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Article: Meeting at Tiananmen Square U.S., China to stop targeting each other for nuclear attack
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 27, 1998
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Eager to improve relations despite lingering tensions, President
Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin greeted each other in
controversial Tiananmen Square and reached agreements today to ease
the risk of war in the world.
"A stable, open, prosperous China, shouldering its responsibility
for a safer world, is better for America," Clinton said following a
meeting with Jiang in the Great Hall of the People.
The two leaders announced that they would no longer aim nuclear
missiles at one another. That agreement is largely symbolic but is
a gesture that might help to ease the criticism of Clinton for
allowing American satellites to be launched from Chinese rockets.
The leaders also said ...