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10. IPR.
BAKER SAID THAT THE CHINESE HAD MADE POSITIVE PROPOSALS ON
THESE WERE IN THE AREAS OF COPYRIGHT, SOUND RECORDINGS, COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND PATENT PROTECTION.
US EMBASSY COMMENT
11. KEYSER (CHANCING HIS ARM SO PLEASE PROTECT) TOLD FIRST SECRETARY THAT BAKER HAD MADE IT CLEAR TO THE CHINESE THAT HE NEEDED PROGRESS IN THREE AREAS: HUMAN RIGHTS, THE NPT AND MTCR. IN WHAT KEYSER DESCRIBED AS TOUGH TALKS, HE PUSHED HARD FOR SUFFICIENT PROGRESS TO JUSTIFY HIS VISIT. WHILE LI PENG LINKED MTCR TO US
SUPPORT ON GATT (WHICH SEEMED THE MAJOR CHINESE CONCERN) IT WAS ONLY AT THE SECOND MEETING WITH QIAN THAT THE LINKAGE WITH US SANCTIONS WAS INTRODUCED. WHILE KEYSER DID NOT SAY SO EXPLICITLY, IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE PERSONALLY WAS SCEPTICAL ABOUT HOW MUCH HAD
BEEN ACHIEVED AND HOW MUCH THE CHINESE ASSURANCES WERE WORTH. THE CHANGE IN THE WORDING ON MTCR (PARA 3 ABOVE) WAS A CASE IN POINT. KEYSER ALSO SAID THAT SOME 300 OF THOSE LISTED HAD BEEN CATEGORISED AS 'UNIDENTIFIED' BY THE CHINESE.
DETENTION OF CHINESE
11. ONE JARRING NOTE WAS THE DETENTION OF TWO CHINESE WHO MIGHT HAVE MET BAKER OR MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY. THE JOURNALIST DAI QING AND HOU XIAOTIAN (THE WIFE OF WANG JUNTAO) WERE HELD FOR THE DURATION OF THE BAKER VISIT. I WAS TOLD BY EMILY MCFARQUHAR (VISITING US JOURNALIST) ON 16 NOVEMBER DAI QING HAD TELEPHONED HER THAT MORNING TO ASK EMILY TO CONTACT THE US EMBASSY ABOUT A POSSIBLE MEETING WITH THE PARTY. SHE HAD BROKEN OFF THE CALL SAYING THAT POLICE WERE ARRIVING AT HER HOUSE. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT HOU WAS RELEASED IMMEDIATELY AFTER BAKER'S DEPARTURE AND THAT
DAI WAS DUE TO BE RELEASED.
12. WHEN I SAW HIM BRIEFLY AT A RECEPTION ON 18 NOVEMBER US' AMBASSADOR ROY SAID THAT HE THOUGHT BAKER HAD GOT JUST ENOUGH OUT OF HIS TALKS TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND HIMSELF SUCCESSFULLY AGAINST DOMESTIC CRITICS OF THE VISIT. I WILL REPORT FURTHER AFTER ROY'S BRIEFING ON 20 NOVEMBER.
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