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GOVERNOR AND SENIOR OFFICIALS AND MEET LOCAL BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICIANS. HE WILL ALSO PAY A SHORT VISIT TO MACAU.
THE MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING AND HONG KONG HAS BEEN ARRANGED IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH HKG.
(III)
PURPOSE OF VISIT?
CARRY ON DIALOGUE ESTABLISHED WITH VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER TIAN ZENGPEI LAST YEAR: MAINTAIN MOMENTUM OF SENIOR-LEVEL POLITICAL CONTACTS OVER HONG KONG AND OTHER MATTERS OF COMMON CONCERN.
(IV) WHAT TOPICS WILL LORD CAITHNESS DISCUSS?
EXPECT DISCUSSIONS TO COVER BILATERAL (INCLUDING COMMERCIAL) RELATIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS: HONG KONG ISSUES AND A RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL MATTERS INCLUDING DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL.
(V) WILL LORD CAITHNESS RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS/LIST OF DETAINEES
HANDED OVER DURING PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT?
FULLY EXPECT LORD CAITHNESS TO RAISE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA, INCLUDING TIBET. SURE HE WILL WISH TO REFER TO LIST OF CASES OF CONCERN HANDED OVER DURING PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT.
(VI) WHY VISITING CENTRES OUTSIDE PEKING?
LORD CAITHNESS'S FIRST VISIT TO CHINA. IMPORTANT FOR HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT HE SEES SOMETHING OF THE COUNTRY OUTSIDE PEKING. THE VISIT TO OTHER PROVINCIAL CENTRES WILL ALLOW HIM TO SEE PROJECTS INVOLVING BRITISH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER INTERESTS: HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS: SEE SOMETHING OF CHINA'S MOST ECONOMICALLY DYNAMIC AND OUTWARD ORIENTED AREA: AND IN CANTON AND SHENZHEN VISIT AN AREA WITH EXTREMELY CLOSE ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TIES TO HONG KONG.
NO.
HONG KONG
(VII) VISIT TO PEKING IN RESPONSE TO ROW OVER COURT OF FINAL
APPEAL (CFA)?
VISIT IN RESPONSE TO AN INVITATION ISSUED BY TIAN ZENGPEI DURING HIS VISIT TO THE UK LAST YEAR.
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