Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-12-Speech-2-169"
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"Mr President, this report has a somewhat turbulent history. Initially it was a report which I in the committee saw as a diplomatic declaration of war on the People’s Republic of China, which was naturally not the intention. Thanks to the combined efforts of the committee, the report has been radically amended and is now more to do with what its title indicated it was intended to be about. It is largely acceptable to us in the Green Group but some problems still remain. The first is point 21, which attacks the Chinese demographic policy which naturally has many different aspects. The fact is, however, that it is in the process of being changed quite radically. As recently as just a month or so ago the
of all papers – contained reportage which described in very positive terms how the one-child policy was being
quite thoroughly and radically. In this situation I think it is quite unnecessary of us in the European Parliament to attack the Chinese population policy as one-sidedly as in point 21.
The second problem is about visas for Taiwan’s top leaders. I have to admit that I think this is quite difficult. In Swedish debates I have criticised visas not being given to these top Taiwanese leaders. On the other hand I have understood that the People’s Republic of China sees this as us attempting to change practice and more or less indirectly begin to recognise the State of Taiwan, which is no-one’s intention. This is clearly problematic. For my part I will abstain from the vote on this point."@en1
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