Ah Tiong diplomat barge into private APEC meeting uninvited.. Police called

bart12 · Nov 18, 2018

5000 years of culture produced uncouth Ah Tiong diplomats ..At least learnt how to knock the door!!

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The police were called when Chinese officials attempted to "barge" into the office of Papua New Guinea's foreign minister, it emerged Sunday, as APEC summit tensions boiled over.

The Chinese delegates "tried to barge in" to Rimbink Pato's Port Moresby office Saturday, in an eleventh-hour bid to influence a summit draft communique, but were denied entry, three sources with knowledge of the situation told AFP.

"Police were posted outside the minister's office after they tried to barge in," one source privy to summit negotiations told AFP, requesting anonymity.

The diplomatic incident came with tensions already high at a summit of Asian-Pacific leaders that has been overshadowed by a spat between the United States and China.

Pato had refused to meet with the delegates, according to a source, who said: "It's not appropriate for the minister to negotiate solo with the Chinese. The Chinese negotiating officials know this."

The minister himself sought to downplay the incident, telling AFP: "There wasn't an issue."

The Chinese delegation has yet to comment publicly on the incident but was set to hold a news conference later Sunday.

APEC nations usually agree a joint statement but officials are struggling to bridge deep divides on trade policy and admit that a formal communique may not be issued.

This is not the first time Chinese officials have been involved in a tense incident at a regional meeting.

At the Pacific Islands Forum in September, Nauru's president demanded China apologise after its delegation walked out of a meeting when the host refused to let an envoy speak until island leaders had finished.

"They're not our friends. They just need us for their own purposes," President Baron Waqa said at the time.

steffychun · Nov 18, 2018

PAP never barge in ah?

Rogue Trader · Nov 18, 2018

Urine and cockroaches waiting for diplomat when he goes back to Beijing

borom · Nov 18, 2018

Yet one red dot import millions of these "more driven" people and also make its student do HIGHER Chinese !

Hypocrite-The · Nov 18, 2018

The yanks never even attend n the ah tiongs fuck it up...ah tiong land Bagus

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PORT MORESBY: The police were called when Chinese officials attempted to "barge" into the office of Papua New Guinea's foreign minister, it emerged on Sunday (Nov 18), as APEC summit tensions boiled over.
The Chinese delegates "tried to barge into" Rimbink Pato's Port Moresby office Saturday, in an eleventh-hour bid to influence a summit draft communique, but were denied entry, three sources with knowledge of the situation told AFP.

"Police were posted outside the minister's office after they tried to barge in," one source privy to summit negotiations told AFP, requesting anonymity.
The diplomatic incident came with tensions already high at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders that has been overshadowed by a spat between the United States and China.
Pato had refused to meet with the delegates, according to a source, who said: "It's not appropriate for the minister to negotiate solo with the Chinese. The Chinese negotiating officials know this."
The minister himself sought to downplay the incident, telling AFP: "There wasn't an issue."

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The Chinese delegation has yet to comment publicly on the incident but was set to hold a news conference later on Sunday.
APEC nations usually agree a joint statement but officials are struggling to bridge deep divides on trade policy and admit that a formal communique may not be issued.
This is not the first time Chinese officials have been involved in a tense incident at a regional meeting.
At the Pacific Islands Forum in September, Nauru's president demanded China apologise after its delegation walked out of a meeting when the host refused to let an envoy speak until island leaders had finished.
"They're not our friends. They just need us for their own purposes," President Baron Waqa said at the time.
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APEC 2018: Regional meeting ends in disarray as leaders fail to reach consensus on communique
BY PACIFIC AFFAIRS REPORTER STEPHEN DZIEDZIC AND PNG CORRESPONDENT NATALIE WHITINGUPDATED 8 MINUTES AGO
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The APEC meeting in Papua New Guinea has ended in disarray, with regional leaders unable to reach a consensus on trade and deciding not to issue their usual joint communique.
Key points:

Instead of leaders issuing a joint statement, PNG will issue a chairman's statement
China said some of the trade issues brought up at APEC were better addressed by WTO members
Mike Pence said the US had differences with China, beginning with trade practices

Officials from China and the US clashed over whether the communique should include language which criticised Beijing's trade practices, as well as the World Trade Organisation.
Papua New Guinea will instead issue a "chairman's statement", Zhang Shaogang, director-general of China's international department at the Ministry of Commerce said.
Conflicting visions for the region had made it difficult to draft a summit communique, PNG Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato said, as the United States and China revealed competing ambitions for the region.
Director general of China's Department of International Economic Affairs, Wang Xiaolong, said the agreement among the leaders was to authorise the Papua New Guinea chairmanship to issue a joint statement reflecting the consensus and agreement among the various members.

"It [the multilateral trading system] is not exactly a sticking point between any particular two countries," he said.

"I think in the discussions a lot of economies made their comments on the issue of the development of the multilateral trading system, as well as how to strengthen and improve the functioning of the world trade centre," he said.
"Frankly speaking, we are in the very early stage of those discussions. Different countries have different ideas about how to take that process forward and I think there will be a process of consensus building as we go along.
"Hopefully those discussions will crystallise into more concrete outcomes."
But he said some of the trade issues were beyond the scope of APEC.
"APEC is a regional economic forum. Those issues related to WTO (World Trade Organisation) will have to be discussed and decided on the basis of a broad-based process and with the involvement of countries and economies beyond the APEC region, because at the end of the day what happens to the WTO has to be decided by the full WTO membership," he said.
The 'entire world is worried'
The 21 nations at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Port Moresby struggled to bridge differences on the role of the WTO, which governs international trade.
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"The entire world is worried" about tensions between China and the US, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said.
US Vice-President Mike Pence and China's President Xi Jinping traded barbs in speeches on Saturday.
Mr Pence professed respect for Mr Xi and China but also harshly criticised the world's second biggest economy for intellectual property theft, forced technology transfers and unfair trading practices.
Mr Pence told reporters that during the weekend he had two "candid" conversations with Mr Xi, who is expected to meet US President Donald Trump at a G20 summit at the end of this month in Buenos Aires.
"There are differences today — they begin with trade practices, with tariffs and quotas, forced technology transfers, the theft of intellectual property," Mr Pence aid.
"It goes beyond that to freedom of navigation in the seas, concerns about human rights."
The US is interested in a better relationship "but there has to be change" from China's side, Mr Pence said he told Mr Xi, who responded that dialogue was important.
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APEC 2018: Chinese officials barge into PNG Foreign Minister's office after being denied meeting
By PNG correspondent Natalie Whiting and Pacific affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic
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IMAGEThe members of the Chinese delegation had requested a meeting with Rimbink Pato (right).(ABC News)
Tensions have overflowed at the APEC summit in Papua New Guinea, after a group of Chinese officials tried to force their way into a Minister's office.
Key points:

The Chinese officials had to be removed from Rimbink Pato's office
Police stationed at the government building were asked to keep a closer eye on the Minister's office
The Chinese delegation has been accused of "bullying" PNG officials

Four Chinese officials barged into the office of Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato on Saturday afternoon after being denied a meeting.
The ABC understands the Chinese Senior Officials Meeting negotiators wanted to meet with the Minister to discuss the wording of the APEC final communique.
When they were repeatedly denied a meeting they pushed their way into Mr Pato's office, calling out to the Minister for two minutes of his time.
Security was called to the office and the officials had to be forced from the room.
The officials eventually left of their own accord.
The incident has been detailed to the ABC by multiple, independent sources, however a Chinese official has denied it happened.
The director general of The Department of International Economic Affairs, Wang Xiaolong, said it was "simply not true".
"We have had constant, very close interactions with our PNG colleagues and we're in constant close touch with one another and we're mostly on the same page — both on the process and substance of the agenda," he said.
"We very much admire the very good work that has been done by the PNG chair and we would like to congratulate our PNG colleagues on having hosted a very successful APEC summit, given the circumstances.

"I think they've done very good work."

Since the story has been publicised Mr Pato has provided additional comment, saying in a statement the "incident" was "not an issue for PNG at all and the APEC conference thus far has been a resounding success."
Mr Pato's office added he had very cordial relations with his counterpart Wang Yi and had met him several times on Sunday, with no issues, as the negotiations continued.
A spokesman from Mr Pato's office confirmed a meeting was requested and denied, but would not comment on whether there was a confrontation.
The office said the Minister did not want to meet with the officials because he wanted to protect his impartiality as chairman.
It is understood that police stationed at the building were asked to keep an eye on the Minister's office following the confrontation.
Chinese delegation accused of 'bullying'
This is not the first instance of Chinese officials clashing with staff from the PNG Government.
Several officials from the PNG Government have complained about how the Chinese delegation has behaved during the visit, accusing them of "bullying".
Chinese officials denied the media access to a meeting between the Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pacific leaders, after the PNG Government had invited journalists to cover it.
Geopolitical tensions have been overshadowing this year's APEC summit,with the United States, Australia and China all battling for influence in the region.
US Vice-President Mike Pence and Mr Xi traded barbs during speeches on Saturday, with Mr Pence accusing Beijing of debt-trap diplomacy and Mr Xi warning the US against protectionism.
Later, Mr Pence announced plans for the US, Australia and PNG to redevelop a joint naval base on Manus Island, a move one analyst described as a "significant pushback" against China's strategic ambitions in the Pacific region.
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PORT MORESBY: Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations failed Sunday (Nov 18) to bridge gaping divisions at a summit overshadowed by a war of words over the US and China as they vie for influence in the region.
For the first time in the history of the APEC grouping, leaders were unable to agree on a formal written declaration amid sharp differences over trade policy.

"The leaders agreed that instead of a traditional leaders' declaration, they would leave it to the hands of PNG as the chair to issue a chair statement on behalf of all the members," said Zhang Xiaolong, a spokesman from the Chinese foreign ministry.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted there were "different visions on particular elements with regard to trade that prevented full consensus on a communique document."
The annual gathering, held for the first time in Papua New Guinea, was overshadowed by speeches from Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Vice President Mike Pence, which appeared to represent competing bids for regional leadership.
Pence warned smaller countries not to be seduced by China's massive Belt-and-Road infrastructure programme, which sees Beijing offer money to poorer countries for construction and development projects.

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The "opaque" loans come with strings attached and build up "staggering debt", Pence charged, mocking the initiative as a "constricting belt" and a "one-way road".
He urged nations instead to stick with the United States, which doesn't "drown our partners in a sea of debt" or "coerce, corrupt or compromise your independence".
In a speech to business leaders just minutes before Pence, Xi insisted the initiative was not a "trap" and there was no "hidden agenda" - amid criticism that it amounts to "chequebook diplomacy" in the region.
Xi also lashed out at "America First" trade protectionism, saying it was a "short-sighted approach" that was "doomed to failure".
The feisty barbs on a gleaming white cruise ship moored in Port Moresby set the scene for a potentially fiery meeting between Xi and US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Argentina at the end of this month.
But Xi and Pence, who both wore shiny, red shirts provided by the Pacific island did hold talks on Saturday night at the leaders' gala dinner.
Pence told reporters on Sunday: "I spoke to President Xi twice during the course of this conference. We had a candid conversation."
He told him that the US is interested in a better relationship with China "but there has to be change" in Beijing's trade policies.
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With fears that a trade war between the two rivals could cripple the Pacific Rim economy, some attendees voiced concern about the growing rivalry for influence in the region.
"Business leaders do not want to speak out, but behind the scenes here, they are talking over dinner saying 'how has this happened'?" said Denis O'Brien, the billionaire chairman of Digicel.
"It's a very forced situation, one country is trying to force all the other countries to change tariffs agreed over years," O'Brien told AFP.
CRUISE SHIP DIPLOMACY
Trump - and Russian President Vladimir Putin - both decided to skip the gathering, leaving the spotlight on Xi who arrived two days early to open a Chinese-funded school and road in Papua New Guinea's dirt-poor capital Port Moresby.
Xi has been the star of the show, front and centre at official photos whereas Pence has kept a lower profile, only deciding at the last minute to stay overnight in Port Moresby - shelving original plans to fly in and out from Cairns in Australia.
As if to counter Chinese largesse, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Japan on Sunday announced a project to boost electricity capacity in Papua New Guinea.
The project aims to raise the percentage of the PNG population with access to electricity from 13 per cent to 70 per cent.
And as the US and China vie for influence in the region, the statement dangled the prospect of similar projects for countries that "support principles and values which help maintain and promote a free, open, prosperous and rules-based region."
With the official business of the summit relatively low-key, much of the focus has been on the unlikely venue of Port Moresby, which is hosting its first international event of this scale.
The city is on lockdown with hundreds of police and military patrolling the streets of the notoriously crime-ridden capital.
Warships are stationed just off the coast to provide security for the leaders, and delegates and media have been housed in enormous cruise ships due to a dearth of hotel rooms.
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Deep divisions between the United States and China have derailed the APEC meeting in Port Moresby, with regional leaders failing to agree on a final communique for the first time in the summit's history.
Key points:

The US and China were unwilling to compromise, leaving other nations frustrated
Divisions between the "giants" threatened to dwarf any other progress made at APEC
But PNG insisted the summit had been a success that included "fruitful discussions"

The two regional powers clashed repeatedly over the language on trade in the final document, with Beijing angrily rejecting paragraphs that called for an overhaul of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and warned against unfair trade tactics.
The Trump administration has repeatedly accused China of economic coercion, and the two nations have already slapped competing tariffs on exports worth billions of dollars.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, who was hosting APEC, said there were disagreements between the two "giants" at the meeting, adding the "entire world is worried" by tensions between the nations.

PHOTO China's President Xi Jinping has a compelling message for the Pacific's island nations: they now have a choice of benefactors.
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But he insisted the summit had still been a success and allowed leaders to have "fruitful discussions … and exchange frank views".
One source familiar with negotiations told the ABC that China and the US had both taken an uncompromising approach to the language, and it was "impossible" for other countries to hammer out a compromise.

"The US was determined to include a strong message on trade and the WTO in the communique, and China was determined to get rid of that language," the source said.

"So the negotiations fell in a heap and the chair [Papua New Guinea] gave up."
They added that some other countries were also frustrated by the stances taken by the US and China.
The confrontation highlighted how rising tensions in the region have complicated the routine business of diplomacy — although some experts were already questioning the usefulness of the APEC summit.
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Tensions had been rippling through the summit before the final leaders' meeting on Sunday.
On Saturday Chinese diplomats stormed into the office of PNG Foreign Affairs Minister Rimbink Pato, demanding changes to the draft communique.
Mr Pato refused to meet them, and the officials only left after security was called.
The director general of China's Department of International Economic Affairs, Wang Xiaolong, played down the divisions, only saying there were "discussions" about trade issues at APEC.

PHOTO Conflicting visions for the region made it difficult to draft a summit communique.
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But he said many of the points of disagreement were beyond the scope of APEC, and could only be hammered out by the WTO.
"Those issues related to WTO will have to be discussed and decided … with the involvement of countries and economies beyond the APEC region," he said.

"At the end of the day what happens to the WTO has to be decided by the full WTO membership."

The stoush over trade came against the backdrop of deepening regional competition between China and the US in the Asia-Pacific.
China has been building its influence in the region, and Chinese businesses are now deeply invested in Pacific island countries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping was feted by Papua New Guinea during a formal state visit on Friday, and Western leaders were watching closely when he met with leaders of Pacific island nations.
On Sunday the tiny nation of Tonga announced it had signed up to China's Belt and Road initiative and received a reprieve on debt payments from Beijing.
'A slap in the face'

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But the US and its allies have also been keen to demonstrate they are determined to reassert their presence in the South Pacific.
On Sunday, Australia, the US, New Zealand and Japan announced they would pour millions of dollars every yearinto an ambitious effort to bring electricity to 70 per cent of people in Papua New Guinea.
The US also announced it would partner with Australia and Papua New Guinea to upgrade the Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island, which could hand Washington another crucial strategic outpost in the Pacific.
US Vice-President Mike Pence traded barbs with Mr Xi the day before the leaders' meeting, accusing China of economic espionage and using debt-trap diplomacy to coerce small countries in the region.
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But Mr Xi warned the US against a trade war, saying Washington risked an economic conflagration.
"Mankind has once again reached a crossroads," he said.
"Which direction should we choose? Cooperation or confrontation? Openness or closing doors?"
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