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China a 'global player' in terror war
CNN Senior China Analyst Willy Wo-Lap Lam
HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- President Jiang Zemin has positioned China as a major global player in the fight against terrorism. Speaking on Sunday at the APEC heads of state meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, Jiang said there should be closer international cooperation in ensuring transport and harbor safety, as well as in fighting terrorism-related money laundering and Net-based crimes. He said Beijing had taken part in recent initiatives such as the protocol on safeguarding the safety of containers. However, in his address on countering terrorism, the out-going Chinese leader underscored the importance of reconciling differences among peoples with different races, religion and values. "In the struggle against terrorism, we should focus on both remedies to cure symptoms of terrorism and solutions to address its root causes," the official Xinhua news agency quoted Jiang as saying. "World peace and security will be safeguarded if the new security concept with the principles of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and cooperation as its core is followed." Poverty divideAnalysts said Beijing had expressed reservations about Washington's readiness to use military means to solve terrorist problems in Iraq and other countries. And Jiang was restating China's view that the root causes of terrorism included mutual suspicion between Christian and Muslim nations as well as the income gulf between rich and poor countries. Jiang also said China was a victim of terrorism, apparently referring to the anti-Beijing activities by underground, Muslim separatist groups in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. After last Friday's summit with Jiang, however, President George W. Bush said at a press conference no country should suppress the rights of ethnic minorities under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Taiwan's contributionsMeanwhile, Taipei's representative at APEC, Lee Yuan-Tseh, has urged that Taiwan not be excluded from the global effort against terrorism. Lee, a Nobel laureate who heads Taiwan's Academia Sinica, said because of its geopolitical and economic importance, Taipei had already contributed significant amounts of funds and material to the anti-terrorist campaign. He expressed regrets that representatives from Taiwan were barred from a special session on the subject held by APEC foreign ministers over the weekend. At the APEC meeting, Lee, an adviser of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, shook hands with Jiang but the two did not have any one-on-one meetings.
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