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Bush Cozies Up to China

Patient president avoids hot-button policy issues, treads lightly on trade deficit

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted May 25, 2007 5:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – President Bush struck a conciliatory tone in yesterday's congress with Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, despite thickening indignation over Chinese policies. The Journal reports that the White House meeting tiptoed around China's tolerance of copyright piracy, the export of tainted food products, and Beijing's increasingly... Read full story »

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