US-China Relations

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    Bush Administration

  • China State Visit to US

    Jiang Zemin met with President Clinton at the UN Millenium Summit in New York City.
  • FOCAC Summit (Beijing)

    The first ministerial conference was held in Beijing from 10 to 12 October 2000. President Jiang Zemin, Premier Zhu Rongji of the State Council and Vice President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China participated in the conference. More than 80 ministers from China and 44 countries and representatives from 17 international and regional organizations attended this meeting. African attendees included President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, President
  • US-China Relations Act

  • APEC Summit (Brunei)

  • Bush Visits China

  • Spy Plane Incident

  • ASEAN Forum (Vietnam) - Powell

  • Sec. Powell Visits China

  • China Support After 9/11

  • APEC Summit (Shanghai) - Bush, Powell

  • Bush Visits China

  • China Joins WTO

  • ASEAN Meeting (Brunei)

  • Sec. Powell Visits China

  • ASEAN Forum (Brunei) - Powell

  • China State Visit to US (Jiang Zemin)

  • APEC Summit (Los Cabos) - Bush, Powell

  • Jiang Zemin Loses Presidency, Head of Central Military Commission

  • Hu Jintao Head Communist Party

  • US Visits China (Powell)

  • Hu Jintao President

  • ASEAN Forum (Vietnam) - Powell

  • Six-Party Talks Begin

  • ASEAN Meeting (Indonesia)

  • APEC Summit (Thailand) - Bush, Powell

  • China State Visit to US (Wen Jiabao)

  • FOCAC Summit (Ethiopia)

  • ASEAN Forum (Jakarta) - Powell

  • Jiang Zemin Early Departure Head of Military Commission

  • US Visits China (Powell)

  • APEC Summit (Chile) - Bush, Powell

  • ASEAN Meeting (Laos)

  • US Visits China (Rice)

  • US Visits China (Rice)

  • China Visits US (Hu Jintao)

  • US Asks China to be "responsible stakeholder"

  • APEC Summit (Korea) - Bush, Rice

  • US Visits China (Rice)

  • US Visits China (Bush)

  • ASEAN Meeting (Malaysia)

  • East Asia Summit (Malaysia)

  • CNOOC Buys Stake Nigerian Oil

  • China Visits US (Hu Jintao)

  • ASEAN-US Enhanced Partnership Agreement

  • TIFA with ASEAN

  • US Visits China (Rice)

  • FOCAC Summit (Beijing)

  • APEC Summit (Vietnam) - Bush, Rice

  • Strategic Economic Dialogue Meeting (Bejing)

  • China Shoots Down Satellite

  • ASEAN Meeting (Philippines)

  • East Asia Summit (Philippines)

  • China Increases Military Spending

  • Strategic Economic Dialogue Meeting (US)

  • APEC Summit (Australia) - Bush, Rice

  • ASEAN Meeting (Singapore)

  • East Asia Summit (Singapore)

  • Strategic Economic Dialogue Meeting (Beijing)

  • US First Non-ASEAN Member with Ambassador

  • Chinese Spies Charged by US

  • US Visits China (Rice)

  • Strategic Economic Dialogue Meeting (US)

  • US Visits China (Rice)

  • China Hosts Olympics

  • US Visits China (Bush)

  • G20 Summit (Washington DC)

  • China Visits US (Hu Jintao)

  • APEC Summit (Peru) - Bush, Rice

  • President Obama Takes Office

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    Obama Administration

  • US Visits China (Clinton)

  • ASEAN Meeting (Thailand)

  • South China Sea Maritime Incident: Victorious

  • South China Sea Maritime Incident: Impeccable

  • G20 Summit (London)

  • ASEAN Meeting (Thailand)

  • US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (US)

  • US-China Trade Dispute Tire Imports

  • China Visits US (Hu Jintao)

  • G20 Summit (Pittsburgh)

  • East Asia Summit (Thailand)

  • US Praises China's Increased Transparency Military Spending

  • FOCAC Summit (Egypt)

  • APEC Summit (Singapore) - Obama, Clinton

  • US Visits China (Clinton)

  • Google Stops Censoring Internet in China

  • US Proposes $6.4 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan

  • Obama Meets with Dalai Lama

  • US China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (Beijing)

  • ASEAN Meeting (Vietnam)

  • China Visits US (Hu Jintao)

  • Shanghai Expo

  • US Visits China (Clinton)

  • US First non-ASEAN country to establish mission

  • US Says Chinese Military Resisting Relations with US

  • G20 Summit (Toronto)

  • China Becomes Second Largest Economy

  • China Visits US (Wen Jiabao)

  • Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize

  • Xi Jinping Vice Chair Central Military Commission

  • ASEAN Meeting (Vietnam)

  • East Asia Summit (Vietnam) - Clinton

  • US Visits China (Clinton)

  • IISS Reports China Will Equal US Military 15-20 Years

  • China Visits US (Hu Jintao)

  • ASEAN Meeting (Indonesia)

  • US China Strategic & Economic Dialogue (US)

  • US Visits China (Clinton)

  • US Pivot To Asia

  • G20 Summit (Cannes)

  • China Vists US (Hu Jintao)

  • G20 Summit (Seoul)

  • APEC Summit (Honolulu)

  • ASEAN Meeting (Indonesia) - Obama, Clinton

  • East Asia Summit (Indonesia) - Obama, Clinton

  • WTO Complaint About China Rare Earth Minerals

  • China Appears to Cooperate on Iran, Syria, North Korea

  • ASEAN Meeting (Cambodia)

  • Chen Guangcheng Flees to US Embassy

  • US Visits China (Clinton)

  • US-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue

  • G20 Summit (Los Cabos)

  • FOCAC Summit (Beijing)

  • US Visits China (Clinton)

  • APEC Summit (Russia) - Clinton

  • Significant Leadership Turnover in China

  • ASEAN Meeting (Cambodia) - Obama, Clinton

  • East Asia Summit (Cambodia) - Obama, Clinton

  • US-China Military Relations Improve

  • US-China Agree Stricter Sanctions North Korea

  • US Visits China (Kerry)

  • ASEAN Meeting (Brunei)

  • "New Model" Great Power Relations Proposed by Xi Jinping

  • China Visits US (Xi Jinping)

  • US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue

  • G20 Summit (St. Petersburg)

  • APEC Summit (Indonesia) - Kerry

  • ASEAN Meeting (Brunei) - Kerry

  • APEC Summit (Japan)

  • China's Air Defense ID Zone Restrictions

  • US Calls China Authoritarian, Repressive

  • China Report on US Human Rights Violations

  • US Charges Chinese Officers Cyber-Espionage

  • ASEAN Meeting (Myanmar)

  • US-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue

  • APEC Summit (China) - Obama

  • East Asia Summit (Burma) - Obama

  • ASEAN Meeting (Myanmar)

  • G20 Summit (Brisbane)