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US seeks closer China ties

By Daniel Dombey and Sarah O’Connor in Washington

Published: July 27 2009 19:36 | Last updated: July 28 2009 00:43

Barack Obama on Monday sought to recast the US’s relationship with China, urging Asia’s rising superpower to forge deeper ties with Washington on the economy, climate change and nuclear proliferation.

Speaking at the start of two days of top-level talks between the countries on the diplomatic and economic challenges confronting them, the US president predicted that Washington’s relationship with Beijing would “shape the 21st century”.

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