Archive: 2009

This week, Speaker Pelosi and a bipartisan congressional delegation have continued their travels in China–meeting with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wu Bangguo, the Chairman of the National People’s Congress on Wednesday. In separate meetings with each leader, the delegation… Continue

“The delegation met with Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang to discuss how the United States and Hong Kong can work together to address the global financial crisis and climate change. The delegation and the Chief Executive also discussed the relationship between Hong Kong and mainland China along with the prospects for universal suffrage in Hong Kong in the near future.”

“The delegation met with Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang to discuss how the United States and Hong Kong can work together to address the global financial crisis and climate change. The delegation and the Chief Executive also discussed the relationship between Hong Kong and mainland China along with the prospects for universal suffrage in Hong Kong in the near future.”

“In addition to Pelosi, the other members of the congressional delegation are Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA), Chairman, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Ranking Member, Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR); and Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA). Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) traveled with the delegation earlier but has now returned home to California.”

“U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Beijing on Thursday to cooperate on climate change, calling a safe environment a basic human right.”

“Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, met China’s two top leaders on Wednesday to discuss cooperation on energy and environmental problems, and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said Beijing would join Washington to ”push for positive results” at the next global warming summit meeting this fall in Copenhagen.”

Today marks the 100th day since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. President Obama released a report entitled 100 Days, 100 Projects saying, “one hundred days ago, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in half… Continue

“We had productive discussions about how the United States and China can cooperate on improving international security, growing our economies and protecting the environment,’ Pelosi said. ‘We urged the Chinese leaders to use their influence to help bring North Korea to the table for Six-Party Talks. On clean energy and climate change, both sides agreed to work together to confront the urgent challenge we face. Our delegation also emphasized the bipartisan concern in Congress on China’s poor record on human rights in China and Tibet.”

“With unprecedented speed, Congress and President Obama worked together to enact the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is already creating and saving jobs, cutting taxes for working families, and making essential investments in technology and infrastructure to build the foundation of our economic recovery.”

From our hotel rooms we can look over Shanghai, an enormous, world-class city of modern, architecturally innovative skyscrapers as far as the eye can see. There are cranes everywhere, and the city is getting ready to host the largest World Expo in… Continue