Summary: China should reconsider its opposition to a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma, Polmincouns stressed to MFA Deputy Director General for Southeast Asia Tong Xiaoling on December 14. The situation in Burma is harming the peace and security of the region. Tong said China remains opposed to a resolution. Separately, the Chinese warned the French Charge that China has used its veto rarely but might do so on a Burma resolution. A lower-ranking MFA official told the French that China remains open to a "strong" Presidential Statement. End Summary.