myanmar Actively Launches Military Diplomacy. In recent years, especially since entering into the new century, Myanmar's military diplomacy has been active with gradual increase of military exchange with foreign countries, constituting an important part of the country's exchange with foreign nations. Myanmar's military diplomacy has played an important role in breaking the sanctions imposed on it by western countries, expanding its diplomacy space and strengthening the friendship between armed forces of Myanmar and foreign countries. During this year, high-ranking military commanders from Indian, China, Thailand, Russia, Cambodia and Indonesia have visited Myanmar. These frequent visits have indicated Myanmar is actively launching its military diplomacy in the service of its politics, foreign diplomacy and military affairs. A fact that deserves special mention is that a fleet of Pakistani naval vessels comprising a submarine, a destroyer and a tanker made a nearly-week-long friendly visit at Myanmar's Yangon Port on April 25 this year. It was the first time for Myanmar to permit foreign naval fleet to visit its port in several decades. Besides, during the August visit to Myanmar of the Russian Vice-Defense Minister, the two sides signed a contract on sale of ten Russian MIG-29 fighter aircraft to Myanmar worth of as high as 130 million U.S. dollars. It was the first time for Russia to sell such fighters to Yangon. Equipped with these advanced fighters, Myanmar air force's fighting capability will greatly increase. The military exchange between Myanmar and India has drawn special attention. According to Indian official statistics, in the past seven years, exchange of visits between military authorities of the two countries amounted to 20 times, of which Myanmar military delegations went to India for eight times. Of the 12 tours to Myanmar by Indian military delegations, there included those made by Chief of the Army Staff, Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Navy Staff and Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee. According to the Indian News Annual published by the Indian Embassy here, in recent years, there has been a further intensification of relations between defense forces of India and Myanmar with a progressively large number of Myanmar defense personnel going to India for training and the border units of the two armies meeting twice a year at the border to ensure peace and tranquillity along the 1,400-kilometer-long front. In addition, the two countries have also agreed to enhance cooperation in combating drug trafficking and suppression of activities of ethnic separatists in border areas. Since 2000, Myanmar and India have successively carried out joint military operation twice against the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, destroying five bases on the Myanmar side set up by the separatists. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
