China has embarked on a more pro-active campaign to counter criticism in the US of its growing economic and military power, using the visit of a senior official to Washington to make the case in public for a strategic relationship and employing a top US lobbying firm to communicate with Congress.
Addressing a meeting of the US-China Business Council, Tang Jiaxuan, state councillor, said: “Let us take along view from a strategic plane when looking at and handling China US relations.”
China would “gradually” address US concerns over the trade deficit and intellectual property rights, and allow it greater access to services, he said.