Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R)
meets with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte at the
Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 8, 2009.
(Xinhua/Rao Aimin) Photo Gallery>>>
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Continuously developing
relations between China and the United States is in line with aspirations of the
two peoples and historical trends, said Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on
Thursday.
"Sino-U.S. relations are now facing an opportunity
for further development," Xi told U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D.
Negroponte, who came to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of
Sino-U.S. diplomatic relations.
"China will work with the U.S. to push forward the
relationship in the new historical period," he said.
Xi said China and the U.S. should make joint efforts
to maintain constructive cooperation, consider interests and concerns of each
other, strengthen dialogues and properly handle disputes.
He said the establishment of diplomatic ties between
China and the U.S. was a milestone in history that started a new era of
cooperation between the two countries and had profound impact on the
international situation.
Sino-U.S. relations made remarkable progress over the
past three decades. In the past eight years in particular, cooperation in all
areas had further developed and coordination in international and regional
issues had been fruitful, said Xi.
Negroponte said no relationship in the world was more
important than U.S-China relations.
He said the two countries had worked together to
safeguard peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region and the world through
bilateral and multilateral contacts.
Negroponte said U.S. administrations had long been
committed to an engagement policy with China. He believed the new government
would follow this policy too.
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State John D. Negroponte on Thursday reiterated the one-China
policy of his government and expressed optimism for the cross-Straits relations
in the new year.
Negroponte made the remarks during a meeting here
with Wang Yi, director of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office. Full story
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday he was confident of a bright
U.S.-China future under the new American administration.
"I look forward to watching the U.S-China
relationship develop in the coming years, and feel confident that it will
continue to flourish under the new American administration," Negroponte told an
audience of about 100 people at a breakfast meeting Thursday morning. Full story
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R)
meets with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte in
Beijing, China, Jan. 7, 2009. China on Wednesday said it hoped to achieve
even greater progress in Sino-U.S. relations in the next 30 years.
(Xinhua/Pang Xinglei) Photo
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BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday said
it hoped to achieve even greater progress in Sino-U.S. relations in the next 30
years.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made the remarks while
welcoming visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, who came
to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-U.S. diplomatic
relations. Full story
