【10.03.02 纽约时报】American Envoys in Beijing to Mend Relations

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/world/asia/03china.html
BEIJING — Two senior United States officials arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for meetings aimed at smoothing relations with China after months of economic and political disputes.
The officials, Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg and Jeffrey A. Bader, the senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council, are to hold high-level discussions with Chinese officials “about the broad U.S.-China relationship, where we are at this stage,” the State Department spokesman, Philip J. Crowley, said Monday.
“We’ve gone through a bit of a bumpy path here,” he said, “and I think there’s an interest both within the United States and China to get back to business as usual as quickly as possible.”
The nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea are among the issues that will be discussed, Mr. Crowley said. Both China and the United States have sought to persuade North Korea to return to six-party talks over its nuclear-weapons programs, and President Obama is seeking to enlist Beijing’s support for sanctions on Iran over its intent to enrich nuclear fuel to levels that would put nuclear arms within reach.
China so far has resisted sanctions against Iran, an important supplier of oil and natural gas.
Mr. Obama took office pledging to make closer relations with China a centerpiece of his foreign policy. But relations have become strained in the months since Mr. Obama visited Beijing in November, with the White House complaining about China’s currency and trade policies, and Beijing sharply criticizing Mr. Obama for approving the sale of arms to Taiwan and holding a White House meeting with the Dalai Lama.
The government’s main English-language newspaper, China Daily, quoted a Chinese expert on Monday as saying that the American emissaries were seeking to “save strained bilateral ties.” Mr. Steinberg may invite senior Chinese officials to visit the United States, perhaps to attend a conference on nuclear security in April, according to Da Wei, an expert on United States affairs at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, who was quoted by the paper.
The United States Embassy declined to comment on whom Mr. Steinberg and Mr. Bader would meet in Beijing. They are expected to leave on Thursday for meetings in Tokyo.

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