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WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and China began a series of high-level meetings Wednesday to map out the two powers' future relations amid tension over human rights, trade and other issues.
Robert Zoellick, the State Department's No. 2 official, and China's vice foreign minister, Dai Bingguo, will meet through Friday to discuss how to "manage differences and to help China develop its newfound power in constructive and positive and mutually reinforcing ways," State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said Friday.
Relations between the United States and China have been tense of late as U.S. critics slammed China's military buildup and its human rights record.
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