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US, China launching strategic dialogue in Beijing
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-08-01 14:42
Top diplomatic officials from the United States and China kicked off annual
series of strategic dialogues today in Beijing, in an endeavor by the two major
countries to iron out their trade and military differences.
Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick met with his Chinese counterpart,
Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo in talks meant to "facilitate bilateral
relations," the Xinhua News Agency said.
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Chinese Vice
Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo (R) and US Deputy Secretary of State Robert
Zoellick shake hands before the first strategic dialogue in Beijing August
1, aiming to facilitate bilateral relations. The closed-door dialogue was
co-chaired by Dai and Zoellick.[Xinhua]
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Zoellick met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday for more than 90 minutes of
talks ahead of the two-day strategic dialogue.
While Beijing and Washington cooperate in many fields on the world stage,
including the ongoing six-party talks in Beijing to try to defuse the North
Korean nuclear crisis, relationship has been strained in recent months amid U.S.
worries about China's military buildup and the proposed takeover of the oil
company Unocal Corp. by the Chinese oil major CNOOC, the Associated Press
reported.
U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed to open
a strategic dialogue with meetings twice a year at an Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) summit in Chile last year, the China Daily has learned.
The bilateral talks are the first in what is meant to be a regular series of
high-level contacts, with Beijing and Washington taking turns as hosts. China
refers to the meetings as a "strategic dialogue," while the United States calls
them a "senior dialogue."
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