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I
WAS
THAT SAYING
SANCTIONS CHINA'S
JOHN ANDREWS: BUT THE REASON, IF I REMEMBER, FOR THE CHINA'S INTERNAL BEHAVIOUR. ARE YOU THEN
EXTERNAL BEHAVIOUR COUNTS RATHER MORE?
LORD CAITHNESS: I THINK THAT CHINA'S, BOTH CHINA'S INTERNAL AND
COUNT.
ITS EXTERNAL BEHAVIOUR
I GAVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES OF
EXTERNAL BEHAVIOUR AND THERE HAVE BEEN CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON ITS INTERNAL BEHAVIOUR.
JOHN ANDREWS: I THINK ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IS MENTIONED AT THE FRONT WITH SIXTY-FOUR PEOPLE EXECUTED IN GUANGZHOU.
LORD CAITHNESS: I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO RAISE THAT! I HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT ONE.
STEVE STINE, ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL: CAN YOU TELL ARE SOME OF THOSE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS?
ME WHAT
LORD CAITHNESS: I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF ISSUES ON WHICH CHINA HAS SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO REFORM THAT WE WISH TO SEEK TO ENCOURAGE.
STEVE STINE: FOR INSTANCE?
LORD CAITHNESS: FOR INSTANCE, THE WAY IN WHICH SOME PEOPLE ARE BEING DEALT WITH, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH BEFORE.
DON'T
STEVE STINE: WHO ARE YOU REFERRING TO?
LORD CAITHNESS: I THINK YOU DON'T WANT TO DRAW ME ON THAT. I WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY SPECIFIC AT THIS STAGE ON THAT.
PAUL HARRINGTON: LORD CAITHNESS, THERE IS A TEAM FROM BRITAIN AND FROM HONG KONG IN HANOI AT THE MOMENT TALKING WITH THE VIETNAMESE ABOUT THE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE STUDIOUSLY AVOIDING THE TERM MANDATORY REPATRIATION AND THE UNHCR OFFICIAL SAID THAT THAT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, BUT SURELY FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S POINT OF VIEW AND FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S POINT OF VIEW THERE WOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH POINT IN THAT MEETING UNLESS THE REASON WAS ΤΟ TRY то GET AN AGREEMENT ON THE MANDATORY REPATRIATION OF THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG. WOULD YOU LIKE COMMENT UPON THAT?
/LORD CAITHNESS: