Clinton heads to China

to be over-shadowed by the case of blind activist Chen Guangcheng.
US officials have kept an unusually solid wall of secrecy over the case, refusing even to say Chen’s name. But President Barack Obama and Clinton both said Monday that they would press for human rights in China.
“A constructive relationship includes talking very frankly about those areas where we do not agree, including human rights. That is the spirit that is guiding me as I take off for Beijing,” Clinton said. — AFP.

 

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