Yahoo: China says Rice to visit this weekend
So the St. Regis Hotel is going to be full of spooks…
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits China this weekend on a trip that includes stops in South Korea and Japan, all countries involved in talks to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program.
A notice on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s International Press Center Web site, ipc.fmprc.gov.cn, said on Tuesday that Rice was coming, but a U.S. embassy spokeswoman and a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman could not confirm plans had been finalized.
“When the news is confirmed, I will let you know,” ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told a news conference.
Rice’s stop in China comes ahead of a meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade on Monday, which works to improve commercial ties through dialogue.