Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R)
shakes hand with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in
Beijing, China, Feb. 21, 2009. Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing on
Friday evening, kicking off her visit to China. (Xinhua
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BEIJING, February 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign
Minister Yang Jiechi met U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Saturday
morning, both pledging to upgrade bilateral ties in dealing with common
challenges.
"As we start the new administration of President
Obama, we want to deepen and broaden our relationship," said Clinton who arrived
here Friday night after her tour to Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, and Japan.
This marked the beginning of face-to-face diplomacy
between the two countries since the Obama administration took office last month.
Clinton said she believes the U.S. and China have
established a solid foundation for the relationship, but there is "much more to
be done".
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
(2nd L) holds talks with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
(2nd R) in Beijing, China, Feb. 21, 2009. Hillary Clinton arrived in
Beijing on Friday evening, kicking off her visit to China.(Xinhua
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Yang said Chinese President Hu Jintao has exchanged
views with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama by phone and other means after he
took office, reaching consensus on further promoting Sino-U.S. relations in the
new era.
Yang expressed appreciation for the long-time
contribution by Clinton to enhancing Sino-U.S. relations.
"I expect to establish a good working relationship
with you for the promotion of exchanges and cooperation between our two
countries", Yang said.
He said Chinese government has valued relations with
the United States, and as the largest developing country and the largest
developed one, China and the United States should and are able to establish a
"long-term, stable, healthy and developing relations."
Entering 21st century in particular, the two
countries share more common interests and have a broader foundation for
cooperation while confronting the pressing global challenges, Yang said.
"The current situation calls upon us to strengthen
dialogue and exchanges, increase mutual trust and cooperation, and to upgrade
the bilateral ties to a new height," Yang said.
Clinton was scheduled to meet with Chinese President
Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and State Councilor Dai Bingguo later Saturday.
She will also visit a clean thermal power plant built
with U.S. and Chinese technology, which Clinton hailed as "an example of the
kind of job-creating, bilateral, public-private collaboration that we need so
much more of."
BEIJING, February 21 (Xinhua) -- China will conduct dialogues on human rights issues with the U.S. on the basis of mutual respect and noninterference in each other's internal affairs, said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday.
"Although differences exist, China is willing to conduct the dialogues with the U.S. to push forward the human rights situation on the premise of mutual respect and noninterference in each other's internal affairs," Yang said. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China on Saturday reaffirmed
its efforts to ensure security and liquidity when deploying foreign exchange
reserves.
"We did use foreign exchange reserves to buy U.S. treasury
bonds. Our principle of using reserves is to ensure security and liquidity,"
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told the press following talks with U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
will meet for the first time with U.S. President Barack Obama during a G20
summit in London in April, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here
Saturday.
The meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and US
President Barack Obama will be of great significance, Yang said, adding that
both countries are to make earnest preparation for the meeting. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 21
(Xinhua) -- China and the United States are to hold an annual work meeting of
their defense ministries this month, a spokesman of the Chinese Defense Ministry
said in a news release.
David Sedney, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense,
will visit China from Feb. 27 to 28 for a meeting with the head of the Foreign
Affairs Office of the Ministry of Defense of China. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing on Friday evening, kicking off her first
visit to China since she took office.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The United States and
China can increase mutual trust over long-term intentions through effective
cooperation on critical global issues such as climate change, a noted China
expert said.
Although the U.S.-China relationship has made much
progress in the past 30 years, mutual mistrust over each other's long-term
intentions remains deep, said Professor Kenneth Lieberthal from the University
of Michigan. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton's China tour scheduled for Friday is an important high-level
visit since the Obama administration took office. At this new historic juncture,
the two countries should stick to the right direction of their constructive
cooperation and push their bilateral ties further forward.
The course of Sino-U.S. relationship is clearly defined as
one between stakeholders and constructive partners. Their bilateral ties are
characterized by mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, rather than a zero
game. Full story
NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- In her first major policy
speech as U.S. secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday attached
great importance to developing stronger relations and having closer cooperation
with Asian countries, in particular China.
Addressing an audience at Asia Society New York
Headquarters on the eve of her four-nation Asian trip scheduled to start on
Sunday, the first foreign visit since she was sworn in on Jan. 21, Clinton said
that Washington is committed to a new era of diplomacy and development in which
Washington will use "smart power" to work with historic allies and emerging
nations to find regional and global solutions to common global problems. Full story
