4.16.2006
US-China Ties Under Strain Ahead of Hu-Bush Summit (Reuters.com)
Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:30pm ET
By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. ties with China are becoming strained over security and economic issues after a relative calm, presenting a difficult challenge as President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao meet next week.
The two leaders are eager to keep disagreements over matters such as trade and China's military buildup from disrupting a relationship seen as central to international stability and economic well-being.
But experts expect only modest results from Hu's first presidential visit to Washington on April 20, and many are wary about the future as domestic political pressures grow for the United States to treat China as the next major adversary.
"U.S.-China relations are in difficult shape," said Daniel Blumenthal, a former Pentagon official now at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
"A lot of issues that had been submerged over the last few years have re-emerged, partly because the U.S. Congress has taken the lead on a number of economics issues, which has soured things," Blumenthal told Reuters.
(More ... US-China ties under strain ahead of Hu-Bush summit | Reuters.com) ¶ 21:30
By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. ties with China are becoming strained over security and economic issues after a relative calm, presenting a difficult challenge as President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao meet next week.
The two leaders are eager to keep disagreements over matters such as trade and China's military buildup from disrupting a relationship seen as central to international stability and economic well-being.
But experts expect only modest results from Hu's first presidential visit to Washington on April 20, and many are wary about the future as domestic political pressures grow for the United States to treat China as the next major adversary.
"U.S.-China relations are in difficult shape," said Daniel Blumenthal, a former Pentagon official now at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
"A lot of issues that had been submerged over the last few years have re-emerged, partly because the U.S. Congress has taken the lead on a number of economics issues, which has soured things," Blumenthal told Reuters.
(More ... US-China ties under strain ahead of Hu-Bush summit | Reuters.com) ¶ 21:30
