China-U.S. relations have gone beyond the era when breakthroughs could only be achieved through a summit meeting.

The fact that the US has consistently allowed its domestic politics and its ideological prejudice against China... to supersede fairness is what prevents a speedy solution to the trade frictions.

We have reiterated on many occasions that China wishes to establish and develop long-term, good-neighbourly and friendly relations with all countries in south Asia.

So we can't expect any breakthroughs on a specific question if it hinders the development of bilateral relations from the fourth-round China-Japan strategic talks.

This is a summit with Yeltsin in a post-Yeltsin era. There's the complexity of dealing with a leader that may pass from the scene quickly, even though he doesn't intend to.

In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China,