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One of the key areas of our relations with the Far East is the embargo on arms sales to China, which I support, although I am aware that this is, more than anything, a symbolic gesture, given that, even without European arms, China remains a threat to Taiwan, and that China still commits an alarming number of human rights violations.
China’s power – both now and in the future – is not exclusively military in nature. It is now a growing economic power that uses a huge amount of energy. It is a demographic power. It is a diplomatic power, in view of its permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council and its diplomacy and cooperation policy of helping developing countries without imposing any kind of democratisation process; far from it in fact. Consequently, rather than simply discussing whether or not to remove the embargo, the EU needs to think strategically. Our prime objective is to ensure that China becomes a democracy. No democracy poses a threat to us, whereas a military, diplomatic and demographic power with huge economic strength and without democratic checks and balances might pose a medium- or long-term threat."@en1
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