Term: January 1-31, 2011

 

Main Issues

 

1. Future Direction of U.S-China Relationship: Exchange of Views on a Broad Range of Political, Economic and Security Issues, Strategic Importance and Broad Vision of U.S.-China Relations, the Issue of U.S.-China Cooperation, Topics for Discussion at U.S.-China Summit, President Hu Jintao’s Visit to the U.S., Prospects of U.S.-China Relations, the Importance of the U.S. in Sino-Japanese Relations

 

United States 

Jan. 4 White House Office of the Press Secretary Readout of the Meeting between President Obama, National Security Advisor, and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi

Jan. 5 State Department Daily Press Briefing

Jan. 6 State Department Daily Press Briefing

Jan. 11 State Department Daily Press Briefing

Jan. 12 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s CNN Interview

Jan. 13 White House Press Secretary Gibbs’s Press Briefing

Jan. 14 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Inaugural Richard C. Holbrooke Lecture

Jan. 18 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s CCTV Interview, NBC Interview, ABC Interview

Jan. 19 President Obama’s Remarks at Official Arrival Ceremony of President Hu Jintao, First Lady Michelle Obama’s Remarks, President Obama’s Remarks in an Exchange of Toasts

Jan. 21 State Department Daily Press Briefing

 

Jan. 19 U.S.-China Joint Statement

 

China 

Jan. 4 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

Jan. 6 Global Times Editorial, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s Remarks at Council on Foreign Relations Luncheon

Jan. 14 Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai’s Remarks at the Lanting Forum

Jan. 15 Global Times Editorial

Jan. 16 Xinhua News Agency Editorial

Jan. 17 President Hu Jintao’s Remarks in a Written Interview with Foreign Press, China Daily Editorial

Jan. 18 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference, Global Times Editorial

Jan. 19 President Hu Jintao’s Remarks at Official Arrival Ceremony, Remarks in an Exchange of Toasts, Remarks at a Press Conference with President Obama, China Daily Editorial, People’s Daily Online Editorial

Jan. 20 President Hu Jintao’s Remarks at Luncheon, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

Jan. 21 Global Times Editorial

Jan. 22 Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s Remarks on President Hu Jintao’s Visit to the U.S.

Jan. 28 State Councilor Dai Bingguo‘s Remarks in a Meeting with U.S. Deputy Sec-retary of State Steinberg

Jan. 31 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Planning Department Director’s Remarks

 

Jan. 19 U.S.-China Joint Statement

 

2. Economic Cooperation: U.S.-China Economic Relations, the Importance of U.S.-China Economic Relations, Fairness in U.S.-China Commerce, RMB Exchange Rate, the Future Role of the Dollar and the RMB as International Currency, the Role of the Dollar and U.S. Debt

 

United States 

Jan. 12 Treasury Secretary Geithner’s Remarks

Jan. 13 Secretary of Commerce Locke’s Remarks at U.S.-China Business Council Luncheon

Jan. 14 White House Press Briefing, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Inaugural Richard C. Holbrooke Lecture

Jan. 18 White House Press Secretary Gibbs’s Press Briefing

Jan. 19 President Obama’s Remarks at a Press Conference with President Hu Jintao, President Obama’s Remarks at Roundtable with American and Chinese Business Leaders

Jan. 20 White House Press Secretary Gibbs’s Press Briefing, Assistant Treasury Sec-retary Collyns’s Remarks

Jan. 21 Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs Brainard’s Re-marks

Jan. 25 President Obama’s Remarks in State of Union Address

Jan. 26 President Obama’s Remarks on the Economy in Wisconsin

Jan. 27 White House Press Secretary Gibbs’s Press Briefing

 

China 

Jan. 6 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

Jan. 13 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

Jan. 16 Xinhua News Agency Editorial

Jan. 17 President Hu Jintao’s Remarks in a Written Interview with Foreign Press, People’s Daily Online Editorial

Jan. 18 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

Jan. 19 President Hu Jintao’s Remarks at Roundtable with American and Chinese Business Leaders, Remarks at a Press Conference with President Obama

Jan. 20 China Daily Editorial

Jan. 21 President Hu Jintao’s Remarks at U.S. Midwest Enterprises Exhibition, China Daily Editorial

Jan. 22 Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s Remarks on President Hu Jintao’s Visit to the U.S.

Jan. 25 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

 

3. Cooperation on Military Security: U.S. Concerns on Chinese Military Buildup, Chinese Stance on Military Buildup, U.S.-China Military Relations, U.S.-China Security Relations, Secretary of Defense Gates’s Visit to China

 

United States 

Jan. 8 Secretary of Defense Gates’s Remarks

Jan. 11 Secretary of Defense Gates’s Remarks at Media Roundtable

Jan. 12 State Department Daily Press Briefing, Secretary of Defense Gates’s Re-marks, Remarks after Visit to China, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mullen’s Remarks

 

China

Jan. 7 Global Times Editorial

Jan. 10 Global Times Editorial

Jan. 13 China Daily Editorial

Jan. 19 President Hu Jintao’s Remarks at a Press Conference with President Obama

 

4. Asia-Pacific Region: U.S. Military Activity in East Asia, U.S.-China Cooperation in Asia-Pacific Region, China-ASEAN Relations and the Role of U.S. in the Southeast Region

 

United States

Jan. 10 Secretary of Defense Gates’s Press Briefing with China’s General Liang

Jan. 14 White House Press Briefing

 

China

Jan. 12 Global Times Editorial

Jan. 14 Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai’s Remarks at the Lanting Forum

 

 

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