Term: December 1-31, 2010
Main Issues
1. Human Rights: Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo
United States Dec. 8 State Department Daily Press Briefing Dec. 9 State Department Daily Press Briefing, White House Press Secretary Gibbs’s Press Briefing, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Remarks on Human Rights Day Dec. 10 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Remarks at the Eleanor Roosevelt Hu-man Rights Award Ceremony, Remarks on Human Rights Day at the Town Hall, President Obama’s Remarks about the Nobel Prize Dec. 14 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Posner’s Remarks
China Dec. 7 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Remarks Dec. 8 Global Times Editorial Dec. 9 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Remarks, Global Times Editorial Dec. 10 Global Times Editorial, People’s Daily Online Editorial Dec. 11 China Daily Editorial Dec. 13 Global Times Editorial
2. North Korea: China’s Role in Solving the North Korean Nuclear Crisis, ROK-U.S. and Japan-U.S. Joint Military Exercises, Japan-ROK-U.S. Trilateral Meeting of For-eign Ministers, Artillery Drills on Yeonpyeong Island, Conditions for the Resumption of Six-Party Talks, Security Council Sanctions on North Korea
United States Dec. 1 Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mullen’s Remarks at the Center for American Progress Forum Dec. 2 State Department Daily Press Briefing Dec. 6 White House Office of the Press Secretary Readout of President Obama’s Telephone Call with President Hu Jintao, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Remarks after Japan-ROK-U.S. Trilateral Meeting of Foreign Ministers Dec. 7 Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg’s Remarks at the Center for American Progress Dec. 8 Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mullen’s Remarks Dec. 10 State Department Daily Press Briefing Dec. 15 U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Stephens’s Remarks, USFK General Sharp’s Speech at U.S.-ROK Alliance Conference Hosted by EAI-CNAS Dec. 16 State Department Daily Press Briefing Dec. 17 State Department Daily Press Briefing Dec. 19 U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rice’s Remarks at the Security Council Stakeout, Remarks at a Security Council Meeting Dec. 20 White House Press Secretary Gibbs’s Press Briefing, State Department Daily Press Briefing Dec. 22 State Department Daily Press Briefing
China Dec. 2 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Regular Press Conference Dec. 3 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Remarks, China Daily Editorial Dec. 7 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Regular Press Conference Dec. 8 China Daily Editorial Dec. 9 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Regular Press Conference, People’s Daily Online Editorial Dec. 20 Global Times Editorial Dec. 21 Global Times Editorial, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Regular Press Conference Dec. 23 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Regular Press Conference, Global Times Editorial Dec. 28 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Regular Press Conference Dec. 30 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Regular Press Conference
3. Economic Cooperation: U.S.-China Cooperation on Trade, U.S. Requests to the WTO on China's Subsidies, Regulations on China’s Exports of Rare Earths, U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
United States Dec. 16 Secretary of Commerce Locke’s Remarks after the 21st U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Dec. 22 Trade Representative Kirk’s Remarks Dec. 23 Trade Representative Kirk’s Remarks
China Dec. 7 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Remarks Dec. 14 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Remarks Dec. 30 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu’s Regular Press Conference
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