CHINA'S TOP POLITICAL ADVISER SHARES FEINSTEIN, NEWSOM HOPE FOR ENHANCED RELATIONSHIP

Excerpted from China Radio International

November 28, 2005, 5:30 a.m.

China's top political adviser signaled enhanced bilateral relations with the United States during a meeting today with Senator Dianne Feinstein and Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Jia Qinglin, chair of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said Sino-US history shows the relationship will improve for both countries with a long-term strategic view on issues of common concern.

Mutual trust and cooperation will be enhanced when sensitive questions are properly addressed, Qinglin added.

Feinstein pointed to sister city relationship between San Francisco and Shanghai as an active promotion of bilateral relations, and called for sister city collaboration between additional cities.

Feinstein and Newsom lead a delegation visiting China through November 26 to December 1, and will attend the 25th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the sister city relationship between San Francisco and Shanghai.

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