China wants 'quiet talk' with US
By Chris Buckley |
September 8, 2010, Wednesday
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CHINA wants to quell tensions with the United States through quiet talk, not shouting matches, senior officials told White House advisers yesterday, saying the two countries should focus on repairing the global economy.
The Chinese officials made the comments in meetings with visiting US National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon.
The two sides are drawn together by economic and diplomatic interests, but this year has brought bouts of friction over Internet policy, Tibet, US arms sales to Taiwan, China's currency and Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The gaping US trade deficit with China, worth US$226.9 billion in 2009, also causes rancor in Washington.
US officials have said Chinese President Hu Jintao is likely to visit the US early next year and Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo stressed hopes for an amicable atmosphere.
"Quiet and in-depth dialogue is better than loud haranguing," Dai told Summers and Donilon, in remarks made in the presence of reporters as the two sides sat down for talks.
Later in the day, Premier Wen Jiabao told the two advisers that the two countries should focus on reviving the world economy.
"The pressing task now is overcoming the hardships and damage brought by the international financial crisis and promoting global economic stabilization and recovery," Wen said.
Summers told Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan on Monday that President Barack Obama "emphasized for us the importance he attaches to a very strong relationship between the United States and China and to President Hu's upcoming visit to the United States." Neither side has said what issues are being discussed during the two days of talks.
The Chinese officials made the comments in meetings with visiting US National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon.
The two sides are drawn together by economic and diplomatic interests, but this year has brought bouts of friction over Internet policy, Tibet, US arms sales to Taiwan, China's currency and Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The gaping US trade deficit with China, worth US$226.9 billion in 2009, also causes rancor in Washington.
US officials have said Chinese President Hu Jintao is likely to visit the US early next year and Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo stressed hopes for an amicable atmosphere.
"Quiet and in-depth dialogue is better than loud haranguing," Dai told Summers and Donilon, in remarks made in the presence of reporters as the two sides sat down for talks.
Later in the day, Premier Wen Jiabao told the two advisers that the two countries should focus on reviving the world economy.
"The pressing task now is overcoming the hardships and damage brought by the international financial crisis and promoting global economic stabilization and recovery," Wen said.
Summers told Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan on Monday that President Barack Obama "emphasized for us the importance he attaches to a very strong relationship between the United States and China and to President Hu's upcoming visit to the United States." Neither side has said what issues are being discussed during the two days of talks.
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