Title: U.S. Relations With China - United States Department of State
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U.S. Relations With China
More information about China is available on the China Country Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
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Bilateral Relations Fact Sheet
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
August 22, 2018
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More information about China is available on the China Country Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet. U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
The United States seeks a constructive, results-oriented relationship with China. The United States works to achieve concrete progress on U.S. interests, including ensuring Chinese support for exerting maximum pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear program, reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China, and stopping the flow of illegal opioids from China to the United States. The United States also seeks progress on areas of disagreement such as China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea and lack of respect for human rights and religious freedom. In addition to regular discussions between senior U.S. officials and their Chinese counterparts, the United States uses a range of exchanges, dialogues, and people-to-people ties to pursue its goals. U.S. Assistance to China
Congressionally-mandated U.S. assistance programs in China focus on six principal areas: supporting efforts to protect and preserve Tibetan culture, and promote sustainable livelihoods and market integration in Tibetan communities; building local capacity in targeted Tibetan communities to assess natural resource management issues and appropriately sustain natural resource-based livelihood options; advancing environmental standards and protections, and market-based reforms supporting the environment;