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1. My Chinese colleague called on me this afternoong He was very affable and friendly, spoke vs SGTVTADTEREGISTRY English and has a quick sense of humour INDEX
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2. I asked him about the present state of US/China relations. He said that the purpose of both sides was the normalisation of relations, but there was a good deal
The Americans had relations with of catching up to do. Taiwan which they did not wish to give up and indeed the It was Taiwan Relations Act was a complicating factor. difficult for Americans, with their complicated system of Government, to be able to live up to their commitments. At present there was quite a gap between American commitments to China and their actions in support of those commitments. But they were working at it. My Chinese colleague recalled a story told to him by our Romanian colleague who had said that in order to get the restoration of the most favoured nation treatment for Romania he had had to pay 200 calls on the Hill.
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3. I said that there had been a number of important American visits to China including the Secretary of State and the Secretary for Trade. Were there any others in prospect. Zhang Wenjin said he did not think so for the time being. A new People's Congress was being organised in China. there would not be so many more visitors. Baldrige's visit he said only that they had been discussing technology transfer. The Chinese hoped that there would be progress but they recognised that there were many people in different departments here in Washington who were opposed to it. Again it remained to be seen how far American actions would be related to their protestation of good intentions.
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Zhang Wenjin said that he did not think that it would be impossible to come to a satisfactory conclusion of the problem of Hong Kong.
China wished to ensure the stability, and prosperity of Hong Kong and foresaw its continuing to play a
The Chinese most important role as an international port. constitution allowed for the existence of different social systems. The main thing for China was the resumption of sovereignty and placing the flag over the whole of Hong Kong by 1997. But that did not mean that China envisaged the
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