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| Obama, China's Hu exchange views |
| 2008-11-10 |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Hu Jintao told U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in a telephone conversation that proper handling of the Taiwan issue would help improve Sino-U.S. ties, state media reported on Sunday. Both countries should respect and accommodate the other's concerns and properly handle sensitive issues to promote Sino-U.S. relations to an even higher level, Hu was quoted as saying. "Particularly the Taiwan issue," said Hu. "The relationship between the United States and China is the most vital relationship on today's international stage," Obama said to Hu, according to the reports. The exchange mirrors the message China issued to Obama after his election victory, which also urged him to halt $6.5 billion worth of arms sales to the self-ruled island. China denounced last month a U.S. plan to sell the arms, including attack helicopters and missiles, to Taipei, and demanded Washington halt all military exchanges with Taiwan. Obama, who enters the White House in January 2009, expressed support for the arms sales during his election campaign. Hu will travel to Washington to attend a November 15 summit with other world leaders from the G-20 grouping of nations to discuss ways to fight a downturn in economic growth amid the global financial crisis. Hu would attend bilateral meetings during the summit, but a meeting with Obama had not yet been fixed, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman has said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Reminds me of the episode of M*A*S*H where Hawkeye and BJ have a NKor soldier surrender to them and they escort him back to camp. The NKor surrenders to everyone he meets on the way, so Hawkeye tells him: "C'mon Fred, there's a whole camp full of people you haven't surrendered to yet." |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2008-11-10 16:21 |
| #3 Christ, I didn't even think about that one. Sellout of Taiwanese democracy in 1...2...3... |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-11-10 10:34 |
| #2 I don't have to imagine at all ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-11-10 10:31 |
| #1 ...proper handling of the Taiwan issue I can only imagine what he means by that. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-10 10:05 |