After the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday Chinese president Jiang Zemins itinerary of his US visit, China-US relations again became a hot issue in international news.
As everybody knows, Chinas 16th national congress will be hosted on November 8th and the success or failure of Jiangs visit to the US from October 22nd to 25th will have influence on his decision to stay or step down from power on the 16th national congress.
China announced Jiangs itinerary to the US, which verified Jiangs visit to Bushs Texas ranch but did not release what issues Jiang will discuss with Bush.
After China announced Jiangs visit to the US, the spokesperson of White House said, President Bush hopes to discuss with Jiang face to face the China-US relations, current China-US economic and trading status, which is helpful to the US development, and issues on Iraq.
Besides, President Bush might readdress the importance of respect for the religious freedoms, which mainly refers to issues on Falun Gong. A latest report from US Department of State mentioned Chinas persecution of Falun Gong practitioners several times.
Translated from Chinese Clear Harmony at http://www.yuanmingeurope.net/articles/200210/13101.html
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