Hu calls for reform of international financial system; Beijing objects to EAM’s statement over Arunachal Pradesh; Beijing expresses reservations over Dalai Lama’s upcoming meeting with Sarkozy; Tibetan conclave at Macleodganj on November 17
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  • Chinese President Hu Jintao, at the G-20 meeting in Washington, appealed for the reform of the international financial system and the establishment of “a new international financial order that is fair, just, inconclusive and orderly,” which would “foster an institutional environment conducive to sound global economic development1.”

    The Chinese government strongly objected to EAM Pranab Mukherjee’s statement that Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of India. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang expressed “deep regret over India’s public remarks that ignore historic facts.” Qin added that “no Chinese government in history has ever admitted the unlawful McMahon line2.”

    Beijing meanwhile expressed reservations over the upcoming meeting between the Dalai Lama and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy on December 6. Qin Gang, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman asserted that his government firmly opposed “the Dalai Lama’s secessionist activities in any country under any identity, and we are also firmly against any foreign leaders contacts with the Dalai Lama in any form3.”

    A six-day special session of Tibetan exiles at McLeodgani, called by the government-in-exile based in north India, at the behest of the Dalai Lama would start from November 17. The Dalai Lama sought the cooperation of all the Tibetans and Tibet supporters to “take into account the inspiring courage being shown by people all over Tibet …, the current world situation, and the present intransigent stance of the government of the People's Republic of China. In this light, he called on the participants to discuss “... the best possible future course of action to advance the Tibetan cause4.”

    In other developments, diplomats from the DPRK and China met on November 12 to discuss efforts to push forward the Korean peninsular nuclear disarmament agenda and deliberated on the next phase of the six-party talks. The Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wu Dawei led the Chinese delegation while the DPRK delegation was headed by Ri Gun, director general of the DPRK Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau5. A high-level military delegation led by the Vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), Xu Caihou is on a three nation goodwill tour to Venezuela, Chile and Brazil. Qian Lihua, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chinese Defence Ministry stated that the tour was “an important diplomatic activity of the armed forces, which aims at enhancing the mutual understanding and substantial military exchanges and cooperation6.”

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