Despite meetings this week in Beijing between senior American and Chinese officials, China is repeating its call to the United States to fix strained relations between the two countries.
China describes Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg’s two-day fence-mending visit to Beijing as candid and in depth.
But, if there has been an improvement in ties [...]
China is urging the US government to cancel plans for President Barack Obama to meet next week with Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu issued a statement Friday, urging the United States to, in his words, “immediately withdraw” plans for a meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama.
Ma [...]
The United States on Wednesday expressed support for a new Chinese effort to get North Korea back to the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on its nuclear program. The State Department said North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s recommitment to the negotiating process should be followed by action.
The State Department says it “absolutely supports” China’s latest [...]
The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour is on its way to the International Space Station.
NASA launched the shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on the Atlantic coast in Florida early Monday. A Sunday morning launch had been called off because of poor weather at the launch site.
The six astronauts aboard the shuttle arescheduled to deliver [...]
Shipping containers are piled up at at a container terminal in the port of Dalian, China (11 Sep 2009 Photo: AP)
China has hit back at the United States after President Barack Obama promised to take a tougher line with Beijing over currency and trade. Meawhile, the United States is downplaying reports of rising tensions with [...]
China has warned of serious repercussions for relations with the United States after the Obama administration’s decision to sell arms to Taiwan.
The Chinese government indicated Tuesday it is still angry over a nearly $6.5 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan that was announced in Washington Friday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu warned that the sale [...]
(Xinhua) – Ignoring repeated solemn representations made by China, the U.S. government on Friday notified Congress of its nearly 6.4 billion-U.S.-dollar arms sale package to Taiwan.
The sale is a wrong decision, which not only undermines China’s national security interests and her national unification cause, but also once again hurts the national feelings of the Chinese [...]
The prepared text of U.S. of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech, delivered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. JANUARY 21, 2010
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Thank you, Alberto for that kind introduction. It’s a pleasure to be here at [...]
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( The Google Doodle shown on Google.cn today — The Four Great Inventions of ancient China
simplified Chinese: 四大发明 )
Voice of statesmen on Google’s threat to pull out of China:
Nancy Pelosi applauded Google as being “an example to businesses and governments” for taking a hard stand against China’s censorship and cyber attacks.
Rep. Joe Barton (Texas), the [...]
