China-US Strategic Dialogue held; Dr. Singh: Major powers to be bound together in economic dependency in a multi-polar world
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    • The fifth round of strategic dialogue between China and the US was held during the week, co-chaired by Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. Both the sides agreed to continue to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state in their meetings earlier and discussed many sensitive issues like ‘Taiwan independence’ and ‘UN Membership referendum’1. Negroponte meanwhile in a statement clarified US’s position on Taiwan’s planned referendum on UN membership, noting that it was a “mistake” and “provocative”2.

    Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in a speech to the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) reiterated that both China and India would play an influential role in Asia and in the world. Dr. Singh noted that in the developing multi-polar world, major powers would be bound together by economic dependency with each other, which was rightly reflected in the growing economic ties between China and India3. On the most sensitive issue of environmental degradation, Dr. Singh stated that the historical pollution emission levels should be taken into account in burden-sharing by the international community4.

    Xinhua reported that Frank Hsieh took charge as Chairman of the DPP after the crushing defeat suffered by the party in the “legislative” elections. Chen Shui-bian resigned his post as DPP chairman after the party was only able to win 27 in comparison to the Kuomintang (KMT)’s 81 seats out of the total 113 seats5.

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