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BEIJING — China declared Tuesday that it is willing to resume a long-stalled human rights dialogue with the United States, apparently seeking to improve its image before the Olympic Games this summer in Beijing.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made the announcement at the close of talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She passed through Beijing after attending the inauguration of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul on Monday.
China suspended participation in the regular U.S.-China human-rights dialogue in 2004 after the U.S. sponsored a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Commission urging condemnation of China’s record.
