State Councilor Tang
Jiaxuan met US President George W. Bush, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary John Snow in Washington on
Wednesday, emphasizing the importance of Sino-US relations and
looking ahead to President Hu
Jintao's visit later this year.
In his meeting with Rice, he said China and the US increasingly
have common interests, and their relationship would continue to
grow as long as they increased dialogue, built mutual trust,
promoted cooperation and handled differences properly.
In an address to the National Committee on US-China Relations
and US-China Business Council the same day, Tang said the handling
of the Taiwan issue was "key to a stable and growing relationship
between China and the United States."
During his meeting with Tang in the White House, Bush said he
looked forward to meeting Hu.
Tang delivered a letter from Hu to Bush, and said it is in the
interests of both countries to further develop relations and that
the visits would contribute to peace, stability and development in
the Asia Pacific region and the world.
(China Daily July 29, 2005)