Despite meetings this week in Beijing between senior American and Chinese officials, China is repeating its call to the United States to fix strained relations between the two countries. China describes Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg's two-day fence-mending visit to Beijing as candid and in depth.
Spokesman Qin Gang repeated in the determined tone used in recent weeks that, if the bilateral relationship is to continue on a stable path, it is up to Washington to make amends and push the relationship back to more friendly terms.
He says Washington has to sincerely respect China's core interests and specifically mentioned Taiwan and Tibet, referring to the U.S. arms sales to Taipei and the White House meeting with Tibet's exiled leader, the Dalai Lama - just two of several issues that have angered Beijing. (Source: VOAnews..com, Mar 4, 2010).