From The International Herald Tribune:
President George W. Bush began a one-day visit here on Sunday with a first set of meetings with President Hu Jintao of China to defuse a host of tensions, even as many in Beijing argue that he will be able to apply little true pressure on the world’s fastest-rising power.
In a brief exchange of prepared comments after conferring at the Great Hall of the People on the edge of Tiananmen Square, Bush and Hu committed themselves to improving their relationship, but also staked out their positions in clear terms.
