Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing, capital of China, May 17, 2015. (Xinhua/Li Tao)
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing on Sunday, discussing his forthcoming state visit to the United States in September.
Recalling U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China in November last year, Xi said he looked forward to continuing to talk with the U.S. president in September in a "candid and in-depth" way on the bilateral ties and other major issues to further expand cooperation and benefit the people of the two countries as well as the world at large.
The consensus between Xi and Obama to build a new model of major-country relationship is in the common interests of China and the United States, he said.
"In my view, the China-U.S. relationship remains stable on the whole," Xi told Kerry during Sunday's meeting at the Great Hall of the People.
"The new type of China-U.S. relationship has witnessed early harvest."
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) holds talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing, capital of China, May 16, 2015. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China's determination to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity is "unshakable", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.
"The determination of the Chinese side to safeguard our own sovereignty and territorial integrity is as firm as a rock and it is unshakable," Wang said at a joint press conference with visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
"China's development on some of the islands and reefs in Nansha is something fully within the scope of China's sovereignty," Wang said.
As to the concerns of related parties, the minister said China is willing to dialogue with them to promote mutual understanding, and that such dialogues are already underway between China and ASEAN countries.
China is also willing to conduct necessary dialogue with the United States on the basis of mutual respect, Wang said.
He acknowledged that China and the U.S. do have differences on the South China Sea issue, but noted the two sides also share common ground.
"We are both committed to maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea, and to safeguarding freedom of navigation as defined by international law. We both stand for dialogue so as to solve the disputes peacefully," Wang said.
"It's OK to have differences, but we must not misunderstand each other, and certainly we must avoid miscalculation," Wang said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) holds talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing, capital of China, May 16, 2015. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China's determination to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity is "unshakable", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.
"The determination of the Chinese side to safeguard our own sovereignty and territorial integrity is as firm as a rock and it is unshakable," Wang said at a joint press conference with visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
"China's development on some of the islands and reefs in Nansha is something fully within the scope of China's sovereignty," Wang said.
As to the concerns of related parties, the minister said China is willing to dialogue with them to promote mutual understanding, and that such dialogues are already underway between China and ASEAN countries.
China is also willing to conduct necessary dialogue with the United States on the basis of mutual respect, Wang said.
He acknowledged that China and the U.S. do have differences on the South China Sea issue, but noted the two sides also share common ground.
"We are both committed to maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea, and to safeguarding freedom of navigation as defined by international law. We both stand for dialogue so as to solve the disputes peacefully," Wang said.
"It's OK to have differences, but we must not misunderstand each other, and certainly we must avoid miscalculation," Wang said.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong does experiments with students from international schools at the the start of a week-long science and technology campaign in Beijing, capital of China, May 16, 2015. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
Models present creations of the students of the Tianjin Polytechnic University during the China Graduate Fashion Week 2015 in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2015. (Xinhua/Li Mingfang)
