Clinton urges China's Continued Investment in US – China News

Signaling a new, more vigorous approach to China, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Friday that the United States had nothing to fear from an economically ascendant Beijing and that it would press Chinese leaders on delicate issues like human rights and climate change.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her inaugural visit to China as America's top diplomat, and Chinese officials agreed to prioritise stabilizing the battered global economy and combating climate change over long-standing concerns about human rights.

Jan, 21, 2010: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives a speech on Internet freedom at the Newseum in Washington, DC. How did Chinese government respond to this speech?
From Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China:

On Feb 15, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sets out for her first foreign trip as America's top diplomat. With special U.S. envoys already traveling in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Clinton decided to head to Asia, including a visit to China.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chinese officials say they will expand high-level talks on economic issues to include troubling security matters as well.

China's Sina microblog, a Twitter-like service, appeared to be blocking searches for the Chinese words for "Hillary Clinton" and "Hillary", just a day after the U.S. Secretary of State gave a speech urging governments to end Internet censorship. "In accordance with the relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search result did not display," said the response on the microblogging site.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with China's top leaders Saturday, the last and most crucial stop-over in her Asia trip, signaling the new U.S. administration's first attempts to lay a foundation towards a China policy.

Anyone who doubts the value of money spent on competition in the world of ideas – a key aspect of public diplomacy – needs to take a look at what the Chinese are doing in this field. Aspiring to promote their own model of governance, in opposition to that of the United States and the West, the Chinese are investing heavily in making friends overseas.

Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, on Tuesday highlighted a shift by the Obama administration from previous US policy on China as she endorsed a “comprehensive” approach to Beijing that would focus on more than just economic ties.