BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton concluded a three-day visit to China and left here for home
Sunday afternoon, wrapping up her four-nation Asian tour.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets
with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) in Beijing,
China, Feb. 21, 2009.(Xinhua/Yao Dawei)
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During her stay in China, Clinton met with Chinese
leaders and visited China's biggest clean thermal power plant, where she also
communicated with several teachers and students from Tsinghua University.
During her visit, the two sides agreed to enhance
coordination on combating global economic crisis, advance bilateral cooperation
in fields including finance, energy resources, environmental protection.
Clinton started the China visit Friday evening,
following visits to Japan, Indonesia and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (1st R) meets
with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (1st L) in Beijing,
China, Feb. 21, 2009.(Xinhua/Liu Weibing)
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Clinton: U.S. to "deepen and broaden
relationship" with China
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. Full story
FM: China to have human rights
dialogue with U.S.
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
China stresses security, liquidity
when deploying forex reserves
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
Chinese President to meet with Obama
in London
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
China, U.S. to hold defense
meeting
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
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton arrives for China visit
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.
Clinton was greeted by Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister
Liu Jieyi at the airport. Full story
Expert: Effective U.S.-China co-op on
climate change can increase mutual trust
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
Commentary: China, U.S. should enahnce
mutual trust, co-op to tackle global
challenges
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. Full story
Hillary Clinton highlights Asia, China
in first major speech
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. Full story
