Kurt Campbell
Cambodia Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (R) poses with US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Phnom Penh on May 25, 2012. Campbell arrived on May 24 to meet government officials and hold preparatory meetings for this year's East Asia summit.
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He asked me many questions about her. He asked me, does she ever feel low? Did she ever question her choices? It was a very deep set of discussions
He is a patriot. He loves China
Look, we underscored on several occasions to them both publicly and privately this – that this was an extraordinary circumstance with very unusual parameters, and we don’t expect it to be repeated. And I think we’re going to stand by that.More quotes »
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China activists lifted by blind lawyer's escape
authoritarian government and, if it's confirmed he is in U.S. custody, for Washington too. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell began a hurried mission to Beijing on Sunday to smooth the way for annual talks involving his boss, Hillary Clinton , Treasury Read more »
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Hillary, Obama looking forward to visiting Cambodia this year: Campbell
PHNOM PENH, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama are looking forward to visiting Cambodia this year in order to attend ASEAN meetings, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affair from SINA English Read more »
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Senior ASEAN-US diplomats hold Manila meet amid Panatag Shoal dispute
Senior diplomats from the United States and from the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations are holding their regular meetings in Manila this week amid tensions from renewed territorial dispute in the South China Sea. Philippine officials, who from GMANews.tv Read more »
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Mongolia Leadership Faces Questions
By James T. Areddy Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj, responding to international concerns over the jailing of his predecessor, said he has no right to interfere in corruption probes.But in a statement he called for "humane" and "transparent" treatme from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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Hillary Clinton, Obama, and the Chen Saga
There’s a lot we don’t know about the Chen Guangcheng story, and why it became a crisis that almost derailed the U.S.-China relationship. But the New York Times account of the saga , which appeared Wednesday, is the closest we’ve come to getting the stor from The Nation Read more »
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Chris Smith: Administration silent on Chen's cause
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's best friend in Congress, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), told The Cable on Tuesday that the Obama administration has failed to stand up for Chen's cause, the abuse of women under China's one-child policy. In an interview from Foreign Policy Read more »
