China wants U.S. to accept export quality certificates of Chinese labs

    BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- "China hopes the U.S. side accepts certificates offered by the Chinese quality inspection department on goods to be exported to the United States," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here Thursday.

    As of Nov. 12, the United States requires an independent third party to inspect goods being exported from China, in order to assure quality standards.

    BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan are coordinating the timing of the second China-Japan high-level economic dialogue, which it hopes will be as early as possible, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular press conference on Thursday.

    Qin's comments follow a report from Japan's Kyodo news service that the dialogue, originally to be held late this month in Tokyo, was likely to be delayed to next year.

APEC meetings to handle Chinese Taipei "under one-China policy"

    BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The sovereign members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will properly handle Chinese Taipei's participation in APEC meetings on the principle of the one-China policy, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here on Thursday.

    "All sovereign members of the APEC abide by the one-China principle and hope to handle problems based on this principle, as well as relevant memoranda of understanding and regulations," Qin said in response to a question on Chinese Taipei's participation in ongoing APEC meetings.