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Zhang Canming, Vice Minister, MFA,
Wang Benzuo, Director, Western European Department, MFA
Zheng Yaowen, Division Head, WED
Tang Longbin, Deputy Director, Protocol Department,
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Cambodia
1.
Mr Zhang Canming began by describing China's view of
the situation in South East Asia. China saw the cause of
tension in South East Asia, as in the rest of the world, as
the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union. The Soviet
Union already had naval and air bases in Vietnam and was
using Vietnam to carry out its expansionist aims in South East
Asia, attempting to gain control of the Straits of Malacca and
thus strengthen its position in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia was thus not an isolated
incident but a major strategic step taken by the Soviet Union
and Vietnam, serving Soviet interests.
2.
Some people saw China as the source of danger in
South East Asia; but Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping and other
Chinese leaders had stated many times that China would not
seek hegemony now or at any time in the future. China did
not seek to establish spheres of influence and had no intention
of creating satellite states around China. As for Chinese
relations with South East Asian countries, there were some problems left over from history. These concerned overseas
Chinese, Chinese nationals residing in South East Asia and the local Communist parties. Some of these problems had already
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