US President George W. Bush stressed on June 7 his country's continued opposition to Taiwan "independence." President Bush also reaffirmed US adherence to the one-China policy and the three joint communiques.
Bush made the remarks at a meeting with Sheng Huaren, vice-chairman and secretary-general of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), who is currently on a visit to the United States. Bush also said he was looking forward to meeting with President Hu Jintao during their exchange of visits later this year.
Bush said the current US-Chinese relationship is very good, and that bilateral relations will ontinue to develop.
Sheng arrived in Washington on Monday afternoon at the invitation of US Senate President Ted Stevens, chairman of the US-China parliamentary group in the US Senate, and Senator Daniel K. Inouye, co-chairman of the group.
China's NPC set up exchange mechanisms with the US House of Representatives and Senate in 1999 and 2004 respectively. (Source: China Daily, Jun 9, 2005).