Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said on October 18 that
relationship between China and the United States has made much
headway.
At
a press conference attended by foreign and trade ministers from 21
Pacific Rim countries, Tang affirmed that though differences exist
between the two countries, there are wide areas of common
interest.
Tang was the host for the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) Ministerial Meeting.
The Chinese Foreign Minister also added: "Anti-terrorism is the
struggle of evil versus good, the civilized and the barbaric. It is
not the struggle between different nations, civilizations and
religions."
At
the press conference, US Secretary of State Colin L. Powell noted
that since the 11th of September, US-Chinese ties were strengthened
by China's response on US' campaign against terrorism.
Powell also affired that even "before the 11th of September, the
relationship the United States enjoyed with the People's Republic
of China was very good.
His remarks were the latest in a series of upbeat pronouncements
from the Bush administration about the health of Sino-American
relations.
(
China Daily
10/19/2001)