Hillary in China: “United Against the Crisis”
Published in La Stampa
(Italy) on 21 February 2009
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(Italy) on 21 February 2009
by (link to original)
Translated from
by Randi Johnson.
Edited by Katy Burtner.
The U.S. aspires relations (positive and collaborative) with China that allows the two nations to face the “formidable problems” that are on the floor, such as the economic crisis and the climate change. It was said today that the American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in China yesterday, the conclusion of her first foreign mission during which she visited Japan, South Korea and Indonesia.
Working together, said the secretary of state in a press conference at the end of her meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the U.S. and China can “bring the world out of this crisis.” Yang reciprocated, reaffirming China’s confidence of American government securities, in which China had already invested 700 billion dollars. In her first visit to China as secretary of state, Clinton chose to put in second place the problems of Taiwan, of Tibet, and of human rights, arousing the reaction of humanitarian groups. An Amnesty International spokesperson affirmed that with this choice, Clinton had “damaged the U.S.’s future initiative on human rights.”
On these problems, said Clinton and Yang in unison, the two nations “found themselves to agree to be in disagreement.” Dissidents, like blogger Zeng Jinyan and writer Yu Lie, were affirmed of being put this morning under house arrest, preventing them from meeting the secretary of state. Hillary Clinton was then received by Premier Wen Jiabao and by the President Hu Jintao, who announced that Minister Yang will be in London in April at the first bilateral meeting with American President Barack Obama.
Working together, said the secretary of state in a press conference at the end of her meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the U.S. and China can “bring the world out of this crisis.” Yang reciprocated, reaffirming China’s confidence of American government securities, in which China had already invested 700 billion dollars. In her first visit to China as secretary of state, Clinton chose to put in second place the problems of Taiwan, of Tibet, and of human rights, arousing the reaction of humanitarian groups. An Amnesty International spokesperson affirmed that with this choice, Clinton had “damaged the U.S.’s future initiative on human rights.”
On these problems, said Clinton and Yang in unison, the two nations “found themselves to agree to be in disagreement.” Dissidents, like blogger Zeng Jinyan and writer Yu Lie, were affirmed of being put this morning under house arrest, preventing them from meeting the secretary of state. Hillary Clinton was then received by Premier Wen Jiabao and by the President Hu Jintao, who announced that Minister Yang will be in London in April at the first bilateral meeting with American President Barack Obama.