Increasing Trust in US-China Relations

Hawaii has a major advantage in this area for a number of reasons, including the fact that we are located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  The US and Chinese military have been meeting here to work on issues affecting the Pacific Rim.  The latest meeting going on currently concerns tensions in the South China Sea.  As we get closer to APEC 2011, these high level engagements take on a more focused meaning as the potential for improvement of relations between our two countries increases.

Barack Obama and Hu Jintao:  Increasing Trust

US and China meet in Honolulu

Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai (right) meets United States Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell in Honolulu on Saturday. The meeting was a result of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue held in May. Zhang Jun / Xinhua

 

 

HONOLULU - China and the United States held their first round of talks on the Asia-Pacific region on Saturday, which was hailed by both sides as positive and beneficial.
The one-day closed-door gathering was led by Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai and US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.
Calling the meeting "friendly, candid and constructive", Cui said it was the results of the third round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) held in May to implement the consensus reached by President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart, President Barack Obama, during Hu's visit to the US in January.