Bush meets with Chinese vice-premier
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-04-22 14:33

US President George W Bush (R) greets visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi at the White House on Wednesday. Bush said there has been no change in his position on the Taiwan issue since he last met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in the Oval Office of the White House December 9 last year. [Xinhua]

US President George W. Bush met with visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi at the White House on Wednesday and reiterated that the United States sticks to the one-China policy.

Bush told Wu that there is no change in the position he stated about the Taiwan issue when he met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaoin the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 9 last year.

"We oppose any unilateral decision by either China or Taiwan to change the status quo, and the comments and actions made by the leader of Taiwan indicate that he may be willing to make decisions unilaterally to change the status quo, which we oppose," Bush said at a joint appearance with Wen at that time.

In his meeting with Vice-Premier Wu, President Bush also said he was pleased with the positive outcome of the 15th session of the China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade.

Bush said the US side fully recognizes the importance of economic and trade cooperation to the relationship between the two countries, and hopes to further expand trade with China and bring more benefits to the two peoples through continuous development of bilateral economic and trade relations.

Wu said the Chinese side was pleased with the progress made in Sino-US relations in recent years. She urged the US side to exercise prudence in handling the Taiwan issue and abide by its commitments in the three joint communiques to ensure steady progress in the Sino-US relationship.