From Asia Times Online:
Since US president Richard M Nixon resumed relations with China three decades ago, the two countries’ relationship has been rife with complications and contradictions. On one hand, Washington has encouraged China’s efforts to establish a market economy, even championing its entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO). On the other, the United States has not forgotten Beijing’s bloody crackdown on the student pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. It also bristles at China’s threats of force against the island of Taiwan, which Beijing calls a renegade province.
US and Chinese diplomats met this week in Beijing to discuss a wide range of issues, including Taiwan and North Korea. The United States and China are at odds over Taiwan, but agree that North Korea should not have nuclear weapons.
