Jim Sutton's participation in these meetings. He also welcomed Speaker Jonathan Hunt's visit to China at his convenience. Zhu said that China foiled such an anti-China motion made by the United States for a 10th time this year, which shows that conducting confrontations on human rights issues are unacceptable. Zhu reiterated China's consistent stand on the Taiwan issue. He stressed that it is the most sensitive issue in the China-New Zealand relations and the proper treatment of this issue is key to ensuring the development of the relations.
China appreciates it.
Zhu also briefed Clark and his party on China's policies on issues like Tibet and religions. Zhu also talked about the recent mid-air collision incident in which a U.S. military reconnaissance plane rammed and destroyed a Chinese fighter jet. Zhu noted that it is unreasonable for the U.S. to resort to lame arguments. China has exercised restraint on this issue. Taking humanitarianism into consideration, we allowed the U. S. crew members to leave China.