Geithner will travel to Beijing in early June for meeting with senior Chinese officials

July 28th, 2009 Geithner says US and China seeking stabilityWASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner (GUYT'-nur) says the United States and China are committed to building a more stable and balanced global economy. Geithner said in prepared remarks Tuesday that the two countries were determined to lay a foundation for more balanced growth once an economic recovery is firmly in place.

July 28th, 2009 Geithner: US to address deficits after recoveryWASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he has reassured China that the United States will take steps to address rising budget deficits once the economic recovery is firmly in place. China has huge investments in the United States and has worried it could be undermined by U.S.

July 27th, 2009 Clinton opens high-level talks with ChineseWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has opened talks with high-level Chinese officials, hailing an opportunity for better relations and saying the two countries share common interests and mutual threats. Kicking off a new dialogue with Beijing, Clinton said that the two "are laying brick by brick the foundation of a stronger relationship." She said it was time to move from "a multipolar world to a multipartner world." The talks will include discussions of the global economic slide, climate change and commercial relationships.

July 27th, 2009 US, China tout mutual goals in economic recoveryWASHINGTON — Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan says he's confident the world economic crisis is easing and his government has high expectations for even more progress in high-level talks this week with U.S. officials. Following Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in kicking off the rare high-level talks for the Washington talks, Wang said he believes the global economy "is at a critical moment of moving out of crisis and into recovery." Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner welcomed Qishan and some 150 Chinese to the talks Monday morning, saying China has gone through a remarkable economic "transformation." He said Beijing and Washington "have acted together" to help the world recover from the financial slump and that it's time to design a "green global economy." THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

July 1st, 2009 Air China to offer direct Beijing-Tibet flightsBEIJING — Air China will begin offering direct flights from Beijing to Tibet this month, shaving two hours off the current travel time in a bid to boost tourism, state media said Wednesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said the new service to Tibet's capital of Lhasa will depart Beijing daily from July 10.

June 23rd, 2009 Geithner plans trips to Europe and Middle EastWASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will travel to the Middle East and Europe next month for a series of meetings to discuss global economic issues. The Treasury Department said Tuesday that Geithner will meet with officials in Britain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and France to discuss the global economic downturn and financial crisis before a leaders' summit of the Group of 20 nations in September in Pittsburgh.

June 15th, 2009 Beijing, June 15 (ANI): Chinese military experts have claimed that the collision which took place between a Chinese submarine and an underwater sonar array towed by a US warship in the South China Sea, could have been due to misjudgment of distance. The assumption of an "inadvertent encounter" was seconded by the United States.

June 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US government on Tuesday said that they will be holding the first strategic meeting of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the end of July. "The dialogue will focus on addressing the challenges and opportunities that both countries face in a wide range of bilateral, regional and global areas of immediate and long-term strategic interest," a US Government statement said.

June 3rd, 2009 China's Hu, Obama, discuss North KoreaBEIJING — President Barack Obama discussed the crisis on the Korean Peninsula with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in a phone call early Wednesday, Chinese state media reported. A brief report by the official Xinhua News Agency gave no details of the discussion, which comes amid efforts by the U.S.

June 2nd, 2009 Geithner: China backs efforts to fight downturnBEIJING — The global economy is showing "early signs of stabilization" due to action by the United States and China to end its worst slump in decades, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday. The two governments announced they would launch new high-level talks the week of July 27, reviving a dialogue carried on under the former U.S.

June 2nd, 2009 Geithner seeks to reassure global investorsBEIJING — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the Obama administration is committed to doing everything possible to maintain investor confidence in U.S. financial markets.

June 1st, 2009 Geithner Notebook: Long tables and mystery photosBEIJING — The Chinese like to bring large delegations to meetings with foreign governments, but that presented a bit of a problem for the Obama Treasury Department, which has had a lot of trouble filling its key positions. When Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had his sit-down meeting with Chinese Premier Wang Qishan in the Great Hall of the People on Monday, the session was held in an ornate room with massive chandeliers and two very long conference tables.

May 31st, 2009 Geithner sees hopeful signs in US economyBEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the U.S.

May 31st, 2009 Geithner says US wants closer ties with ChinaBEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he wants to develop the same kind of close working relationship with China that the U.S.

April 21st, 2009 SKorean officials travel to NKorea for meetingnull