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### Viewing cable 09BEIJING809, PRC PROTESTS DOD CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT

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09BEIJING809 | 2009-03-26 23:32 | 2011-04-06 00:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Beijing

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 BEIJING 000809

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/26/2029
    TAGS: PARM PM PREL CH
    SUBJECT: PRC PROTESTS DOD CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT

    REF: STATE 28316

    Classified By: Acting Political Minister Counselor Ben Moeling.  Reason
    s 1.4 (b) and (d).

    ¶1. (C) Summary: Reading unenthusiastically from prepared
    remarks, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng
    Zeguang formally protested to the A/DCM DOD's annual report
    to Congress on China's military power.  Zheng criticized the
    report as containing "erroneous and unfounded" accusations
    that have undermined U.S.-China relations.  China will
    continue to pursue "peaceful development" and has legitimate
    needs to build its military for national security purposes,
    Zheng claimed.  The Taiwan portion of the report triggered a
    recitation by Zheng of China's standard talking points,
    followed by the assertion that China handles disputes through
    consultation and in accordance with international law.  Zheng
    closed with a complaint that the report had come out when
    Washington and Beijing have a "stable and good beginning" for
    relations under the new U.S. administration, arguing that we
    need to "eradicate the negative impact" of the report to
    reduce the damage done to the bilateral relationship,
    particularly mil-mil relations.  The A/DCM pointed out that
    the report is mandated by Congress, and encouraged China's
    responsible participation in world affairs and increased
    military transparency.  The A/DCM reiterated the U.S.
    commitment to our one China policy.  End Summary.

    ATMOSPHERICS SUGGEST MFA NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
    -----------------------------------------

    ¶2. (C) MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department
    Director General Zheng Zeguang called in the Acting DCM March
    26 to discuss the 2009 DOD report to Congress on China's
    military power.  Acting POL M/C and Assistant Naval Attache
    accompanied the A/DCM.  Zheng stated that "last year I did
    this with your predecessor after the 2008 report was
    released, and now I get to do it again."  Zheng spoke in
    English but worked from a text prepared in Chinese.  Zheng's
    delivery was quiet and unemotional, and in setting up the
    meeting, the MFA U.S. Division Director made a point of
    telling Acting POL M/C that "we have to do this, let's just
    get it out of the way so it will not be an issue when we are
    working on our leaders' meeting."

    POINT ONE: CHINA NOT HAPPY WITH THE REPORT
    ------------------------------------------

    ¶3. (C) Zheng said that before DOD issued the report, the
    Chinese government had discussed the issue with USG officials
    in Beijing and Washington, urging the USG to stop issuing
    these reports and disseminating "untrue theories" of the
    China military threat.  Zheng criticized the report for
    containing "erroneous and unfounded accusations against
    China," and for criticizing China's "legitimate and normal"
    defense buildup.  Zheng said the report's discussion of the
    PRC military threat against Taiwan is "rhetoric that serves
    as an excuse for the United States to continue to sell arms
    to Taiwan."

    ¶4. (C) Zheng protested what he described as the report's
    claims that China is projecting power to ensure access to
    resources and enforce claims to disputed territories, as well
    as the report's "irresponsible remarks about China's naval
    strategy."  The report has "seriously violated" the norms
    guiding international relations and the three Sino-U.S. joint
    communiques and undermined both the overall bilateral
    relationship and strategic trust between our two countries,
    Zheng stated.

    POINT TWO: CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT "PEACEFUL"
    -----------------------------------------

    ¶5. (C) China's adheres to a "peaceful development policy,"
    Zheng continued, and will continue to pursue a security
    policy that is defensive in nature.  China has all along been
    "a strong force safeguarding peace and stability in Asia
    Pacific and the world."

    ¶6. (C) Zheng advised that China is a sovereign country with
    22,000 km of land borders and also 18,000 km of coastline.
    To safeguard national security and territorial integrity,
    China needs to continue its defense buildup.  "This is the
    solemn right and responsibility for any sovereign country in

    BEIJING 00000809  002 OF 003

    the world."  China will not participate in any arms race, and
    neither will it pose a threat to any country, Zheng declared.
     It is "erroneous and unacceptable" for the United States to
    continue the annual practice of using the report to
    disseminate and spread the idea of a "China threat."

    POINT THREE: TAIWAN
    -------------------

    ¶7. (C) Zheng reminded the A/DCM that Taiwan is an
    "inalienable part" of Chinese territory, and that recent
    months have seen the steady improvement and development of
    the cross-Strait relationship.  He recited the PRC mantra
    that China will continue to strive for peaceful development
    of cross-Strait relations on the basis of mutual trust,
    putting aside disputes, seeking common ground, resolving
    differences and win-win.  However, no matter how the Taiwan
    Strait situation evolves, China will continue to uphold the
    one-China principle, oppose Taiwan independence and oppose
    firmly two Chinas or One China, One Taiwan.

    ¶8. (C) Zheng urged the United States to abide by its
    commitments on Taiwan, adopt the one-China principle, observe
    the three joint communiques, oppose Taiwan independence and
    oppose Taiwan's participation in any international
    organization in which statehood is required for membership.
    He also urged the United States to stop selling arms to
    Taiwan and stop official military contacts with Taiwan so as
    not to hurt the peaceful development of cross-Strait
    relations and U.S.-China relations.

    POINT FOUR: CHINA IS LAW-ABIDING
    --------------------------------

    ¶9. (C) Zheng claimed that China "upholds the principle of
    resolving disputes through consultation and peaceful
    negotiation on the basis of international law."  He urged the
    United States to "have a clear understanding of China's
    policy in this regard and rectify the erroneous practice of
    making irresponsible remarks about China's tactics and
    policies in dealing with territorial disputes with other
    countries."  He claimed that issuing the report "hurts the
    trust between China and other countries and creates problems
    for peace and stability in the region."

    POINT FIVE: NOT NOW, WE'RE DOING SO WELL!
    -----------------------------------------

    ¶10. (C) Zheng complained that the report was issued "just
    when we have had a relatively stable and good beginning with
    the new U.S. administration."  He noted the upcoming
    "high-level exchanges," including the meeting between our two
    presidents, and said that the current state of relations "did
    not come about easily and required hard work on both sides."

    PERORATION: "ERADICATE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT"
    -------------------------------------------

    ¶11. (C) Zheng said China urges the United States "to discard
    Cold War mentality and biased opinion and view China's
    foreign and defense policy in an objective and fair manner."
    China calls on the United States to "stop making
    irresponsible remarks that hurt mutual trust and cooperation,
    and stop this practice of issuing the so-called military
    power report."  China also urges the United States "to take
    immediate actions to eradicate any negative impact on
    relations as the result of this report.  In so doing, the
    United States can reduce the damage done between our two
    countries and our two militaries."

    DCM RESPONDS
    ------------

    ¶12. (C) The A/DCM responded that the report is mandated by
    the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2000,
    and that the report is intended to be factual, descriptive
    and analytical.  It does not attempt to draw conclusions, he
    said, but is intended to let the facts speak for themselves.
    He noted that the report discusses weaknesses, as well as
    strengths, of the PRC's military.

    ¶13. (C) U.S. policy seeks to establish a positive and
    cooperative relationship with China, one in which we deepen
    and strengthen our ties on issues of common interest and

    BEIJING 00000809  003 OF 003

    candidly address differences where they persist, the A/DCM
    said.  He quoted Secretary Clinton's statement that "this is
    not a one-way effort.  Much of what we will do depends on the
    choices China makes about its future at home and abroad."

    ¶14. (C) The A/DCM reiterated that the United States welcomes
    the rise of a stable, peaceful and prosperous China, and
    encourages China to participate responsibly in world affairs
    by taking on a greater share of the burden for the stability,
    resilience and growth of the international system.  He noted
    that despite the welcome development of China's routine
    publication of defense white papers (the most recent being
    China's National Defense in 2008 published on January 20,
    2009), much more could be said by China about its build-up of
    strategic nuclear and conventional capabilities.  China has
    left unclear to the international community the purposes and
    objectives of the PLA's evolving doctrine and capabilities.

    ¶15. (C) On the subject of Taiwan, the A/DCM restated U.S.
    policy by declaring that the United States remains committed
    to our one China policy based on the three joint communiques
    and the Taiwan Relations Act.   He said the United States
    does not support Taiwan independence and believes that
    cross-Strait issues should be resolved peacefully in a manner
    acceptable to people on both sides of the Strait, and opposes
    unilateral actions by either side to alter the status quo
    across the Strait.  He took the opportunity to urge China to
    work towards a peaceful resolution of its differences with
    Taiwan.  He reminded Zheng that we make defense articles
    available to Taiwan to allow it to maintain a credible
    defense as provided for in the Taiwan Relations Act, and
    urged China to reduce military deployments aimed at Taiwan
    and to pursue a peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues.

    ¶16. (C) Showing a bit more spark, Zheng said the United
    States should recognize that it is "only a member of the
    international community" and should follow the norms of
    international relations and respect territorial sovereignty
    and integrity.  He said that the United States should look at
    China's "legitimate defense buildup" in an objective and fair
    manner, and discard its Cold War mentality and zero-sum
    perception of China-U.S. relations.  He protested that the
    Taiwan Relations Act is "a unilateral piece of U.S.
    legislation.  The three communiques signed by the United
    States constitute the guiding principle for Taiwan policy,
    not the TRA," he said.
    PICCUTA

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