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pleased to publicise the fact that it had sent six representatives to an OECD seminar from 24 to 26 January on newly industrialising countries. They were however there in a private capacity and there was no suggestion that Taiwan would be allowed to join the organisation.
Relations with the PRC
6. It was a pretty quiet month for relations with the PRC, despite rather high sounding statements of policy put out by the PRC at new year. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign
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Economic Relations and Trade announced that it had set up a Department to deal specifically with trade with Taiwan. its part Taiwan announced that it was considering the drafting of a law banning direct trade with the mainland. Those offending against this ban would face a sentence of up to 3 years. Nonetheless statistics released during the month showed that there had been really considerable contacts over the last year. Trade was said to be in excess of $2.4 billion. Four hundred and fifty thousand people from Taiwan were said to have visited the mainland and some 3.4 million letters had been exchanged.
28 February 1989
Far Eastern Section Research Department
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