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President Obama Welcomes Chinese President Days Before State of the Union
Just days before President Obama's State of the Union Address, he will
welcome
Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House. The conversations held in
those days could impact the big speech in January - with the two men likely
to discuss currency issues, North Korean nuclear problems and perhaps,
human
rights.
While they may appear to have minimal impact on a speech dedicated to the
"state of the union" of the United States, all three issues have
consequences
.
North Korea's saber rattling has been in the news recently, as tensions
mount
between the communist nation and its neighbor South Korea. China, the
nation
which tends to have influence over North Korea could help the United States
help keep peace between the North and South and could also perhaps push
the North Korean leadership to return to six-party talks regarding its
nuclear
arsenal.
Hu and Obama will also likely talk about the Chinese currency, and how it
affects the dollar worldwide. In the past, the Chinese have de-valued the
yuan which allows the nation to sell their goods for cheaper which also
beats prices of their competition.
What is perhaps the touchiest and most difficult subject, human rights
issues
in China may or may not come up in the meeting. The two men have not made
much progress on the issue in the past, but the president put out a pointed
statement regarding human rights in China earlier this year, when the Nobel
Peace Prize was awarded to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who eventually
was not allowed to travel to Norway for the Nobel ceremony and remains under
arrest in China.
"Over the last 30 years, China has made dramatic progress in economic reform
and improving the lives of its people, lifting hundreds of millions out
of poverty. But this award reminds us that political reform has not kept
pace, and that the basic human rights of every man, woman and child must
be respected. We call on the Chinese government to release Mr. Liu as soon
as possible," the statement read in part.
The two men will meet in Washington on January 19 and it will be the third
state visit for the Obama administration which previously hosted the Indian
Prime Minister and Mexican President.
This will be the seventh meeting between the two men in the last two years
.
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