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China denies donation to US Senator Kerry
By Jiang Zhuqing (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-02-19 23:22 China Thursday rebutted reports that US Democratic
presidential candidate John Kerry received political contributions from Chinese
military intelligence departments in 1996 as "sheer fabrications."
"Just as I have said many times, such reports are sheer fabrications, not
worth refuting," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue during the
ministry's regular briefing Thursday.
US media recently reported that Kerry was suspected of accepting political
contributions from China in 1996. The Democratic front-runner then denied the
reports.
Zhang also dismissed reports that US may continue to sell advanced weapons to
Taiwan and raise the level of relations with the island.
That, said Zhang, would break the US promise of abiding by the one-China
policy and the principles set by the three joint communiques.
While the Taiwan question remains at the core of Sino-US relations, Zhang
said China hopes the US side will keep its promises without sending wrong
signals to Taiwan.
When asked to comment the peace talk between India and Pakistan in Islamabad
on February 16-18, Zhang said China is glad to see that the two nations have
achieved positive results during their first round of talk.
The two sides have fixed the main agenda for an all-round talk as well as
reached consensus to resolving disputes through peaceful ways, she said.
"China welcomes and supports the talk because it proves a solid step for
further reconciliation of the bilateral ties,'' Zhang said.
China hopes the two sides to continue dialogue and make more efforts to help
keep peace and development in the region, she said.
Commenting on Chinese companies' investment in Iran, the spokeswoman said
China is willing to work with Iran in various areas, including energy.
The two governments have signed a framework agreement for energy
co-operation, under which companies from the two can conduct business, she
noted.
China holds that all countries should treat each other on the basis of the
Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence and other international laws, but does
not support using such appellation as "axis of evil" when addressing some
countries, she said.
Just six days ahead the long-expected second round of six-way talks on the
Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, Zhang said China hopes the talks will go
smoothly and make substantial progress.
Meanwhile, she said solutions to some of the issues will depend on the
concrete negotiations during the talks, which will be attended by China, the
United States, Russia, Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Republic
of Korea in Beijing next week.
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