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MY TELNO'S 1831 AND 1832:

CHINA:

SUMMARY.

PARTY CONGRESS:

FOREIGN RELATIONS.

1. AT A PANEL DISCUSSION HELD WITHIN THE CONGRESS ON 28 OCTOBER, STATE COUNSELLOR JI PENGFEI OUTLINED BRIEFLY THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY, THUS RECTIFYING AN APPARENT OMISSION FROM ZHAO ZI YA NG'S INITIAL WORK REPORT. JI'S DESCRIPTION ECHOED THE PRINCIPLES ARTICULATED BY ZHAO ZIYANG IN MARCH 1986 WHICH EMPHASISED INDEPENDENCE, PREFERENCE FOR PEACEFUL METHODS, OPENING TO THE

OUTSIDE WORLD AND INTERNATIONALISM.

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2. IN MY FIRST TUR I NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN VERY LITTLE REFERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL, AS OPPOSED TO ECONOMIC, RELATIONS IN ZHAO ZIYANG'S WORK REPORT TO THE PARTY CONGRESS. THIS OMISSION HAS

NOW TO SOME EXTENT BEEN RECTIFIED BY STATE COUNSELLOR JI PENGFEI IN

AN OBVIOUSLY PREPARED STATEMENT THAT HE IS REPORTED BY THE CHINESE PRESS TO HAVE MADE DURING PANEL DISCUSSIONS OF ZHAO'S REPORT. JI SAID THAT CHINA HAD SINCE 1978 MADE SOME READJUSTMENTS IN HER

FOREIGN POLICY AND PERFECTED THIS POLICY OF PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DENG XIAOPING AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE LATEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE BASIC PRINCIPLE UNDERLYING CHINA'S

FOREIGN POLICY WAS TO OPPOSE HEGEMONISM AND SAFEGUARD WORLD PEACE.

CHINA DEVELOPED NORMAL RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES UNDER THE

PRINCIPLES OF PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE. SHE DID NOT ALIGN HERSELF

ESTABLISH STRATEGIC TIES WITH ANY BIG POWER. CHINA STOOD FOR

SOLVING INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES THROUGH PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS. SHE OPPOSED THE USE OF FORCE OR THE THREAT OF FORCE AND OPPOSED ALL ARMS

RACES. CHINA WOULD PERSIST IN THE POLICY OF OPENING, AND WISHED TO CONSOLIDATE AND DEVELOP FRIENDLY RELATIONS OF COOPERATION (AS WELL

AS ECONOMIC, TRADE AND TECHNOLOGICAL LINKS) WITH THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRIES AND REGIONS IN THE WORLD ON THE BASIS OF

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