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Rice to kick off whirlwind China tour
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-20 10:37 The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
is scheduled to arrive Sunday afternoon for an event-packed visit. This is her
first China trip since she took the office in January.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice answers
questions from students at Sophia University Mar. 19 in Tokyo.(AFP)
| Rice pays the visit as guest of Chinese Foreign
Minister Li Zhaoxing. Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, Vice
Premier Wu Yi and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan will meet with her during her
stay. She will also hold talks with Li Zhaoxing, according to sources with
Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Both sides will discuss China-US relations, the Taiwan issue, the nuclear
issue on the Korean Peninsula, and topics of mutual interest.
China is the last-leg of Rice's eight-day, six-nation Asian trip. She has
already toured India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Previously, Rice visited China in February of 2002 and July of 2004,
respectively, as the US national security adviser.
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