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China warns against “third party" interference on Hong Kong A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on 12th November "admonished any third party not to make irresponsible remarks on the Hong Kong issue", Xinhua news agency reported.
The spokesman, Wu Jianmin, was commenting at the weekly news briefing in Beijing on the Australian Foreign Minister's "recent remarks" supporting Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten's plan "for so-called 'democratic reform' in Hong Kong" "The Hong Kong issue is a matter between China and the United Kingdom before 1st July 1997, and will be purely China's internal affair after that date," Wu said. "It is inappropriate for any third party to make irresponsible remarks on the Hong Kong issue." [1]
China accepts French proposal for five-power nuclear talks China had "taken note" of a French proposal to hold consultations among the five nuclear powers on halting nuclear tests, and was "willing to discuss relevant issues with all the members of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, including France, and within the existing framework of the conference", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wu Jianmin said on 12th November, Xinhua news agency reported. [2]
Israel reportedly offers economic aid if North Korea ends missile sales Israel has offered North Korea economic cooperation if it will stop selling its Scud missiles in the Middle East, according to South Korean Foreign Ministry officials in Seoul on 12th November, Yonhap news agency reported from Seoul. The Israeli ambassador to Seoul, Asher Na'im, had confirmed to the Foreign Ministry on 10th November that Eytan Bentzur, Assistant Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry's North America and Disarmament Affairs Division, had visited to Pyongyang earlier in November, the officials said. Na'im denied discussing the establishment of diplomatic relations, but said Israel urged North Korea to halt its missile sales to the Middle East in
exchange for economic cooperation, they said.
"We have asked that Israel consult us fully before making any moves with North Korea. We were told Washington has done the same," the agency quoted a ministry official as saying. [3]
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"Small earthquake" detected in North Korea “smail earthquake” shook Anak-kun in North Korea's South Hwanghae Province at 0802 (local time) on the morning of 12th November, South Korea's Meteorological Administration said, according to Yonhap news agency in Seoul on 12th November. The epicentre of the quake, measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale, was 38.6 degrees latitude and 125.5 degrees longitude (near Haeju City). The trembling lasted for 10 seconds and did little damage, the agency said. [4]
China urges Cambodians “to exercise restraint” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on 12th November exhorted all parties in Cambodia "to adopt an attitude of restraint and prevent a new war", Xinhua news agency
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reported the same day. The spokesman. Wu Jianmin, was reported as saying that "at present the peace process in Cambodia is at a critical moment and it is in the fundamental
interests of the Cambodian people to make efforts to maintain the hard-achieved peaceful situation". [5]
China admits to 4,000 political prisoners
A director
of China's Public Security Bureau has told an Australian human rights delegation that there are 4,000 prisoners currently in jail for crimes of subversion and counter- revolution, Radio Australia reported on 12th November. The radio correspondent indicated that it is the first time such a figure has been publicly revealed by the Chinese. [6]
China: Helicopter crash in Henan kills 33, injures 46 On the morning of 5th November, a Mi-17 helicopter hit a building and crashed in Henan's Yuanyang County at 1042 (local time), Xinhua news agency reported on 8th November.
The helicopter, which was scattering advertising leaflets, hit the top floor of a building, crashed into the crowd and exploded. The agency reported that 33 people were killed and 46 injured. [7]
Japan likely to charter foreign aircraft to deliver Somalian aid (FE/1536 i [4]) Japan will “probably have to depend on a foreign air charter service to transport humanitarian relief goods to Somalia", a senior Foreign Ministry official said on 12th November, Kyodo News Service reported.
The Foreign Ministry official said that the government "would like to join the efforts in a visible manner such as by sending C-130 transport aircraft that belong to the Self- Defence Forces (SDF)". However, he noted that Japan is now sending C-130s to Cambodia and that as "some Diet members are opposed to SDF involvement in a place as remote as Somalia, the government will likely have no choice but to foot the bill for a US charter company to do the risky job on its behalf". The official ruled out participation by a Japanese private sector airline "as their unions adamantly oppose involvement in such potentially dangerous operations", the agency said. [8]
Japan to join body monitoring human rights in Serbia Japan will participate in a European mission based in Belgrade to monitor human rights in Serbia, a senior Foreign Ministry official said on 11th November, according to a report by Kyodo News Service. The official said that the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) has "accepted Japan's offer to dispatch a Serbian-speaking diplomat to take part in its 'long-term mission". The official did not say when Japanese participation in the new CSCE endeavour would begin, the agency said. [9]
Japanese officials at Tokyo NATO meeting want US military to stay in region A two-day Japan-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) conference on post- Cold War security issues opened in Tokyo on 12th November
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