U.S. AND CHINA MARK 30 YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC TIES
Edward Wong
The New York Times, January 13, 2009
BEIJING — They waxed nostalgic about secret negotiations in Beijing, a cold war alliance against the former Soviet Union, and the first visit to the United States by Deng Xiaoping, the former Chinese leader.
They mentioned some touchy issues, including tensions over Taiwan and Tibet.
But in the end, the American and Chinese leaders who gave speech after speech in Beijing on Monday afternoon chose to focus on China’s stunning economic growth and its place in the world today, and how that might be different had relations between Washington and Beijing taken another course 30 years ago.
“There is no more important diplomatic relationship in the world than the one that has grown between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America,” said Jimmy Carter, the former American president.
Mr. Carter’s speech opened a two-day conference to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of relations between the United States and China. Mr. Carter was president when the American government restored diplomatic relations with mainland China on Jan. 1, 1979. Around the same time, Mr. Deng adopted a new policy of encouraging economic growth, transforming the Chinese economy into the juggernaut that it is today. Now, the two countries do nearly $400 billion of annual trade.
(...) [artículo aquí]
Edward Wong
The New York Times, January 13, 2009
BEIJING — They waxed nostalgic about secret negotiations in Beijing, a cold war alliance against the former Soviet Union, and the first visit to the United States by Deng Xiaoping, the former Chinese leader.
They mentioned some touchy issues, including tensions over Taiwan and Tibet.
But in the end, the American and Chinese leaders who gave speech after speech in Beijing on Monday afternoon chose to focus on China’s stunning economic growth and its place in the world today, and how that might be different had relations between Washington and Beijing taken another course 30 years ago.
“There is no more important diplomatic relationship in the world than the one that has grown between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America,” said Jimmy Carter, the former American president.
Mr. Carter’s speech opened a two-day conference to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of relations between the United States and China. Mr. Carter was president when the American government restored diplomatic relations with mainland China on Jan. 1, 1979. Around the same time, Mr. Deng adopted a new policy of encouraging economic growth, transforming the Chinese economy into the juggernaut that it is today. Now, the two countries do nearly $400 billion of annual trade.
(...) [artículo aquí]
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