Chinese President Hu Jintao (R front) meets with former U.S. President George Bush in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2008. (Xinhua/Fan Rujun)
Posted on 03/08/2008 4:40:30 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Chinese president meets former U.S. President Bush in Beijing
| Chinese President Hu Jintao (R front) meets with former U.S. President George Bush in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2008. (Xinhua/Fan Rujun) |
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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met here on Friday with former U.S. President George Bush.
Hailing the progress of China-U.S. relations in recent years, Hu said that to develop healthy, stable bilateral ties was in the common interest of both sides and had great significance for peace and development of the Asian-Pacific region and the world at large.
China was willing to properly handle divergence and major concerns through dialogue and beef up bilateral exchanges and cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, Hu said.
He said that he appreciated Bush's efforts to boost China-U.S. friendship. He also briefed the former U.S. leader about China's stance on the Taiwan issue and its preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games.
Calling U.S.-China relations one of the world's most important bilateral ties, Bush said that he was happy with the development of the progress of bilateral relations and expressed confidence that there would be even closer ties with China.
As the honorary president of the U.S. delegation for the Olympic Games, Bush said he expected to be back in China in August to watch the Games.
Calling the Olympics a world sports festival, Bush said that he opposed politicizing the event and expected a complete success for the Games.
Ping!
may need a barf alert.. oh, no, that was Tokyo
The bad food tho, probably came from Korea
That's why Hu kept a table between them.
he probably doesn’t like the way ol’ George is leaning his way, either.
Well, you should be happy that Chinese spying against the U.S. has reached record levels, you dope.
George H.W. Bush in China must make their intelligence circles and senior leadership positively tingle. With fear.
Few people are aware the H.W. Bush is regarded as one of the world’s preeminent experts on China. He knows more about their inner working than they do. And, seeking absolutely no credit, he accomplished with China something every US President since Truman wanted to do. Something the Chinese had sworn to never do.
Sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It is a complex story, to say the least.
His real reason for being there will probably never be known, but it will either cause, or avert, some major event that the Chinese either don’t know about or are incapable of dealing with themselves.
He may be there to avoid the weaponization of space, or to prevent a worldwide economic crisis, or to preclude a major war. Again, it is not something that will make the papers.
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