VOA Chinese, Jan 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110121_JOINT_STATMENT-114373064.html
My comment:
(a) 华盛顿智库詹姆斯顿基金会出版刊物《中国简报》编辑萧良其. That is China Breif, Jamestown Foundation.
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/
(b) Paragraph 6 of
U.S. - China Joint Statement. Office of the Press Secretary, White House, Jan 19, 2011.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/19/us-china-joint-statement
"6. Both sides underscored the importance of the Taiwan issue in U.S. - China relations. The Chinese side emphasized that the Taiwan issue concerns China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and expressed the hope that the U.S. side will honor its relevant commitments and appreciate and support the Chinese side’s position on this issue. The U.S. side stated that the United States follows its one China policy and abides by the principles of the three U.S.-China Joint Communiqués. The United States applauded the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and welcomed the new lines of communications developing between them. The United States supports the peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and looks forward to efforts by both sides to increase dialogues and interactions in economic, political, and other fields, and to develop more positive and stable cross-Strait relations.
(c) Compare
John Pomfret, Summit yields gains for both China and U.S. Washington Post, Jan 21, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012006311.html
This report
"In addition, the Obama administration succeeded in righting what many in the administration saw to be an error during the last U.S.-China summit, in Beijing in November 2009 - the United States' acknowledgment of China's "core interests" in Tibet and Taiwan. That term figured prominently in a joint statement issued in 2009. It was not repeated in the communique released Wednesday.
"More broadly, Obama and other members of his Cabinet seem to have succeeded in conveying a message to China that they had no intention of backing down in the face of China's aggressive foreign policy over the past 18 months. 'The administration wanted to make China understand that it needed to rein in its irrational exuberance,' said Daniel Kliman
"The one moment when he [Hu] seemed to veer from his talking points occurred Wednesday during a news conference with Obama when he acknowledged that 'a lot still needs to be done in China, in terms of human rights.' Those comments were excised from his remarks in reports by the Chinese state-run press. And on Thursday, Hu seemed to water down that acknowledgment
"'The United States recognized that China is a great power,' Kliman said. 'Hu could take that home as his legacy.'
My comment:
(a) Press Conference with President Obama and President Hu of the People's Republic of China. Office of the Press Secretary, White House, Jan 19, 2011.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/19/press-conference-president-obama-and-president-hu-peoples-republic-china
, which Pres. Obama referred to Taiwan in a paragaph (though Pres. Hu did not mention Taiwan or core interests):
"I welcomed the progress that’s been made on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in reducing tensions and building economic ties. And we hope this progress continues, because it’s in the interest of both sides, the region and the United States. Indeed, I reaffirmed our commitment to a one-China policy based on the three U.S.-China communiqués and the Taiwan Relations Act.
(b) Pres. Obama certainly did not mention Six Assurances--unless he said that to Taiwan privately.
(c) I read this report yesterday--only the title. It seemed to me at the time that Taiwan was into word game. Today, reading the report (about statement 声明), I do not know if I am obtuse.
(2) Debbi Wilgoren, Nia-Malika Henderson and John Pomfret, Obama holds talks with Hu, urges partnership and respect for human rights. Washington Post, Jan 19, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/18/AR2011011805754.html
("Among the crowds of dignitaries and onlookers waving American and Chinese flags were about 150 students, including Obama's younger daughter, Sasha, and several of her fourth-grade classmates from Sidwell Friends School. The youngsters are studying China in social studies, White House staffers said, and came to the welcoming ceremony [at the South Lawn of the White House] as a field trip, of sorts")