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Thursday, April 13, 2000, updated at 09:02(GMT+8)
China  

China to Resume Non-proliferation Talks with US

China said April 12 that it would resume talks with the United States on nuclear non-proliferation, reversing a suspension it imposed last May after its embassy in Yugoslavia was bombed by NATO warplanes.

The policy reversal came just a day after China's rejection of a formal US explanation that the bombing was an accident caused by blunders at the Central Intelligence Agency.

The bombing killed three Chinese correspondents and wounded 27, sparking violent anti-US demonstrations across China and causing the suspension of talks with Washington on nuclear non-proliferation and human rights.

Last month, US National Security Adviser Sandy Berger visited Beijing in part to urge a resumption of those talks -- a key US priority in its ties with China.

``The Chinese side has already expressed agreement'' to Berger's request for a dialogue on non-proliferation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said.

``The two sides are now making preparations through diplomatic channels,'' Sun told a regular news conference on Tuesday.

China was still unwilling to resume human rights talks because Washington was sponsoring a resolution at the UN rights body in Geneva that condemns China for its 1999 record.

Washington should ``adopt methods of dialogue, not confrontation, to resolve US-China disputes on human rights,'' Sun said.




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China said that it would resume talks with the United States on nuclear non-proliferation, reversing a suspension it imposed last May after its embassy in Yugoslavia was bombed by NATO warplanes.

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