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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (3369)	7/16/2004 1:57:22 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6370

More harsh words for S'pore STRONG criticisms of Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's trip to Taiwan this week continued on a Chinese television forum in Beijing last night. Former Apec officer Wang Yushan said China should take more punitive action if Singapore failed to respond suitably after Beijing expressed its 'strong dissatisfaction'. Advertisement 'Singapore must affirm its 'one China' commitment through concrete deeds and not just empty words,' he said on the forum aired on China Central Television 4, a state-owned channel for foreign audiences. Singapore has said the trip was 'a private and unofficial visit to meet friends', but Professor Yan Xuetong from the International Affairs Institute at Qinghua University dismissed that. Mr Lee was given a grand official welcome last Saturday, he said, adding: 'Besides, he met many independence advocates, and if those are his 'friends', according to Singapore, then the visit must have the effect of encouraging them to pursue their cause.' On reports that Singapore could have wanted to play mediator between Taiwan and China, Prof Yan said Singapore had always viewed itself as a country able to deal with Beijing and Taipei at the same time without any repercussions. 'This myth must end,' he said. This morning, Xinhuanet.com has invited a Chinese expert on Taiwan affairs, Mr Liu Hong, to field netizens' questions on Mr Lee's visit. -- Larry Teo straitstimes.asia1.com.sg