China Accommodation
Report on Tibet Negotiations
The last two decades have seen intermittent efforts by the Dalai Lama and the People's Republic of China to reach accommodation through dialogue. During a period of liberalization in Tibet inaugurated in 1980 by then‑Secretary General of the Communist Party Hu Yaobang, the Dalai Lama was invited to send several delegations to China to observe conditions in Tibet. Three delegations traveled through Tibetan areas between August 1979 and July 1980. In April 1982, and again in October 1984, high-level Tibetan delegations traveled to Beijing to hold exploratory talks with Chinese officials, but the two sides did not make substantive headway. In 1985, a fourth fact-finding delegation traveled to Tibetan regions of China, but no progress toward substantive negotiations was made. ... [Read More]
Report on Tibet Negotiations
The last two decades have seen intermittent efforts by the Dalai Lama and the People's Republic of China to reach accommodation through dialogue. During a period of liberalization in the TAR inaugurated in 1980 by then‑Secretary General of the Communist Party Hu Yaobang, the Dalai Lama was invited to send several delegations to China to observe conditions in Tibetan areas. Three delegations traveled through Tibetan areas between August 1979 and July 1980. In April 1982, and again in October 1984, high-level Tibetan delegations traveled to Beijing to hold exploratory talks with Chinese officials, but the two sides did not make substantive headway. In 1985, a fourth fact-finding delegation traveled to Tibetan areas of China, but no progress toward substantive negotiations was made. ... [Read More]
Tibetan Policy Act of 2002
The last two decades have seen intermittent efforts by the Dalai Lama and the People's Republic of China to reach accommodation through dialogue. During a period of liberalization in Tibet inaugurated in 1980 by then-Secretary General of the Communist Party Hu Yaobang, the Dalai Lama was invited to send several delegations to China to observe conditions in Tibet. Three delegations traveled through Tibetan areas between August 1979 and July 1980. In April 1982, and again in October 1984, high-level Tibetan delegations traveled to Beijing to hold exploratory talks with Chinese officials, but the two sides did not make substantive headway. In 1985, a fourth fact-finding delegation traveled to Tibetan regions of China, but no progress toward substantive negotiations was made. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TEXT: SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR TIBETAN ISSUES 3/11 TESTIMONY
"Examples of ethnic strife throughout the world demonstrate that mutual accommodation and protection of minority rights is the best course of action over the long-term, and China is no exception to this rule. As President Clinton has stated, 'China cannot purchase stability at the expense of freedom,'" she said. ... However, it is clear that potential for unrest is greater when a majority ethnic/cultural group is denied fundamental rights by political authority. Examples of ethnic strife throughout the world demonstrate that mutual accommodation and protection of minority rights is the best course of action over the long-term, and China is no exception to this rule. As President Clinton has stated, "China cannot purchase stability at the expense of freedom." It is in the Chinese self-interest to defuse tensions in Tibet by engaging in a fruitful discussion with the Dalai Lama. There exists a real opportunity to overcome the longstanding differences between the Chinese and the Tibetans. China has incentive to be responsive to international interest in Tibet within a China which promotes rather than represses social, political and economic freedoms for the Tibetan citizens. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TRANSCRIPT: DALEY REMARKS AT 4/1 AIRPORT DESIGN CONTRACT CEREMONY
DALEY: Over the last number of weeks, as Ambassador Barshefsky stated when she left Beijing after discussions with the Premier and State Counselor Wu Yi, great progress has been made but there are major, there are still some serious differences. We would hope that they could be bridged. She left her senior team of negotiators in Beijing. Whether it could be done by the time the Premier leaves, I think that's probably unrealistic, but we have come a long way in our discussions and there has been great movement on both sides to reach an accommodation. It is important that China enter the WTO because it is important to China. It is important to the rest of the world but it is also important to China as your economy opens and changes and improves. So it is in the interest of China and it is in the interest of the rest of the world that this be accomplished -- we hope sooner rather than later. But whether it can be done by next week is probably unlikely, to be frank with you. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Representative Henry Hyde's August 24 Speech in Taipei
Not surprisingly, there are some in the U.S. who advocate that the U.S. and China should reach an accommodation over Taiwan. This line of argument has taken many forms over the past three decades, ever since President Nixon traveled to Beijing in 1972, but the recommendation is essentially the same: we should back off from Taiwan in return for improved relations with Beijing. ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
US DEPARTMENT OF STATEBUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS MATTERSINTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAGEGY REPORTAPRIL 1994SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 251 Australia 253 Burma 255 China 261 Hong Kong 265 Indonesia 269 Japan 272 Laos 274 Malaysia 279 New Zealand 283 Philippines 285 Singapore 288 Taiwan 291 Thailand 293 Vietnam 301 AUSTRALIAI. SummaryAustralia is primarily a narcotics-consumer country, which is becoming more significant as a transit point. Some heroin ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Senator Baucus Outlines Trade Agenda for 107th Congress
The Jordan Free Trade Agreement is a good start in this accommodation of labor and environmental issues. I want to move quickly to approve implementing legislation for the Jordan FTA. I believe that the reaction by some in the business community against the labor and environmental provisions is unhelpful. Again, we need to work together to create a middle ground on these issues. ... [Read More]
Documents 101-200
Dr. Kissinger said that he despaired of the State Department's effort to link political accommodation with a refugee solution. [Comment: This had been discussed in the Senior Review Group earlier that afternoon.]/4/ Mr. Saunders said that he felt that the terms "political accommodation" and "civil administration" had been confused during the Senior Review Group meeting. Mr. Saunders felt that Maury Williams [Deputy Administrator, AID] had not been concerned about the political complexion of government in East Pakistan but had been saying that for the refugee relief and feeding programs to succeed, there would have to be some effective local administration. Food would not move if village functionaries could not commandeer trucks to go down to the docks and bring food back to the villages. Williams, Mr. Saunders felt, was talking about the need to restore the administrative machinery, whereas State's term "political accommodation," while encompassing that thought, went beyond and had bec ... [Read More]
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