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NOTE: IF CHINA DOES NOT WANT ANYONE TO INTERFERE IN THEIR AFFAIRS, THEN
WHY DID THEY INTERFERE IN OTHERS ??  For Example Tibet, XinJiang, the
invasions of other countries 400 and more years ago. (Burma, Northern
Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan....) !!!!!

China Warns Against Taiwan Intervention

               Reuters
               26-JUL-99

               SINGAPORE, July 26 (Reuters) - China's foreign minister
               warned the world against interfering in its stormy
affairs with
               Taiwan on Monday at a security meeting that includes the
               United States, Japan, Russia, South Korea and Southeast
               Asia. 

               "China's territory and sovereignty are indivisible and
brook
               no violation or interference," Chinese foreign minister
Tang
               Jiaxuan said in a speech at an Association of South East
               Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional security forum. 

               "If there occur any action for Taiwan independence and
any
               attempt by foreign forces to separate Taiwan from the
               motherland, the Chinese people and government will not
sit
               back and do nothing," Tang said. 

               China reacted with outrage earlier this month when Taiwan
               President Lee Teng-hui scrapped the "one China" policy
that
               has kept peace in the Taiwan Strait for decades. Lee said
               talks should take place on a special state-to-state
basis. 

               A Taipei newspaper said on Monday that China's President
               Jiang Zemin had decided to cancel what had been billed as
               a landmark visit by a Beijing envoy to Taiwan in October. 

               "After more than 10 days of observation and meeting
               discussions, Jiang Zemin has decided to cancel Wang
               Daohan's plan to visit Taiwan," Taipei's United Daily
News
               reported. 

               A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman in Singapore
               declined to comment on the report. 

               Tang, addressing the one-day ASEAN Regional Forum
               (ARF) which began on Monday morning, said in China's view
               "the main issue affecting security in the (Asian) region

is still
               a lack of trust among nations." 

               He said destabilising factors had developed further in
the
               region. 

               "The Cold War mentality has by no means died out in the
               regional political and security arena," he said. 

               "The tendencies of strengthening military alliances and
               resorting to intervention against the historical trend
are
               growing and the arms race has also the tendency of coming
               back," Tang said. 

               Tang said China felt that multilateral security dialogue
and
               cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region should aim at
"mutual
               respect" instead of "the strong bullying the weak." 

               "Asian people have had painful and unforgettable memories
               of the strong bullying the weak and wilful interference
into
               their internal affairs, which should not be the choice
for
               building peace in the Asia-Pacific," he said. 

               ARF is a political and security dialogue that includes
the
               ASEAN members Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar,
               Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and the
               Philippines and dialogue partners the United States,
Japan,
               China, Canada, the European Union, India, South Korea,
               New Zealand, Australia and Russia.