Li Zhaoxing, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, told a press conference at the National Press Center on June 12 that Clinton's upcoming visit to China will further promote the relations between the two countries. Li said that the two sides are working very actively and conscientiously to prepare for the upcoming visit. Speaking of some congressional critics of China, Li dismissed them as Cold War thinkers. He stressed that China is pursuing a peaceful foreign policy.
China presents no threat to any country, at all.
Clinton's five-city journey, from June 25 to July 3, will be the first visit to China by an American president in a decade. China recently chaired a Geneva meeting of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, which condemned the nuclear tests. Beijing also has agreed not to devalue its currency in order to prevent another wave of financial destabilization.