US visitors speak with one voice
Updated: 2014-04-08 16:27
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Visiting United States Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will speak at China's National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army in Beijing this afternoon. Many US political leaders and officials visiting China speak on various occasions to establish friendly relations and promote cooperation.
US first lady Michelle Obama
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March 22, 2014
at the Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing
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March 25, 2014
at Chengdu No 7 High School in Chengdu, Sichuan province
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Michelle Obama encouraged increasing numbers of young people to study abroad and called for more education and cultural exchanges between China and the US.[More] |
Michelle impressed students with bittersweet stories from her school days, underscoring the importance of eliminating "misconceptions and stereotypes". [More] |
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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May 3, 2012
at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing
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November 16, 2009
at 2010 Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States welcomes a strong, prosperous and successful China. Clinton said the United States is committed to pursuing a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship with China. |
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid a visit to 2010 Shanghai Expo site, when she appealed for sponsorship for the US pavilion. "I know there are some audience still contemplating sponsorship and maybe in negotiation with the US pavilion team," she said. "Now it's the time to join this effort. We want to assemble the strongest team of partners possible." |
US Ambassador to China Gary Locke
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September 9, 2011
at Beijing Foreign Studies University in Beijing
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May 21, 2010
at the Tsinghua University in Beijing
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Gary Locke said China and the United States should reduce trade and investment barriers to create jobs, striking a broadly cooperative tone in his first official public address since assuming the position a month earlier. |
Locke said the Obama administration was moving to ease restrictions on exports of high-technology goods to China. Locke was leading a delegation of executives from 24 US companies on a clean energy trade mission that began in Hong Kong. |
July 10, 2011
at Renmin University in Beijing
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 On his first visit as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mike Mullen spoke to students at Renmin University. His visit was in response to the trip to the US in May by Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army Chen Bingde. Mullen met with many Chinese officials as well as touring military facilities during his four-day trip.[More]
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US President Barack Obama
November 16, 2009
at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum in Shanghai
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 Obama used the platform to talk about a wide range of issues, including the improving relationship between the US and China and the strengthening of cross-Straits relations. "We do not seek to contain China's rise," Obama said during his opening remarks. He assured his young audience the US and China were not "predestined adversaries". One country's success need not come at the expense of another, he said. [More] |
Former US President George W. Bush
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US President George W. Bush speaks at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, February 22, 2002. |
Former US President George W. Bush speaks during the Halter Financial Summit in Shanghai, April 8, 2010. |
Former US President Bill Clinton
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 Bill Clinton speaks at Peking University in Beijing, June 29, 1998. He said the United States wants to build a new type relationship with China. |
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
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Henry Kissinger speaks at a ceremony at Nanjing University in Nanjing city, Jiangsu province, June 23, 2007. |
Henry Kissinger speaks during the 2008 Olympic Champion Forum at Peking University in Beijing, August 4, 2008. |