Hu to visit Washington next January
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October 22, 2010, Friday
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PRESIDENT Hu Jintao is scheduled to visit the United States in January, a senior US official said yesterday in Beijing.
Relations between the countries plunged earlier this year over disagreements about everything from trade policy to US arms sales to Taiwan. Since the summer, however, both sides have worked to smooth over the problems and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to visit Beijing next year, after being denied an invitation during a visit to Asia earlier this year.
"Given the nature of the Chinese-American relationship and the importance of that relationship, there are going to be areas upon which we will simply not agree," US Attorney General Eric Holder said after meeting Chinese counterparts in Beijing. "But that does not mean the relationship should not go forward."
Over two days of meetings, Holder said he discussed ways to cooperate on fighting intellectual property rights violations, transnational crime and other concerns. The two sides pledged closer coordination on fighting cyber crime and sharing information on terrorist activity.
"We agreed that we will work together to achieve tangible results in anticipation of the visit of President Hu to Washington in January 2011," Holder told reporters.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu offered no specific details about the trip. He said: "I believe that will be a very important visit that can have profound, far-reaching influence on the future of China-US relations."
Relations between the countries plunged earlier this year over disagreements about everything from trade policy to US arms sales to Taiwan. Since the summer, however, both sides have worked to smooth over the problems and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to visit Beijing next year, after being denied an invitation during a visit to Asia earlier this year.
"Given the nature of the Chinese-American relationship and the importance of that relationship, there are going to be areas upon which we will simply not agree," US Attorney General Eric Holder said after meeting Chinese counterparts in Beijing. "But that does not mean the relationship should not go forward."
Over two days of meetings, Holder said he discussed ways to cooperate on fighting intellectual property rights violations, transnational crime and other concerns. The two sides pledged closer coordination on fighting cyber crime and sharing information on terrorist activity.
"We agreed that we will work together to achieve tangible results in anticipation of the visit of President Hu to Washington in January 2011," Holder told reporters.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu offered no specific details about the trip. He said: "I believe that will be a very important visit that can have profound, far-reaching influence on the future of China-US relations."
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