BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) — A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) met Friday with Saeed Jalili, visiting Iranian chief nuclear negotiator and Secretary of Supreme National Security Council.

    Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, said that China supported maintaining the validity of the international nuclear nonproliferation system and believed that the Iran nuclear issue should be addressed through dialogue and negotiation, so as to safeguard peace and stability in the Middle East.

    Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met with Jalili in Beijing Thursday. The two had frank and in-depth exchanges on China-Iran relations and issues of mutual concern. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks with Jalili on the same day.

    BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai Friday summoned the U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman and lodged solemn representations over U.S. President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama.

    ”The U.S. act grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs, gravely hurt the Chinese people’s national sentiments and seriously damaged the Sino-U.S. ties, ” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu in a further statement Friday.

    In spite of China’s strong opposition, U.S. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met respectively with the Dalai Lama in Washington on Thursday.

    ”Tibet is an inalienable part of the inviolable territory of China, and the issues concerning Tibet are purely internal affairs of China,” Ma said.

    China firmly opposes leaders or government officials of any country meeting the Dalai Lama in any form, and also firmly opposes any country or anyone using the Dalai Lama issue to interfere in its internal affairs, he added.

    ”The Dalai Lama’s words and deeds have shown that he is not a pure religious figure, but a political exile who has all along been engaged in separatist activities under the pretext of religion,” the spokesman said.

    The U.S. side allowed the Dalai Lama to visit the United States and arranged its president and other political leader to meet with him, which grossly violated the basic norms governing the international relations, and ran counter to the principles set forth in the three China-U.S. joint communiques and the China-U.S. joint statement, Ma said.

    ”It also went against the repeated commitments by the U.S. government that the U.S. recognizes Tibet as part of China and gives no support to ‘Tibet independence’”, he said, stressing China expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition against such a move.

    The determination of the Chinese government and the Chinese people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity is firm and unshakable, and anyone who attempts to use the Dalai Lama issue to interfere in China’s internal affairs is doomed to failure, said Ma.

    He demanded the U.S. seriously consider China’s stance, immediately adopt measures to wipe out the baneful impact and stop conniving and supporting anti-China separatist forces that seek “Tibet independence.”

    The U.S. should stop interfering in China’s internal affairs and make concrete actions to maintain healthy and steady growth of China-U.S. relations, he said.

    Originally named Lhamo Thondup, the Dalai Lama was conferred the title of the 14th Dalai Lama in 1940.

    After launching and having failed an armed rebellion in March 1950, he fled to India and formed a so-called “Tibet government in exile.”

    In the guise of religion, the Dalai Lama has since then been involved in activities aimed to separate China and to undermine Tibet’s social stability.

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    UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) — A senior Chinese diplomat announced here on Thursday that China has decided to contribute an additional 2.6 million U.S. dollars in cash to quake-hit Haiti and send a 40-member medical care and epidemic prevention team to the Caribbean country.

    The announcement came as Liu Zhenmin, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, was taking the floor at the second briefing/pledging conference of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for Earthquake in Haiti, which opened here on Thursday afternoon.

    A strong earthquake on Jan. 12 has left many people dead, including 61 UN staff members working in the island country, and a lot of buildings damaged or destroyed.

    ”At today’s meeting, I am honored to announce that the Chinese government has decided to contribute an additional 2.6 million U.S. dollars in cash to Haiti, send a 40-member medical care and epidemic prevention team to Haiti and provide additional medicine and medical equipment to the country,” Liu said.

    ”We support the United Nations in playing an important coordinating role in disaster relief and reconstruction in Haiti,” he said. “We hope that the Haitian people, with the help of the international community, will overcome the difficulties, rebuild their homes and achieve self-reliance at an early date.”

    The new Chinese contribution follows a Jan. 13 decision of the Red Society of China to donate one million U.S. dollars in cash to Haiti, he said. “On Jan. 15, the Chinese government announced its decision to provide 30 million yuan (about 4.4 million U.S. dollars) worth of humanitarian emergency supplies to Haiti.”

    The first charter plane loaded with these supplies arrived in Haiti on Jan. 17, bringing to the local people medicine, tents, portable emergency lights, water purification equipment, food, drinking water and clothes, he said. “The second plane, which was delayed due to limited capacity of the Haitian airport, will arrive on Jan. 26.”

    Since Jan. 13, the 60-member emergency rescue team sent by the Chinese government has fully engaged in disaster relief in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, he said. “The team has carried out effective search and rescue operations at the headquarters of MINUSTAH (the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti), the prime minister’s palace and other places, with a number of bodies found, including those of Special Representative Hedi Annabi of MINUSTAH and other UN staff.”

    ”The medical team of the Chinese rescue team are providing medical support for several hundred local people everyday,” he said. “At this very moment, the Chinese international rescue team is still working at this forefront of disaster relief in Haiti and doing its utmost to help more people affected by the earthquake.”

    Since the earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, the international community has worked in solidarity to offer a helping hand to the Haitian people and government, he said. “At present, disaster relief in Haiti is in full swing.”

    ”The Chinese government highly commends the timely and effective assistance provided to Haiti by the United Nations, which has won the wide acclaim of the international community and laid a good foundation for the next phase of reconstruction efforts,” he said.

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Jia Qinglin (front), chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, delivers a speech as he attends a mobilization meeting of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 21, 2010. Shanghai Expo entered its 100-day countdown on Jan. 21. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

    SHANGHAI, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — China’s top political advisor Jia Qinglin Thursday called on Shanghai World Expo organizers to be determined to stage a successful, brilliant and memorable event.

    Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks at a ceremony hosted here to mark the 100-day countdown for the six-month-long mega event.

    The ceremony was attended by more than 6,000 people including members from the Expo organizing committee, volunteers, security staff, participating enterprises and sponsors.

    Jia said, the Expo would witness the remarkable improvement of China’s economic strength, scientific and technological strength and international status.

    The expo would boost economic and cultural exchanges between China and the world, and be conducive to the recovery of world economy, said Jia.

    Jia called for stepped-up efforts to ensure prompt completion of all venues, seamless security work and quality services.

    In a separate meeting, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan called for vigilance in the preparations for the Expo. “Organizers should detect problems and deal with them in a timely manner.”

    Wang is also head of Shanghai World Expo Organizing Committee.

    The 2010 Shanghai World Expo is scheduled for May 1 to Oct. 31. To date, 192 countries and 50 international organizations have confirmed their participation in the global feast that presents latest advances of architecture and engineering worldwide.

Jia Qinglin (C), chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, attends a mobilization meeting of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 21, 2010. Shanghai Expo entered its 100-day countdown on Jan. 21. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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    BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Hu Jintao, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday exchanged congratulatory messages with their Vietnamese counterparts to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

    In a joint message, Hu, Wu and Wen said forging diplomatic ties60 years ago has established a milestone in the bilateral relations.

    In the 21st century, the China-Vietnam relations have entered anew stage, and both sides have built the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, enjoyed fruitful results in cooperation in all areas, gradually resolved border issues and maintained collaboration on international and regional affairs, they said.

    The Chinese leaders pledged to make joint efforts with Vietnam to advance the good-neighborly and cooperative relations by carrying forward the traditional friendship, enhancing friendly exchanges and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation, which serves the common aspiration and fundamental interests of the two peoples and conduces to regional peace, stability and development.

    For their part, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nong Duc Manh, President Nguyen Minh Triet, Premier Nguyen Tan Dung and Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Phu Trong said Vietnam always values and would fully develop the friendly and cooperative relations between both parties, governments and peoples.

    The Vietnamese leaders believed that with joint efforts both parties would continuously consolidate and develop the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, promote the prosperity of both countries and benefit both peoples.

    Both parties hoped to further enhance the mutual understanding and friendship of the two peoples and countries by jointly conducting the China-Vietnam Friendship Year in 2010.

    BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — China said on Monday that it is considering the evacuation of its nationals from Haiti, which was struck by a devastating earthquake on Tuesday.

    For those who are still in Haiti, including Chinese nationals from the mainland and some Taiwan compatriots, “We will help them evacuate at their request,” said Wei Wei, director of Foreign Ministry Consular Department, at a news briefing.

    ”Currently, some 30 Taiwan compatriots stay in Haiti. Chinese consular organization in Haiti has provided consular services to some who made requests,” said Wei.