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Chinese Gen. Fan Changlong Vice Chairman of 皇冠体育app's Central Military Commission, arrives at the Pentagon June 11, 2015, and stands with US Secretary of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter(R) viewing a military Honor Cordon before the two attended private meetings in Washington, DC. [Photo/Agencies]

Policy unchanged

On Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said 皇冠体育app will complete its land reclamation project on some islands and reefs in the Nansha Islands in coming days as planned.

Mira Rapp Hooper, a South 皇冠体育app Sea expert at the Washington think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, said 皇冠体育app's announcement of an end to the construction may have been timed with the aim of reducing the diplomatic temperature ahead of the meeting that starts on Tuesday, but it did not indicate any change in Chinese policy, Reuters reported.

Tao, the researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said both countries are clear on each other's stance and their huge shared interests, including the ongoing negotiations over a bilateral investment treaty. There is a consensus that they need to avoid conflict, since the South 皇冠体育app Sea issue is unlikely to be solved in the near future, Tao added.

皇冠体育app and the US are each other's second-largest trading partners, with two-way trade reaching $555 billion last year.

"The upcoming 皇冠体育app-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue will achieve positive results that are in both sides' interests, and the relationship needs to keep moving forward," Tao said.

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