[Chronology of US-China Relations Official Statements] March 2011

Period : March 1-31, 2011

Major Issues

1. North Korea Issue : US-China cooperation for resolution of North Korea issue, UN Security Council Presidential Statement condemning North Korea's uranium enrichment program, North Korea's non-compliance with IAEA demands, resumption of Six-Party Talks, US role in Korean Peninsula peace, necessity of Six-Party Talks discussion on North Korea's uranium enrichment program

United States

March 1: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Campbell speaks at Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Special Representative for North Korea Policy Bosworth speaks at Senate Foreign Relations Committee

March 2: Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Einhorn speaks

March 3: US Department of State regular briefing

March 4: US Department of State regular briefing

March 9: US Ambassador to the IAEA Davies speaks

March 17: US Department of State regular briefing

March 22: US Department of State regular briefing

March 29: US Department of State regular briefing

China

March 7: Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks at a press conference during the National People's Congress

March 18: Editorial in China Daily (English edition)

March 29: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu holds regular press conference

2. Human Rights Issue : US position on military intervention in Libya, China's criticism of US's double standard in Middle East policy, adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1973 on the situation in Libya, China's concerns over multinational forces' airstrikes and military intervention in Libya, China's concerns over infringement of Libya's sovereignty, China's Middle East diplomatic policy, US position on the situation in Libya and Middle East issues, US criticism of the Chinese government's suppression of foreign journalists

United States

March 1: White House press briefing

March 3: US Department of State regular briefing

March 4: US Department of State regular briefing

March 10: White House press briefing

March 15: White House press briefing

March 17: US Department of State regular briefing

March 21: US Department of State regular briefing

March 22: US Department of State regular briefing

March 23: US Department of State regular briefing

March 24: US Department of State regular briefing

March 25: White House press briefing, US Department of State regular briefing

March 29: US Department of State regular briefing

March 30: US Department of State regular briefing

March 31: White House press briefing

China

March 1: Editorial in People's Daily (English edition)

March 3: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu holds regular press conference

March 4: Editorial in People's Daily (English edition)

March 21: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu speaks

March 22: Editorial in Global Times (English edition), Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu holds regular press conference

March 23: Editorial in Global Times (English edition), Editorial in People's Daily (English edition)

March 24: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu holds regular press conference, Editorial in People's Daily (English edition)

March 26: Editorial in China Daily (English edition)

March 29: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu holds regular press conference

March 30: Editorial in Global Times (English edition)

March 31: Editorial in Global Times (English edition)

3. Economic Cooperation : US criticism of China's Renminbi exchange rate issue

March 4: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs Brainard speaks on China's exchange rate at the Institute for International Finance

March 8: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Collyns speaks at IMF meeting

4. US-China Military and Security Cooperation : China-Pakistan nuclear cooperation, US Department of State concerns regarding China's potential nuclear technology exports and China's position on this matter

United States

March 18: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Blake speaks at a media roundtable in Beijing, China

China

March 10: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu holds regular press conference

5. Taiwan Issue : China's criticism of US arms sales to Taiwan

Statement by Yang Jiechi, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, at the press conference of the National People's Congress on the 7th

Editorial in the English edition of China Daily on the 11th

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