China urges Japan to safeguard the rights of its workers; Vice Foreign Minister Wu holds meetings with Six-Party Ambassadors; Chinese military delegation in Japan; Taiwan to make efforts to enter WHO
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  • The Chinese government urged the Japanese government to safeguard the legitimate rights of its workers following the protest by six Chinese women in Japan regarding poor pay and rough treatment by their Japanese employer. The issue had aroused attention in both the countries1.

    On the Six-Party talks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman urged the relevant parties to work together to ensure that future talks on the issue would be a success. Even as Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wu Dawei held a series of meetings with Ambassadors from the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea DPRK) and Russia on the denuclearization issue2.

    A Chinese military delegation reached Tokyo on September 10 to hold bilateral talks with the Japanese Ministry of Defense officials. The delegation also visited the Yokosuka Naval Base of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force as well as the National Defence University. China and Japan had decided to strengthen military to military ties during the visit of President Hu Jintao in May3.

    Serbian President Boris Tadic visited China during the week and met Chen Bingde, the Chief of the General Staff of the PLA. The visiting Serbian President expressed his gratitude to China for its support and stressed that his country would always adhere to the One-China principle4. A high level Russian delegation led by Vladislav Surkov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office also met with Wang Jiarui, the head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee in Beijing to discuss various issues relating to Sino-Russian ties5.

    Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Francisco H.L. Ou meanwhile stated that his government would make focused efforts to ensure its entry in the World Health Organization (WHO). The Foreign Minister added that in order to remove the ultimate cause of Taiwan’s diplomatic predicament, the best way was “to improve cross-Taiwan Strait relations.” He however admitted Taiwan’s difficulty in participating in international organizations at present6.

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