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Senior US official to head to China for missile talks

A senior US official is to head to China for talks on President George W Bush's plan to develop a missile shield and other issues in the contentious Sino-US relationship,

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, James Kelly, will be in Beijing on May 14 and 15,

Mr Kelly, one of several US officials travelling to Europe and Asia to explain the controversial US plan, will fly to China after stops in Australia, South Korea and Singapore,

He will then move on to a senior officials' meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional forum in Hanoi.

5/05/01 18:00:19 | ABC Radio Australia News

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