Human Rights in China: there is "much to do," admits Hu Jintao

The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao greeted with great fanfare by his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, was an opportunity to discuss the delicate issue of human rights. Obama immediately raised a subject of contention between the two countries. "History has shown that companies are more harmonious, they thrive more and that the world is more just when the rights and responsibilities of all countries and all peoples are respected," he said Wednesday January 19.

Hu's visit comes well after a year marked by strong tensions between the two powers, mainly economic. The United States shall in particular because the Chinese monetary policy, accused of improperly promoting its exports. Nevertheless, Beijing has become in recent years, beyond a competitor, we can not ignore economic partner for the United States.

This has enabled both countries to enter into contracts totaling $ 45 billion (33 billion euros). These commands will be 235,000 jobs exist in the United States. The General Electric has signed five contracts for its part with Chinese partners. The day before, the aluminum producer Alcoa U.S.

announced it had signed a memorandum of cooperation agreement with Chinese China PowerInvestment Corporation relating to a "potential investment of 7.5 billion over several years." "We have a huge interest in the success of the other. In an interconnected world, in a globalized economy, countries like ours will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together," said Bush.

According to a U.S. official, the president of the United States and its Chinese counterpart will also announce an agreement on the construction of a Joint Training Center in China dedicated to nuclear safety. Funded by China but benefiting from a U.S. technical expertise, it would aim to train the Chinese security at nuclear facilities and, ultimately, prevent proliferation of fissile materials, one of the dominant policy Obama's foreign since he took office.

The United States also highlighted the cooperation of China in recent months on two nuclear programs sensitive, those of North Korea and Iran.

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