China doubles its economic negotiation troops over US’s last year to China, from Wall Street Journal:
Beijing expects to send 14 cabinet-level officials to Washington May 23-24. Bush administration dispatched just seven top officials along with U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke to Beijing in December to launch the dialogue. “We are going to do everything possible to make this dialogue a success,” says Chinese Embassy spokesman Chu Maoming. [Full Text, subscribers only]
