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IT IS PUZZLING THAT THE CHIENSE SHOULD BE SEEKING TO RESIST A DESIGNATION WHICH THEY HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED IN THE GATT CONTEXT. THEY MAYBE TAKING THIS POSITION BECAUSE THE WORKSHOP IS TO BE HELD IN HONG KONG, WHERE CHINESE SENSITIVITIES OVER TAIWAN AND THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS DESCRIBED HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PARTICULARLY STRONG.
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SEEN FROM HERE, THERE ARE GOOD REASONS WHY CHINA WOULD WANT TO BE PRESENT AT AN EVENT OF THIS KIND. THEIR THREAT TO STAY
AWAY MAY POSSIBLY BE A BLUFF. BUT WE CANNOT TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED. WE AGREE THAT A CHINESE BOYCOTT WOULD BE A PITY. WE THEREFORE HOPE THAT THE OECD SECRETARIAT CAN MAKE ONE FINAL EFFORT TO SECURE CHIENSE PARTICIPATION, WITHOUT JEOPARDISING THAT OF TAIWAN. WE WOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTY WITH ANY FORMULA FOR DESIGNATING TAIWAN
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