30 Years of China-US Relations

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Columns

Li Hong:
Export-driven road hits snag

Liu Shinan:
Teachers are not children's punching bags

Hong Liang:
Information is power for investors too

You Nuo:
A protracted war against recession

Patrick Whiteley:
Why learning Chinese is easier in Year of the Ox

US President Bush arrives in Beijing for Olympics

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-07 14:37

BEIJING - US President George W. Bush arrived at the Beijing Capital International Airport Thursday evening, August 7, 2008 for the Olympic Games.

US President George W. Bush (C) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi upon his arrival on August 7, 2008 at Beijing Capital International Airport. [Xinhua]

Video

Senior Chinese and US officials met December 4th and 5th, 2008 for the 5th Strategic Economic Dialogue.

Related Coverage

Launched in 2003, six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue involve China, DPRK, US, ROK, Japan and Russia.

Fifth China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue

Timeline Milestones

April 1971 - "Ping Pong diplomacy" kicks off when a U.S. table tennis team travels to China, thawing ties that had been frozen since People's Republic of China was founded in 1949.

Feb 1972 - U.S. President Richard Nixon travels to China and meets Chairman Mao Zedong. The two countries issue the Shanghai Communique, laying out the "one China" policy.

Jan 1, 1979 - Beijing and Washington establish diplomatic relations. Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping visits U.S. later in the month.

Hotlinks

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs