FAX TRANSMISSION
Reference:
22 December 1993
M Baker Esq
OT4, DTI
CC: P Ricketts Esq,
D Hall Esq, PEP, M Dinham Esq,
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HKD, FCO
DTI Government House
British
Trade Commission
Hong Kong
9th Floor, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
Mail Address: GPO Box Nʊ 528, Hong Kong
Telephone: 523 0176
Telex: HX 73031 (a/b 73031 UKTRA HX) Facsimile: (852) 845 2870
Cable Address: UK TRADE, Hong Kong
Dear Martyn.
CHINESE THREATS TO BRITISH COMMERCIAL INTERESTS
1. Please refer to BTC Tel No. 303.
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2. I took the temperature today with Gordon Wu who is in a position to offer massive business to British companies in China possibly more so than anyone else here. GEC-A are talking to him about 4 x 660 mw power projects in Shenzhen east with an eventual target of 10 x 660 mw and about 4 further large power projects elsewhere in China. He is also proceeding with his plans for a rail system around the outskirts of Canton, reported in BTC Tel No. 271.
3. I found Wu very calm. He was an engineer, not a politican. He would try to keep politics and trade separate, and he thought he was experienced enough at doing business in China to know how to achieve this. He said that at the height of the Mirage dispute, he had bought a French toll system for his super-highway in Guangdong. He said with emphasis that he would continue to propose for his China projects the best equipment in terms of technicalities, price and delivery. he would not be saying much in public about British equipment, for obvious reasons. The way forward was through quiet, closed door dialogue with the Chinese. Updating me on his rail system around Canton, he pointed out that it would involve more rolling stock than the Canton Metro proper and that both GEC-A and ABB Brel "are good at their jobs".
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4. This is not to say that he agrees with our approach on the constitutional issues. He does not, but that is a different story. His message on British suppliers for his projects in China was a reassuring one.
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