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BURMA
11. WATANABE CALLED FOR CHINA TO USE ITS INFLUENCE WITH BURMA TO ALLOW AUNG SAN SUUKI TO COLLECT HER NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. WU SAID THAT
BURMA'S LEADERS SAID THAT THEY
THE SITUATION IN BURMA WAS UNCLEAR. WERE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN FOOD AND SO HAD NO NEED TO OPEN UP. THEY DID NOT WELCOME OUTSIDE PRESSURE.
GATT AND WORLD BANK
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QIAN SAID THAT BAKER HAD COMMITTED THE US TO FOLLOWING THE APEC FORMULA WITH GATT, BUT THAT THE US HAD SUBSEQUENTLY RENEGED ON THIS. LI PENG SAID THAT CHINA SHOULD JOIN FIRST WITH TAIWAN THEN JOINING AS AN INDEPENDENT CUSTOMS TERRITORY. QIAN SOUGHT JAPAN'S SUPPORT IN THE WORLD BANK AND THE SECOND IDA. CHINA NEEDED MORE FUNDS TO HELP POOR AREAS, IMPROVE WELFARE AND SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT. CHINA WOULD INVEST MORE IN THESE AREAS IF MORE IDA FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE.
DENG XIAOPING
13.
AT HIS REQUEST, WATANABE VISITED MAO ZEDONG'S FORMER RESIDENCE IN ZHONGNANHAI. HE ALSO REFERRED TO A MEETING WITH DENG XIAOPING 10 YEARS AGO. WHAT DENG HAD PREDICTED THEN FOR CAMBODIA WAS NOW A REALITY. HE ASKED ABOUT DENG'S HEALTH NOW. JIANG ZEMIN REPLIED, IN JAPANESE, THAT DENG'S HEALTH WAS VERY GOOD. HE DID NOT HANDLE DAILY BUSINESS BUT BECAUSE HE IS VERY HIGH UP HE CAN SEE A LONG WAY''.
COMMENT
14.
WATANABE WAS WARMLY RECEIVED AND COVERED A LOT OF GROUND IN HIS TALKS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY NEW CHINESE THINKING. WATANABE'S OFFER TO MAKE JAPAN A BRIDGE TO THE WEST MAY HAVE BEEN WINDOW-DRESSING BUT IT MAY ALSO REFLECT SOME NEW JAPANESE THINKING. SINCE JUNE 1989, JAPAN HAS NOT WANTED TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF THE US IN ITS CHINA POLICY. FACED WITH WORSENING SINO-US RELATIONS, JAPAN MAY HAVE TO SEE THE GAP BETWEEN JAPANESE AND AMERICAN CHINA
POLICY WIDEN. IT MAY OTHERWISE PUT ITS SIGNIFICANT INTERESTS IN
CHINA AT RISK.
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