Picture Of The Great Wall Of China
Interview With the Wall Street Journal
SECRETARY RICE: Well, you're seeing some of it in that we've managed, I think, over the last several months to unify the states that are on democracy's side, the democratic states, in a pretty common agenda about the democratization agenda, and it has several parts. Obviously, people are particularly interested in what's going on in Lebanon and Syria now, where our relationship with the French has given a kind of impetus to international cooperation to get the Syrians out of Lebanon. And while I know that there is a long road ahead for the Lebanese and people ask, well, what's going to be the role of Hezbollah and what's the role of this and what's the role of that, the enabling condition here is to get the Syrians out and then to see what the real balance of forces looks like in Lebanon. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: TEXT: DALEY 12/17 REMARKS TO U.S.-CHINA TRADE COMMISSION
I was with President Clinton when he visited China in June. I have many good memories. Most of all, I remember standing in the Great Hall of the People, listening to the incredibly frank exchange of our two presidents. You might say those trips were the re-birth of the American-Chinese relationship. Today, as we turn to the commercial side of the relationship, I hope we can be as frank. ... Third, and finally, I know we are here to talk about trade and economics. But there are a number of other critical issues that profoundly affect our economic relationship. In particular, the actions China takes on human rights; non-proliferation; and religious freedom all matter very much. I absolutely believe a lack of progress on any of these -- or even worse, backtracking -- can hurt our commercial ties. They affect other aspects of our relationship, also. And none can be separated out from the rest. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Secretary Daley Jan. 26 Remarks to U.S.-China Business Council
My mother is 92 years old. She knows more about the old century than anyone I know. She often talks about the depression, and the war, and the great challenges they faced. The new century is the digital century, where trade is done electronically across borders. I hope that the great challenges we face, aren't how to fight countries, but how to compete, so workers around the world have opportunities to benefit. ... I will end on this: I have a famous quote of Teddy Roosevelt framed in my office. It's the quote, where he says "it's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena." ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Trade Official Urges China To Punish IPR Violators Forcefully
MR. LASH: I think every company has to make their own determination in China, or globally, how they want to compete, and how to fight piracy. Even if I were to make and sell a DVD for one RMB, I couldn't compete with the speed of the pirates or the packaging. The pirates put out a movie that -- this movie is not available in New York or LA or anywhere else in the U.S. legally. The pirates compete on speed. When we spoke with the Ministry of Culture, we talked about the necessity and the importance of improving the process for reviewing DVDs to be sold. Video games software to be sold. So that American companies, and other international companies, could help narrow the gap with the pirates on speed and market access. Because that speed of bringing -- we could never be as fast as a pirate. No company, no major film producer wants to release a film and a month later have it on DVD. But getting faster approval for when we decide to bring that product to market, that w ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Drug Control Policy Chief on U.S.-China Agreement
Mr. Bishop: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the American Embassy Public Affairs Section. It's a great pleasure to welcome to Beijing today a member of the President's Cabinet, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, General Barry McCaffrey. And it's also a great pleasure to welcome some of his counterparts who have come today to join the press conference: Mr. Yang Fengrui, the Director-General of the Narcotics Control Bureau at the Ministry of Public Security, Mr. Wei Xiaojun, Division Director in the same bureau, and also Mr. Zhang Daoming, Section Chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau at the Ministry of Public Security. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
The Embassy opened officially on March 1, 1979, replacing the U.S. Liaison Office at Beijing, after full diplomatic relations were established between the U.S. and the P.R.C. on January 1, 1979. The Mission has three separate compounds. The Chancery, known as “San-Ban,” is located at Xiu Shui Bei Jie #3 in the Ritan diplomatic area, 2 miles from the center of Beijing. It houses the offices of the Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, Political, Economic, Science and Technology, Communications Sections, Regional Security Office, Programs and Plans, and the Defense Attaché Office. The Bruce Compound, or “Er-Ban,” is across the street at Xiu Shui Dong Jie #2 and houses the Consular Section, the Administrative Section, the CLO Office, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the Embassy Employees Association “Locker” (commissary), and GSO offices and shops. Nearby at Guang Hua Lu #17 is Yi-Ban, which houses the Information and Cultural Section, the Health Unit, and the Ambassador’s residence. The ... [Read More]
Briefing En Route to Toyko
SECRETARY RICE: Good morning, afternoon, or whatever it is, everybody. I'm very much now looking forward to visiting Japan, South Korea and China. These are countries with which we have -- in the cases of South Korea and Japan -- I think the best relations that we have had with Japan, the deepest relation, broader relationship in a very, very long time, maybe ever, the best relationship we've certainly had with a democratic South Korea.And I want to emphasize that South Korea is a country that is going through changes. It now is a democratic South Korea, and obviously, the basis for the alliance and the relationship is therefore different and it's a relationship that is deepening and broadening and modernizing. And with China, I also think we've had the best -- we have the best relations that we've had in some time, perhaps ever. It means that the United States is positioned to play a particularly construc ... [Read More]
Rice's Trip to Asia-Pacific To Focus on Global Security Relations - US Department of State
The other thing is that we've made a very clear point that this is not just human rights, although that's important, but this is also about the message that it sends about Europe's view of the strategic balance in the Pacific. The United States is a Pacific power; Japan is a Pacific power; South Korea is a Pacific power. And so, all of them, the lifting of the arms embargo has been a source of concern because of China's rising military strength in the region, and after all, particularly for the United States, which plays the role of guarantor of stability in that region, it simply sends the wrong message at a time of rising Chinese military expenditure to lift the arms embargo. ... [Read More]
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