The United States believes that it can work with China
throughout the world, including in Southeast Asia, Christopher
Hill, the US Assistant Secretary of State, said in Singapore on
Monday.
Delivering a public lecture on the US foreign policy in East
Asia at Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Hill said
that the United States' relationship with China could have an
impact on its relations with all the other countries in the
region.
China's dynamic economic development offers both challenges and
opportunities to all Asian nations, as well as to the United
States, Hill noted, adding that the US welcomes the growth of
China, which is peaceful and prosperous.
Hill said that the US and China have found many areas, where
their interests and policies converge, and more importantly, they
are able to work candidly in those areas, where they have
differences.
The US encourages China to take on a greater role as a
responsible stakeholder in the international system, from which
China has also benefited a lot, according to Hill, who said that
the US will work with China on various issues, which would impact
its neighbors and the rest of the world.
He also reiterated the United States' one-China policy, saying
that it serves the interests of the American people well.
Hill, who was appointed the US chief negotiator for the
six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue in February 2005, will
visit China from May 24 to 25 to exchange views with Chinese Vice
Foreign Minister Wu Dawei on the six-party talks.
(Xinhua News Agency May 23, 2006)
