US tells China: Reform in its own interest

US tells China: Reform in its own interest
Washington (AFP) May 9, 2011 - The United States told China on Monday that improvements in human rights and economic reforms would serve Beijing's own interests and promised it was not seeking to contain the Asian power's rise. Launching two days of talks, Vice President Joe Biden predicted that the relationship between the world's largest economies would shape the 21st century and said: "A healthy competition, in our vie ... more

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