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CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER JIANG ENŽHU, VISIT TO UK. 6-8 JULY
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1. You said that you were starting to receive enquiries about the forthcoming visit by Vice Foreign Minister Jiang Enzhu. We agree that in dealing with questions it would be sensible to emphasise that this is part of a regular series of contacts at Minister of State level, and to play down any thought that this might be a visit specifically linked to the Hong Kong airport difficulties. You might take the following line:-
confirm that Vice Minister Jiang will be paying official visit to UK on 5-8 July at invitation of Mr Goodlad.
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arrangements have been in hand for some time. of a regular series of exchanges at Minister of State level: Vice Foreign Minister Tian Zengpei visited London in 1990; Lord Caithness' visit to China in December 1991.
discussions will cover a broad range of issues including Hong Kong matters, bilateral arrangements, human rights, and international issues.
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AFTER MR GOODLAD HAD SPOKEN TO AMBASSADOR MA IN LONDON, REUTERS IN PEKING ASKED THE CHINESE MFA FOR THEIR COMMENTS. THESE WERE PROVIDED ON 24 JUNE. THE MFA SAID QUOTE ACCORDING TO THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION, CHINA'S SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP HAS BOTH THE RIGHT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO STATE CHINA'S POSITIONS ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD IN HONG KONG UNQUOTE.
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HONG KONG: CHINESE MFA COMMENTS
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1. STANDARD EXPOSITION OF CHINESE VIEWS IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS AT WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE.
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2. AT THE WEEKLY MFA PRESS CONFERENCE ON 30 APRIL A HONG KONG JOURNALIST ASKED FOR COMMENTS ON THE ACTIVITIES OF US CONGRESSMEN IN HONG KONG AND ON THE MCCONNELL BILL. WU JIANMIN REPLIED THAT BEFORE 1 JULY 1997 HONG HONG WAS A MATTER FOR THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS. AFTER THAT, IT WOULD BE AN INTERNAL CHINESE AFFAIR. ANY INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE HONG KONG ISSUE WAS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE SIDE.
3. ANOTHER HONG KONG JOURNALIST QUOTED YOU AS SAYING THERE WERE STILL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UK ON THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE HONG KONG ISSUE. HE ASKED WHETHER THERE WERE ANY DIFFERENCES ON POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC MATTERS BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UK. WU SAID HIS QUESTION WOULD BE BETTER ADDRESSED TO YOU. FROM THE CHINESE POINT OF VIEW HE THOUGHT THE COMMON INTERESTS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
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