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U.S.-China Discussions on Climate ChangeDate: 06/12/2009 Location: Washington, DC Description: U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern briefs reporters. © State Dept Image
Special Envoy Stern (June 12): "...China is, in effect, both a developed and a developing country at this point. They are developed in some of their major cities, but ... they are still developing and still quite poor in a large and far-flung countryside. ... [T]he world cannot contain climate change and cannot avoid dangerous levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere without very significant action by China." Full Text | Video

Twentieth Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
On this the 20th anniversary of the violent suppression of demonstrations in Tiananmen Square by Chinese authorities, we should remember the tragic loss of hundreds of innocent lives and reflect upon the meaning of the events that preceded that day.  Statement by Secretary Clinton

U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Secretary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Geithner release a joint statement on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.