Activities of Bas BELDER related to 2012/2137(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on EU-China relations PDF (215 KB) DOC (133 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to the 145th EU-China Summit, which took place in Beijing in Februaryrussels on 20 September 2012, and to the Joint StatementPress Communiqué issued at the conclusion thereof,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
– having regard to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China scheduled for the autumn of8 November 2012 and the leadership changes in the Politburo Standing Committee due to be decided at the congress,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas a strategic partnership requires a strong commitment to mutual responsibility and good confidence;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas China steps up it's efforts regarding market based systems for emissions trading; whereas China carries out 7 pilot projects in this regard with the purpose of establishing a national emissions trading scheme in 2015;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. Whereas China is the world's biggest carbon dioxide emitter and emissions still increase rapidly; whereas China's per capita CO2 emissions reached 6.8 tonnes in 2010 and are expected to overtake the US per capita emissions already in 2017;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU adheres to theits One China Policy in the Cross Straits Relations between the PRC and Taiwan;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas Chinese civil rights activists have reported on their deprivation of liberty when they disappeared under the conduct of the police, without an arrest warrant, an indictment, any contact with their families and legal aid for several months;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. Whereas China and Japan intended to celebrate their 40 years of diplomatic relations in 2012; whereas China is Japan's most important customer and trading partner;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. Whereas China is cooperating with Russia, four Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) and four observer countries (India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan) in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); whereas Chinese investments in Central Asia will rise in the next decade from 20 billion to 100 billion dollars, as was announced at the SCO Summit in Beijing, 6 June 2012;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
(a) Expects that EU Member States will give the EEAS and especially its Delegation in Beijing a clear mandate to strengthen the EU-China Strategic Partnership by speaking with one voice to the Chinese government; expects from the Chinese authorities at all political levels to strengthen the EU-China Strategic Partnership by a consistent and transparent application of mutual and international agreements and rules;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that although forced abortions are strictly illegal in China, family-planning officials repeatedly coerce women into abortions or sterilisation; condemns the so-called ‘social maintenance fee’, an often exorbitant fine that parents have to pay in the event of extra births, as was the case in the tragedy of Feng Jianmei; wholeheartedly supports Chinese voices that call for an end of the one-child policypoints out that in 2011 official statistics number 8400 complaints from victims against the misconduct of family-planning authorities; wholeheartedly supports Chinese voices that call for an end of the one-child policy, with its many loopholes, while stressing its severe negative social and psychological consequences such as the still growing imbalance between baby boys and girls, creating "little emperors" and disrupting the traditional family structure, and moreover reducing the intake of young people at the labour market;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
(c) Welcomes China's efforts to establish a nationwide emission trading system by 2015, which could in the future be integrated with other carbon trading systems, notably EU ETS; notes however that China does not yet have a fully- functioning mature market economy which is a clear prerequisite for a well functioning emissions trading system;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
(d) Urges the Chinese government to step up the measuring of pollutants and emissions in order to overcome the lack of reliable carbon emission data, to establish a better legal infrastructure and to increase capacity building at administrative level. Welcomes in this regard the 20 September 2012 financing agreement between the EU and China promoting the environment, transition towards a low-carbon economy and a reduction of green house gas emissions in China;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
(b) Strongly endorses the critical comments of Chinese lawyers and jurists that the humiliating detainment of suspects for more than 15 days conflicts with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which China signed in October 1998; is shocked by the fact that according to the new Criminal Procedures Law of 2013 police and state security authorities can even detain a suspect more than 14 months without any assistance of a lawyer; fully supports the criticism of Chinese jurists that the police retains the option not only to keep suspects under house arrest, but also to detain them under "Arrest at a determined place"; backs all initiatives of Chinese jurists to really reform the Criminal Procedures Law of the PRC;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the enormous efforts made by the Chinese Government to develop Tibet and Xinjiang economically; urges the Chinese Government to act in a politically responsible way by respecting and protecting Tibetan and Uighur traditional cultures and lifestyles; believes that Beijing cannot win the hearts and minds of the Tibetan and Uighur peoples by way of millions of surveillance cameras or repressive police methods, but only by seriously addressing all indigenous complaints to create a really shared responsibility for the well-being of both autonomous provinces;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
(c) Deplores that according to various news reports of 8 October 2012 since 2009 between 40 and 50 Tibetans committed suicide by self-immolation; asks the Chinese government to deeply reflect to the motives of these shocking acts of human desperation; criticizes the Chinese government's decision in early 2012 to station permanent State administrative committees inside Tibetan monasteries and convents to secure that monks and nuns should not participate in "separatist activities" and in "disturbing public order";
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
(a) Shares the criticism of Chinese jurists that the fundamental shortcomings of China's legal code on religion reside with the Constitution, because the principle of "religious freedom" provided for in clauses 1 and 2 of Article 36 conflict with the principle of "restrictions on religion" provided for in clauses 3 and 4, with no clarification as to which takes precedence; joins the call of Chinese jurists to establish religious freedom as the principle of precedence in the Constitution;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)
Paragraph 12 g (new)
(g) Is pleased by the great interest millions of Chinese citizens took at the presidential and parliamentary elections in Taiwan on 14 January 2012, which could be instantly followed on the internet for the first time;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
(d) Appreciates that China is the biggest contributor of peacekeeping troops among the permanent members of the UNSC, for which its rapid modernizing navy is most responsible;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
(c) Worries seriously about the escalating tensions between China and Japan on the disputed Senkaku/Diaoy islands, for both countries covet the oil and gas reserves under the surrounding waters; urges China to take serious notice of Japanese discomfort about the more offensive actions of the Chinese navy in the Pacific; appeals strongly to China and Japan to combat mutual enemy perceptions and to grasp the fortieth anniversary of their diplomatic relations for constructive negotiations;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the survival of the North Korean regime depends essentially on China; welcomes China's responsible behaviour by voting in favour of the strong condemnation by the UNSC on 15 April 2012 of the failed rocket launch by North Korea, widely considered as an attempted ballistic missile test; looks forward to China continuing to take responsibility for stability on the Korean Peninsula, a swift resumption of the six- party talks on the North Korean nuclear threat, and, above all, to a drastic improvement in the day-to-day living conditions of North Korean citizens brought about through Chinese incentives;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
(d) Remarks that China's main objectives with the SCO are to achieve peace and stability in Central Asia through collectively combating the so-called "three evils" of extremism, separatism and terrorism; notes China's great strategic and economic interest in the region by the exploitation of its vast oil and gas reserves and by connecting Central Asia to China's coastline via railways and highways;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Appreciates the Chinese leadership's acknowledgement of the serious criticism of its imbalanced, raw-material-centred African policy during the Forum of Chinese-African Cooperation (FOCAC), held on 20 July 2012 in Beijing, which is shown by its current open promotion of a diversification of its activities on the continent; welcomes the pledge of State and Party leader Hu Jintao at this FOCAC-meeting of the record credit of 20 billion dollars to African countries in the next three years for developing their infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing and SMEs; points to the obvious ethical and strategic flaws of China's non-intervention principle in Africa's domestic policies in cases of popular resistance against repressive regimes (e.g., Sudan), or in cases of regime change (e.g., Libya); notes that the increasing Chinese presence in Africa has led to grave social tensions, but welcomes the fact that Chinese companies have expressed their willingness to place greater emphasis on social responsibility in their African activities;