Category Archives: China

China tells US to ‘cure its addiction to debt’

By doris | Published: August 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SHANGHAI — China, the largest foreign holder of United States debt, said Saturday that Washington needed to “cure its addiction to debts” and “live within its means,” just hours after the rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded America’s long-term debt. The harshly worded commentary, which was released by China’s official Xinhua [...]

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Chinese president arrives for U.S. state visit

By doris | Published: January 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in the United States on Tuesday for a state visit that will include high-profile talks with President Barack Obama on trade, currency, North Korea and other issues. The three-day trip includes a state dinner on Wednesday and the eighth face-to-face meeting between Obama [...]

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China leader to visit White House this week

By doris | Published: January 16, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com BEIJING — Chinese leader Hu Jintao is being feted in Washington this week with a lavish state banquet at the White House and other pomp usually reserved for close friends and allies — all intended to improve the tone of relations between a risen, more assertive and prosperous China and the [...]

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Clinton: US, China must act together on NKorea

By doris | Published: May 24, 2010

Full Story at News.yahoo.com BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged China on Monday to work with the United States to coordinate a response to the sinking of a South Korean warship, which has been blamed on North Korea. Opening high-level U.S.-China strategic and economic talks in Beijing, Clinton said North Korea [...]

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Wall Street didn’t cause crash of ’08

By doris | Published: April 27, 2010

Full Story at cnn.com Washington (CNN) — Financial reform? Not exactly. The bill before Congress does nothing to address the fundamental background causes of the crash of 2008. Wall Street may have been the instrument of the crash. But the crash was made elsewhere: in Washington’s failed policies for middle-class families — and in China’s [...]

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U.S.-China relations in modern history

By doris | Published: April 14, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao are meeting Monday about nuclear security and other issues. The meeting comes as part of a two-day summit on how to better safeguard nuclear weapons materials and keep them out of the hands of terrorists. Here’s a look at some highs [...]

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The complexities of U.S.-China ties

By doris | Published: February 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama met with fellow Nobel Prize winner the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday, amid concerns from China over the visit. Because of the diplomatic sensitivities over the tension between China and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, every aspect has been choreographed and worked out [...]

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U.S. announces $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan

By doris | Published: January 30, 2010

Full Story at  CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Overriding objections from China, the Obama administration unveiled a $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan on Friday — including about $2.85 billion in missiles. The sale includes 60 Black Hawk helicopters (totaling $3.1 billion), 114 advanced Patriot air defense missiles; a pair of Osprey mine-hunting ships; and dozens [...]

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Obama, Hu stress links but differences remain

By doris | Published: November 17, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com BEIJING – President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers. “The relationship between our two nations goes [...]

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New Orleans mayor quarantined in China for possible flu exposure

By doris | Published: June 8, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com Mayor Ray Nagin, who traveled to China on an economic development trip, flew on a plane that carried a passenger being treated for symptoms suspected to be from the virus, commonly known as the swine flu virus, the mayor’s office said in a statement. Nagin, his wife and a member of [...]

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U.S., allies plan tough U.N. resolution on North Korea

By doris | Published: June 2, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke Monday with the Russian and Chinese foreign ministers, a department spokesman said, as the U.N. Security Council debates a tough resolution condemning North Korea’s latest missile and nuclear tests. “I think it’s very clear that we are all on the same page with regard to [...]

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Obama faces high-stakes China, Russia talks

By doris | Published: April 1, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com LONDON – Stepping onto the world stage for the first time in his two-month presidency, Barack Obama is holding face-to-face talks with the leaders of the two nations — Russia and China — most aggressively challenging the U.S. position atop the global order. But first up for Obama was a sit-down [...]

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