China upbeat on ties with US

8220;The meeting is a firm step towards building a constructive strategic partnership between the two countries oriented towards the 21st century and show that Sino-US relationships are maturing,8221; the daily said. 8220;Their agreement on de-targeting each other with their strategic nuclear weapons demonstrates to the world that China and the United States are co-operative partners, not rivals.8221;

However, the People8217;s Daily noted that while reaching broad agreement on international and bilateral issues, both the countries did not sidestep their differences on the question of humanrights. 8220;It is not strange that the two sides have differences over some issues, the important point is that these differences should not stand in the way of development of bilateral relations,8221; the paper said.

The June 27 summit produced three joint statements including peaceful use of nuclear technology and injected 8220;new vigour8221; into Sino-US economic and trade cooperation, the daily said.