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Transcript: Bush-Qian
March 22 Photo Opportunity:
From: US Dept of State Listserv Manager
Subject: Transcript: Bush-Qian March 22 Photo Opportunity
Transcript: Bush-Qian
March 22 Photo Opportunity
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(Bush stresses U.S.
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Speaking beside
Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen at a photo
opportunity at the White House March 22, President Bush said
that among the topics he intended to discuss with Qian were U.S.
obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act.
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"This meeting
will give me a chance to confirm the fact that I
will honor our obligations under the Taiwan Relations [Act],"
Bush said.
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"We have
obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act and we'll
honor those obligations," he said.
"No decision
has been made yet as to the sale of weapons to
Taiwan," Bush added.
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Questioned by a
reporter about the detention in China of an
American University professor, her husband and son -- where
Chinese authorities did not notify the United States even though
the boy is a U.S. citizen -- Bush said he intended to discuss
the matter with Qian.
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Bush said he
looked forward his forthcoming trip to Shanghai and
Beijing in October and the opportunity it would afford him to
get to know the leaders of China.
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"The best
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down, face to face, and have an honest dialogue," Bush said.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
March 22, 2001
REMARKS BY THE
PRESIDENT AND VICE PREMIER OF CHINA QIAN QICHEN
IN PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
The Oval Office
4:03 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: It's
my honor to welcome our distinguished guest
from China. China is a great country. China has got vast
potential. And we've got common interests in China, and I look
forward to discussing our interests. Our relationship, of
course, will be a complex relationship; there will be areas
where we can find agreement, such as trade; there will be some
areas where we have some disagreements.
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I look forward to
committing to this distinguished leader that
any disagreements we will have, we will conduct ourselves with
mutual respect. I will be firm, and I suspect he will be firm,
in our opinions, but we will do so in a respectful way. It is
in our nation's best interests that we have good relations with
China.
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And before I
introduce our distinguished guest, I do want to say
how much I'm looking forward to going to China. I'll be going
next fall, the government has invited me to go to Beijing. I
accept the invitation, we'll work out the arrangements. But I'm
really looking forward to it.
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As a young man, I
visited my mother and dad in China in 1975,
and I look forward to my return. I can't wait to see the
change, the contrast between when I was a younger fellow and
now, kind of an older guy. (Laughter.) But I'm looking forward
to coming to your country, sir.
Welcome.
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THE VICE
PREMIER: I fully agree to what President Bush just
said. Indeed, China and the United States are major countries.
To maintain friendly relations and cooperation between China and
the United States is in the interest of Asia, the Pacific Region
and the world at large.
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Where we have
shared interests, we can advance our relationship
forward. Where we disagree, we can have very good exchange of
views. Some issues can be approached in the spirit of seeking
common ground, while shelving the differences.
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I'm sure ways can
be found to solve all the problems. I view my
visit as a very successful one. Because in the exchange of
letters, President Jiang and President Bush already reached
common consensus, which has laid a solid foundation for the
growth of our relationship in the new century.
We are looking
forward to welcoming President Bush in China in
the coming fall.
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THE PRESIDENT:
Thank you, sir.
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Q: What do you have
to say, sir, to your visitor about the detention of an American
University professor and, until
recently, her husband and son, who is an American citizen? And,
secondly, are you inclined to allow the sale of destroyers to
Taiwan?
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THE PRESIDENT:
I will echo the sentiments that the Secretary of State said today
about
the fact that a U.S. citizen was detained
without any notification. I look forward to discussing this with our
honorable
guest, and will do so.
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We have obligations
under the Taiwan Relations Act and we'll honor those obligations. No
decision has been made yet as to the sale of weapons to Taiwan.
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One of our guests from the Chinese press.
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Q: Mr. President,
what are your expectations for your
forthcoming trip, October, to Shanghai and Beijing?
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THE PRESIDENT: I
look forward to seeing the modernization that
has taken place. I look forward to seeing the beautiful
countryside that I remember so well.
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But most of all, I
look forward to getting to know the leaders of China. I think the
best thing I can do is to -- the best thing our delegation will do
is to be able to sit down, face to face, and have an honest
dialogue.
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People will find
that I'm a straightforward person, that I represent my country's
interests in a very straightforward way. But I will do so with
respect.
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Q: Mr. President,
is there anything that China can say or do that would influence your
decision about which weapons to sell Taiwan?
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THE PRESIDENT: This
meeting will give me a chance to confirm the fact that I will honor
our obligations under the Taiwan Relations law. I look forward to
explaining that as clearly as I can to our distinguished guest. If
he cares to bring up the subject and wishes to make a case, I will
be glad to listen. But no decision has been made yet. And I'll do
what I think is in the best interests of our relationships and in
the best interests of conforming to obligations we have.
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Mr. President, may I speak in Chinese?
THE
PRESIDENT: Are you with the Chinese press, because your
English is perfect.
Q: Yes.
THE
PRESIDENT: You speak better English than I do. (Laughter.)
Q:
(Speaking Chinese) -- about the gathering outside of the
Falun Gong. The State Department has decided to sponsor a
resolution to condemn the human rights. And for the past few
years it has been failed. And I just wonder, Mr. President,
what are you going to try to tell the Chinese side how to
improve their human rights?
And my
second question is regarding -- the Chinese seem very
warm to your father, they come, delegation after delegation
visiting your father. Are you going to be teached by your father
regarding your China policy?
THE
PRESIDENT: Well, the Chinese, I'm convinced, like my father
because he married well. (Laughter.) My mother is very well
respected in China, as is my dad, because they spent time there
and they befriended a lot of folks who are now leaders.
It will
come as no surprise to our Chinese guest that I'm a
believer in religious freedom and I will make a -- state it
politely and as clearly as I can that ours is a nation that
respects religious freedom, ours is a nation that honors
religious freedom; and that our relationship will move forward,
but it will certainly be a lot easier to move forward in a
constructive way when our people with whom we conduct our
affairs honor religious freedom within their borders.
Q: Thank
you.
THE
PRESIDENT: I'd like to thank the press for not violating
the beeper policy. (Laughter.)
Q: We
didn't want to get Gordon in trouble again. (Laughter.)
THE
PRESIDENT: Gordon became an international figure.
(Laughter.)
(end
transcript)
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