Chinese Public View Six-party Talks as Another Ice-breaking Step

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Chinese Public View Six-party Talks as Another Ice-breaking Step

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Handshakes and smiles. The six-party talks that began in Beijing Wednesday morning seemed to have left the Chinese people with a glimpse of hope that a peaceful solutionto the Korean nuclear issue may be reached.

An avalanche of media reports revealed how much this meeting, among China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), theUnited States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan, is of concern to the Chinese people.

The Global Times, one of the best-selling tabloid newspapers inBeijing, sold 1.92 million copies Wednesday, about 120,000 more copies than usual. Its cover story was about the talks.

"The year 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, and all relevant sides should consider how to ease theburden left over from the past," Xu Zhiyuan, an editor of the Economic Observer weekly, told Xinhua.

Like Xu, many Chinese people, including scholars, businessmen and ordinary citizens, agreed that it is high time the Korean nuclear issue was resolved through peaceful means.

Li Dunqiu, secretary-general of the Chinese Society for the Study of Korean History, said the denuclearization and security ofthe Korean Peninsula is in the interest of every party, including the DPRK and the United States.

"It's important even if they merely sit together and get to talk, with or without a result," Li added.

Some experts said the confrontation between the DPRK and the United States will paralyze the economic chain formed by the ROK, Japan, the United States, ASEAN and China.

"We hope the talks can bear some results. Any turbulence on the peninsula will imperil both the imports and exports of the ROK,as well as its investments in China," said Piao Qixing, a Chinese citizen of the Korea ethnic group and an executive of Kisan Telecom's Beijing office, a ROK company.

The talks offer a rare chance for a peaceful solution to this issue, according to Professor Zhu Feng from Beijing University's School of International Studies.

"China is playing a pivotal role in these talks, and shows its responsibility as a major power," said Zhu.

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