Yang Jiechi Meeting Barack Obama

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Yang Jiechi Meeting Barack Obama

China urged on Tuesday, through its foreign minister Yang Jiechi, the United States to tread carefully on issues that are very important to it, so that the good relations between the first two largest economies in the world be preserved. China made a specific reference to Taiwan and Tibet, which are its most sensitive topics, and offered to discuss matters like Syria and Iran, which have been supported by Chinese diplomatic stance at the international level.
Jiechi said that the two states were in close communication over Syria and Iran, and that China opposed the acquisition of nuclear weapons for any country in the Middle East, but that it recognized the right of a country to use nuclear energy for economic purposes.
He also reminded that China opposed unilateral sanctions on Iran, as those imposed at the beginning of the year by the Obama administration and the European Union. China protested the sanctions and said that without a UN resolution on them, imposing sanctions on the central bank of Iran was nothing but projecting the national legislation over another state, which was unacceptable.
The foreign minister said that the situation in Iran must be dealt with through dialogue, no threats, through cooperation, no sanctions.
As for Syria, the stance of the Communist state, which opposed two UN resolutions on Syria on the ground that there should be no interference in the domestic affairs of a country, was explained by the minister, who said that China’s point of view is gaining appreciation in the world, after a period of criticism.
China has taken steps toward convincing the Syrian president to give up violence and to return to the negotiation table. On Tuesday, a former ambassador of China to Damascus will meet the leaders in the restive country to convey them the message that the killing of the people can go no further and that a peaceful solution must be found.
China also expressed its opposition to a unilateral military intervention, which though not assumed by anyone, except for the former president hopeful John McCain, who demanded an air strike against Syrian troops, seems to be the only thing left to do, as Bashar al-Assad seems determined to exterminate any opposition to his rule.
The Chinese foreign minister addressed the new U.S. security strategy, which is said to focus on a more intense presence in the Asia-Pacific region, as a result of the fast growing of the local economies and of the shift of importance to this region once China assumed a leading role at the international level.
America voiced, through its defense minister Leon Panetta, the intention of enhancing its presence in the Asia-Pacific, in order to project military power and deterrence. China is welcoming the American presence, the foreign minister said, in the region, and appreciates it as positive, as long as the Chinese interests in the region are carefully taken into account.
He also responded to a question of whether an increased American presence should be seen as threatening that the two nations should view their ties from a long time perspective.
When China spoke of America’s presence that must take into account its interests, it mainly spoke of the American perception on Taiwan and Tibet.
The United States of America have helped Tibet for a long time preserve their autonomy through upgrading their military power under the Taiwan Relations Act, signed in 1979, through which peace and stability in the region are considered to be in America’s best interest.
Taiwan is the heir of the first Chinese republic founded in 1912 by Sun Yat-sen, and was the representative of the Chinese people at the United Nations until 1971, when Resolution 2758 of the UNSC declared it part of the People’s Republic of China.
Ties between China and Taiwan have warmed up after Taiwan renounced in 2009 to apply for UN membership and started a new era of the bilateral relations. The party that founded the republic, the Kuomintang, the Nationalist party, came to power in Taiwan in 2009, and the stance for independence was abandoned under the excuse that independence would annul the claim of Taiwan to represent all Chinese.
The president of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected in January and is expected to take the ties with continental China to a level that would avoid any possible resort to arms to take Taiwan back. China made it clear that it could do that, if Taiwan were to assert its independence from it.
Tension between America and China often sparked as the United States renewed its commitment to the island, and executed various economic and military projects with it.
A very important problem for China is represented by Tibet, whose bid for autonomy had been renewed by 20 self-immolations over the last year. Two women set themselves ablaze over the last weekend, demanding the return of Dalai Lama and the termination of the process of populating the area with Chinese Han.
China has been displeased with the fact that the American administrations, including Obama’s, have received Dalai Lama at the White House, and restated on various occasions that they would not allow any interference in the Tibet matter and that they would crush all attempt to secede Tibet.
Dalai Lama is considered by China an agent of Tibetan secession, and the Communist state even announced that as soon as he dies a new Dalai Lama will not be recognized. For his part, Dalai Lama has always affirmed that he only wanted the cultural and religious autonomy of Tibet.
China is also confronted in its western part with a Uyghur autonomist movement in the province Xinjiang, where security forces had to shoot six people who were involved in an armed attack against Chinese Han population.

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