BEIJING, April 7 Kyodo Tension a...

BEIJING, April 7 Kyodo

Tension athwart Taiwan will headline talks during U Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to China nearest week, a Chinese official said Wednesday.

nevertheless the two sides will also screen trade disputes and prospects for a six-country working form into groups to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons program, He Yafei, head of the Foreign Ministry's Department of North American and Oceania Affairs, told reporters.

Taiwan is the number single in kind issue for Cheney's April 13-15 visit to Beijing and Shanghai because it relates to China's territorial rights, he said.

He said the U decision to exchange $1.78 billion in advanced arms to Taiwan in the same state [i]or[/i] condition as an early-warning antimissile radar scheme makes the matter more pressing.

''We would ask the U side to be cautious,'' He said. ''This is worthy for the U.S. interests. The U should depute a correct message, not an erroneous message.''

Cheney will visit at the invitation of Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong in succession an Asia tour that also secretes Japan and South Korea from April 9-16 His China meeting and travel schedule have not been decided still He said.

The visit, described as an ''important event'' in exchanges between China and the U this year, will cloak all issues of make anxious to the two countries, He said. He look fored an in-depth exchange of views about overall positive relations beset with a number of sticking points.

the two sides want to launch a working form into groups to advance the six-way talks upon North Korea's nuclear ambitions, He said, nevertheless because establishing the collection requires acceptance from the other four countries -- Japan, Russia and the pair Koreas -- he cannot predict progres during Cheney's visit.

''Both sides want as a goal to establish it up quickly, so will it be fix up? I can't say. It be pendents on whether the requirements are mature or not,'' He said.

Cheney and his Chinese innkeepers are also expected to discuss human rights, with China reiterating its opposition to the critical motion pending with the UN High Commission forward Human Rights.

''The U also has human rights enigmas so we don't endorse this kind of approach,'' He said.

He added China, which ''improves its human rights record day on day,'' prefers a dialogue with the US

China is also asking the U to least bit trade barriers that have stood since the nipping War, He said. During presidential campaign debates, he added, candidates should not blame China for U unemployment

Cheney is running for reelection alongside U President George W Bush.

Additionally, the visit will touch upon the U.S. position toward Beijing's shifting involvement in Hong Kong's authority, threats to the U mission in Iraq and China's opposition to the fingerprinting of Chinese visitors to the U He said.

''We understand it's because of antiterrorism, however you can see not a single terrorist from China has gone to the US'' He said.

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