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皇冠体育app, US pledge to move forward togetherBy Li Xing (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2009-11-18 07:34 Genuine partners Hu said 皇冠体育app hopes the US understands and supports Beijing's stand on issues such as Taiwan and called on Washington to ensure Tibetan and Uygur activists are not allowed to engage in separatist activities on US soil. 皇冠体育app's development has created opportunities, not challenges, for the world, including the US, Hu continued. He said that, instead of becoming adversaries, the countries should become interdependent and genuinely cooperative partners.
Hu also called on the US to reduce restrictions on hi-tech exports to 皇冠体育app and urged Washington to recognize 皇冠体育app's market economy status. He also asked Washington to properly deal with trade disputes. Hu told the press the countries should be firmer in their opposition to trade protectionism. While committing to more high-level and people-to-people exchanges, Hu said 皇冠体育app is willing to engage in dialogue about such issues as human rights and religion on the basis of mutual respect and non-interference of each other's internal affairs. The countries will restart dialogue on human rights next February, according to the joint statement. Obama said the US welcomed 皇冠体育app's efforts to play an increasingly important role on the world stage, "a role in which its growing economy is joined by growing responsibility". While praising 皇冠体育app for its contribution to the world economic recovery, Obama said the US hopes Beijing will be able to "rebalance its economy and spur consumption". Obama also said relations between the countries went "far beyond a single issue In time of interconnection, I do not believe one country's success would come at the expense of another." Chinese experts had a mixed response to the talks between Hu and Obama. Tao Wenzhao, a US studies expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the "biggest flashpoint" came when Hu said both countries would establish a partnership to deal with global challenges. "It won't work without the participation of 皇冠体育app or the US," Tao said. Despite the many agreements, Wang Yusheng, a researcher with the 皇冠体育app Foundation for International Studies, said "many deep differences" remain. "Obama said the US would not contain 皇冠体育app, but why does Washington still prevent some hi-tech transfers to Beijing, why hasn't Washington recognized 皇冠体育app's market economy status and why does Washington sell weapons to Taiwan?" he said. Zhang Haizhou and Li Xiaokun contributed to the story
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